HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE! I love you. ;-)

Saw "Mulholland Drive" last night. After a night to sleep on it and actually figure it out, I loved it. Right after we saw it, I knew I had been thoroughly entertained the entire time (and it's long)... but I wasn't sure exactly *why* I had felt so entertained. After figuring the movie out somewhat while falling asleep, I can say that I really enjoyed it. What a mind fuck. Cool.

Today will bring shopping and wandering in Bell Town (I need shoes. I brought sandals. It's raining. You figure it out.) The boys have lunch planned for 2pm with Llarian and some others... we may join them, we may not... we'll see! Then who knows what we'll do! Dinner at Zoe's tonight to celebrate my sweetie's birthday... I'm looking forward to that. =)

Off we go, into the wild, wet yonder...

So here I sit, all a-glow and in love with the world. Why, you ask? Because two of the dearest, sweetest people I know are going to get married. They are so good together. Ed proposed in an appropriately geeky way. Check out DeeAy dot Com for more details =)

I'm still going, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" about this. I think I will for weeks. *giggle* *bounce* *wiggle* *dance*

We'll be heading to Seattle some time this afternoon to see Ali and Doug... so I'd best get some clothes together and tidy this place up so it'll be nice to come home to...

I made Thai yellow curry chicken last night. It was HOT but it was GOOOOOD! I'm so pleased! I can now enjoy my favourite tasty Thai dish at a mere fraction of the cost of eating out and I don't have to walk in the rain to go get it! Plus, it's really, really, really, amazingly EASY to make.

1 can Coconut milk (13.5 Oz)
Thai yellow curry paste (about a Tbsp for mild).
1 whole boneless chicken boob
2-3 small red potatoes

Cut up chicken and potatoes into bite sized pieces.
Mix 1Tbsp water with 1 Tbsp curry paste to soften and then add to coconut milk in med sized saucepan.
Add chicken and potatoes.
Cool at a rolling boil until potatoes and chicken are cooked (about 20 minutes)
Meanwhile, make rice.

YUM! Tastes like you've been cooking for absolutely hours in the kitchen. I'm not going to look at how many calories are in the coconut milk... cuz it can't be good with how yummy that is.

I bought the Thai yellow curry paste at my local supermarket... but you can probably find it in a specialty oriental food store near you, or you can order it online.
So forget going to simply Thai.. I'll make curry here if you come over. =D

The other day I discovered a few things about wind. When you ride your bike to work a good, stiff tailwind is your very best and most wonderful friend. A good, stiff SIDEwind, however, is demon-spawn. I even prefer a moderately evil headwind to a sidewind. Sidewinds are scary. They try to push you into traffic or off of bridges as you ride over them. Not fun. They sneak up on you when you ride accross an intersection and nearly knock you over. They make you unable to steer enough to avoid the broken glass bits that you're sure are going to give you a flat tire, but thankfully don't.

My advice? Avoid sidwinds if you can. Seriously.

Hurt my back yesterday... but it appears to have been nothing more than a nastily pinched nerve. My sweetie took good care of me and bound me up in a back brace that makes it hard to breathe, but supports my back like nothing else can. I'll probably remove it sometime tomorrow, just to be on the safe side, but there has been no recurrence of the twinges of pain that plagued me after I got home from work yesterday. At least I had Thai yellow curry with chicken and potatoes to make me feel better. =) Yum.

Now to find out when we can descend upon Doug and Ali tomorrow! Gimme some Alian love! RAOWR! George is more into Doug, however. Look out, Doug! He's a comin' to gitcha!

My co-worker just got back from a work-trip to Arkansas. He gave me a pin. It says " WOO PIG... SOO-EEE" on it. Apparently it's the State Cheer for the Arkansas Razorbacks. I like it. It makes people look at me funny. Whee!

Almost time for Friends/Survivor... and keeping one eye glued to the hockey game, as well. Go Canucks! Stop the Avalanche!

Long time no update. I've been busy working, cooking, watching TV. ;-) Life is good.

I managed to get Friday off *woohoo!!* So we'll be able to leave in a timely manner for the drive to Seattle to see our dear friends Ali and Doug. I miss the Ali. I need Ali lub. So I'm gonna go get me some. I know that Doug and George are going to go and see a scary movie on Friday night... they can have it as far as I'm concerned... this will mean I get Ali all to myself for the evening! Muahahahahaaaa! We'll get naked. We'll take pictures. But you probably don't get to see them, unless you're DeeAy.

I want to make Thai yellow curried chicken tonight. I have to find some Thai yellow curry paste. I wonder where I'll be able to get any at 6pm.

I just called a store that's nearly on my way home. They have it! Guess where I'm stopping in the rain on my dark bike ride home?

Fun.

Almost time to go. More updates to come... honest...

Yesterday was a busy one for me. I went to "Nightschool In a Day" at John Oliver Secondary school to learn the basics of the copper foil method of stained glass. I have to tell you... it ROCKS. I think I've finally found the perfect art for me. I love choosing the colours, cutting the glass to the pattern, burnishing the copper foil on to the glass and then soldering it all together! It's just so beautiful when it's done... even though my first piece has lumps and bumps where it shouldn't and the cutting wasn't very precise.. I still love it! I'm going to have to make my way to a stained glass store sometime this week.. at least I hope... There are so many patterns available on line, or you can adapt something to suit yourself. Gorgeous.

After a full day of stained-glass making, McCow and BabyBlade came over to play. We all walked up to Samurai Sushi on Davie and then over to the Capitol Six movie theatre on Granville Street to see Bandits. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Billy Bob Thornton made me laugh so much I was still chuckling over lines and scenes in the movie hours afterwards. "Beavers and ducks!". That kills me. It was nice to see Cow again, and I'm so glad that he's with somebody as cool as BabyBlade. She's a real, live home-grown Lower Mainland girl, just like me. We're a rarity in these parts.

I wish I had some glass so I could craft some more wonderful things. Maybe the weekend after next... next weekend we go to Seattle to see Doug and Ali! Whee! It's DieharD's birthday next Saturday, so we'll be living it up in Seattle to celebrate. Zoe! Mmmmmmmmm MMmmmmmmmm good. Time to experience that first hand.