Mouse hunting

TMI alert!

So my cat had a mouse this morning. About 5 or 10 minutes before 7:00. Grah. I let the dogs out, made sure Smiles wasn't bothering the cat, and then Mom came down. I moved the gate so that it was across the stairs, that way Smiles wouldn't try to get the mouse (I didn't want them fighting over it). I later looked for a body, but couldn't find anything. This means either: a) she ate the whole mouse, b) she ate part of it and hid the rest, or c) it got away. I reckon it's either a or b.

TMI done.

I had a good cry last night - you know, about the whole Max thing. I should've seen it coming, really. He may have been dating her before he met me, for all I know. The good thing is that I didn't ask him out, so I was saved the embarrassment. But I still feel pretty stupid. So last night I put on that Journey CD and cried a bit. I don't feel as bad today, but I still feel pretty stupid.

Mom wants to go for a walk today. Pity the library's closed on Mondays.

I can't believe it...

So I'm talking to Max, the guy I like, on MSN, and I find out in our conversation that he has a girlfriend.

*facepalm*
*headdesk*

DAMN IT!!!

So... yeah. I feel pretty stupid now. But it could've been worse. Imagine if I had asked him out. Boy, would that have been awkward. I know it's not the end of the world. I know there's a chance they might break up. I don't want to hope they'll break up. I'm sure this girl is very nice. I'm trying not to hope for a breakup. But I feel so stupid.

Fruits Basket, music, and youth group

I feel like writing about Fruits Basket. There's some things I want to say about the characters, so...

Fruits Basket (WARNING: contains spoilers from books 2, 3 and 4!)

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I really like Hatori Sohma. What I've noticed lately is that he seems protective of Tohru. I don't know if it's because she's gullible, or if she reminds him of Kana, but he was very quick to accuse Shigure of using her in book 3. And in book 2, when Tohru slipped on the ice, Hatori could have just let her fall, but he caught her, which caused him to transform. I also think that Hatori respects Tohru, because she didn't laugh when he transformed into a seahorse. And I don't blame him for suspecting Shigure, because he does appear to be scheming something - I just don't know what yet.

And then we have Akito. He's a sly one. I'm only a couple of chapters into book 4, so I don't know the details of what he did to Yuki that makes him fear Akito. I was kinda pissed that he told Tohru she was cute, and then tells Shigure that she's ugly and slow. Okay, so she's gullible, but she's not slow!

Back to Hatori... (and no, I'm not making up an excuse to talk about him... I think. haha.) I'm surprised that he's still on speaking terms with Akito. I mean, the man hurt his eye, making Hatori almost blind in one eye, and Hatori, who is the Sohma family's doctor, still looks after him when he's sick! It's uncanny! I wonder if Akito knows there's a photo of Kana on Hatori's desk...

Kyo's unusually protective of Tohru, too. I guess it's because she has a knack for getting into some kind of trouble - and by trouble, I don't mean that she's a bad person, just gullible and sometimes unaware of her surroundings. Like when a guy at their school goes to chat her up, Kyo stands right next to her and kind of guards her from them, and the guy backs off. No one wants to cross Kyo! Well- except maybe Hatsuharu...

And now I've just reached the part where Ayame turns back into human form. He's pretty, though not as dashing (in my opinion) as Hatori :)

Music

One of the perks of getting the HD receiver is that we're now subscribed to Omni BC. They have a program called Nikkei TV, which is a Japanese-Canadian current events show. The first 15 or 20 minutes is a segment called J-Pop TV. They play a bunch of Japanese music videos, which was how I came across a band called An Cafe. I saw their video for their single 'Aroma', and went looking for info on them on the internet. Wikipedia has their discography up, so I sent in purchase requests to the library for their albums, and found the video for 'Aroma' on YouTube.

Youth Group

Youth group was good last night. Stephen was in India for a few weeks, and he brought us each back a bracelet. He also showed off a rug and some figurines he'd bought there, and told us about his trip. Mom made cookies, so she put some in a bag for me to bring with me. Mark, who was also there, liked the cookies. We also ate up the party mix that Stephen brought a few weeks ago.

I also feel like talking about America's Got Talent.

This season's been good. Piers is a little less grumpy, haha. Some very talented singers have been on. I haven't seen a lot of variety acts that I like, though. There's been some illusionists, dancers, and tumbling acts, but nothing... different. I did like the dancers that were on last night, though - the ones that wore the white gloves. They were really good.

Hey, Aqualung!

I'm listening to Jethro Tull via YouTube, hence the title :)

So Mom and I looked through the local college's catalogues and pages. Man, is it hard to navigate that site! We couldn't find any info on the CAAT, only the GED. But we did find info on the math and English refresher courses :)

The Mighty is in transit for me at the library, so I'll probably go down tomorrow and see if it's there, even if I do have to pay a fine on Macbeth.

I wonder if Mom feels like going to the knitting meet-up at Second Cup...

Aaaaand FINISHED!

I finished my second washcloth! Now I just need to take a photo and post it in the class thread on Ravelry.

Oh, and my mom was nattering at me to install the new version of Internet Explorer because, apparently, there are sites that only work with IE - but it was 'my decision'. So I told the IE update wizard to remind me later ;) Who needs IE when you have Firefox? It's more secure!

So...

I now know how to turn the HD receiver on. haha. No one really told me until this morning, when Mom got up. I let the dogs out at around 8:30 and thought, hey, I can watch early morning anime! But then I realized that I didn't know how to use the HD receiver, so I waited until Mom got up to turn it on.

The Mighty was just on MoviePix, and Mom says it's coming on at 4:00! I already reserved the DVD from the library, but I might watch it anyway, haha.

I might be able to knit today. I've been taking a few days off, but I might work on my house tie if I'm not too sore. My second washcloth is close to being done, though :D

A good end to a 'meh' weekend

Today I saw Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. It was great. It was in 3D, so we got the 3D glasses. Unlike the cardboard ones, these ones are plastic, and they look like the sunglasses worn by John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd in The Blues Brothers. We were asked to put them in the glasses recycling box on the way out, but we took ours home ;)

Mom and I were going to go to the local roller derby match last night, but we wound up not going. Damn. Maybe we'll go to their next home game. And maybe I'll bring knitting ;)

Oh yeah - I'm using Dad's old speakers now, because my old Koss ones are pretty much toast. The left one's blown out, and Dad says the wires are all broken up. These speakers are a bit tinny, and they're very quiet, but they work, which is always good :)