productive sunday

[rm]

Today I have managed to:

- Go to Costco. This is both time consuming and not. I'm very mission oriented there, and it's only a little more than a half-mile from our house. I walk over with a granny cart and wheel it all back. That said, we also live on the fourth floor of a walk-up, which means once I get the stuff home I have to ferry it up the stairs in handfuls. Not so bad with a few packages of chicken tikka or gluten-free basil meatballs. Sorta of sucky when it's a case of vitamin water (although $16 for a case of 20 as opposed to the $40 it would cost individually at the bodega is worth it). So it took four trips up and down the stairs to get all the groceries in and the cart up and away, but now I have the previously mentioned food, gluten-free rainbow cake (Passover: good for the Jews, good for the celiacs) and shampoo & conditioner.

- Go to Macy's and _not_ buy a couple of shirts I sorta decided I loved (in a "wow, these are hideous" way) in the boys department because they weren't that cheap, they don't go that well with my suits, and the collars are always a little wonky on the boys shirts, and I'll be finally choosing fabrics for some shirts I've already paid for from Duchess soon. I did get a sweater vest and a new tie though.

- Do work.

So now I am going home and watching a bunch of White Collar, which I suspect I'll like but not be moved by. Torchwood is such a fucked up and spotty show, but it's set a pretty high bar emotionally in terms of my response to it. So there you go.

Loved how light it stayed out today, even if it was a very dim, grey miserable light.

Tomorrow: tons of work and Indian food with redstapler.

Comments

[hllangel]

I never expected to be as emotionally invested in White Collar as I am now. It started out as a fun show, which clever writing, and amazing chemistry between the leads. then the second half of the season hit and the whole show kinda came together for me. It's inspired me in the same way Torchwood did in the beginning. I hope you like it.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

I suspect White Collar will hit you more emotionally than you expect. While Neal is presented as an extremely desirable male, he has an impressively broad emotional landscape that's shown on the screen quite a bit. He's extremely competent, but also a little broken.

Also, I suspect you'll love El and June, because they're just generally Made of Awesome.

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

White Collar sneaks up on you. At first it was promoted as a wacky caper show: an art forger and the Fed who caught him, together they fight crime! But then there's, like, believable relationship evolution and continuity -- not just in terms of plot, but how the characters feel about each other. And then shit goes down, and it's awesome.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

So it took four trips up and down the stairs to get all the groceries in and the cart up and away

But you did your cardio for the day. :D

[dsmoen.livejournal.com]

Suspect you might like the new xkcd, titled "Porn for Women": http://xkcd.com/714/

[arjache.livejournal.com]

Duchess! Our little Seattle expedition group just got back from there. They spoke very fondly of you.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh yay, I was going to ask you when/how that was. What did you get? Also, my excuse to email them again about an email that I fear got lost in the ehter.

[arjache.livejournal.com]

It went really well! There were four of us there (for three suits and a waistcoat), and it took a little over five hours total to get through the whole group - we met with Seyta at 14:00 and didn't stagger out until 19:mumble. I was impressed with how thorough the process was. And oh god, the fabric swatches.

I went in assuming I'd get an Atticus but ended up going for an Adam Adamant in brown with very subtle pinstripes. (No, not those pinstripes (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/05/01/article-1176391-02D52184000005DC-313_224x423.jpg). Though I'll admit she closed the deal when she mentioned that it was named after "a television show about a time-traveling Edwardian who fights crime in the '60s.")

gement got a rather customized 8 1/2; I'll let her fill in the details for that one.

All in all, definitely a worthwhile experience. Thank you for recommending them!

[gement.livejournal.com]

I got an 8 1/2 with proportionally wider lapels (they're the same width but with my relatively narrow shoulders they'll look normal) and the waistcoat coming all the way up to my bust to help break up the line.

Charcoal fine houndstooth (so it's a "dark" suit and doesn't read as anything other than a black suit, but isn't a black suit) with burgundy vertical stripe lining. I'm getting the waistcoat with the big silver paisley lining/back.

The big paisley lining fabric on waistcoats was the one thing all four of us got in common. :)

[rm.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, fucking awesome.

I totally need to send Seyta a long email about eight billion different things, so I will just add this to the lsit (so glad you guys went to her -- she's really generous with me, because I'm always promoting her stuff, but I think you all are the first people that have actually gotten there through me).

[hystericblue42.livejournal.com]

Hiya! Probably should have messaged and added you right after Gallifrey but I'm a bit slow at it all. :) This is Amy- the Gwen from the Torchwood Kids. It was nice talking to you at Gallifrey this year.

[pocketmouse]

Oh yeah, White Collar is total fluff. But shiny fluff!