Lots of Grilling, and a Very Busy Week

Holy cow, it’s been a while since I updated. Last weekend was a real hoot. Saturday was roho‘s birthday, so we got together with a bunch of friends and first hit Brightonwoods Orchards, then went back to Roho and genet‘s place for a tasty dinner of grilled meats and some excellent cupcakes make by takaza, including carrot cake cupcakes and my favorite, Boston cream cupcakes {drool}.

Sunday, we were joined by linnaeus and headed north to Milwaukee, first to Sprecher Brewing to stock up on cherry cola for Midwest FurFest, then a quick stop by Alterra Coffee to feed my filthy caffeine habit. Once done there, it was off to hegdish and drakeduck‘s place for a very enjoyable shindig featuring more grilled meats and some excellent company. It was great to meet some of the Milwaukee furs we hadn’t seen before, as well as some old friends we hadn’t seen in ages (hi Mistletoe and Tremaine!). Wonderful company, and Hegdish and Drake were excellent hosts. I look forward to seeing more of them!

Most of this week has been slow at work, which is good since that let me catch up on some MFF business. I’ve been very busy coordinating between departments, making my credit card squeak with a good bit of ordering, and working with some fine crafters out in California on some fun “spiffy” projects. Evenings have been spent enjoying the autumn chill by snuggling up with Dan on the sofa and catching up on Tivo’d programs. Some TV notes: Heroes is definitely getting better. The Amazing Race bummed me out by eliminating my favorite team. Survivor:Gabon is still in the early (boring) stages where the majority of the show can be watched on fast-forward. Chuck is fun, though we still have a couple of episodes to watch. Also sitting on the Tivo: Life on Mars, Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod, My Own Worst Enemy, and the balance of Reaper from last season. As much as I wish we could keep up with Pushing Daisies, we’re too far behind. Shows that are falling into the “Ain’t gonna watch it” category: Prototype This (so much potential, but so much suck), Knight Rider (too dumb for words), and Fringe (just can’t work up the interest).

As for plans this weekend, I may have to go in to work tomorrow morning for a bit. Then tomorrow afternoon Dan’s family is coming over – I just don’t have the motivation for cooking for a crowd, so we may just order pizza. Sunday I hope to do as little as possible, though we have an MFF staff meeting online in the evening. Just about a month to go until the con! Gah!

Right now, though, I’m listening to some excellent blues, Dan is cooking up a delicious dinner in the kitchen, and I have a very tasty beer in front of me. Life is good. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

8 thoughts on “Lots of Grilling, and a Very Busy Week”

  1. tugrik

    Prototype This would have been so much more fun if they’d accepted me as a host when I tried out. *puffs up in a big ol’ Ego moment, playfully* Alas, I only made it to 6th place; just outside the winner’s circle. Bweh! 🙂

    1. woofwoofarf Post author

      Trust me, I think you’re probably fortunate you weren’t a part of that overscripted mess. About 15 minutes in we agreed to “give it the Smash Lab treatment” – skip to the last five minutes of the show, then delete it. So much potential there, but it was so underwhelming. We’ll keep the season pass for now, but I can only hope that it gets better.

  2. scs_11

    For some reason I though you two were going to be at Furfright this year and brought a box of Zingerman’s Rugelach. It’s delicious. 🙂

    1. woofwoofarf Post author

      I wish we could have made it, but they time and money just wasn’t available. I hope y’all have a calm and boring time there, and enjoy the rugelach 🙂

      Now y’know, there’s this convention coming up in the Chicago area next month that I know you’d be able to find me at. All Zingerman’s donations there are warmly welcomed! (And single malt Scotch, but I so hate to pander…)

  4. Anonymous

    Stick with Pushing Daisies, please, everyone! It’s incredibly good, well-scripted, well-acted, visually stunning, and all-around the one show lately that keeps me eagerly coming back to network television!

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