Dinner party at Jim's last night:


Highlights: quiche, lasagna, Agnes's chocolate cake with coffee icing, port wine, pina coladas, Sam's sketch books and caricatures, Toby the semi-shy orange cat.

I downloaded Season 1 of The Sopranos last week and have started watching them and HOLY HECK they are written well. I can see why they've been so popular. The characters are strong (and funny!), right from the get go. I may have to revise my "TV is stupid" stance, to more of a "reality TV and sitcoms are stupid." I've been impressed with the following shows lately: Veronica Mars, The Sopranos, Lost, The West Wing. If all TV were like that, I would be addicted. As for now, I bittorrent them and avoid the commercials. Is that stealing? It seems to be a grey area. I could watch them for free anyways, and you're not legally bound to watch the commercials... seems to be more of a grey area than downloading music, anyways.

I've got a secret
and I cannot keep it
I've got a secret
and I cannot keep it

I want to tell it, I want to say it, I want to show it,
want you to know it

Yep, really old Newsboys song in my head today. I DO have a secret, and it's a gooder, and I've been sitting on it for a good six months now. Didn't even tell Chris about it, and let me tell you, I was dying to. Anyways, soon! The proverbial cat is on its way out of the proverbial bag. :)

I've been feeling better lately. I had a dream last night in which,
a) Chris and I were broken up, and
b) He was being fairly nice to me, and
c) I wasn't yelling at him.

A good sign, no? Maybe my subconscious has started to move on. I was having dreams for a while where I was chewing gum and would try to spit it out but there would be so much gum that it would fill my mouth. I would try to pull it out with my fingers, but it would stick to my teeth and I would have to dig it out and there was always more and it was frustrating and gross. Google tells me that it's a pretty common dream when you're stressed out and things are feeling out of control. Anyways, those dreams have stopped. Things seem to be settling down.

Five more weeks of university. I can do this. Soon it will be summer and it won't be bitterly cold like when we came home last night at 2AM, and I won't have to read a billion articles every week, and I can sleep and read fun books again. My roommates are going to teach me to draw. Yay for OCAD students!