Snippets from the weekend

[oyceter]

1. On the way to see Vienna Teng, I stared out the car window for what felt like hours. The sun was setting, and the sky was a beautiful gradation of color, from midnight blue to the palest yellow at the horizon, and the hills and trees were backlit so that they were black silhouettes against the gorgeous sky. I forget sometimes how beautiful things can be, how just a certain time of day can make "ordinary" trees look like black lace cut outs against the sky.
   
   I wish I had more words to describe how lovely and unreal it felt, how marvelous it was looking at the intricate shapes that the leaves and branches made against the sky and thinking how wonderful it was that trees grew like that and made these shapes and structures.
   
   Moments like these make me realize just how precious life is and how miraculous it is that things like trees and people and mountain exist at all.
   
   Wow, I am sappy.


2. Went on a scavenger hunt on Sat. with yuneicorn, which was quite fun, mostly because we were so late that we decided we'd rather wander about instead of concentrating on winning. Sights seen along the way included people hand-making fortunes cookies, assorted art galleries, a video of quite a few someones blowing a beautiful peacock green glass vase, and seeing a lot of the city that I haven't seen before.
   
   But the best part was stopping by a little park and swinging on the swing set! I haven't done that in forever ^_^.



3. Saw a hip-hop performance as well, which included performances from two dance troupes, two singers and a rap group. I wasn't quite as impressed by the singers and the rap group, mostly because I'm not that into R&B or rap, but the dancing was amazing! I wish I could move like that!
   
   I loved how the women dance hip-hop, because it isn't the overtly sexy dancing that I associate with clubbing. It seemed not aggressive, but energetic, and I liked that. Not that there is something wrong with sexy dancing, because I like that too, but it is good to have options. I really want to learn how to move like that! They just seem to project such presence and confidence with their bodies, and that's so cool!
   
   It even briefly made me want to wear hip-hop-y clothing, until I quickly realized that I would look absolutely ridiculous ;).


4. I finally got peas again! The bags of peas in our apartment keeps increasing -- 3 this week, 2 for me, 1 for fannishly, who I am bombarding with fresh fruits and veggies. And a meat and potato pasty for me for lunch today, and peach pie for later. More heirloom tomatoes as well, joy!


5. Had a good conversation with my mom yesterday, and am looking forward to her coming here! Hee, the plan right now is to pick her up from the airport on Labor Day and go straight to the mall ;). I blame all my shopping tendencies on her! Plus, I will drag her to the sushi place for fried oyster maki, joy!


6. Also got to see The Brothers Grimm, which was insane and on crack and very cool. I looooooved the fairy tale visuals! Especially the queen in her tower.

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[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Moments like these make me realize just how precious life is and how miraculous it is that things like trees and people and mountain exist at all.

Wow, I am sappy.

If that counts as sappy, it's a value of sappy I appreciate having around every now and again; thanks for posting this.

[oyceter]

No problem, glad you liked.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

Oh! You like Brothers Grimm! I want to see it madly - a combination of Terry gilliam with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger is just too seductive, but it is getting strange reviews, and I am pretty sure husband won't enjooy it as I may...

[oyceter]

It is indeed a strange movie, but I liked it. It has a sort of strange fairy tale logic coupled with Monty Python humor that's a bit of an odd combination, but it was interesting.