The Thing That Goes Doink

Today is Mother's Day, and in a few hours I'll be heading over to my parent's house to give my mom her gift and then head over to her mom's house. :3

Last night forgotten_relic and I went roller skating. I haven't been to our local rink since middle school (so OVER ten years), and it was nice to see that various aspects of the rink (that has probably been around since the 1960s) have been updated. Surprisingly, I didn't fall once, though a couple of times I thought I might face plant. All and all it was fun, and I'm pleased that even though I could feel various muscle groups working that I haven't felt in a while, I'm not sore at all.

Hopefully, as the weather gets nicer, I can go out and skate one of the paths down by the river to shake up my cardio routine. Not that I dislike the treadmill, but it comes down to a changing view and fresh air versus stale and and the same view, I'll take the great outdoors any day.

Anyway, I need to wrap my mom's present and get ready for my shower.

Today was a good exercise day, and by good I mean that I actually wend down the the gym and lifted weights and tried to up the weight in a few areas without hurting myself. So far so good. I can feel certain muscle groups starting to tighten up, and while it might be a few more weeks before the flab starts officially going the way of the dodo, I know that I'm starting to make a difference.

Saint Patrick's Day was pretty easy going. I spent the bulk of the afternoon and evening cooking. I also watched The Quiet Man. I find it amazing that even though I've seen the movie multiple times, I still find something new in it. I was planning on watching The Boondock Saints after dinner with my husband, but a slight miscalculation with dinner made that a no-go. However we watched two episodes of Burn Notice with dinner and tipped our hats to Fi. There's now half of a corned beef brisket in the fridge that will be chopped up with potatoes and turned into homemade corned beef hash on Saturday.

Prep for SakuraCon is nearly complete. This weekend my husband and I are going to get the oil changed in my car, as well as put air in the tires and vacuum the interior. I'm also going to make sure that my copy of The Bad Girl's Guide to the Open Road also makes it into the glove box, as interesting reading material for the drive may stave off boredom (playlist ideas, road games, best uses for condoms!). I'm also going to be washing my car here in a few days because it's "EW GROSS." I haven't washed it since I bought it, and I bought it in late October. So yes, we're talking about five months worth of dirt on my car. However, a wash and wax is in the immediate future so my poor little car won't look so pathetic. I also should look into putting the window cling on as well. I'm heading to Seattle - I should put as much WSU crap on my car as I possibly can. (I already have the license plate cover.)

Short of packing my suitcase, I'm ready to go to Seattle. I even managed to get the printer working so I've even printed off my pre-registration form. All that's really left to determine is where we're meeting up with the people we're caravaning with.

Dinner tonight is a pretty low-key affair. I'm making white chicken chili in the slow cooker. I'm wondering if it will thicken up any, because right now it resembles soup. If it retains its soup-like consistency, I may just make some rice and serve it over rice, ala Red Beans and Rice (except these are white beans and chicken). Either way, it'll be pretty damn good.

On the writing front, I'm gearing up for Script Frenzy. I need to learn my way around Celtx, but I have about two weeks to do that. I'm also working on Fire Emblem fic, using the infamous 100 Themes. What the hell - I do some of my best work with prompts. Also, it keeps me writing and most of them are one shots. WOO!

Annnnnnnnnnd, that's about it.

Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths, 3 holidays, and tag 3 friends.

Events:

1) 1946 – Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.

2) 1974 – Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.

3) 1992 - 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

Births

1) 1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (d. 1951)

2) 1901 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)

3) 1955 – Wendee Lee, American voice actress (Oh hell yeah!)

Deaths:

1) 1380 – Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)

2) 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (b. 1899)

3) 2007 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)

Holidays:

1) International Dance Day

2) Traditional start of Golden Week in Japan.

3) # National Persian Gulf Day in Iran

And I tag no one because honestly? Even if you do tag someone, they usually don't do it. Snag if you want it, ignore it if you don't.