the heat is on too high in my apartment

Busy busy weekend! Spent the day with my nephew yesterday, and wound up staying later than I planned because he didn't want me to leave and I am a sucker. We watched Mulan until he lost interest and then The Rescuers until he lost interest and all of Beauty and the Beast, which he loves. I think the other two were a little too complicated for a not-quite-four-year-old. He does love to say "Beyootifull Mulan!", though.

( The cuteness. )

This morning was a lovely brunch in the city with a bunch of folks for paleologa's birthday, then afterward I met up with oeilade and girlunravelled and we went to La Petite Coquette. This establishment may be familiar to viewers of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, among other shows, as it's one of the most famous lingerie shops in the city. oeilade had gotten me a gift certificate for Christmas, so we went and I actually got fitted and tried on a bunch of different fancy bras and finally settled on a comfy Simone Perele which thanks to my gift certificate I was able to buy for less than half price, which is good as I'm not paying $86 for a bra, sorry. Anyway it was a fun experience (for me, anyway; poor oeilade and girlunravelled waited for me patiently), and I am very happy to own the nicest bra I've ever had. :D Then we went to the Virgin Megastore b/c they were having a big sale seeing as how they're going out of business, and I got Grease on DVD for $10 and Muppets From Space for $5. I was especially excited about the Muppets, as that is an awesome movie and Muppets make everything better.

Beyond that I was pretty emo and lazy today and I hope that gets better as the week goes on. On the plus side TAR was delightful tonight, with Phil in his underwear OMG, and Desperate Housewives was so, so, so much fun. And I really needed that. Swoosie Kurtz! Also:

Carlos: You think I'm that shallow, that I would only go by looks?
Gabby: Yes! I thought that was something we had in common!

Heeeeeee. Eva Longoria is totes unappreciated on that show, I swear. And to think she used to be Vanessa Marcil's stand-in, HA. /cranky old soap fan

I gave in and watched some of the nostalgic clips from last week's ER as there was about a five week period in the early 90s where I watched that show. LOL. If anyone else just wants to watch the good stuff, it's collected here.

Money CAN buy happiness. This is what I've been saying! On a related note, my netbook shipped on Friday, woo hoo!

Greatest t-shirt ever.

So I hear NBC (I think) is going to run the BBC Merlin series. Should I check that out or what? Also, I DVRed Kings but am not sure when I'll get a chance to watch, so if anyone did watch tonight, I'm looking for reviews.

I'm not going to pretend to be personally upset about Ron Silver dying, beyond having great sympathy for him for having to go through esophegeal cancer. How incredibly awful. :(

On a final note, I'm really glad I'm going to em_meredith's finale party this weekend, as I will get to spend time with her and nnaylime and a bunch of other lovely people. Because, as I had to remind myself today, the important thing to come out of watching BSG, for me, has not been the show itself. It's the good (and CRAZY) times I've had both in person and at cons with friends, and playing on the internet with many of you. It's been all about the journey and the experience. (Okay, that and discovering the awesome hotness that is Jamie Bamber and James Callis. Ahem.) What happens in the last couple of hours doesn't even matter so much. And yes, I will keep telling myself that, dammit, because it's true.

Well. That turned out more philosophical than I'd planned.

In other news, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to eloiseinparis! I'm very sorry I missed it on Saturday. See above about spending all day with the nephew. It sounds like you had a great day and I'm so very glad. XOXO BB.