Grace (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} celestialblendr) wrote,@ 2009-01-19 02:11:00 |
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Formal-Dress Fallout
The usual business ensues, although my Thursday tutoring was canceled for this month, and I've been enjoying having an extra afternoon with daylight. I've made the decision several times to reduce the amount that I'm tutoring. It's not so much the number of hours or the prep work as it is which hours it claims: those precious hours between the end of the school day and dark. As it is, I work every day after school (except, temporarily, Thursdays). I don't get out to walk the dog (or, possibly more importantly, the Grace) as much as I had or, certainly, as much as I'd like. I feel drained by the time I get home. Although I've made this decision more than once, I haven't managed to follow through. Breaking off with one of the families I work with isn't easy. If I could stack multiple sessions in a single day, I'd do that, but it's not possible schedulewise.
Have been massively distracted by Fallout 2 of late, which, although it's more than 12 years old, I have never played and am rather enjoying. It's set in post-nuclear apocalypse US. The big quest is to find a magic box that will supposedly save your village, but there are other smaller quests and things to do along the way, like becoming a prizefighter, finding lost children, sabotaging nuclear reactors, sabotaging others' plans to sabotage nuclear reactors, guarding cattle, etc. One of the benefits of being totally unaware of computer games is that it's difficult to critique them, and, possibly, easier to enjoy the ride.
I've also gotten one or two opportunities to play Settlers, but it's pretty addictive. I want to make more opportunities to play it.
Uncharacteristically, I seriously looked at a lot of formal wear today. I have a couple weddings to attend in the next few months, namely, Jen and Sean's and my Mom and Sadelle's. Yes, they are finally making it all legal-like. Mom and Sadelle will be the first same-sex couple to be married under the care of Bennington Friends Meeting, which finally, after a more than decade-long process, approved a minute on same-sex marriage. They are planning quite the shindig. I was hanging out with them last night, and we were talking about some of the details and they told me that they were planning on getting salwar kameezes to wear. Alongside the bhangra music they've put on their music request list (I will be DJing the reception), I saw this as an invitation to buy the sari I've been wanting to buy for a really long time. Maria and I were looking them up on ebay this morning, and I found a vintage silk sari with a blue and green floral design. And it will be mine.
Later, worked on looking for bridesmaid dresses with Jen and Jenny. After a fair amount of awkward, half-hearted poking at bridal websites, came across Pin Up Girl Clothing, which specializes in 40s/50s retro style clothes. It was so refreshing after the rest of it: the models have meat on their bones and tattoos, and the dresses aren't made for virginal stick people. Finally.
The usual business ensues, although my Thursday tutoring was canceled for this month, and I've been enjoying having an extra afternoon with daylight. I've made the decision several times to reduce the amount that I'm tutoring. It's not so much the number of hours or the prep work as it is which hours it claims: those precious hours between the end of the school day and dark. As it is, I work every day after school (except, temporarily, Thursdays). I don't get out to walk the dog (or, possibly more importantly, the Grace) as much as I had or, certainly, as much as I'd like. I feel drained by the time I get home. Although I've made this decision more than once, I haven't managed to follow through. Breaking off with one of the families I work with isn't easy. If I could stack multiple sessions in a single day, I'd do that, but it's not possible schedulewise.
Have been massively distracted by Fallout 2 of late, which, although it's more than 12 years old, I have never played and am rather enjoying. It's set in post-nuclear apocalypse US. The big quest is to find a magic box that will supposedly save your village, but there are other smaller quests and things to do along the way, like becoming a prizefighter, finding lost children, sabotaging nuclear reactors, sabotaging others' plans to sabotage nuclear reactors, guarding cattle, etc. One of the benefits of being totally unaware of computer games is that it's difficult to critique them, and, possibly, easier to enjoy the ride.
I've also gotten one or two opportunities to play Settlers, but it's pretty addictive. I want to make more opportunities to play it.
Uncharacteristically, I seriously looked at a lot of formal wear today. I have a couple weddings to attend in the next few months, namely, Jen and Sean's and my Mom and Sadelle's. Yes, they are finally making it all legal-like. Mom and Sadelle will be the first same-sex couple to be married under the care of Bennington Friends Meeting, which finally, after a more than decade-long process, approved a minute on same-sex marriage. They are planning quite the shindig. I was hanging out with them last night, and we were talking about some of the details and they told me that they were planning on getting salwar kameezes to wear. Alongside the bhangra music they've put on their music request list (I will be DJing the reception), I saw this as an invitation to buy the sari I've been wanting to buy for a really long time. Maria and I were looking them up on ebay this morning, and I found a vintage silk sari with a blue and green floral design. And it will be mine.
Later, worked on looking for bridesmaid dresses with Jen and Jenny. After a fair amount of awkward, half-hearted poking at bridal websites, came across Pin Up Girl Clothing, which specializes in 40s/50s retro style clothes. It was so refreshing after the rest of it: the models have meat on their bones and tattoos, and the dresses aren't made for virginal stick people. Finally.
