After roasting. Was aiming for medium and it ended up pretty close.
Ready for the oven! Time to pop the wine and enjoy the evening.
Noshing on New Years Eve.
Afternoon light coming in the office window after fighting its way past some clouds.
Last night I made a green chicken chili that ended up falling somewhere between a soup and a stew. And it was wonderful, even better the next day. Even better was that I put it together sans recipe; just added the things I liked until it looked like I wanted it to.
Watched: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) 🎥
Much better than I went in expecting it to be.
Today’s mood: Bulgarian Cartrader - “Golden Rope”. 🎵
Today’s mood" Mama Zu - “Lip”. 🎵
I love what Sara Son did with her poem “I Was Invited to a Dinner”.
Today’s mood: The Hives & Cyndi Lauper - “A Christmas Duel”. 🎵
Working on getting myself into the Christmas spirit.
Listened to This is Love: Episode 79 Give it a Whirl 🎙️
I love this podcast and every episode. This one gives me hope.
Today’s mood: Vera Sola - “I’m Lying” 🎵
A nice broody rainy morning mood.
The kind of weather where I can’t stop thinking about hot and sour soup.
Watched Carol & the End of the World. 📺
This was great! A lot more than I expected it to be.
Watched Barbie (2023). 🎥
Had some clever and cute moments.
Watched Blue Eye Samurai s1. 📺
Stellar, with a cast full of my favorites. Loved every second of it and looking forward to a second season.
Today’s mood: Lucius - “Stranger Danger”. 🎵
The Guest House by Jalaluddin Rumi. This resonated with me today. And this is something that I want to give some thought to over the next few weeks as I reflect on this year, and into next.
A very apropo xkcd for today, as I’m working with timetables with our developers on a project this week.
Took solace of having to go into the office, yesterday, with an escape to one of the locally owned restaurants nearby. Chicken pho! Needed that combo of Thai basil and lime (and sambal oelek).
Watched Quiz Lady (2023) 🎥
Cute and you could tell that the cast had fun with this one.
Watched Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023) 🎥
Cute “where are they now” revisit with the show and its main characters.
Today’s mood Hiperson - “Crashing into Daylight” 🎵
Five things for today, 12/7
- Most of the day spent trying to chase down the cause of a web-app issue. And yes, it was as frustrating as you are imaging.
- Light, short flashes of rain throughout the day provided for nice ambiance while working at home. Made me happy.
- Dealing with the site issue, and not (yet) finding the cause, did not (make me happy).
- Reacher s1 rewatch has begun, in prep for next week’s season 2 release.
- Sleep is a good thing.
Five things for today, 12/06
- Waking just after 6:00 to the smoke alarm telling me that it needs a battery change, and immediately feeling thankful that it didn’t start earlier.
- You either do it yourself, or you let yourself get burned enough times to where you’re frustrated enough to just do it yourself.
- Just say NO to gear reviews on Youtube. It’s the same drivel over and over again, using the same stock soundtrack.
- Enjoyed this article (blog post) How It Feels When Someone Remembers Your Name: Weak Social Ties And Why We Need More Of Them.
- Sometimes one just needs pizza.
Today’s mood: Big Thief - “Masterpiece” 🎵