- Last night we went out to a snooty restaurant to celebrate my brother's college graduation. They have the kind of food you see on Iron Chef, although maybe slightly bigger portions. I had a salad of organic lettuces, pear, dry jack, shallots, with olivina fig balsamic vinaigrette; a main course of duck breast, spaghetti squash, confit baby turnips, and mulled consomme; dessert was chocolate pudding torte with tuaca hot chocolate and chocolate mikado. I don't even know what half of that means, but it was tasty :)
- So much I need to do around the house and nothing I'm in the mood for. I need to declutter everywhere, empty the dishwasher, load the dishwasher back up, clean out the fridge, declog the drain in the master bath, wash clothes, wash sheets... blech.
- Anyone on my flist seen the new Disney movie? I really want to but I'm afraid I might have to end up going on my own since my family can be movie humbugs. I don't particular care one way or another that OMG THE FIRST BLACK DISNEY PRINCESS any more than I cared that Mulan was Chinese or that Pocohontas was American Indian. Mainly I'm just excited about a new 2D, hand-drawn Disney movie. I mean, I adore the Pixar movies and everything, but I grew up with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and the last really impressive animated movie (IMO) was Lilo & Stitch in 2002 (although I feel 2007's Meet the Robinsons was underrated).
- On Chapter 15 (or so) of my audiobook of the first Percy Jackson book (she says with a pointed look towards