Yesterday's entry was about achievement and progress and today's entry is about goals which may or may not be attainable, but which, in my naivete,
I set for myself last May. Here are the list items that I am scared to do or confused about how to do (as well as some which, through no fault of my own, have been modified) which, as yet, I still fantasize that I someday check off on "30 Before 30."
Probably my nephew was just sleepy. But I like to imagine that he's thinking, "Macaroni and cheese...is SO...GOOD." Ah, to be one year old and living on the good old orange stuff. Even though nobody asked, my favorite mac and cheese recipe is
a slow-cooker recipe by Paula Deen. So, so delicious. I look quite a bit like Brandon there when it's gone. Luckily, the recipe makes 12 servings, so it takes like, three days for the two people who live in my house to finish it. Don't do that math, please.
Here's the moment of triumph: the end credits on the last movie of the day, and the last movie of the list, which was
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
. Squint really hard and you'll see Jack Nicholson's name in there.
I guess tomorrow I go back to books? Who knows? I'm not yet used to my freedom.
As an avowed carb enthusiast, I'm taking a break this morning between drug deals (
Tony Montana’s, not my own, I promise!) to let everybody know about the
N Cereal AA going on over at Tomato Nation. It’s a bracket tournament in which cereals compete (by garnering reader votes) for supremacy. The author of the site, Sars, has already done similar tournaments with
cheese (winner: English cheddar) and
ice cream (winner, in a stunning upset: mint chocolate chip). If you think you can choose between Cheerios and Golden Grahams, visit the site and
vote today--and keep visiting. These things move quickly. In between votes, there’s lots of play-by-play write-ups, and as an added treat, Sars is being joined in this tournament by her friend Tara, arguably the funniest woman on the Internet. If you don’t believe me, just head over to Sling.com and read her
recaps of the first season of
Beverly Hills 90210 (the
original, with the sideburns and the Shannen Doherty and whatnot).
Yes, it is literally a lasagna sandwich. A carb, re-carbed. We came home and, after some debate, chose
Spider-Man 2 (
a list movie) for the evening’s viewing. I’d seen parts of that movie, on TNT or whatever, always when Jeremy turned it on and I was reading or otherwise engaged in the same room. I’ve never sat down to watch it for its own merits, and now I can for sure state that I will never do so again. What a crap bag of a movie that is!
Sunday A lazy day. We did
some packing, I watched
another
House marathon, and spent most of the evening letting the precious hours of my life slip away while I surfed the Internet. On the plus side, I visited
SimpsonizeMe.com and Simpsonized Jeremy and myself.
Hee! Jeremy is blond Milhouse! I couldn’t get mine to look like me no matter what I did to it, but I’m posting it anyway because it’s a flattering non-resemblance.
Monday: Memorial Day More packing! Jeremy went to see the new
Terminator movie, and I watched two list movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front
and
Bonnie and Clyde
. Jeremy made burgers and hot dogs on the grill and homemade fries, and we had s’mores for dessert; classic Memorial Day fare. In other news, we have our new address now and I’ll be e-mailing it around to friends and family this week. Moving day is set for Sunday, May 31! It will be a relief.
Want. Other lazy weekend notes and observations: