3 movies, 3 days:
24 dec: the incredibles
25 dec: the life aquatic with s.z.
26 dec: the aviator
what are the holidays but a chance to try and avoid relatives without seeming obtuse? so we have the movie theatre: an inconspicuous reason to dart away for some fleeting moments of entertaining darkness, achieving at least a few hours of solid boy-girl cuddle time without extended fam.
excitement! katharine hepburn and i both use the word "golly."
absotively, absotively.
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29 dec: precipitation came to a halt for a few hours. we went on an afternoon bike ride around lake murray, back and forth, for a total of 6 miles. discouraging. during the summer we could do 12 miles easily. over the course of a few months, we've fallen into relatively sedentary ways and now it seems our stamina has suffered by 50%.
30 dec: this morning i murdered a solitary biscuit. it was one of those pillsbury out of a cylinder biscuits that i baked a few days ago. i tried to soften the biscuit in the microwave. (these things just get so cold and stiff so fast. they're only good fresh out-of-the-oven.) grey plumes of nasty smelling smoke seeped out of the microwave - i knew the biscuit was in trouble. i opened the microwave door and could see nothing except for smoke. i reached inside and grabbed the plate with burnt biscuit. the biscuit didnt even soften up. it remained solid rock, except it now had black & brown char and made an exceptionally foul odor. the pretty white scalloped plate on which the biscuit rested was dark with biscuit rubble and burnt bits. consolation#1: baking soda can clean anything. it changes soot to sparkle in a matter of seconds. consolation#2: the egg turned out okay. consolation#3: and so did the mint cocoa.
24 dec: the incredibles
25 dec: the life aquatic with s.z.
26 dec: the aviator
what are the holidays but a chance to try and avoid relatives without seeming obtuse? so we have the movie theatre: an inconspicuous reason to dart away for some fleeting moments of entertaining darkness, achieving at least a few hours of solid boy-girl cuddle time without extended fam.
excitement! katharine hepburn and i both use the word "golly."
absotively, absotively.
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29 dec: precipitation came to a halt for a few hours. we went on an afternoon bike ride around lake murray, back and forth, for a total of 6 miles. discouraging. during the summer we could do 12 miles easily. over the course of a few months, we've fallen into relatively sedentary ways and now it seems our stamina has suffered by 50%.
30 dec: this morning i murdered a solitary biscuit. it was one of those pillsbury out of a cylinder biscuits that i baked a few days ago. i tried to soften the biscuit in the microwave. (these things just get so cold and stiff so fast. they're only good fresh out-of-the-oven.) grey plumes of nasty smelling smoke seeped out of the microwave - i knew the biscuit was in trouble. i opened the microwave door and could see nothing except for smoke. i reached inside and grabbed the plate with burnt biscuit. the biscuit didnt even soften up. it remained solid rock, except it now had black & brown char and made an exceptionally foul odor. the pretty white scalloped plate on which the biscuit rested was dark with biscuit rubble and burnt bits. consolation#1: baking soda can clean anything. it changes soot to sparkle in a matter of seconds. consolation#2: the egg turned out okay. consolation#3: and so did the mint cocoa.
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far far better than endless political arguments
I must say - I appreciate your contribution to SG world, 'tis right to celebrate manhood as well as womanity
may you have better luck with biscuits!
How was the Aviator?