Ookings of d00m

Had a very lovely weekend with the Lizard.

Friday we went to dinner at Moxie's, which could be turned into an awesome goth club with little effort. Then we went to see Monsters vs. Aliens - the 2nd time for me, the 1st for Zil. It's a good, fun movie that actually allows the female protagonist to remain female, and yet strong, which is pretty rare in movies. It still fails the Bechdel test, and the women are consistently rail thin while the men vary in body type. At least it's a start, though.

Saturday included kilt shopping and a haircut. Then Zil and I went to Chimichanga's for a long early dinner followed by "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Which, for the first 2/3 of the film succeeds and fails much in the same way that the source material does. Then it collapses into a storm of pointless plot wankery and they completely ruin Deadpool after getting the character mostly right in the beginning. Also, Wolverine's hair is ridiculously pretty, and I am a geek enough that I found that distracting. On the plus side, Live Schrieber is the best possible movie Sabretooth, IMHO.

Sunday was spent lounging around watching tv and movies at home with cuddles and a fashion show.

The final wedding outfit for the ZilBro wedding is as follows: the new black utilikilt (original model), black vest, white wingtip collar shirt and a black puff tie. None of my jackets really came close to working. For footwear, we've provisionally agreed on combat boots, but only if I get them really well polished.

I also picked up something for an upcoming masquerade party, so my outfit for *that* is nearly sorted.

I think I may be getting a handle on this life thing. It's almost making sense these days.

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There are a lot of truly fantastic people in my life.

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The Prestige was a fantastic movie.

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Thursday is Midsummer, the summer solstice. I feel I need to do something to celebrate that, but I haven't figure it out yet.

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Tomorrow work's sending me to Hockley Valley for "Activity day". My plan is to show up at 10:30 or so, after sleeping in and maybe going out for breakfast, and then playing board games until 3, followed by going back to the office to workout. I should still end up home early, if all goes as planned. I am giving serious thought to wearing my kilt.

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I don't have a decent "happy" icon. I think it's time to change that.

Three Good Things.

1. My utilikilt arrived today! I wasn't expecting it for weeks yet. If it wasn't for work's pesky dress code, I'd change into it right now. As it is, I will be wearing it home after the gym.


2. It's been a week since my last slip up.


3. Lunch time sale at work; $3 for a bag of decadent cookies, a litre of bbq sauce, and a bottle of spicy mexican mole marinade.