What are you doing/did you do this weekend?

[Wyldewode]

I should wonder, based upon the above, at the wonderfully advanced age of many Watchers. They are like unto the Haruchai. . . Not mentioning names or anything, though.

[emotional leper]

I should wonder, based upon the above, at the wonderfully advanced age of many Watchers. They are like unto the Haruchai. . . Not mentioning names or anything, though.

Insufferable, self-assured jackasses whose pride and belief in their own inherent moral rightness will doom us all?

[Menolly]

I should wonder, based upon the above, at the wonderfully advanced age of many Watchers. They are like unto the Haruchai. . . Not mentioning names or anything, though.

Insufferable, self-assured jackasses whose pride and belief in their own inherent moral rightness will doom us all?

Why I outta...

[emotional leper]

I should wonder, based upon the above, at the wonderfully advanced age of many Watchers. They are like unto the Haruchai. . . Not mentioning names or anything, though.

Insufferable, self-assured jackasses whose pride and belief in their own inherent moral rightness will doom us all?

Why I outta...

Hey. That's a fairly accurate description of the Haruchai.

[stonemaybe]

I had the best night out in ages last night - I was invited to a Burns Supper - a night of remembrance and celebration of Rabbie Burns, the Scottish poet, and all things Scottish.

There was six of us, a three course ceremonial meal, and quite a bit of whiskey!

For those of you who don't know (and I didn't!), the order of the night goes like this...(iirc)

-Introduction by the Chairman
-'In Immortal Memory' - speech about Burns and how good the Scots are at everything
-The Selkirk Grace ("Some hae meat but canna eat, an' some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, an' sae the Lord we thankit")
- first course (cockaleekie soup, mmmmm)
(The haggis is brought in on a silver tray)
- 'Toast to the Haggis' then ceremonial cutting it open
- main course, neeps & tatties & haggis (turnips and potato and haggis)
-'Toast to the Lassies' (this was my bit, I've never been so terrified in my life, but it went down well, and I was the only person who spoke without notes spoke a bit about Irish poetry and how it wasn't suited to toasting the lassies, then recited 3 limericks I'd written about each of the girls present)
(at this stage after lots of whiskey toasts, the order is a bit blurry)
- 'Response from the lassies' (to my toast, lots of man-bashing. apparently I was supposed to do lassie-bashing in my toast, but i didn't know so I was really nice to them! oops)
- dessert (tipsy laird, a type of dry brandy trifle-thing with lots of cream)
- Burns poetry recitals (we had the one about the louse and the one about the bmouse, both of which are really funny, so I'll try and find the words and post them. Funny thing about Burns poetry - written in medieval Scottish - you can read it and it's gobbledigook, but when I heard it read out loud, it's understandable, because it's almost like a phonetic northern irish accent)

After that we had a Scottish quiz, which was fun, and included a whiskey-tasting round (5 numbered whiskeys, you had to taste and decide which was single malt Scottish, scottish blend, irish, canadian, and from the US), and a round where we had to make models out of play-dough for our team-mate, to describe a scottish thing (eg thistle, unicorn, oilrig, scotland), and a round where we were given all sorts of rubbish like empty cereal packs, egg cartons, lemonade bottles, plastic cups, and we had to build a Scottish castle.

On leaving, we were each given a goodie bag with scottish soup, shortbread, photos of the night that they'd already printed out (none of my castle though ) and various tartan paraphenalia.

All in all, a totally successful and enjoyable evening with great company! And best of all, despite the whiskey, no hangover today

To A Mouse.


Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an chase thee,
Wi murdering pattle!

I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social union,
An justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion.
An fellow mortal!

I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve:
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave
'S a sma request;
I'll get a blessin wi the lave,
An never miss't!

Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
Its silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An naething, now, to big a new ane,
O foggage green!
An bleak December's win's ensuin.
Baith snell an keen!

Thou saw the fields laid bare an waste,
An weary winter comin fast.
An cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell,
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro thy cell.

That wee bit heap o leaves an stibble,
Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble.
But house or hald,
To thole the winter's sleety dribble,
An cranreuch cauld!

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best-laid schemes o mice an men
Gang aft agley,
An lea'e us nought but grief an pain,
For promis'd joy!

Still thou art blest, compar'd wi me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But och! I backward cast my e'e,
On prospects drear!
An forward, tho I canna see,
I guess an fear!

[MsMary]

US Figure Skating Championships are on TV tonight.

*watches pretty spins and jumps*

[thefirst]

Spent much of my time either on the phone, on line, or in bed with a good book. . . . . . my kinda weekend, enjoyable, but relatively non-productive.

[Cameraman Jenn]

Went crabbing on Saturday. Ate crab Saturday night. Went and saw Beowulf in 3D on Sunday. That was cool. AND found out from the previews that a new 3D action film is coming out starring Brendan Frasier. That should be cool. Then spent the evening reading "Memories of Ice" voraciously.

[Menolly]

AND found out from the previews that a new 3D action film is coming out starring Brendan Frasier. That should be cool.

The new Journey to the Center of the Earth? Yeah, live action 3D, and Brendan Frasier...

[Worm of Despite]

My weekend was crap. I attempted for a third time to become a manchild, but I overshot the equation and only got a baby voice. On the bright side, I have a strange urge to go outside and play.

[Wyldewode]

I had the best night out in ages last night - I was invited to a Burns Supper - a night of remembrance and celebration of Rabbie Burns, the Scottish poet, and all things Scottish.

My friends and I did this a few years ago, but we couldn't get haggis, so we substituted something. . . though for the life of me I can't remember what.

[Wyldewode]

I should wonder, based upon the above, at the wonderfully advanced age of many Watchers. They are like unto the Haruchai. . . Not mentioning names or anything, though.

Insufferable, self-assured jackasses whose pride and belief in their own inherent moral rightness will doom us all?

You were deliberately misconstruing my statement. If you got in trouble with the Jewish mama, it's all your fault.

[emotional leper]

I should wonder, based upon the above, at the wonderfully advanced age of many Watchers. They are like unto the Haruchai. . . Not mentioning names or anything, though.

Insufferable, self-assured jackasses whose pride and belief in their own inherent moral rightness will doom us all?

You were deliberately misconstruing my statement. If you got in trouble with the Jewish mama, it's all your fault.

There are lots of things I'd like to misconstrue.

[Cagliostro]

Went and saw Juno Saturday night. Sat in the back of the theater which I hate, as I always have a lousy time in the back with the D students. Sure enough, the most annoying person in the theater was there, and the movie sold out, so there was nowhere to move. She laughed at EVERYTHING, even during the serious scenes, and constantly repeated back the line out loud the character had just said. I was ready to kill her.

From what I could tell, the movie was great, but my viewing was quite a bit off.

I like sitting toward the front of the middle. Most theaters have railing there, and you can put your feet up on it. That's my favorite place, and most of the time the people sitting there don't talk during the movie, but I've been a bit of a magnet lately for rude assholes in the theater lately.

Other than that, I've not felt great this weekend. I think it might be acid reflux playing havoc with my body as I've been eating badly since I quit smoking and plan for February to turn it all around and be conscious of what I'm eating. So I suspect some is the change in my body for not smoking anymore coupled with lots of bad food. I've been waking up really gassy, which my girlfriend loves, and feeling a little pukey, which I love. I've been trying to remember to take some Prilosec, but I forgot yesterday. This morning, my head feels a little woozy and I feel like I might be running a touch of a fever. And after breakfast, I threw up. So...giving it a week, cutting the "bad eating" time short and if I'm not better by Monday, probably time to schedule an appointment for the doc. But I suspect I just need to be better.

[Wyldewode]

Aww. . . sorry things aren't so great with you. You might try getting some yogurt--don't get anything fancy or special--just something that says it contains live active cultures. It can help you with digestive problems.

[drew]

This weekend coming up, I'm having a Mardi Gras tyope weekend.






Yup; I'm gunna show my tits for beads!



Seriously; since I'm giving up Drinking alcohol; and eating junkfood for lent, I'm going to a party, drinking many bear and eating lots of junk food.

[Loredoctor]

I'm visiting my parents, making a dvd for someone special, then hopefully calling America.

[Wyldewode]

I'm visiting my parents, making a dvd for someone special, then hopefully calling America.

You are too cute, my friend.

[thefirst]

Unfortunately, I think I'm required to go to a wedding this coming saturday, not that I mind so much, it's just hard to dress for weddings in this kind of weather. Not to mention that ice on the ground and 4" heels are not a great combination. My other plans, I look forward to with much more enthusiasm.

[drew]

4" heels

....excellent.