BeaTime, Alchemy, etc.

Prior to leaving for Alchemy, I IMed with Bea for a while, sorting out Saturday's plans, among other things--Nathan and I will meet her at her [parents'?] house before convoying up to Silver Spring to hear some good old honky-tonk, courtesy of Western Bop. :)

Driving into DC, there was ridiculous traffic heading from 95N onto 95N/495E--masses of trucks with the occasional car for good measure, for no visible reason. Fortunately, I wasn't going that way, so it only slowed me down a bit. Once at Nation, I decided that there were entirely too many people in DC for the Gala de Reagan, resulting in a 20-minute search for parking nearby--I only had enough cash to get in, not park in controlled lot and also get in.

Anyhow, encountered learath first, then teky4lf, and later pictsy, Bagel, lanikei, underfiend, anizee, lilscotchgirl, and perhaps others I've forgotten, but no cheshirrrecat. Sadness!

I also learned of Bagel's birthday party next Friday, which distressingly coincides with gothiccripple and beastinme's Midsummer Party, which I've known about a good deal longer.. boo!

Eventually, after 02, the partying started to die down, basically just the club side, and while walking to my truck I'm pretty sure I got scammed out of $2 by a woman claiming a car break-in, police assistance, half-price cab, etc., etc. Oh well.

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From sebatical: Behold the power of ignorance. It's very, very powerful.

Jesus Loves Dick, saliva&AIDS, and Love, Actually

In delightful celebration of Goats strip #1500, triple-size and politicized, there's a new t-shirt available:



*glee*

Also, in interesting-but-not-new news, Case researchers discover the mouth's defenses against AIDS


Nathan and I watched Love, Actually, and it was delightful, if you like romantic comedies. Quite a cast, too--Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Rowan Atkinson, Elisha Cuthbert, and Shannon Elizabeth, among others.

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Two more movies watched today:

Night of the Living Dead (the 1990 remake), which was predictable B-movie horror. Entertaining.

Big Fish, which was wonderful. Delightful, even. :D

Most men, they'll tell you a story straight through. It won't be complicated, but it won't be interesting either.

Weather got rainy again. Bah!

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Via sebatical:
Low-carb Coca-Cola C2!
Low-carb potatoes!

And a feature that I think is nifty (because it works in my browsers), but has a lot of people up in arms, inline commenting: Quick Reply & More on Quick Reply

Photos!

Afternoon tea at the British Pantry and Blighty's Cafe with baranoouji et al last weekend, plus an assortment of nice old British cars nearby (Jaguars, MGs, a Rolls Royce, a condiment..)

Also, two new bearded dragon pix.