Monday, June 23, 2008

whiskers on kittens

did you know that -- in addition to her wildly popular "oprah's favorite things" episode -- she now has an "oprah's favorite summer things" episode? oh yes, the madness continues (see parody here.

and i thought, why don't i have the same thing? so here it is -- the robot's favorite things -- SUMMER!

* air conditioning - i don't have it, but it would be my favorite thing if i did.

* "weeds" season 3 - with the mister out of town and me recovering from losing a chunk of my big toe this weekend, what better way to spend an evening than lying on the floor and catching up with about 14 episodes of weeds, back-to-back. the 2nd season lost me, but the third season is pretty darn good. i especially like their concept for a drug front business -- "aquatecture"...fountains in the shapes of mini-mansions. yes, please.

* rose'. don't be a hater. it's delicious and it's not white zinfandel. for realz!

* the promise of a four day vacation in a locale with a high of 68 degrees.

* "the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford" -- i suggest watching it over a couple of sittings as it's nearly 3 hours long, but casey affleck is amazing, as is everyone else in it, and the cinematography is incredible. i suggest watching with the subtitles as that is a mumblin' bunch of fothermuckers up in that movie.

* midnight swims

* "we tell ourselves stories in order to live: the collected nonfiction of joan didion" -- i'm not kidding when i say that reading joan didion is what prompted me to move to california, so i was predisposed to begin with towards loving this, but having all of her nonfiction in one $30 volume is just too good to be true. i like to just open it and read a paragraph each day. strangely enough, here is what showed up yesterday (a sunday when it was 105 degrees, or felt like it anyway) when i did just that:

It is three o'clock on a Sunday afternoon and 105 degrees and the air so thick with smog that the dusty palm trees loom up with a sudden and rather attractive mystery.

* oatmeal/peanut butter/chocolate chip cookies -- i found this recipe in sunset magazine last month and they are incredible. when i have more time, i'll post the recipe here.

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