If I don't run you over with a car, I'm encouraging you.*

Today was weird. I woke up around 11, which was glorious, and internetted from my bed, which was heavenly, although eventually the lack of dinner and breakfast at by then the incredibly late hour of 2 pm was working me over. So I made it out of the house and took the 4 pm train to the Hague.

I'd been fantasizing about Argentinus, an Argentinian restaurant specializing in big-ass hunks of meat. Sadly, by the time I was in the neighbourhood I was famished and it was, I decided, probably too late to a) see if they were still seving lunch and b) I would have starved to death by the time I was served. So it was Subways.

I continued my Hague movie weekend tradition (broken by last week's Stay in Bedroom All Weekend tradition) and watched The Reader. I was holding back the most powerful sobs all throughout the movie. Ye gods! but that was one sad film.

And then, on a whim, I walked to my old house, which is some 4 km from the center and took me an hour. Then I walked back to the center, scoffing at my taking the train at the closer HS station, because I'm just that stubborn. (I did, however, buy some wok take-away, because, hello, starving.) My knees, which had been aching ever since I'd started running and had been quietly killing me all week, were about ready to jump out and stab me in the neck if I didn't give them a break. They really, really hurt now. Like, oh gods, don't make me walk. Or bend my legs.

Throughout my stupid, pointless and rather nostalgic stroll, I was hit on by at least three men. ( Read more... )

I've been rewatching childhood classics recently on YouTube, too. Things like the Care Bears Movie 2 and the My Little Pony Special. It's awesome how things I don't remember at all are suddenly so very familiar once again. Oh, and I always found Dark Heart damn fine. ;) (Although no one compares to Disney's Robin Hood. I had such a crush on him as a kid... I would convert to furry-ism for that one.)

And now I'm all aching knees and unshed tears. It's 1:30 am but I'm not sleepy, so I'm off to watch the only movie I ever found Benicio del Toro hot in. (Which is Excess Baggage, Part 1 here.) I'd like him well enough now if only he'd catch up on that decade of sleep it seems he's missing.


Quote of the Day: ursulav, here

I examined this situation from all angles and came up with "So basically, the take-away is that I shouldn't have waved back."

"No, that probably just encouraged him."

I slumped down on the bed. "The problem is that I've never figured out the point where being friendly stops and encouraging them begins. As far as I can tell, if I don't run you over with a car, I'm encouraging you."

Kevin considered this analysis and failed to refute it. "Well..."

Links of the Day:
Banana-Strawberry Cream Pie
Pecan Maple Bacon Cookies
Banana-Chocolate Cupcakes in Ice Cream Cones
Rocky Road Candy
kellifer_fic's SPN Podfic: It's Guy Love (Between Two Guys)
strangeandcharm's SPN Podfic: And I Wake Up Blind (Like My Dreams Were Too Bright)


* ursulav

How not to get your ass kicked by the police!*

Nothing much to report other than I've spent 90% of my day in bed and 100% of my day in pain. Seriously, my knees are killing me. When I stand they actually throb and I've taken to waddling about swinging my stride from the hips because it fucking hurts.

Oh, and, I'd forgotten how much I liked Vincent from Excess Baggage. He's all soft-spoken and hand-waving and adorable. Also started work on a fanvid, but neglected other ongoing projects. Yay.

Apart from that, have a couple of videos everyone should watch:

Don't Talk to Cops: Mr. James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and a former defense attorney, tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police.

Part 2: An experienced police officer tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police. ( Embeded )

Links of the Day:

ChocolateFrizz89's Excess Baggage Fanvid: Crash and Burn - D'aww.

* Chris Rock