le weekend- Jazz & Heather came to visit from Eugene. Huzzah!
- We ate dinner at Lungta, a Tibetan restaurant. Mango lassi was delicious, iced chai tea tasted like the inside of a functional glass art store. Sort of earthy with lots of patchouli. Everything else, including the steamed shah momos and lentil soup and chow mein, was delicious.
- Watched Confetti, a mockumentary about three couples trying win a competition for the most original wedding. My favorites were the naturalists.
- Went to Lush, where Jazz purchased my birthday present: a $22 bar of Honey I Washed the Kids soap. I also purchased one bar each of Bohemian and Demon in the Dark.
- Picked up a very dowdy brown wool skirt at a thrift store for $4.
- Jazz, Heather and I ate some sushi and then went to Dollar Tree, where we found such treasures as "Zatchball", a rip off of the Pokemon card game, fake flowers, tupperware, a birthday card for my dad, juice glasses, soap, and toothpaste.
- Matt made roasted vegetables for dinner. See here.
- Matt and I rushed downtown after dinner to make the 6:30pm start time of Spike Lee's documentary about Hurricane Katrina, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The four-hour film was shown in its entirety with a brief intermission, so we were finished around 11pm. Although it was very long, it never felt slow or overdone. I think Lee wanted to give the event the attention it deserved by thoroughly telling the story of the build-up/aftermath and detailing the many failures at all levels of government. I'm glad we saw it in a theater with other people-- there were moments that had everyone laughing, clapping, and sometimes hissing. It's a beautiful (painful, tragic, heartbreaking, enraging) film. Highly recommended.
- After the movie, we bought red wine (avoid DuckPond's merlot), cheese, crackers, sausage, and chocolate. We made a little plate of snacks, poured the wine, and hopped into the hot tub, where Jazz and Heather later joined us. Came home, took a shower with my new soap, fell asleep.
- This morning, Matt is shopping for my birthday present. Supposedly. He might be doing something else entirely. He took his headphones with him and when I asked what they were for, he just smiled. He's being very secretive. I suppose that's for the best. Maybe he went to the gym. Hm.
