23 MAR 2010

Hey everybody!

I am relaxing at home right now, drinking some nice Torreo coffee. This past weekend was absolutely crazy at work. It was sunny and around 70 all weekend and we just got utterly destroyed. I closed last night with Astra and it was uneventful, as it was cool and really rainy all day. I'm in again tonight so I am building up a nice energy store. I am going to start making a carrot ginger and squash soup now so Carrie and I can both have a healthy dinner.

St. Patrick's Day ended up being a blast! We couldn't get into Mad mex (fortunately) so we went to La Terasse and met up with Emily, Maura, Colleen, and Danny for beers. It was fun and cheap! They actually had some decent beers on tap. Carrie and Colleen convinced everyone that doing an Irish Car Bomb was a great idea, so we did. That led to us heading to Local 44 for a beer, followed by a stopover at home to make some beet treats AKA selkie chow and some Lionsheads pilsners. Finally, we met up with a bunch of folks at Dock Street and had a pitcher of Bohemian Pilsner. A very fun night! We spoke in hushed tones of wee Jamie and the selkies.

The weekend was low key but fun. We went to a house party at the GATS' house on SAT night and Carrie and I both ate way too much meat, including some utterly delectable pork ribs. On SUN, we went to SHUTTER ISLAND, which was OK but rather hackneyed, and then we stopped in at the very end of an open mic at Copabanana where there were approximately eight people in the audience lounging around in the basement. It felt like walking in on someone you don't know's party in their parents' basement.

I really want to catch/watch a few more movies this week. I am stoked to watch A PROPHET and we have PONYO coming tomorrow on Netflix. Carrie and I also need to finish A SERIOUS MAN, which I am enjoying a lot. I also need to take more notes on the beers that I want to talk about, because I keep forgetting what I want to say.

Santa is being a true cutebox right now. I wish he would let me use him as a pillow more often. I believe that this spring air is getting his humours all riled up.