Mojito Monday

Yesterday was Monday, and we had the second Mojito Monday. The first one was months ago, and already so much has changed, e.g. two of us is not with us anymore. But they still came out last night, and it was really cool. Good times.

I like hanging out with these girls. If I had a choice, every night would be Mojito Mondays... or Tequila Tuesdays, Wine Wednesdays, and so on.

Really cannot come up with anything clever or witty to say. Always plenty tired and unmotivated. And a guilty conscience makes it even more depressing. Hmmmmmm....

But Heroes is good, Studio 60 is good, and Hugh Laurie is good... though I don't think I'll be watching House anytime soon. Christmas is approaching, one of the more depressing times of the year. I think I will save up, no Christmas shopping, and go for a two-week long holiday in February.

Ahhhhh, sand, sun, away from people. It's next to impossible.

Well

Eating too much makes me unable to think. I think I'll just do a tiny update.

Still cannot seem to finish Marie Antoinett: A Journey by Antonia Fraser... meanwhile finishing two mysteries (I guess you can call them that), The Rule of Four and The Historian. The Rule of Four deals with this book called Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, and the theory of an alternate authorship. The Historian deals with the subject of Drakulya, or Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler of Transylvania and Wallachia. In my opinion, more interesting than The Rule of Four, I don't know, because Dracula is more familiar to me than the Italian Renaissance in Florence.

But I will finish Marie Antoinette. And I will go watch Borat and Babel. I never thought my life as pathetic, but I am a little bit tired now. Little bit.

Is it possible?

To pursue dreams, I mean. Or entertain the idea of pursuing another lifestyle. For myself, an example would be complete independence in Japan somewhere, live among books. My sister, seeing how most of her friends are off somewhere in Europe, working and studying, are often talking of leaving the country, so on and so forth.

It's a charming idea, really, to be a citizen of the world; to be able to live somewhere else. However, given our current predicament, I find it unlikely to happen.

In the end we are just insects living in our trappings. Unable to go out, unable to see a way out. Trappings, I say. Mere mention of the outside world gets us rustled up, but in the end it remains in the outside world, and we on the inside.

Thusly

I have began to use this word whenever I can, even when it doesn't make any sense at all. At least the words "concur" and "indeed" are easier to drop into everyday conversations, but not so much "thusly". I have love affair with words.

I have love affair with television shows as well. I never realized there are so many good shows on Monday night. Just last night, I watched new Project Runway, Restaurant Makeover, Heroes, and Studio 60 on Sunset Strip. And I loved them all.

Project Runway, in its 3rd season, is nothing short of drama, though much less in creative talent. It's sad, after first season's Jay and Kara Saun, and second season's Daniel V and Chloe and Nick, they all produced such beautiful garments. This season is so drab... sigh. Nevertheless, I still watch it.

Last night's Restaurant Makeover is one that I haven't seen before, and when I saw the designer was Robin de Groot and the chef was David Adjey, I just had to watch it. If you ever watch Restaurant Makeover, you'd know which one Robin is; he is the one that has the extremely hilarious and infectious laugh. You have no idea, every time he laughs, we all laughed. It was really funny. However, it was designing for a restaurant that is attached to a bowling alley, so Robin went all out on 50's diner theme. Lots of color, lots of black and white tiling... not my favorite. My favorite, by the way, is Innocenti, with Meredith and Lynn I think. It was so beautiful. And by the way (again), if you watch Food Network, Lynn Crawford is going to be on Iron Chef America. Go Lynn! Don't let that Feenie take all the spotlight!

Heroes I have just watched my first episode yesterday. Fascinating, ordinary people wiht extraordinary powers. Powers that are scary and mysterious. Last night's was the 4th episode, I need to go and find previous ones so I can explain to my mom better. The thing with Heroes though, is that they don't have an exclusively-North American-dominated cast. There are Asians, an Indian guy and a Japanese guy, and the Japanese guys spoke real Japanese, none of that jumbo-mumbo cracked-up words that people speak as if an Asian language. Truly impressed.

Studio 60 is a clever show. They have to be if they want to present a SNL-esque show. Exciting parts are when they have real celebrities to come in and pose as "guests" of the show. Last night was the mom from Gilmore Girls and Sting. Sting!! Playing a lute and singing this really romantic song. Matthew Perry is okay, I guess. I really like Amanda Peet though, she is a toughie.

I also watch America's Next Top Model, in case you wonder about my other weeknight's repertoire. That's on Wednesdays, and reruns on Sundays. On Thursdays if I am not closing, I watch CSI (the original) and ER. ER is very exciting, as always. Love it love it love it. And sometimes I'm forced to watch Dancing with the Stars. Nothing like SYTYCD. Sigh.

In the end I watched 5 movies out of the entire VIFF. 2 I had to back out of, because my eyes couldn't take it anymore, my contact lenses were coming off and I had a headache. Out of the five, 2 I really loved. Will talk later.