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minervacat is making herself a hockey mix. I've exhausted my (surprisingly not as minuscule as I might have thought) store of songs - I even dredged the Hanson Brothers from the back of my brain - but maybe you all have something to add.

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I became very suddenly obsessed with ayurveda yesterday, after having tea with my friend Shelley, who had just visited an ayurvedic practitioner. She was given a list of foods not to eat for 15 days (no soy! no broccoli! no lettuce or cucumber! there goes my entire diet), foods which are apparently blocking her energy systems and throwing her out of balance. The thing with me is that I don't really believe anything - I view pretty much everything with skepticism - but I'm endlessly fascinated with things that put people into categories, and ayurveda, with its description of people as Vata, Pitta and Kapha is very intriguing. Plus I'm always willing to try anything, even if I can't see how it would make a difference to me. Anyway, Shelley is going to let me know how she feels after her 15 days are up. I'm very curious! And of course I just put a bunch of books on hold at the library, because that's what I do.

After tea (and not cake, because everything in it, besides the flour, was something that she now needed to avoid) we wandered through my neighbourhood and ate wicked good spicy corn on the cob. I wish someone had told me how much better the street corn is than regular corn. Two years wasted! We walked past my favourite Indian buffet, and the host was standing outside in his usual position. I think I might go there too often - he recognized me and asked why I wasn't coming in to eat. Hee.

Other good things:

• Sports Night. Still. I watched "Dear Louise", "The Quality of Mercy at 29K", "Thespis", "Shoe Money Tonight", and "The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee" last night - it's the best five episode run ever.
  
• Tropical Source chocolate bars. Unbelievable dark chocolate.
  
• Pigeon-Hole, a great band out of Montreal. You should listen. Yes, you.
  
• Pie.
  
• Cute boys in plaid tuxedos. Even better, cute boys in plaid tuxedos who can sing!
  
• The wonderful weather. I know I'm in the minority here, but I love the fact that I can breathe in my apartment at night, unlike last summer.
  
• Clean underwear.

Bad things:

Listening to my co-workers harass the IT guy who came here to do something for me (three days after I called the fucking hotline, but still). I realize IT people are an infrequently sighted breed around here, but you do not need one to tell you how to resize your windows. Honestly. And now I can't decide if I'm annoyed at him for taking so long to show up, or feeling sorry that he got trapped. Or possibly I just think he's extraordinarily hot. ::fans self::