Hectic weekend, Vanity Fair...

Barkha's Bed and Breakfast was back in commission over the weekend. The Burmese Doctor was in town. So, I got home Friday at 7:00 and cooked some curry for all. Chicken with Spinach Curry, Curried potatoes and some rice. All went well, I guess.... Slept in Saturday - but had to make an appearance for Dinner Sat. Night. As usual, the B family was challenged by prospects of ordering at a Thai restaurant....Whining and mumblings ensued...More cooking on Sunday...Poha and some Fresh Peach muffins for breakfast - and Italian for dinner. Some home made Vegan pesto rottelli, Spaghetti marinara, White bean bruchettas and Sausage. ok - I am getting hungry now...

On the up side, finally got to watch Mira Nair's Vanity Fair. Very well done I think - the costumes and the sets were beautiful. Reese Witherspoon makes a very convincing Becky Sharp. The colors in the movie were so beautiful - I almost got inspired by the opening sequence enough to resume my peacock paintings... Yeah, yeah - I've read all the critiques of the movie - the characters were not developed enough, the movie was too summarized etc. - but you try and stuff Thackeray into a two hour slot... I can't imagine anyone who has already read the book to not be able to relate to the characters and follow the story line. For those who have not - it does not matter. All in all - I liked the movie.

Easter Island, Can't Wait!

Two weeks and two days to the Chile trip.... and I can't wait to get away....Gotta go check out the Moai!

Work is so....ooo dragging... and I haven't been able to climb as much as I'd like to. Or go to work out as often as I'd like to. Or do anything generally fun... I need a vacation.

Well - what I really am looking for is to run away... (Playing Norah Jones' Come away with me as writing this). Reality is - this one person is getting on my nerves at work - and It is affecting me. I have absolutely no patience for misery - so chances are - I will do what I always do - run away.....

Jobs are easy to come by - and in keeping with my principle of "leaving all trails as good or better than when you found it", I should move on. So - when I get back from my trip, I will contact some head hunters...Then again - by the time I get back from vacation, perhaps I wont feel like running away.

24

Ok - so I am hooked on this show Big Time!!!!!

It all started with Ken trying to record old re-runs of Season One. He could never quite get the beginning so I bought him Season one for Father's day. And then we started watching it. And I was hooked.... I've been staying up late begging "One more Episode" ever since....

So, I got Season Two for my birthday - and now I've been through two bad days with Jack. Can't wait to see Season Three, Four, Five....

It has been so long since they made one of the good ol American Hero based action drama - I am so sick of the politically correct liberal feel good bullshit leading men - it's good to see someone playing a part that includes the male genitalia....What ever happened to the America good - the rest of the world bad? You would have thought that after 9/11 there would be more 90s style action movies - but instead we've been getting more of Brokeback Mountain! So - Bauer Rules! I love 24 - thank god for Fox!

mmmmmmm.....Jack Bauer...