Larocque and Roll

Shucks March 27, 2008

See what I did there? Disappeared for almost a month without updating? It’s not intentional because I did have several ideas during that time, but never got around to writing them down. And now I’m writing the second lamest blog cliche [1] - blogging about why I didn’t blog. I’m so hip it hurts.

In a nutshell, here’s what’s been going on:

~ I went to see the movie “Jumper” I can think of worse ways to spend 90 minutes than drooling over Hayden Christensen, but man - the ending made not a lick of sense. It was so abrupt and open-ended, I felt like I’d missed something. Even movies where you already know there’s going to be a sequel give you some kind of closure.

~ I got sick. Not really really sick, and not with something that I can say with any degree of certainty what it was. It wasn’t a cold, it wasn’t a flu, it wasn’t bronchitis or pneumonia. Rather, it was a combo of all of them, combined with what I like to call Super Drag Ass. Oh, and PMS cramps - there’s no illness so bad that it can’t be made worse with the addition of gut-clenching pain. Joy. Lacking a better description, I began calling it The Malaise - treatment includes copious amounts of ginger ale, several episodes of “Crossing Jordan” and a complete disregard for personal hygiene.

~ I made several playlists for a friend and liked them so much I’ve been listening to them constantly. (Really, if I’d been lacking something to post about, I should have thrown one of them up and let you bask in the awesomeness of my ability to put together a well-crafted playlist.)

~ On my real birthday, I went winery hopping with my sister and cousin. Vineland Estates had the best selection of regular and reserve wines [2], while Malivoire had a smaller selection of uniformly terrific wines [3]. Angel’s Gate was a bit disappointing [4], and Cellar Bench was notable for their selection of ice wines [5].

~ After months and months of threatening to do it, I finally purchased the complete series of “Queer as Folk (US)” and the first four seasons of “The L Word” for the library. It’s taken that long to work up the guts to do it, because I know it’s going to be controversial, and that there will be complaints from some people in the community (my boss and the other managers have been supportive, as have the rest of the crew in the knitting guild).

To wrap up: if anything interesting happens between now and next time, I will write about it this time instead of making vague promises to myself and then getting on with my life.

[1] First lamest blog cliche: blogging about your blog.
[2] I love love love their Dry and Semi-Dry Rieslings, and also got a bottle of their Elevation Cabernet Merlot and their Sauvignon Blanc.
[3] Their Gewurtztraminer is fab, and I came home with bottles of their Chardonnay Musque and the Moira Vineyard Chardonnay.
[4] Have you ever heard the Monty Python wine sketch? At one point, I described a particularly nasty red as having a “bouquet like an aborigine’s armpit” and meant it.
[5] From there, I got a bottle of maple syrup (from a local sugar bush) ice wine.