some stuff about some things

this is the worst of my injuries:



it's looking pretty good today, it's been pretty black and purple for a while.

friday night we drove into the city and had dinner and went to a movie with hope and mal. and i highly reccomend that everyone go see (or rent when it comes out) hot fuzz.

saturday george worked on fixing a chair most of the day and i went to work most of the day. for dinner we had roasted yams and asparagus.

sunday we drove back into the city and went to the alternative press expo with our friends karl and lindsey. it was kind of overwhelming and i felt a little too ignorant about comics. i did buy a little book that's portraits of werewolves among the roman elite; i appreciate it because these guys obviously put a lot of time into it (the illustrations themselves and the folder the portraits are in is handmade) and it gives me hope that if they can do something like this and make some money from it then i could probably do something like this and make some money from it. i also bought a hat just as the expo was closing down, it's a nice brown corduroy cap with some leaves stitched in orange on the sides. hope got a really beautiful blue wool(?) one with a bird stitched on the side.

after the expo was over we drove hope and mal back up here to the north bay so they could see our little apartment and more importantly meet our adorable cats and slightly more importantly eat some delicious dinner. butternut squash ravioli, melt-in-your-mouth gnocchi, beet salad, creme brulee, chocolate mousse torte... hope and mal are two of my (and assume george is with me on this) absolute favorite people to hang out with-there's just enough similarities and differences between us that everything is interesting.

our friend liz leaves to go back east for the summer tomorrow and we're bummed that she's leaving but are confident she'll come back-if not for her car then for her le creuset pot.

as an aside, i think one of the most wonderful things about bicycles is that they're simple machines and, with a little effort, easily understood. would a chainless bike be even easier to comprehend and repair? i'm undecided.