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assorted monday thoughts
Jul. 18th, 2011 03:02 pmKevin showed me some of the professional pictures from the wedding/Singapore. One of them made me want to write a ridiculous Profit fic set in the future, when Jim Profit's son (maybe from Nora!) starts building his own empire in Asia. Trust me, it totally makes sense.
I think the clouds don't help the heat at all. It's "only" 93, but with the humidity the heat index is 109. It crushes the will to do anything. The paper has about given up with weather forecasts. Their twitter stream says stuff like "Trained monkeys could do this now - 100+ degrees today!" and "Here's the 50-day forecast: Sunny, 100 degrees +/- 3 degrees, 10% chance of afternoon showers that won't happen." I have only started watering the backyard because I'm concerned about the foundation.
Yesterday there was beading with Stacy. Bead class was fun, even with some women in the class who were the fussy, awful sort who don't listen and interrupt. I made a bracelet and some earrings. Stacy made some pretty jewelry to wear to the theater in NYC next month.
Mike and I hitting the Alamo's Harry Potter Feast on Thursday so he can see Part II. I hope to look for things that I didn't focus on hard enough the first time around. (Maybe this time I won't be crying so much that things are blurred into watercolor.) Plus it is hard to pass up an Alamo feast. They're always so good and sometimes downright amazing. The feast for Part I was killer last year. This is the menu:
THE ELDER WAND
Ale Battered, Smoked Salmon Wrapped Asparagus with Elderberry Garlic Jam
FORBIDDEN FOREST PASTRY
Roast Local Hen and Wild Mushrooms fill a Potato Pastry served with Green Tomato Chutney
AMORTENTIA
Chilled Soup of English Cucumbers with Rashers and Herbs
CLOAK
Seared Strip, Stilton and Shallot cloaked in Pastry, Cumberland Sauce, Roast Cauliflower
THE SORCERER'S SCONE
English Lavender Brambleberry Scone with Lime Marmalade and Clotted Cream
Wine pairings will be served with each course.
I think the clouds don't help the heat at all. It's "only" 93, but with the humidity the heat index is 109. It crushes the will to do anything. The paper has about given up with weather forecasts. Their twitter stream says stuff like "Trained monkeys could do this now - 100+ degrees today!" and "Here's the 50-day forecast: Sunny, 100 degrees +/- 3 degrees, 10% chance of afternoon showers that won't happen." I have only started watering the backyard because I'm concerned about the foundation.
Yesterday there was beading with Stacy. Bead class was fun, even with some women in the class who were the fussy, awful sort who don't listen and interrupt. I made a bracelet and some earrings. Stacy made some pretty jewelry to wear to the theater in NYC next month.
Mike and I hitting the Alamo's Harry Potter Feast on Thursday so he can see Part II. I hope to look for things that I didn't focus on hard enough the first time around. (Maybe this time I won't be crying so much that things are blurred into watercolor.) Plus it is hard to pass up an Alamo feast. They're always so good and sometimes downright amazing. The feast for Part I was killer last year. This is the menu:
THE ELDER WAND
Ale Battered, Smoked Salmon Wrapped Asparagus with Elderberry Garlic Jam
FORBIDDEN FOREST PASTRY
Roast Local Hen and Wild Mushrooms fill a Potato Pastry served with Green Tomato Chutney
AMORTENTIA
Chilled Soup of English Cucumbers with Rashers and Herbs
CLOAK
Seared Strip, Stilton and Shallot cloaked in Pastry, Cumberland Sauce, Roast Cauliflower
THE SORCERER'S SCONE
English Lavender Brambleberry Scone with Lime Marmalade and Clotted Cream
Wine pairings will be served with each course.