monday morning ughpdate.

– this guy in few of my classes looks like judah friedlander’s character in 30Rock.  i am on a stealth mission to take a picture of him without his knowledge.

– i should be writing a thesis statement right now, but i’m not.

– had a lively discussion with the boy, julie and tucker about community.  i always like discussions like that, but only if they lead to consistent action.

– seeing another sara this week, and that only means good things.

– the boy and i went shopping in denver on saturday, and found nothing until we went to the container store.  let me say this: i LOVE the container store.  i would almost rather having organized systems for stuff more than i want stuff to go in the organized system.  luckily, the boy shares this love of organization (and utilizes it more than i do on a regular basis, probably) and thus the container store was the best.

– the boy is now a blockbuster member at the most run-down blockbuster in town.  they made us cards, from a dot-matrix printer, and then hand-laminated them.  the videos were mostly in stacks around the store, and the cashier spent way too much time telling us a story about how her mother dressed up as sarah palin (along with everyone else’s mother) for halloween.

we rented a movie called “diggers”, and it was okay.

– the potato bacon soup at safeway is very good.  better than the chicken noodle.  both go well with oyster crackers and gingerale in mini-bottles.

– we now have a dearth of halloween chocolate, as we got a small amount in case there were trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood, and there were none.  this was somewhat surprising, given that i swear i saw a bunch of people dressed up in the neighborhood.  but, this could just be what the neighbors look like on a regular day.

– they have hired my replacement at work, finally, so by the end of the year, i will have no official responsibilities there whatsoever.  this is a good thing.

– 7 weeks until the semester is over.

– i officially heard my first christmas music in a retail environment on saturday, november 1st.  WAY TOO EARLY PEOPLE.

– i had a very good weekend with the boy.  one of those weekends you want to bottle up and have around to open on a miserable cold wednesday.  he’s my favorite.

– we are having incredibly un-november-like weather here during the day.  warm.  HOT.  crazy.  fantastic.  we walked around colorado college on sunday, and took some pictures (note: more than usual are of me, because i usually take the camera, and the boy had it this day):

no idea who this kid is, but he’s cute.

– now i’m hungry, and i would like a sandwich.  they’ve been doing a lot of pb&j at the bog this week, so i’m hoping for something different.

– voting tomorrow.  i could have voted early, but i’m old-school and like the whole process of going down and actually voting and getting my sticker.

– bravo has been playing reruns of the West Wing in the mornings from about 6am to 9am, and i have been loving it.  this, despite the fact that i own all of the seasons.  it’s one of my absolutely favorite shows, and i tend to like following the santos campaign a little more than any of the real ones right now.  i’m on votoverload.    wishing for a bartlett third term.

– still have no car.  i am driving my parent’s ‘extra’ car, a little red honda civic hatchback.  it’s like i’m driving a go-cart.  i will be driving this car indefinitely at this point.

– okay, now i’m hungry for pb&j and milk.  thought about it too much, it became a reality.

– dinner with my sister last week.  lovely.  it turns out, as i’ve suspected for many years, i really like seeing my siblings on a regular basis.  so happy to have made the decision 4 years ago to take advantage of that.

– no nephew yet.   they are hoping by the end of the week.  the scenario goes: my brother text messages me when they are starting labor.  calls after the baby is born with the details.  parents go by, friends go by, pictures are taken.  i show up in the evening with cocktails, two arms to hold a baby, and the boy to play video games with my brother.  in this case, beer and rum & cokes have been requested, and probably some street fighter.  done and done.

have a lovely week.

p.s. for all those blog-lurkers around there (or, what i like to call “blurkers”), it’s time to comment-up.   i am a consistent reader. many times blurker, and sporadic commenter, so i get it.  but you have to make your presence known at least once.  OR ELSE.  thanks.  —ed.

p.p.s.  okay, so it’s an idle threat.  i wouldn’t do anything.  because how could i?  but still.  STILL.  [insert stern look here] —ed.