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1) go to the movies with my dad
2) bake something
3) visit the farmer's market if it's not too rainy
4) get to trader joe's for frozen gyoza
5) read at least one short story in a.s. byatt's little black book
6) buy a new hot tub cover
7) clean out the nook underneath the stairs
8) make 3 cds
9) download mac os x 10.3.4
10) see what the new grand central baking near our house is all about
11) finish at least one current knitting project
12) do something about our foliage
13) attend a karaoke party
14) attend my first gay wedding

i am in the process of making a mix that is an intro to hip-hop for classic rock lovers who think that rap is "a bunch of angry black men yelling about how tough they are."

i know it's a tall order, but i really do plan to convert a few - or at least make them acknowledge that hip-hop can be fun, intelligent, and even perhaps musical.

i am toying with a number of wyclef songs, and was thinking of including something off of outkast's speakerboxx. i will also tie in some dj shadow to illustrate 'trip-hop' (sure to be loved by pink floyd fans?) and the artistry of a turntable. i want to include things that show how hip-hop's roots are firmly anchored in funk and r&b - and not just in a "sampled" sort of way.

i would love your ideas.

after a year in our lovely little house, i finally hung out with one of our neighbors last night. i had just got off the treadmill, and was still wearing sweaty workout clothes. i also happened to be watching american idol (i sure hope fantasia won, i only saw like 2 shows, but she has talent), and knitting. i am such a loser. and i was a mess. but anyway...

suddenly there is a knock on my door, and our neighbor - we'll call him n - is standing there with two cans of pbr. he exclaims that it is unforgiveable that we never hang out, and he hands me a beer.

a trip to the big guy's bar, and a few pbr's later, we return to his place to hang out with his fiancee, his dog sasha and well... now i have someone from which to borrow a cup of sugar. and some new, smart friends. fabulous.

the night before last i saw zoe, one of our kittens, freaking out in the corner. after a few moments of spastic antics i saw that she was chasing a very small flying bug about. i thought to myself "awwww. that's cute" and went back to knitting.

later i looked down and saw a stripey looking mosquito snacking on my arm; presumably zoe had missed out on her snack. i swatted it and missed. i grumbled appropriately, then returned again to knitting.

two more bites later i finally got the bugger, and i was pissed. everybody hates mosquitos and the discomfort of the itchiness that accompanies them.... but this time it's different.

for whatever reason i am now having some sort of allergic reactions to these bites. i have a bite on either elbow, and both are visibily swollen in a span of several inches, and when touched feel like a bruise. a very itchy, extreme heat emitting bruise.

mfd was kind enough to provide me with some cortisone cream, which helps immensely, but i am still haunted by that itchy pain just minutes later. use only four times a day? i think not. a can only hope that this is not a sign of things to come for the summer season.