Thoughts on Thursday.

I feel guilty sometimes about the small and stupid things that make me immensely happy. Here's a few examples:
- chocolate
- ridiculous novels by Marian Keyes
- watching MXC, Wipeout, or any show where people are wiping out
- laying on the couch with a glass of wine when I get home from work.
- clean sheets

I choose to believe that this just makes me an easily pleased, very happy person. NOT one who is amused by small things because I have a small mind.

The new Thursday night lineup SUCKS. "Perfect Couples" is the worst show ever on an American network, and 30 Rock isn't on until 10, by which point I'm half-asleep.

I NEED TO START A WORKOUT REGIME!!!!

This weekend I'm having a meeting with a place to possibly rent a chandelier for our wedding. This sounds ridiculous. I'm not a Bridezilla at all, and have been a pretty chill bride-to-be thus far, so don't think I'm some kind of cinderella-esque crazy person who needs a chandelier at her wedding. But because it's being held in a tent outside, lighting needs to be considered. Know what I mean?

Ways I know I'm getting old:
- I enjoy going to bed at 10pm.
- I enjoy eating prunes.
- I say "oh dear" every time I yawn.
- I can't get through the weekend without a nap or two.
- I look at teens on the subway and can't believe I was ever that young and annoying.
- I wear sweatpants a lot. Never in public though.

That's all.

Kleines geschenk fur dich. (Little present for you.)

Hi friendsicles! Tonight we're going to venture out to a restaurant called Trevor's Kitchen for Winterlicious. For those of you not in Toronto, Winterlicious is when normally-expensive restaurants offer a price-fixe menu for a few weeks, so you can go try them out. They're usually around $25 or $30 per person and include an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert.

Last summer we went to some place on Roncesvalles for Summerlicious, and it was really not that great. The food was just unexciting. And the decor and music were very odd. We felt like the staff looked down on us for ordering Summerlicious stuff. Afterwards we walked down the street to a wine bar and I had champagne while sitting on the patio. Now THAT was fun.

As some of you know, I'm getting married in about 7 months. We're not sure where to go for our honeymoon. Initially Jai completely mocked the idea of going to Sandals, because he said they made fun of it on Seinfeld. Then he changed his mind and decided he'd really like to go to Sandals. I wanted to go on a cruise. It turns out we're probably going on a cruise in March 2012, so I relented and said we could do Sandals for the honeymoon. But now I've actually looked into prices and it turns out Sandals is preeeeeeeeeeetty expensive. NOW WHAT???!!!!

I've become obsessed with this new show called Portlandia, created by Carrie Brownstein (formerly of Sleater-Kinney) and Fred Armisen of SNL. Only two episodes have aired so far, and it's the best thing ever. You know when something hits your funny bone exactly, 100%, and you just agree so totally with the humor? That feeling is rare. And that's how I feel about Portlandia. You can find a clip from it on youtube. I have already posted several on my Facebook. A new Portlandia episode debuts TONIGHT, so I'll have more clips for you soon.

My other current full-blown obsession is the show Big Love. I knew for the last couple years that HBO had a show about polygamy, but hadn't gotten around to watching it. [Side note: I have always been really interested in polygamy, extreme FLDS mormonism, and also regular old LDS mormonism. Not sure why, but possibly because one of my good friends growing up was mormon. And just to clarify, when I say really interested, I mean from a truly social standpoint... I can't quite figure out how people think some regular guy found golden plates that were meant to start a brand new religion. I'm not considering converting or anything. But I can't stop reading about mormonism, and about people that have "escaped" from it.] ANYWAYS. Back to the show Big Love. It's incredible. So interesting, quite believable, and really well made, as HBO shows tend to be. Very consistent characters and some very evil and amazing characters. There are several villains. I will describe them in a future post.

That's all for now, folks. What are you up to this weekend?