On Tuesdays and Thursdays I rule World of Warcraft

This year, in our annual quest to Avoid The Superbowl At All Costs, Judi and I rejected the previously-proposed Alien Nation marathon (I'm still not sure where the DVDs are, exactly) and home-made Mexican, and decided to go out for a movie and dinner. The local googolplex was emptier than either of us had ever seen it; it was actually quite a pleasant experience. Needless to say, we had our pick of movies, and we ended up choosing The Reader. It was absolutely amazing. I haven't been paying attention to the Oscar nominations, but I will state here and now that if Kate Winslett wasn't nominated for this, the Academy should just call it a day, pack its collective bags, and go home. It's not an easy movie to watch – "definitely not a popcorn movie", as Judi put it – but stirring, moving, thought provoking, and remarkably contemporary. I recommend it most highly.

Dinner was at The Olive Garden. (Don't look at me like that – the one by me has good chicken parmesan.) Again, the place was mostly empty, and we had a great time chatting with our waitress while we ate.

On the fannish front: About a week and a half ago, my DVDs of Moonlight arrived, and during the past week, I've watched the entire sixteen episode series run. Twice. Now, of course, I am in search of fic and have joined several LJ communities. I am sadly predictable.

I do not have lab this afternoon, and so am off to do laundry. I thought you'd like to know.