hippogriff joyriding

Today was kind of a half and half - some good, some bad:

From the "instant gratification" department - when you've spent the past year on a long sewing project, it's fun to do one of those two-day turnarounds where you have something wearable fast. This morning I finished up the Miyake (only made the sleeveless top) and am quite pleased with the results!

( sewing snippage to spare the uninterested )

Jury duty was short, but the drive was not - I swear, the traffic on the beltway has become worse lately, and it took me 45 minutes to and from (it's a 22 mile drive)! Not terrible, but when you take into account that it was over 90F today and my car's air conditioning hasn't worked since my wreck, sitting and sitting with no breeze was infernal. I arrived at the courthouse in a pool of my own sweat. I stank of exhaust fumes and my clothes were damp, so I sat there through 2 hours of testimony mouldering away.

I'd also forgotten the misery of wearing glasses in hot weather - my face becomes an oil slick and I can't keep them on my face :( Damn damn damn.. by the time I got home I was ready to burn my clothes!

Recovered well with a shower and a change, and finally dragged my lazy (and crowd-avoiding) carcass out to the new Harry Potter!

D. is re-listening to the audio book to refresh himself; I haven't had the luxury but I can tell they had to abbreviate a LOT just to fit it into 2 hours. And I excuse the director for this, because despite the reviews of others, I think the new guy did a good job.

( actor spoilage - and no, I'm not trying to remember actor names just now )

( costume thoughts )

( animals and things )

We were in the theater from 5ish to 8, so dinner turned out to be a candy bar :/ To cleanse my body and guilt, I'm going to go do crunches and push ups, and drink several gallons of water to replace what I sweated out today.

I am still dancing around whether I want to go to any of the Pride-related activities (doG help me, it's Flash) this weekend. Many friends are going in varying times and places, and D. is game, but if it's this damn hot....yes folks, I think I've reached my temperature limit!

on Reagan's death

Considering that this is the only thing on local radio, and the funeral is going to be here this weekend, ya knew I was going to say something ;)

Yes, Reagan was president during my formative years, but that's exactly why my opinions of him aren't very strong - he first took office when I was around 7 and too young to be aware, and left when I was 15 and too worried about school and boys and the latest Cure album to care.

It was destined that I was never going to hear anything good about him; all of my family that were of voting age in the 1980's were dedicated Democrats.

In retrospect, I'm not too thrilled with his policies - Nancy's "Just Say No" which inaugurated the current "head in the sand" approach to illegal drug education, and his lethal inaction in the early years of the AIDS crisis are galling even 20 years on. It's also been suggested in some quarters that his Alzheimer's affected while he was still in office (can't find a working link to save my life) - so while maybe he was telling the truth about not knowing anything about IranContra, wouldn't it have been better if he resigned?

My sum opinion is that I'm glad I get Friday off, but won't be watching any of the coverage. And I find it subtly ironic that his funeral is during DC's GBLTQ Pride week ;)