sunday blustery sunday...

the wind and rain is incredibly marvelous today! i love it!

so, several things have happened in the past couple of days that have got me thinking...

first of all, i've decided to keep the orange hair, at least for a while. it's received generally good reviews, and i don't really feel like going through the annoyance of dyeing it back right now anyway.

second of all, went to the symphony last night with a group of folks to celebrate george's birthday. it's really nice to get dressed up every once in a while. the performance was okay. there were four pieces on the program. i didn't care for the first or the third, the second was mozart's 24th (and you can't really argue with that), but the last was this fantastic, loud, emotionally insane piece that pretty much knocked my socks off.

i hadn't really eaten all day and it seemed like a good idea to have a whiskey sour at intermission. so for the duration of the show, i was pretty much tanked. and i got shushed by a woman sitting behind andrew and me. and andrew deliberately papercut my hand! what a bastard. i've GOT to get nicer friends. and then there was punch and pie. you can't go wrong with punch and pie.

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now it's monday... i'm resuming this post. not only because it was unfinished, but because george specifically got on my case about not blogging about his b'day evening. so, hi george -- sorry for being so selfish with my blog? is that what i say at this point?

so much expectation! it's hard for a girl to keep her public satisfied sometimes.

anyway, so it's monday. george's b'day seemed to have been enjoyed by all involved, including george. we ended up at dee's in the south side after the symphony. we were all fantastically overdressed. there were lotsa cute boys (in my opinion, that is. andrew begged to differ.) and it really made me want to have a cigarette (because really nothing beats a cigarette on a fall evening in a dirty dive bar), but i didn't (i'm seven weeks strong, now!). i sent a drunken e-mail when i got home, and woke up to find a drunken voice mail left for me, which was kinda funny, and in some way justified the sending of the drunken e-mail.

and the other thing i was going to write about in this post? well, i'm gonna hold off on it for now, for reasons not to be disclosed. the short version is that people make really arbitrary decisions sometimes that totally preclude what could otherwise be good opportunities.

so there. i've gotta get some stuff done in this library so i can get the hell outta dodge.

but, because it wouldn't be an end-of-the-weekend post without this, i have to throw in that notre dame triumphed over tennessee on saturday, 41-21 (even though the game was tied at the 3d quarter). the AP and the coaches poll both have us ranked at #7 now! i missed the game because i was attempting to get some work done, so i can't offer any commentary, but i'm damn proud of the irish! damn proud!

and the BCS standings are out! with ND at number 11. not bad, considering. not bad at all.