Bright Grey Skies...

...and bright green tree tops in front of them. Is there a lovelier thing? Not at present.


Valentine's Day was insane. i worked almost eleven hours at the flower shop, and made $101 dollars in tips- is that madness or what? For some reason i always feel weird about receiving tips. i guess it's a "service" industry, but honestly: it's my job. i get paid for it. Tips are unnecessary! And yet, why can i not just smile and say thank you? Instead i feel undeserving. Time to get over that, methinks. Especially when you get home and you have thorns in your shoes, leaves in your bra, pollen on your face, and your hands are completely cracked and dark with ground-in dirt. Kind of makes the hundred bucks look more well-deserved.

Other than that, we don't really rock the Valentine's Day around these parts. Too much forced Hearts-and-Pink Shit, or something. Besides, i eat chocolate constantly and almost always have flowers in the house, so hey. It's all good. Nat went out and picked up Thai food for dinner, which is all i could have asked for, as i was about as useful as a baby sloth when i got home that night. We watched some of "Penelope", which was a pretty cute film. For some reason i love Christina Ricci, and it also has Catherine O'Hara (from Beetlejuice!)and the totally crushable Peter Dinklage (from The Station Agent!) so how can you go wrong?

Have some mega-cramps today. The sky is so, so lovely, and tomorrow my TV will go bye-bye, which will be exhilarating. Except, i will miss watching PBS.... and i found out we can watch Life On Mars online, and Lost if we absolutely have to, so it'll be okay. No worries. And i promise, i won't turn in to one of those people who throws out the "i don't own a TV" bullcrap. i still like shows, but now i won't waste as much time watching them. Not to mention the relief of no more effing commercials. And of course we'll still watch movies on it. Trusty old thing!

Saw Andrew Bird play last night; it was a mixed bag, even though i love him ferociously. He was a little under the weather, a wire came loose somewhere around 3/4 of the way through his set, so things got a little pained. He brought it all back together, though. And mostly, his studio tracks are the better versions of his songs, with rare exception. Still amazing to watch him perform, though. Guy's got feeling. And quite a repoire with the audience, which is nice. He was (unusually) performing at SOMA (all-ages, alcohol-free), which prompted me to buy one of those tiny bottles of Grey Goose and a bottle of cranberry juice at the liquor store (ha ha, the sign just says "LIQ O" right now), and mix it up at the bus stop. Can't be walking into a show all panicky now, can we?

Happy mid-February, everyone. Go listen to some Donovan.