I’m waiting for a call back regarding a job, and that’s always good for an adrenaline spike. Now I am going to put down the laptop, finish my coffee, and grind through an AWFUL lot of boring housework.
I made a double batch of bagels yesterday. Between the four of us (Paul and Keith were here yesterday, Paul just for supper and Keith for an evening of gaming, Brutal Legend mostly) we demolished them and I had the second last one this morning. This time I put the sesame seeds in and under the bagels, and properly proofed the dough, and left them in to bake for a long time. They looked so amazing I asked Jeff to take a picture. (My camera is screwy right now and I can’t afford another one). And the house smelled heavenly.
Watched Beautiful Girls yesterday. Natalie Portman as a precocious young teen is brilliant. One of my fave scenes in the movie turns out to have been unrehearsed, which is cool. I remember being 13 and having crushes on older men, and her performance rang crystal-true. I have much more to say on the subject, but backspaced over all of it. I like watching the ill tempered and stupid and crazy and boundaryless words get sucked up into the neverwas.
Miss Margot jumped for a table with a table cloth yesterday and if I hadn’t been in the room she would have pulled the whole damned thing down on herself, possibly being injured, although with all that fur it’s hard to tell.
Jeff is planning on having a friend come and stay during the Olympics, now that he knows that he’s ‘on vacation’ for the Olympics. It’s a good thing; if I’m still off work we may get to some projects, who knows.
Katie got more sleep last night, and so did Granny. I am so relieved she’s able to step up like this (not just because I originally volunteered and then it turned out to make more sense for Katie to do it).
Stephen Harper’s government has dropped 15 points in the polls in 15 days. Sort of reminds me of an uncontrolled descent from the Andes, eckshully.
I have to rehearse for Conflikt III. I already talked to Peggy; we’re going down a day earlier than usual to avoid the worst of the border insanity, which adds to the cost but we also get more filking in.
No, the Americans are NOT blocking aid coming into Haiti. If it wasn’t for their logistical abilities, there’d be zip all coming into Haiti except through the DR.
Comments from Jim regarding the Haiti Airport. “Yes, I am aware of the problem. The Canadians are now constructing a new airport outside a city called Jacmel which is where our Governor General spent a lot of time when she was growing up. I didn’t hear how long the construction would take but it should make things better for them as far as air traffic goes. I imagine the big push is to get the port docks repaired so that they can get the heavy stuff shipped in by ship rather than air.”
There’s also many many tons of aid in the Dominican Republic… don’t know what the problem is getting it across the border.