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10/02/2004 Archived Entry: "What's New"

I've not been updating much lately, so this is a catch-all post.

Three weeks 'til D.C.

PreZ booked us tickets to see Cirque du Soleil's Varekai show in Washington D.C. I believe this particular show has already toured NYC, and did so last year, or a year and a half ago, and we never managed to see it, to our shame. And so this shall be rectified with a mini-break*, a long weekend in the nation's capital. I'm looking forward to this, as I've never been to D.C. other than driven past it en route to North Carolina, which didn't exactly encompass any sightseeing. Hopefully the weather will hold up that weekend so that our sightseeing events aren't a wash-out.

PreZ is currently messing around with shopping cart software that he's considering purchasing for use on Goth.Net, another step closer to merchandising on the site. The software will mean that he's probably going to have to switch out from postgres to mysql for database software, because apparantly most software seems to support mysql, which PreZ doesn't want to use because of it's inferior security, but mysql seems to be the microsoft/IE of database software and dominates the market, regardless of being the crappier option. Non-geeks will have tuned out by now. There's an upside to this though, most blog software also seems to run on mysql, and this means I'll be less limited in my personal site blog software options.

Patterns have been ordered so that I can attempt Halloween costumes for us soon. This will be much fun indeed, especially as we didn't actually decide to do costumes until this late in the game. A fabric shopping trip is forthcoming for that, hopefully on Tuesday or some day this week, even though the patterns won't have arrived by then (bless the internet and pattern companies having pattern fabric requirements online). Halloween plans are getting shifted 'til later due to conflicting schedules, which should buy me some extra time, I'm guessing it will be much needed.

Dylan, the kid from upstairs was asking PreZ this morning whether we were going to decorate again for Halloween. He already asked me that a week or two ago, but I guess needed the added confirmation from PreZ. He also asked why they weren't up yet... their decorations are up, because today is the first day of Halloween. Granted, he thought Halloween was very close-by over 2 weeks ago. Much as I love Halloween, 6 weeks before the holiday isn't that close-by for me, and a month is still too far away for me to be decorating.

Kit's coming over tomorrow. First time we've seen him since he was in the grip of Drop Dead. His computer needs reinstalling, our computer needs returning, PreZ's casemod needs designing, my cheongsams need reworking, Kit needs feeding, and Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow needs watching. I'll be making a lamb roast tomorrow, and possibly my lemon soufflé pudding which we haven't had in forever, which I've never inflicted on guests before, and which remains one of my all time favourite desserts and as such I must make new converts to yummy dessert :)

I made pumpkin pie tonight, and will probably make up a batch of pumpkin cookies tomorrow. I also need to make fruit salad, as I have fruit in the fridge that needs using. So a fresh food making kick, something that hasn't been happening all too much lately. It's been a lot of convenience foods. Pasta's been popular.

I've been reading Nancy Kilpatrick's The goth Bible which I received as a review copy. Hopefully I'll finish that soon. I'm kind of mixed on my feelings about it though.

Other than that... housekeeping, which never makes for interesting updates, reading about cleaning out one's fridge and other cleaning chores is guaranteed loss-of-braincell material.

Working on a portfolio site, the CSS of which is giving me some headaches. As is always the case when I'm trying and learning new stuff. I'm hoping to get a large chunk of that done this weekend, or at least get a rudimentary one up which can be fleshed out later.

Etc.

*spot the reference

Posted by Andrew @ 11/13/2004 03:46 AM EST