Sketches of Life

I've been drooling over this for so long! In my defense, this is all in aid of my fitness regimen and not just because it's so geeky cool. I really wanted the KSO version, but it's been out of stock forever (or atleast since I managed to scrape the money for it), and I'm too impatient to wait until then, so I'm going with the Sprint.

In other news, the good and bad part about my work is that it's not a strict 9-5 schedule. On one hand, I can saunter in around 10 in the morning, and head out to the gym by 4:30. On the other, I might be spending most of the night prepping for meeting with the China team, which could go on as late as 10 pm or even midnight. So there go my TV watching plans if I ever had any. *sigh* I'm so darn sleepy.

I'm having fun biking into work these days. Downside is that I have to pack a change of clothes on top of my heavy laptop, as I'd be dripping sweat by the time I get to work. I'm ok with showering twice a day, but twice in the morning is too much. I'll have to rethink my strategy.

I'm really kinda out of the fanfic world and might be late catching up on stuff, but does this mean it's canon now?

Can someone please tell me when plaids and flannell became cool again? I thought it was dyke uniform! I'm getting fashion confusion here.

In related shopping news, the sucky thing about being short and losing weight is that you can't look in the clearance section for pants that actually fit you well.

Don Rodolfo Torrontes from Argentina.




I'm usually not a fan of whites, but I have to recommend this one. A good pizza always requires a white wine as accompaniment, so I opened this one yesterday to go with my Chicken Bruschetta pizza (yum). It's really smooth, and there were no hints of a headache or any sense of dullness in the morning. Just perfect. My kind of wine.

For instance, every time I hear the sentence "Harry felt anger boiling/bubbling in the pit of his stomach", or its various, and not very varied versions, my disappointment with JKRs writing increases. She's an amazing and inventive storyteller, but her descriptions of the reactions of Harry, Ron and Hermione at facing various situations can get one-dimensional and repetitive. I never really noticed it when I read the books, but now it's hard to get past it without wanting to hurl something. 

 First things first - Happy Birthday, THI! I guess it's kinda belated. I haven't been on the interwebs very frequently in the last few days. Hope there was lots of booze and strippers ;-)

I'm sitting outside a starbucks, just off of Castro street in SF, watching people go by. It's all pretty and hilly and lively and maybe a little touristy. I like the fact that there are so many people walking around on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. After running around the last couple of days looking for an apartment and getting a little familiar with San Jose, I decided to take advantage of my free day to come over here. After 8 years of living in Republican land, I needed it bad. Watching hot dykes making out on the subway  was definitely a good start.

Walking around in San Jose is a completely different, though equally awesome experience. You know you're in Silicon Valley when you keep coming across companies whose software you have pirated at some point in your life. I was very, very tempted to open up my torrents delivered copy of photoshop while waiting for my bus to Santa Clara at the stop outside Adobe.

WANT! WANT! WANT! WANT!


If this thing works as shown in the video, I won't even give the apple tablet a single glance. It's practically geekgasmic!

 I loathe packing.

What a sad thing to realize that I was giving the same treatment to your scenes as those of Reva: Fast Forward. If I had to hear Natalia say "we're a family!" one more time with the perky smile and without looking like she wanted to kiss the hell out of Olivia's gorgeous lips, I would have had to hurl something at my very expensive and precious 40-inch teevee. So much promise, so much fail! 

Is there any hope for the new fall season? Anything?

Can someone please write Brenda/Captain Raydor fic? I hadn't kept up with the show the last couple of seasons, but now it looks like it's getting better and better. Also, there can never be enough Mary McDonnell on my screen. I love it that they paired two strong female actors/characters to go up against each other. We don't get enough of that on TV.

On ESPN, 3 pm eastern/ 2 central.


It's been a while since I had a chance to watch the women play. It'll be good to catch up.

 Becks and Landycakes to have a throwdown. 

 Torchwood tore my heart! Practically fucking sank its claws in and ripped it to shreds. I couldn't stop the tears rolling down my face. Actual freaking big fat rolling drops of tears! I think I'll need the whole damned weekend to recover from this. 

It's all ralst 's fault for reminding me about the new season.

 Leotards are so 80s. Srsly.

- This tweenerspeak is brought to you my Geeky's bleeding eyes.

I can't stand to watch most Bollywood movies. A lot of it has to do with the seriously crappy acting, cheesy dialogues, campy melodrama and lack of logic. I know all that could be very amusing, but I just.can't.sit.throught.it!!! It's literally like nails on a chalkboard for me. It's one of the reasons I couldn't really watch Xena. 

It's why I'm having a really, really hard time watching Merlin. I'm trying to catch up on the DVR'd episodes, and now I remember why I didn't bother downloading it when it originally aired after the first couple of episodes. I'm just sad to see Giles reduced to this. Oh, and Michelle Ryan sucks even on this show. Bionic Woman was doomed the moment she was cast in it. 

Pass the popcorn. This will be loads of fun to watch.Speculations are ranging from potentially huge upcoming scandal, to presidential bid. Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC saying that according to close Palin sources, she's quitting politics. Say it ain't so! That would break T's heart if her favorite girl quits.

 Robo Geisha!

 I bought a hairband today. A couple of months ago, I gave in and bought a hair brush. I haven't had to own either for over 10 years!!! It's a weird feeling for me, getting used to this growing ... thing. I feel like I'm losing my identity and morphing into something quite unknown. The hairband was necessary to keep my hair out of my eyes at the gym. I was just so freaking tired of being half blinded by this thick curtain of unruly hair flopping infront of my face!

*sigh*

On the good news front, I've lost over 7 lbs since I started going to the gym and watching what I ate. I don't think I've been in this decent a shape for a few years. I'm fitting again into my size sixes (though still a touch strained). And my arms are actually showing some muscle tone. They've got a long way to go to get to Michelle O levels of hotness, but I see a glimmer in the dark. So, inspite of the fact that I am learning of the existence of hidden muscles in my body by the ache I feel in them, I'm a little bit proud of myself, and not avoiding looking at the mirror so much. The extra pounds show up very badly on my small frame, so it's good to feel them melting away. And my knee feels just a little stronger. So it's a win all around.

Except for the hair ... I'm still doubtful about that.

On ESPN at 2 pm est/1 pm central. It's starting half an hour earlier. I'm actually going to be able to watch it this time, which is probably not a good thing for USA's chances.

In other TV watching, how come no one told me that they were showing Merlin on NBC?