Untidy Heap: March 2008 Archives
Me: Shall we go to our friends' home and join in the sacrifice of brightly painted, boiled chicken embryos in celebration of the reanimation of the Christian god-king?
Kate: *dirty look*
Me: What?
Kate: ...
Me: Nothing I said was actually wrong.
Kate: I *know*.
Specifically, this: there are a few words that should never, under any circumstances, be linked together in a coherent sentence.
"Toddler" and "beauty pageant."
"Jalapeño" and "chowder."
"Collectible card game" and "investment."
"Quick" and "corporate response time."
... just to name a few off the top of my head.
The local cafeteria has taken this St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to teach me another must-not.
"Corned beef" and "panini."
Ireland and Italy are geographically separated for a reason, people, and at least one of those reasons is culinary in nature.
It was a relatively quiet weekend at Casa Testerman -- our date night consisted of some we-time together on Lord of the Rings Online, which is something I didn't even realize I'd missed (quite alot); Saturday consisted mostly of some game-time over at the Consortium (much delayed, and fun); Sunday was some very satisfying house-cleaning, getting to know a few folks online, and the start of some new fiction exercises for myself.
This week, I'm wrapping up a course-design project that is both production-piece and application for more work. It's coming together fairly well -- I think it's stronger than anything I've done lately, but then again I probably *should* think that. Wedding plans continue to compress into the remaining time available. (Less than a month!)
Recently read: Neil Gaiman's 1602, Joe Straczynski's Lost Souls, some more of Alan Moore's Lost Girls, and some short fiction by Robert Howard. Also, we've been watching the first season of Bones; not the best of all television, but by far and away the most entertaining 'crime scene expertise' show I've watched. I'm nearly vibrating with my desire to unleash MI:5 on Kate, but we're waiting until the long visit to New York for the wedding is done and we're all back at home.
March, which came in as a lion and will probably go out like a frenzied events coordinator, is upon us here at Casa Testerman. To say there's quite a lot going on leaves a bit too much to the imagination of the reader; I should shoulder some of the burden.
Start with the Democratic Primaries, then add to that a few little wrinkles. Perhaps the two main candidates are getting married. Bill is out of town for two weeks and won't be available to help with any scheduling. One candidate is starting up a new business, and the other is lining up a job in case the whole election thing falls through. Oh, and it's time to start looking at preschools. And there's a book revision going on (again), and two editing jobs.
There's quite a lot going on.
Yesterday was our second anniversary, which is both amazing and kind of sad. Amazing for all the obvious reasons; sad because it will be the last time we really celebrate it as our 'main' anniversary; we'll be (happily) replacing that date with our wedding, which is all to the good, but I can't help but feel as though I'm abandoning a good friend who helped me through a rough time.
The gifts for our flower girl and ring bearers arrived yesterday, and are great. I'm a bit more tickled by the groomsmen gifts, but they aren't here yet -- as far as gift-giving goes, I'll have to settle for finally getting Dave his birthday gift only two months late, as a kind of babysitting thank-you, I suppose. Part of the gift is FROM OUTER SPACE, which makes me happy.
- With the exception of masturbation, each of the elements were condemned by at least one faith group.
- With two exceptions (teen and extra-marital sex) each of the factors were "morally acceptable in most cases" by at least one faith group.
- The only factor over which most faith groups agreed was their near universal condemnation of extra-marital sex.
- With such massive differences of opinion, conflicts between faith groups over sexual matters will probably continue long into the future.
Overall? I feel like I should visit a buddhist temple some time.
