[so oddsy..and endsy]

*This time next week, I will be at my nephew's high school graduation-so proud of him!

*I guess the sailaways are done(for a few months) over at Cruise Critic, The hurricane  season is starting(albeit a little earlier than everyone was guessing). That is why I would never go on a cruise during hurrican season. Is it cheaper?Yes, but you're also at the risk of having your cruise disrupted/cancelled. Not a gamble I am willing to take,to be honest.

*Dig's last episode aired Thursday. I have to say.. it just sorta fizzled out at the end. The logic of some of it(One of the characters being able to see a blood moon during the day? I know you can see the moon sometimes during the day but this is clearly visible.During the middle of the day. in bright sunshine! Maybe it was meant to be supernatural somehow?I don't know. The supernatural/superstitious  bent of this show was low key but maybe there were things that were symbolic that I didn't pick up on. That's why I need to go back and watch some of the episodes again, I think.

Dig was filmed on location in Israel-I've been wrestling with whether or not to reccomend that to my dad-he lived in Israel-the company he worked for did a job for the Israeli Air Force-and I think he would enjoy seeing some of the places that he went to when he was there. That can't have been cheap to film there, but where else *could* they have filmed, you know?

[randomness on a thursday]

* I mentioned I am going on a cruise.. well, I can give a little more info the closer we get..we're going on a 4 day Princess Cruise on February 2nd. I've never been on  Princess, so this will be a new one on me!

They're quite a bit bigger than the Holland America ships-I never get enough time to explore the ship when I'm on it, and we're going to have a sea day right before we get back to port so that day is going to be dedicated to exploring the ship!

Since I've only been on one(two if you count the other short cruise we went on when I was a teenager;I didn't care for it) it'll be interesting to contrast and compare-it seems like there is a lot to do-shopping, shows, and the like-I am always up for going to the casino when I'm on a cruise ship :)) and also, the food. The ship we're going on has several specialty restaraunts(extra charge.) I've never been, but everyone raves about the Pinnacle Grill and the Tamarind(which is only on a couple of the Holland America ships) and the Canaletto which kind of is a specialty restaraunt(it's in part of the Lido) and which used to be free, but now there's a charge for it, and apparently,now that there is a charge for it, the quality of the food is not nearly as good.

*My new favourite food combo:  smoked  almonds and dried cherries.I can't explain why it's so good, it just is!

[odds and ends]

*I had a dream about Mads Mikkelsen. I was in a Starbucks and he walks in and most of the people in there were like blase about him being there but I walked up to him and started talking to him-and apparently I'd met him before because he knew my name! I was sitting at a table in Starbucks hanging out with Mads.It was SO cool!

*My latest thing is Ronan Farrow.I am fascinated with him. Not in  a  crush sort of  way.. but I can't get over how much he looks like a mixture of his mom and(allegedly) his father, Frank Sinatra(however, google pictures of him.It's obvious he's Frank's kid!)

*La Croix water(specifically the lime and cherry flavour) is the best thing ever.

*I actually got to see the lunar eclipse on early Wednesday-I didn't think I was going to, but I woke up at 4 am and something was telling me to go outside and look up-and I did-and it was beautiul! I've seen two of the four of the blood moons-hopefully I'll get to see all of them!

[odds and ends]

*I got new glasses. I had to have my eyes dilated..That was..unpleasant. I'll just leave it at that :P

*It feels like summer in the daytime, but at night it is *definitely* fall.Also, there's a lunar eclipse this week![/nerdy]

*I gave my mom my Christmas list..she appreciated getting it so early :)

*Originally I was going to put this in a separate post but I tried 2 new restaraunts(3, actually, my parents had been to one of the restaraunts before  but I hadn't-more about that tomorrow!)

 The first was Local Tap House which is close to my house. Not  a huge menu but I was able to find something that I liked, and Teri Cafe which had Japanese food with a Hawaiian theme. This was because we couldn't get over to where  we usually have lunch because the street was closed. I  didn't mind trying something new, and it was delicious(I had a teriaki chicken bowl and an iced tea) And it was cheap-under $13 for both of us!

[odds and ends]

*My old gym is empty. I kinda hope someone buys it and puts a ton of money into it..it'd need a LOT of work to fix how..dated it is.Not sure what else would go in there..Oceanside has plenty of gyms,so it would have a LOT of competition, but it's just the right size(and set up) for a gym.

If someone was going to buy it and turn it into a small gym they'd  a) have to fix a lot of the cosmetic issues the place has b) get rid of the tanning bed rooms for more space(storage?offices?) c) Get high quality gym equipment(what they had frequently didn't work/broke down/was too hard to use(when the second owners took over they bought treadmills and bikes that had a learning curve  when it came to using them)

*It is fall. Especially at night. I still have my windows open at night but I have my comforter on me.

*My parents' kitchen remodel is coming along. It slowed down for a bit but now it's going again.

*I've been trying to get used to taking taxis more-and for further distances-home from the doctor or further. I was intimidated by the idea at first,especially when it came to taking a cab from my doctor's office but.. I did and now it's not a big deal.That's HUGE, for me.

*I've been watching the commentaries on the S2 Hannibal Blu Ray. They're SO much fun to watch! so far I've watched the commentaries for Kaiseiki, Sakizuke,Takiwase and Yakimono I have to watch Su-Zakana,Naka-Choko  and Mizumono still.

[odds and ends]

*I had to run some errands Tuesday which were near my gym. But..it was hot so I ran my errands, went to the gym and took a taxi home. Normally I only take cabs from the grocery store to my house but I've been wanting to be able to take cabs other places..and now I know I can, so when the weather is too hot,or it's raining, I can take a cab there and back!

*Scotland is still part of the United Kingdom. It was really interesting in the days leading up to the vote to see what people's opinion about it was.

*Hannibal news:
The S2 DVD Blu Ray is out now(yay!)

There were  new Shirt Punch shirts(and yes,I bought one-at the price they have them at it's too good of a deal to resist!)

Filming starts next month and  the new season won't air until April or May which seems SO far away right now but it's gonna be SO worth it!