She looked into me so sweetly and we left the room discreetly

[cyrano]

So I had tofu and carrots that needed to be used up, and pureed squash that I wanted to try on something. So I made up some sort of curry squash tofu thing, which with a little bit of lime pickle turned out really really well.
And I put it in plastic containers for heating and eating before I hit the road. And there, sitting on the shelf of the refrigerator, eyeing me reproachfully, was the bag of carrots. Uncooked and uncurried.
Bah.

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Weather in Medford--highs in the seventies and showers. Weather in Bradenton--highs in the nineties. I need to go buy a cheap plastic mac or something, and some sort of waterproof hat. Perhaps something with a brim, to shed the dewy drops. And definitely a hat for Bradenton, as I'm hoping to do some gardening while I'm there. And Bullfrog, to shed the burnished rays.

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I had a CD on reserve at the library that showed up earlier this week, so I went in to pick it up. And since I'll be out of town for two or three weeks, I of course maxed out my borrowed CDs. So I now have ten of them to sort through before they're due back in four weeks.
On recommendation of Darth Snarky, I grabbed Motion City Soundtrack. I can safely report that they are a not at all bad example of that Jimmy Eat World style of perky guitar pop.
On recommendation of Windrose, I grabbed the new White Stripes. (I like Fell in Love With a Girl, possibly mostly because of the punk kittens, but had been unimpressed by later offerings.) It's creative and quirky and I'm liking it. Listening to Doorbell I thought "hunh, Jack sounds an awful lot like Robert Plant in this song". And I imagined it done with more guitar and perhaps some hobbits, which amused me. And then Denial Twist Instinct Blues came on, which sounds a lot like Doorbell with electric guitar. Still no hobbits, but I can no longer imagine that it is co-incidental.

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I have, thanks to moses, two free Rhapsody downloads. I may use them to plug holes in that '80s disc. Like Sly Fox or Maxwell, the one-hit wonders, or maybe Brass in Pocket which never made the transition to my CD collection. (I do have Don't Get Me Wrong and I've Got You Babe in the collection for Chrissy Hynde, but....)

Comments

[windrose.livejournal.com]

Gardening! I pulled up a few dead plants this afternoon. Hopefully, by the time you get here I'll have the front weed patch flower bed ready for planting.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

If it's not ready for planting, then I'll just start with the weeding. (: Please feel free to have a list of stuff we need done for winter, because I want to be helpful that week.

[windrose.livejournal.com]

It's gonna depend on what I get done before you get here. Most of what needs doing around here is just household maintenance stuff that I usually don't have the energy to do. Anything you can help with would be sweet. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

"Anything I can help with" is pretty much right up my alley. (: I'm good for anything that doesn't require an actual skill set. No plumbing, rewiring, carpenting, that sort of stuff.

[carabosse.livejournal.com]

I can send you "Brass in Pocket"... Ask me about 80s and New Wave stuff before you waste a download. I can make a mix disc for you.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I'm always interested in mix discs from you. (: This one isn't strictly New Wave--I have a track from the Muppet Movie, the Doctor Who theme, and the Eagles, after all--but you've got a musical cunning that I enjoy.