Hello, Saturday

As terminally boring as you may be.

1. Yoga
2. backup important documents to iPod
3. backup to thumb drive
4. backup to external drive
5. backup to CDRW
6. consider backing up to Roommate’s new laptop, discard idea

Roommate’s family gave him a laptop for his birthday this year. We now have four computers between two people. Go geeks!

It’s supposed to be 111F this weekend. I think I’ll fill the tub with ice water and soak through it. Or possibly lay beneath the air conditioner as Babylon 5 episodes play one after another on the new dvd player.

Roommate’s birthday celebration was filled with laughter, sushi, and funny drunken karaoke, mostly Roommate’s — five bottles of saki, one beer, and one good-sized glass of vodka later, he wasn’t making a lot of coherent sense. He thought he was, which made it all the funnier. Once home, he bounced around like his shoes had springs, laughing and chatting and being goofy, until suddenly his expression morphed from cheery to ‘oh, no’ and he tottered away and disappeared into his bathroom. Alas, for it was good vodka. The sushi bar owner is a friend of Roommate’s and meant well in giving him the vodka, I’m sure. I mopped his brow and brought him ice water, and the following morning, the hangover descended. All his plans of gardening and finishing up various projects evaporated. But he had a lot of fun, and his boss, who responded to my last-minute call to Roommate’s workplace by bringing as many of the department as were available, paid the considerable tab we racked up - there were seven of us slamming beer and sushi and teriyaki chicken, not to mention the lovely flaky crispy eggroll.

So all in all, the last minute party was a success. The cats are still being periodically freaked out by the huge ‘40′ balloon we gave him; the mylar seem to hold helium pretty well. And yesterday, he finished his garden and picked up the dvd player of his dreams so that he can now take advantage of our collection while working out on his Nordic track.

Me, I’m still writing, spending time in downward dog, and whittling away at projects. I think today’s menu will include margherita pizza. It’s a mellow day, in spite of the blistering heat wave.