Busy weekend

[etumukutenyak]

On Friday evening, we had company -- only one person, but we pulled out all stops, grilling fish and making pasta, salad, and grilled vegetables as well. Since I was still dealing with a migraine, I didn't have any wine, but Honey and Guest demolished a bottle of Trapiche Cabernet Sauvignon. While the grownups talked, Sonny watched the Opening Ceremonies.

Saturday, we had work around the house, in which we FINALLY moved the large chest freezer into the basement. It took some coordination of efforts, and we had to first unload the contents and prepare the cardboard but we got it shifted without too much yelling and only one minor injury. It was placed in with the girls, and promptly got very hot, but after some fiddling with controls and turning off/on/off, it cooled down and demonstrated proper cooling of contents. After that, Honey had planned to take Sonny to the Fair, but he decided he wanted to hang out in the neighborhood with some friends, so that was postponed.

Sunday, they churched while I read the paper, then they went to the Fair while I went to work (on call, yadda yadda); they ate dinner at the Fair and I had leftovers. I watched some of the Olympics, played exercised on the Wii Fit for about 90 minutes, and then watched some Bruce Willis (Die Hard was released in 1985 -- when he had hair and Bonnie Bedelia had Big Hair). In between all this, I walked the dogs, fed the critters, cleaned up here and there, ordered a new toilet for upstairs (unit no longer drains properly, so even if I have the flushing part working, it doesn't..yanno..eliminate the substances.) I researched toilets for a bit -- who knew there was so much technology available now? -- and settled on a American Standard Champion (as the Toto Ultra was not easily available in this area, and the Australian one was too expensive, and we're not in need of any ultra-expensive Japanese units with built-in bidets, warmers, aromatherapy and so on. Not really. But I digress.)

This morning we had the usual Monday morning slow-to-wake up issues. OK, they did get back from the Fair at a late hour, and camp doesn't start until 9-ish, and I did forget I had a meeting. Well, I remembered the meeting part, but not the correct time of meeting part. Oopsie.

Lunch done, posting done, realized I forgot to post answers to LJDQ, darnit, and back to work for now.

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Why don't you need a state of the art Japanese khazi?

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

First of all, there's the lack of space. No, wait -- first of all, this one's upstairs and not in our bathroom. Second is the lack of space in any of the bathrooms -- this house is more than 50 years old, and the bathrooms are consequently smaller than the more modern houses have. Giving our son the ultra-expensive all-the-mod-cons Japanese toilet unit would be..how shall I put this? Folly? Mad? Not really a good idea?

The child needs no excuses to spend more time "in the library". If you know what I mean, and at this point, he really is reading.

Perhaps in our later years, after we've renovated the master bedroom and family room (into one giant room) and enlarged the current master bath, and have space for such a luxury, then we might consider it. Just for the arthritis and all, you know.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

*snort*

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Willis may have had hair, but not much. And although I preferred him as Hans in this movie, Alan Rickman will unfortunately be remembered as Snape. Btw, here's a great bar bet--ask what the name was of the last terrorist who died. Hint: It ain't Hans.

A toilet named Toto Ultra...*snerk*

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Alan Rickman is excellent in all his movies ("Nice suit, Mr. Takagi"). Since I didn't watch (or re-watch) the end of the movie, I don't recall who it was that died last. I do remember seeing the former ballet star Boris Godunov being one of the bad guys.

Ah, back in those days the Bad Guys (tm) were Germans and Soviet Russians. Good times, good times.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

That would be Alexander Godunov in this case. Poor Sasha.

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

And poor Natasha. *rimshot*

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

Karl was the last to buy it. He gets shot by the guy from Family Matters.

I need to find a movie where Reginald VelJohnson doesn't play a cop, just for my own sanity.
Die Hard? Cop
Perfect Strangers? Cop
Family Matters? Cop--okay, it's a spin-off, I get it
Turner and Hooch? Cop--okay, detective, but still...
Even in Ghostbusters--cop.

Now the Bad Guys are the Arabs and occasionally, the Japanese. *sigh*

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Yes, I had noticed that about him -- and the other actor, from Hill Street Blues, but I'm blanking on his name.

BTW, Karl was played by our friend the former Sasha Godunov.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

VelJohnson was not a cop in Deer Hunter, nor was he in uniform for Like Mike.

;-)

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Ah, the Russians have just tried to destroy Georgia, so I suppose we can call them Bad Guys again.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Very true -- and as far as the traditional neighbors are concerned, the Russians have always been The Bad Guys. This time, they're not Soviets, and they're not Imperial or Tsarist. They're pseudo-capitalists, perhaps. ;-)