Nott What You'd Expected...

Can't live with 'em.....Can't...manage to do the dishes.....

To call the house 'still' or 'calm' or 'quiet' without Ryan and the Girls would be an understatement. not to say that they talk loudly or move about in a loud manner, but let's face it: the flat has seen less drama in the last three days than it has in any waking hour with the girls around.....and again, it's not that they are the source of the 'drama', but ....eh, you know what i mean.

Yesterday i finally understood the reason people read so damned much. and by people, i mean my sister Katie and my mom. Have you ever known someone who had so many books 'on the burners' so to speak, that they mixed up the 5 or 6 different plots? Maybe this isn't like your family, but the only reason we still use our landline at the house is for the old lady from the library to tell us when they've got a book on reserve for my mom. I digress. People read alot because it gives them a sense of accomplishment, is cheaper than going to movies, and actually makes you smarter. I'll develop these thoughts now:
First of all, finishing a book makes you feel like a hero. "Yeah, i just took out that 300 pager....not that it was hard or anything....yeah, i knew most of the words...the plot? nah, don't remember it....wanna talk about books?"
Secondly, it's way cheap (assuming you don't buy the book or have late fees)
Third, and this comes from both experience and a bit of 'english-teachery advice', books make you smart. for real. look at Katie's ACT in reading. Genius, really.

Why my obsesssion with reading lately? oh, not a big deal. i just cracked off a 400 pager this weekend (cracked off is a strong action, actually i have about 100 pages to go until i'm done)....and i'm feeling really really accomplished. thought i'd share.

otherwise, yesterday was a blasty. Brandon and Aaron went to a play while i labored in the kitchen (this blog sometimes sounds like a slave narritive or Beret's point of view in Giants in the Earth, the way i do housework)..... and i made 4 loaves of bread and 40 cookies for our 'guest' in the flat today, Luther's very own Mark Lund (why can't i place a name to a face? eh, he's administration, checking up on the Luther scene in Notts).

After much deliberation and confusion, the three of us managed to make our way to Savoy theatre for the BORAT movie. Three words : not to be missed. (i consider 'to be' to be one word, get over it).... The movie was irreverant, hilarious, and topical. Watching a movie that criticized the US in a theatre with about 300 English college students was great, although we did most of the obnoxious laughing. Scenes like naked wrestling, Borat's escape from the Jewish B&B, The Running of the Jews, His date with the black prostitute in the South, Singing made up words to our national anthem at a rodeo packed with inbreds, and finally meeting and atempting to kidnap Pam Anderson- made it one of the best comedies i've seen....

To cap off the night, we did the unthinkable. found a way to climb on to the roof above the foyer, and smoked some cigars. Victory cigars. Cigars that said : I am man, i conqured the roof (by means of the window, which almost broke several times), and i am wearing a sweet hat. (pictures later...but just know, we looked like gangsters...in a 1930's way, not like in a NWA Straight out of Compton sort of way)....
A night cap of Arrested Development was the perfect end to a lazy lazy weekend.

Today calls for more reading (sooo close to the end of this thing), a possible run, a skype date with some friends across the pond (wtf lucas, where are you, it's 830 here...), some cleaning to impress Mark Lund, and the most important game of RPS (that's rock paper scissors, although abbreviating it has now lost all time saving qualities, as i have to explain it here. and i'm still typing....) a game that will decide who does 4 days of latent dishery that now rots and overflows in our upstairs sinks....

onward.

posted by Kevin @ 8:19 AM