Nice while it lasted

[bironic]

1. Oh, man, Pete Postlethwaite died. I didn't even know he was sick.

2. Uh, so what does it mean when your fortune cookie fortune says: You can depend on the trust of the collective? My apartment has transformed into an Orwell story. Or a Borg ship.

3. Speaking of things in my kitchen that have funny words: I noticed the other day that the can of cooking spray says "Serving size: about 1/3 sec."

4. I dunno. I have Thoughts on stuff -- like comparing the unreliable narrators/inability for the audience to gauge "reality" in Inception and Black Swan and working through what I didn't like about them vs. what I just am not understanding -- but lack the energy to write them up. Fic recs, too, but I can't dump a bunch of links here without also telling you why I liked them and therefore why you might like them. Maybe over the weekend.

5. On the bright side, two finished festivids and a good old-fashioned Mary Sue-in-progress.

6. I apologized to someone at the office this morning, unprompted, because I'd been pretty short with her the last few months for reasons unknown. Felt good. Something to set the tone for the year, perhaps, since I fell off the "be more polite and give of your time" wagon after Rosh Hashanah.

7. musicisbelievng got me Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away with Another Spoon for Hanukkah. It is fabulous. Girls and dinosaurs, boys and EZ Bake Ovens, a prince who wants his own glass slippers, a princess who wishes the frog will turn into another princess.

8. I know this is a long shot, but would anyone else local be interested in this Smithsonian seminar on existentialism?

9. Two days back into the work week, and I would like nothing more than a long massage (not helped by reading things like So this is the new year or Happy Endings - *warning*, the latter is not yet complete) and/or a resort vacation and/or for male prostitutes to be legal, safe, affordable and available. Never mind that the one professional massage I've ever had didn't thrill me or that I've never actually been to a resort and would likely be bored. Okay, replace "resort" with "cruise." Point is: extended period of relaxation, comma, it is needed. Or perhaps the point is: ways to manage 9-to-5 working life so as not to have a tiny nervous breakdown over insignificant business matters, even if due to their very insignificance, comma, they are sorely needed.

Comments

[penknife.livejournal.com]

Never mind that the one professional massage I've ever had didn't thrill me or that I've never actually been to a resort and would likely be bored. Okay, replace "resort" with "cruise."

You might want to keep hunting for a massage therapist you like -- I have had professional massages that didn't thrill me, either, but the best massage therapist I had was awesome. I came out of her sessions and nothing hurt and I was so relaxed and Zen that I kept expecting happy little cartoon animals to frolic around my feet.

Also, the one cruise I have been on was the best vacation I have ever taken in my life, trufax.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

I've been lucky enough to have been on two, on family vacations growing up, and loved, loved, loved them. Someone else takes care of the details, and all you have to do is gaze at the ocean and eat gourmet food.

Yeah, I haven't given up on pro massages yet - and actually, at the place I went to, a staff member in another section of the health spa gym thing said (though he probably shouldn't have) that the masseurs they had weren't very good. If you know of any in DC or nearby Maryland/VA, tips are welcome!

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Pete Postlethwaite died. :( I always liked him.

Or perhaps the point is: ways to manage 9-to-5 working life so as not to have a tiny nervous breakdown over insignificant business matters, even if due to their very insignificance, comma, they are sorely needed.

If I find any I will surely let you know.

[perspi.livejournal.com]

I got *hugs*! Except that's about it. :)