Imaginary Gardens

...a notion she will discover soon enought is better in the imagined ideal than in reality.*

*waves* I'm not dead! I'm also all caught up on my flist - except for today's and capn_mactastic's epic post, which I'm staring at right now.

So, a brief recap, because I'm all LotD-outed. I got to Toronto last Sunday, got new contacts and hit 'em up for new glasses on Monday, saw blizzardcake and katarinagram on Tuesday, walked the cemetary route with Mom on Wednesday, watched Gundam with lienne on Thursday and flew off to Chicago on Friday. Occasionally had to remind self that I'd wanted to go home. May not have worked at times.

Once in Obamaland, I snuggled my bro and went out with his girlfriend, her sister and her friend to a club called Transit, where I actually Did Stuff**. *eyebrow waggle* I danced, too, which was cool.

Then Sunday we had the most delicious hot dogs EVER at Hot Doug's and hung out at the airport 'cause girlfriend's sister's plane was 3 hours delayed.

Monday and Tuesday were spent haunting State St. and Michigan Ave. respectively, browsing through the most god-awful clothes in search for that one spectacular find. (Who doesn't have a party dress for $15? Or an awesome top for $5?) Got my present-shopping finished with, too.

I also spent a good long while talking to bro's girlfriend about important stuff and random stuff and it was really, really nice. And I've realized I like my brother better when he's with other people. Also, while happy to see him happy, feel a bit sad seeing him with Girlfriend because he used to be all friendly and playful with me when we were wee and we've lost that. He's actually said to Girlfriend that he doesn't know why he's so mean to me. Well, at least he knows. But no, in general he's been pretty good this visit. I'm still getting hugs, which is awesome.

Today I read chapter 1 of Obama's Dreams of My Father (*squee*) and spent an hour at the post office, chatting a bit with a lady who works in the law department of a unviersity and is a professional pianist, who's husband or father is "one of the best bassists in Chicago", so I felt pretty special. (She was, however, very vocal and bitter about the slowness of the line, which is Not Cool.) Postcard sent, I skipped over to Ribs 'n Bibs for that once-a-year-if-I'm-lucky dish of BBQ only to find it closed with no warning or excuse. So the three of us went off to a Korean place instead. Then I watched last week's Heroes on the 'net, because I can actually do that while in the states. Awesome.

And that brings us up to now. :)


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Things done today

1) Took flippin' ages to start the day.
2) Froze my ass. And my hands. And face. And everything.
3) Bought a tie rack for my brother.
4) Worked on Part 2 of Ye Thinking Out Of for the SPN/Threshold idea.
5) Froze s'more.
6) Got a new mood theme \o/ and changed some icons.
7) Watched The Devil's Whore 1x02

On point 7: I like the show. It's got horses and poofy dresses and rapiers and hot men with long hair and did I mention John Simm? Oh, darling :) Except he's not so much "sexy Simm" as "dirty and raggedy Sexby" which works fine because the angst oozes off the screen.

What I don't like about the show is that I'm not really the best audience for the major plotline. I am hopeless with intrigue, mainly because I can't remember anyone's name, so when there's plotting and letter-writing and whispering in corners, I'm just sitting there going, "Wait, who's that they're talking about? Wait, who?" But that's my fault and my weakness. Still enjoying the show, though.

ETA: *whine* It's a four-parter show only :(

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