Music Sunday!!!!!

Today was Music Sunday at the Unitarian church. I didn't even realize that it was until I read the order of service. The service leader read a hilarious reading about altos, and how they don't get as much attention as sopranos. I'm probably an alto :p After all, I'm no Freddie Mercury! I always get this great feeling after hearing someone sing in church. I guess it makes me want to practise my keyboard. Sometimes I do practise my keyboard after church, actually. I'd like to sing at a Music Sunday, though. We sung some pretty cool hymns, actually. And the folks who sung in the service were good.

We went to Fortino's after church. Before we left, my mom said that she wanted to go to Fortino's, to which I replied that we'll see people from church! We saw Ann again, but I didn't recognize anyone else. We picked up some chicken pieces, which were pretty good. Mom cut up some cucumber to go with it, and we all washed some cherry tomatoes and pear tomatoes. I think Dad cut up a larger tomato as well, because there's a paring knife on the cutting board where Mom cut up the cucumber, and I think the knife had tomato guts on it.

I have to start my regular homeschooling on Tuesday! The same day we're going to visit my sister! Wow. The summer has just flown by. I guess our trip to see my sister in London Ontario will be a 'field trip'. Sweet :)

Another funny

I forgot to mention something funny that happened at Costco.

Dad started looking at computers, because he wants to replace this one (it is at least five years old). So we were trying to crack the passwords on the computers. I couldn't get the first one, but the second one I tried to crack had a picture of a kitty as the user photo, so either my mom or my dad suggested that I try 'kitty'. It worked! But the computers were set up so that you can't access them even if you get the password right. It was still awesome, though :)

Mom and Dad went shopping while I stayed home and watched the David Gilmour DVD. When they came home, Dad immediately asked me to take frozen macaroni and cheese and frozen Jamacian patties to the downstairs freezer. I tried to put them in the big freezer, where frozen meals normally go, but it's packed. With meat. That they bought and sealed up with the Foodsaver vac-packer. So I got all PO'ed, and Mom told me to put it all in the bread freezer. So after complaining that the bread's gonna shatter, I put it in anyway. Then Dad storms downstairs, ready for an argument. Honestly, does he always have to be in attack mode when I'm angry? He could have spoken to me civilly. One of the baskets in the frezzed slips when I'm angrily trying to put it back in, so he says to let him do it. I'm trying to fix the problem, and he yells at me to get out of there and let him fix it. Typical.

And afterwards they gave me three packs of Pocky. Pocky are these biscuit sticks covered in chocolate, or strawberry cream, but I'm pretty sure that there are other flavours that we can't get here. They're made in Japan, and they're yummy. Plus, they aren't completely covered in chocolate - one tip is just bare biscuit so that your hand doesn't get messy! How awesome is that?

Anyway, Mom wanted me to apologize first, so I did. I did overreact, probably because I was in a rotten mood. The DVD skipped on a track or two, and I had to pause it a few times because the dogs were barking.

And now I'm listening to U2 :)

Hahahahaha!!!

Actually, now that I think of it, there's two funnies. First, Holly got back to me. Her reply to the news about my brother was something like, "LMAO THAT IS SO FUNNY!" In a huge font :)

The second funny happened today, at the library. I took back my DVDs, because they were overdue, and one of them was the 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival. So I thought I'd look at the DVDs on the shelves, since I had just returned three. On one of the shelves, I found the 2004 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival!!! It was another copy!!! So I got it out :) Maybe this time I'll actually get a chance to watch it.

Mom had an overdue DVD as well. It was Remember That Night: David Gilmour Live at the Royal Albert Hall. I watched it this afternoon, and WOW. I love it. It must go on my Christmas list for my parents. That and the soundtrack from Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains The Same.

I picked up two items. One is a book on Martin Luther King Jr, the other is a Doors album called Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe. I think. Hehehe. I listened to all eleven tracks earlier.

I also didn't watch the DVD on Martin Luther King Jr, which I feel bad about. But I might get through the book easily, because it isn't too thick a book.

Costco and chicken wings!!!!!

Yeah, I'm writing another post. And yeah, I'm bored.

We went to Costco today. We didn't get a lot of stuff, but we did get more instant kimchi noodle bowls. Dee-lish! Oh, and we got some baklava, and Mom wanted egg rolls so we got a box of frozen egg rolls, too. She kept saying jokingly, "I don't want them, Sam wants them!" Yeah right, Mom, you know I don't like egg rolls. No offense to people who do, though!

I had an early supper of a Stoffer's frozen macaroni and cheese and some slices of cucumber. Then Dad got hungry and asked me if I was, because he was ordering chicken wings. I wasn't terribly hungry, but I knew that once I smelled the wings I'd be hungry, so I asked for some honey garlic wings. Before my two suppers, I hadn't eaten much - I didn't really eat breakfast until at least noon, if not later. I wasn't hungry in the morning. So I had water. And I swept, as I mentioned earlier. I had a plum afterwards, and later a bowl of tortilla chips with salsa. Then at around five-ish I had the mac n' cheese and cucumber.

Sweeping, Springsteen and Steve Miller

Before leaving for my mom's appointment, Dad asked me to sweep the living room and throw out the pieces of paper and cardboard that Smiles ever-so-kindly left laying about. So I went downstairs and got the Springsteen album I'm borrowing from the library, Darkness on the Edge of Town. I love that album.

After sweeping, I suddenly remembered that there's a Steve Miller Band song that I really like, one that never gets played on Q107. So I fired up the computer, and after checking my e-mail, my library account and Q107's site, I went to Ravelry and opened up iTunes for Windows. The song is called 'True Fine Love'.

Here it is...

I feel better

My cold seems to have gone for the most part, which is great. So thank you, Sarah, for wishing me well :)

I'm feeling so relaxed right now, because it's raining. Rain has such a calming effect on me.

So, my day has gone pretty well. I watched the rest of Gilmore Girls, I read quite a bit of the second Artemis Fowl book, and I listened to The Jeff Healey Band's See The Light, which is a pretty awesome album. Only one track skipped! I also watched Coronation Street earlier, and I read The Arctic Incident (the second Artemis Fowl book) during commercials, and sometimes during scenes that didn't require my undivided attention.

Back to the rain... I walked upstairs a little while ago, and I felt a lovely breeze, and I could smell that familiar rainy smell. You know, the smell of damp earth. Man, I love that smell! I can't really smell it as much in here, probably because the ceiling fan is running. But just the sound of the rain is fantastic.

Some 'me time'.

I apologize if this post looks a little disjointed. My mind is still a little foggy.

So, I still have that cold, and I'm still mad at Erica. The last few days have not been the most pleasant ones, after all the crap that's been going on. I just need to relax, only I keep dwelling on it all.

I still read on my bed with music on. It seems to be great therapy. The other day I listened to the Elton john CD I have out of the library, which is called Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player. It has Crocodile Rock on it, which is great 'cause it cheers me up.

I've also been watching season one of Gilmore Girls, also borrowed from the library. I forgot how much I love that first season. Rory was so young, Dean was so cute (and he wasn't a jerk back then!)... Jess hasn't appeared yet, though. I can't remember which season he first appears in. And it's been so long since I've seen the first season that, when the folks in the Ravelry group were talking about Max Medina, I couldn't remember that character much, just that scene in the drugstore where he runs into Lorelai. So when I started watching season one yesterday, I got to see more of Max Medina, and he's pretty good-looking. I don't know why I forgot about him except for the drugstore scene... then again, I was quite young when I started watching the series.

Speaking of Maxes, I got to talk to Max-who-used-to-go-to-youth-group on MSN. We didn't talk much, though. Holly was on for a bit, and Justin, too. Erica was also on, but I didn't say much to her.

I managed to watch two discs of Gilmore Girls yesterday, and I plan on starting disc three today. I have to get out of the house soon, though... only I don't know where I'd go. Maybe Value Village, to find clothes for Christmas. I plan on putting together a punk outfit for the holiday season :) I'd also like to look for plain skirts, since I find I wear jeans far too often. And I could probably use a pair of black pants, and a pair or two of jeans... I have to look in my pants drawer before I get jeans, though, because I may have a pair or two that I never wear... like those greeny blue ones that look weird on me. They can be laundry day pants, though...

I forgot to mention this morning. I got up at a decent time, with a stuffy nose, and remembered that I needed to put my duvet cover in the wash, along with some other clothes. I probably have to check on the washing machine soon, actually.

Edited because I didn't have the CD title exactly right.