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1. [livejournal.com profile] li_kao was in town last night, huzzah! We went to The Queen of Sheba. (Random interjection: My current hypothesis is that every metropolitan area in America with a population greater than 500,0000 has an Ethiopian restaurant called Queen of Sheba, or a variant thereof. Besides the Portland restaurant, there's a Queen Sheba in Seattle, and a Queen of Sheba in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In fact, New Rule for Candy: I will now only patronize Ethiopian restaurants with the words "Queen" and "Sheba" in their names.) HANYWAY, the food was excellent, as was the conversation, and afterwards we availed ourselves to doughnuts from Voodoo Doughnut and went back to my place, where we talked some more.

2. I don't feel sick, but my lymph nodes are massive--the size of really big grapes, and tender to the touch. The pressure is actually making my throat hurt a little. SEXY.

3. OH DEAR LORD BATTLESTAR GALACTICA IS CRACK. My biggest regret right now is how my stupid need for sleep and to get work done is interfering with my ability to watch all 2.5 seasons in one glorious glom.

4. I'm looking forward to the holiday season like you have NO IDEA.

Well, OK, some of you might have an inkling.

5. Dinner and assorted adventures with [livejournal.com profile] piezocuttlefish tomorrow, wheeyay!

Date: 2006-12-12 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darwinpolice.livejournal.com
Alas, the 'burgh makes a liar of you. We have only one Ethiopian restaurant and it is called Abay. Note the lack of the words "queen," "of," and "Sheba." SUCKA.

Also, god bless Battlestar Galactica for filling my nerd-lust quota while Heroes is on hiatus. Come to me, Grace Park.

Date: 2006-12-12 09:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misshepeshu.livejournal.com
Crap. I HATE YOU, PITTSBURGH. Clearly, I can never eat Ethiopian food in your not-so-fair city.

Grace Park is hot, but oh dear lord I have such hard-ons for Starbuck and Gaeta and Helo.

Date: 2006-12-12 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darwinpolice.livejournal.com
If Harley Quinn is in the next Batman movie, I say give the role to Starbuck.

Date: 2006-12-12 09:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misshepeshu.livejournal.com
Holy shit, she'd be perfect.

Also, note to self: I need to stop reading wiki articles on BSG because I'm finding out wayyy too much. Not that I'm particularly bothered by spoilers, but oh dear lord I've just accidentally found out a whole lot, like who marries who in the show.

your icon

Date: 2006-12-12 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddinhed.livejournal.com
AAAAHAHAHA, MORE COWBELL!!

I love that skit, but sadly, every time I hear a certain song by the Cowboy Junkies prominently featuring a cowbell, I can't help but think of Will Ferrell. It was funny the first time, but now the song's kinda ruined for me.

Re: your icon

Date: 2006-12-12 10:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misshepeshu.livejournal.com
It's the same thing with me and a Decemberists song, actually--"The Perfect Crime" on The Crane Wife has a little bit with a cowbell and a guitar riff, and when I heard it live I totally had to restrain myself from screaming "MORE COWBELL!" like a complete fucking dork.

crane wife

Date: 2006-12-12 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddinhed.livejournal.com
What do you think of the Crane Wife album? I am in love with it, but I don't think it got nearly as warm a reception from Aaron and Scott. I'm lukewarm about Summersong, but the rest of the songs make me swoon.

And the war came with a curse and a caterwaul
And the war came with all the poise of a cannonball


mmm.

Re: crane wife

Date: 2006-12-12 11:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misshepeshu.livejournal.com
I really, really like The Crane Wife--I wrote about it at length in this journal post, actually. But after multiple listens, I think Picaresque and Castaways and Cutouts still reign supreme in my heart. Funny thing is, the one song on The Crane Wife I'm lukewarm on is the song you quoted from. Haa-ha!

Re: crane wife

Date: 2006-12-13 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddinhed.livejournal.com
Ha!
Actually, When the War Came as a whole doesn't entirely blow my skirt up either, but I am very fond of those lines.

Date: 2006-12-13 01:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] redsouffle.livejournal.com
MY LOVE FOR GAETA IS AS THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS.

No one understands my nerdlust.

Date: 2006-12-13 01:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misshepeshu.livejournal.com
Oh hellz yeah! The prettiness + the nerdiness = WIN WIN WIN. I'd spin up his FTL drive any time he wanted me to. Baby.

Also, have I ever mentioned that I had the BIGGEST GODDAMN CRUSH on Bill Nye when I was, like 11 years old? My friends all looked at me like I was nuts when I confessed my nerdlove.

Date: 2006-12-13 02:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inventionsleeps.livejournal.com
So feel your pain on BSG. It is the crack (of the lords of Kobol)

Date: 2006-12-13 03:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] misshepeshu.livejournal.com
Please enjoy this new icon, which I've just made in commemoration of our nerdlust.

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