What have I done for you lately?

The answer is, not a whole heck of a lot.

I have been lazy and selfish this weekend. I forked over $75 for my allergy meds on Saturday morning, and then I picked up breakfast at the BK. I have to say that the sausage croissanwich is still the bomb. Their new BKJoe line of coffee seems to be pretty good.

Then it was off to mom and dad's for my grandmother's 91st birthday party. Oy Vay, so many relatives. I got rolls specially made from the Bagel Station. They were the rosemary parmesan style that Henry's serves. I finally left about 3:45 p.m. and headed home. I forgot the leftover rolls and my iPod, so I called my mom and asked to pick them up today.

Last night, I had tickets to the Philharmonic, which was ghastly. I left with a throbbing headache from the screechiest violin concerto EVER. Then it was drinks at my friend Larry's until 1 a.m.

At Larry's I connected with a lesbian best friend of an acquaintance of my best friend. My Diety this town is sooooooo small. Anyway, Sara the lesbian regaled us with tales of gays openly serving in the military, which was heartwarming in a way. There are apparently several "stress management" support groups in which everyone is totally cool with you being homosexual, so long as you are physically fit and aren't a sissy. That leaves me out. Twice.

Then today, I slept in because of the headache from the symphony and the obscenely cheap wine. I watched a TiVo of Doctor Who from last week that I hadn't yet gotten around to and then I went to brunch. I then headed out to my parents and I explained how bad the concert actually was. I was after all using their tickets. I explained that I probably spared them a fate worse than death because it was not a good piece of music. The violinist is a regular and I knew from before how good he was, but I had to warn my parents to avoid anything by that composer ever again.

I got home and started working on articles for the newspaper. It's going to be hard getting everything in for tomorrow, but I got it. I also finished my essay for my philosophy of art class and watched a surprisingly decent episode of the Simpsons. They have all pretty much sucked out loud for the past two years, but this one saw homer get a stomach stapling, so it was funny.

Then I sat down and read Radar magazine.

tomorrow's dinner and last weekend's beverage

Tomorrow, I am supposed to go to Red Lobster to celebrate my friend's birthday. I haven't set foot in a Red Lobster since 1998, so help me Diety.

Does anyone have any suggestions for what to order? I at least know that white wine goes with all seafood. Maybe that's why I'm not too keen on it. I prefer red.

Speaking of Red wine, (and I'm not being paid for this) I was at Andy's last weekend for Battlestar Galactica and wine. I picked out a Yellow Tail Pinot Noir. It was sooooo good and it was the first time in a long time I hadn't gotten sniffly from alcohol.

We also watched Torchwood from BBC America. It's the lame spinoff from the reinvented Dr. Who, complete with Russell Davies' over-the-top affectations. I didn't quite care for it, but the plot point that all of the secret agents are randy bisexuals was an odd, literally queer, twist. The name of the episode was, I kid you not, "They Keep Killing Suzie." I must agree with Andy that it's the best title ever for a television episode.