After a short (but exhausting) week, I abandoned post on Friday and went to Lucy's. Originally we were considering going to the Santa Ana botanical conservatory, but between the traffic and the week I felt more inclined to lie on the floor than move, so we didn't. We did got see the new Alice movie. Depp was creepy / mad as always, and between the nonsensical words in the original work and the accents, I only caught about 50% of the lines. Even so, I really liked the movie. It feels like it'd be good to watch alongside Gaiman's Mirrormask. Oh and there're fun moments in the dialogue (the fear about the decline of aristocracy is very great).
We did also play a bit of Sims (the game has been neglected of late on both of our parts, for various reasons). Nick and Alice had again, spontaneously developed A Relationship (though even Lucy admits that this round was ... strange). It's reassuring for me to know this because that means that when I originally created those characters and have them develop a relationship in the story they are actually compatible. Is this what it means to be soulmates? I don't know. Though I do know the part where Alice, still in her pajamas, walked up to Nick in the computer room and jumped him (and the events leading up to that) had me covering my eyes and muttering "I can't watch this". (But it all worked out, so hey....)
Speaking of the Lunatics. Lucy has apparently spotted yet another blond "Zach". We pondered what this means (why are there no brown-haired versions? He'd be happier with brown than blond). And whether or not it'd be too creepy of she took a photo of him for me. (We decided that the answer was "yes".)
Saturday I felt energetic enough that we made our way to Solvang and tried to determine whether it's better to be danish or donut. (Lucy picked danish, I haven't decided yet.) I liked the architecture (all very quaint & picturesque, complete with rolling green hills) and the food (well except the sour cabbage, which Lucy informed me was an acquired taste, and the cooked carrots, which I have never liked and probably never will). Lucy picked up more fridge magnets and we took a bunch of photos, which I've now uploaded to Facebook (and consequently chose to do this over reading, because uploading and labeling photos requires more...activation energy, if you will, than reading). The stores there sold all kinds of random knickknacks, including a bookstore with a fact-book that claimed everyone is 1/3 daffodil. I didn't read the explanation for how the author(s?) came to this astonishing conclusion, but was very amused anyway.
Finally, I was introduced to GLEE (the tv show), which I liked for reasons that I have yet to be able to satisfactorily explain to myself. I don't particularly like the characters, or the drama. The music has bits that I like and bits that I dislike. I fail to find it funny as a comedy. It's not the first show about underdogs and misfits becoming something special. Maybe it's the overall undertone of optimisms, or possibly just the odd moments of emotional honesty in between all the other over the top stuff that's going on. (Or maybe it somehow appealed to the third of me that's daffodil.) I think I need to watch more episodes to know. Maybe I'll like it less then. Or maybe the fact that I probably won't have the time to watch it before the end of the quarter will just kill off the enthusiasm because my attention span would've waned by then.
Which reminds me to say: insanity starts tomorrow! (Cheers.)
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Overall it was a pretty good weekend :)
Maybe being visited by the Social Bunny made Alice, uh, desperate to secure a relationship? I really don't know, it was strange. The best part was Mike dreaming about kissing on the couch while those two made out, of course.
I would have taken a picture of "Zach" despite the creepiness if I wasn't surrounded by a couple dozen people in lecture who might have noticed :P (even during the break)
And "Glee" is just weird XD Like I told you, Kate and I still haven't really figured out why we like it either. It probably comes down to the music and the optimism. I also do like the humor.
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