Don't Mind Me
Mar. 19th, 2011 09:45 pmSo, the last week and a half has been a clusterfuck of tremendous proportions, and I don't even want to complain about it, because it's all just stupid and stressful (and completely my fault). Instead, here is a list of things that have nothing to do with each other except being awesome and making me happy recently. :)
1. The fact that I am home for spring break. OMG NO ROOMMATE. A CLEAN KITCHEN. MY OWN WONDERFUL BED. SOMEONE ELSE TO DO ALL THE COOKING. And, you know, spending time with my family blah blah blah whatever, I'm just enjoying the quiet and the extra sleep. Tomorrow I am off to my mom's for a haircut and chocolate-covered strawberries and kitty-snuggles.
2. Lucia di Lammermoor. My grandma and I went to see it at the movie theater today, simulcast from the Met Opera. Not quite the same as actually being there, but still pretty fun. And Natalie Dessay and Joseph Calleja were unbelievably brilliant as Lucia and Edgardo. I realized afterward that I saw Natalie perform in Santa Fe last year in La Traviata, and she was so incredible then, too. I really love her style. The whole last act was just...gah. *shivers* Like Romeo and Juliet, but with 10x adolescent stupidity and 10x more Gothic horror and spousal murder.
3. JENS LEHMANN IS OUR NEW BACK-UP KEEPER WHAT. I mean, on the one hand, it is really depressing that our goalie situation has gotten so dire that we are trawling our lists of ex-players to come up with someone to stick into the net. It feels like an entire season's worth of injuries have fallen on us in just a few weeks (the keeper thing is bad, but our midfield and defense aren't in much better shape, honestly). But on the other hand...Crazy Jens! Back at Arsenal! It's so ridiculous you have to appreciate it. And I've been retroactively sad that I got into football after he'd already left the team, so I am happy I get to enjoy his sexy still. Every time I started to get pissed off this morning the camera cut to him on the bench and I felt so much better.
4. The Night Watch books. No, not the Terry Pratchett one. Or the one with British lesbians. The Russian series by Sergei Lukyanenko.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
colourofsaying recommended these to me a while back, and I finally got around to reading the copy of the first book I got from the library, and naaargh I love them so much. Apparently I only care about vampire books when they are actually mostly about vodka and Russian bureaucracy and reluctantly heroic programmers. Annnntooooon I love you. Although I would also read a book that was all about the adventures of Ignat, Semyon, and Tiger Cub.
5. Dragonfable. Other rpgs may come and go, but I'll always have a soft spot for this silly, dorky little browser game. But honestly, what other game will give you chicken-cow armor and a leprechaun gun? *hearts*
1. The fact that I am home for spring break. OMG NO ROOMMATE. A CLEAN KITCHEN. MY OWN WONDERFUL BED. SOMEONE ELSE TO DO ALL THE COOKING. And, you know, spending time with my family blah blah blah whatever, I'm just enjoying the quiet and the extra sleep. Tomorrow I am off to my mom's for a haircut and chocolate-covered strawberries and kitty-snuggles.
2. Lucia di Lammermoor. My grandma and I went to see it at the movie theater today, simulcast from the Met Opera. Not quite the same as actually being there, but still pretty fun. And Natalie Dessay and Joseph Calleja were unbelievably brilliant as Lucia and Edgardo. I realized afterward that I saw Natalie perform in Santa Fe last year in La Traviata, and she was so incredible then, too. I really love her style. The whole last act was just...gah. *shivers* Like Romeo and Juliet, but with 10x adolescent stupidity and 10x more Gothic horror and spousal murder.
3. JENS LEHMANN IS OUR NEW BACK-UP KEEPER WHAT. I mean, on the one hand, it is really depressing that our goalie situation has gotten so dire that we are trawling our lists of ex-players to come up with someone to stick into the net. It feels like an entire season's worth of injuries have fallen on us in just a few weeks (the keeper thing is bad, but our midfield and defense aren't in much better shape, honestly). But on the other hand...Crazy Jens! Back at Arsenal! It's so ridiculous you have to appreciate it. And I've been retroactively sad that I got into football after he'd already left the team, so I am happy I get to enjoy his sexy still. Every time I started to get pissed off this morning the camera cut to him on the bench and I felt so much better.
4. The Night Watch books. No, not the Terry Pratchett one. Or the one with British lesbians. The Russian series by Sergei Lukyanenko.
colourofsaying recommended these to me a while back, and I finally got around to reading the copy of the first book I got from the library, and naaargh I love them so much. Apparently I only care about vampire books when they are actually mostly about vodka and Russian bureaucracy and reluctantly heroic programmers. Annnntooooon I love you. Although I would also read a book that was all about the adventures of Ignat, Semyon, and Tiger Cub. 5. Dragonfable. Other rpgs may come and go, but I'll always have a soft spot for this silly, dorky little browser game. But honestly, what other game will give you chicken-cow armor and a leprechaun gun? *hearts*