12 of 12: February 2009

[jenepel]

Here we are again, second one of the year. Getting this up on the 13th and all, so that’s very impressive. (To me only, probably.) It’s Friday too, and I’m off home any second. Well, off to meet Debi for dinner anyway. [Ok this is no longer accurate since I am back home now from dinner, sitting on Seb's bed watching Gilmore Girls. But oh well.]

Post 12 pics of your day, and then link back to Chad, who started it all!

1) ALL PHOTOS MUST BE TAKEN ON THE 12TH OF EACH MONTH.

2) After you post your pictures onto a webpage of your choice (Livejournal, typepad, MySpace, Flickr, etc...) please post the TIME, LOCATION, and A SMALL COMMENT on the pic.

9:07 AM - Awesome Manor, N2
Sadly, this is it for the Nimbus pictures this week. I’m not sure that happened, except that I just wasn’t at home for very many hours. The one on the right is his favourite toy, a little fish on elastic that I got him when he first came home with me. The one on the left is the new one I got to replace it, because, well, look at it! As you can see he’s okay with the substitution, since he didn’t even let me get this pic finished before his paw swiped in! (Not staged, I promise.)
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10:11 AM – America House, N3
My new stool for under my desk at work. Not very exciting for you, but lovely for me, as my feet are no longer resting on a cardboard box. Also, those are my (newish) black boots.
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5:33 PM – Finchley Central Station, N3
I took a bit of a short day, as I have some extra hours. And when I went outside, it was snowing. Not much (and in this picture it looks like rain) but it’s really snow. I like how the lighting turned out in this one.
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8:00 PM – The Red Herring, EC2
After work I went to this BoardGame group I found out about online. I was looking for card players, but this will do for now. It was pretty fun actually, and now that I've scoped it out I think I'll drag a few people along next time. I played some kind of strategy game, that included moving armies and ships and building cities and temples. It was fun, but I think next time I'll go for a more peaceful one! Here's our gameboard:
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ETA: The game was Antike.


8:05 PM – The Red Herring, EC2
And here's my resources and money and pieces ready for the board. You can see my careful setup. None of this scattered pile of pieces for me - my soldiers are lined up ready for battle and my ships ready to sail!
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8:50 PM – The Red Herring, EC2
And here I'm getting attacked! I'm blue, and that yellow fleet of ships is headed for me.
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9:20 PM – The Red Herring, EC2
This is the pile of games you can play, a very impressive amount.
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9:58 PM – The Guildhall, EC2
On my way home I walked by the Guildhall on the way to the tube.
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10:45 PM - Awesome Manor, N2
Couchsurfers! They're from Germany. Surfer #1 - Nadia.
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10:46 PM - Awesome Manor, N2
Surfer #2 - Nina.
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11:21 PM - Awesome Manor, N2
Home again! This is cool actually, and most of you flist-ers may appreciate it. My housemates are totally getting into Gilmore Girls!! (Neither one of them had watched it before.) We're making our way through it, and they're in season three now. Rach has been sick recently, so she's gotten ahead of Seb. When I got home, here was Rach in her room watching "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" (!!!!!) - she's covered her face because she is sick and didn't approve of the first picture I took. But you guys get to look at Luke instead, so I'm sure many of you will be happy...
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11:21 PM - Awesome Manor, N2
And then here is Seb in his room watching "Application Anxiety", desperately trying to catch up to Rach. GG love FTW!
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Okay, so I lied! I just can’t stand having no Nimbus picture on here, so here you go. BONUS PICTURE!


Isn’t it just better that way? :)

Comments

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that train station picture is really nice, I agree.

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) See how I coerced you into coming over here and looking at mine too? Mwahahaha!

[airbefore.livejournal.com]

Can I come to England and be awesome with you?

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

Ha! Sure, anytime. :) As you can see, we're well equipped for visitors...

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

Rach in her room watching "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" (!!!!!)
Best episode of S3!!

I love that you're getting them hooked. That is awesome.

One of these days, I will make it to London and hang out with you in Awesome Manor.

That Guildhall is beautiful.

[outforawalk.livejournal.com]

I think it is my favorite too! But for a different (more shallow) reason than I think you have. I just love that everybody in that episode is freaking GORGEOUS! SOOOOOO pretty.

Yep. Totally shallow like that.

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I like it because it's a good townie episode and there's lots of good character interaction and blah blah blah.

RORY AND JESS!

But you're right. Everyone is really pretty. I love the costumes and the hairstyles and the lighting and everything.

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

The episode is great for ALL those reasons. :) I actually watched it twice, because the next day Seb was watching it, and I happened to come into his room at the right time. So of course I stayed and watched it!

[outforawalk.livejournal.com]

It totally does make things better. Yay for bonus pictures!

Now I want to watch GG again for the first time! Tell them I am jealous!

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

Nimbus makes everything better. I can't even think how happy I am that we took the plunge and decided to get a kitten!

It's so strange to watch them seeing stuff for the first time. Rach is a Rory girl, and she loved Dean; she's kind of gradually warming to Jess. While Seb, on the other hand, thinks Dean is boring but likes Jess. I think he kind of identifies with him from his own teenage attitude. Plus, he pointed out that Lorelai isn't that much older than he is, so that's weird. Oh, and Richard is his favourite! I'm kind of scared to have them get to the later seasons though.

[outforawalk.livejournal.com]

I am now older than Lorelai in season 1 (and 2!). That is crazy!

You know, I was not particularly a Jess fan, because I wanted to punch him a lot. You may have noticed I don't have a lot of patience for other people's whining. And some of his attitude is totally the teen boy version of whiiiiine. I think I was too old when I met him not to roll my eyes and want to forcibly snap him out f it. But I really dislike Dean, with his Stacy's Mom interactions with Lorelai, his stalking, and his adultery. Hate would not be too strong a word to use when we get to s4 and 5. Grrr. (Actually, I only ever liked Jess or Logan when they were on their way out/were gone. Rory[and you & adina] and I do not always share taste in men. Apparently.)


Thinking about it right now, in the end I hate Dean almost as much as Christopher. That is some hate on WOAH!levels. Heh.

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

I love Jess, because he's sarcastic and smart and often vulnerable (although he tries not to show it) but there's no way I would date him in his teenage incarnation (even if I was a teenager). I've always said that the only Jess I would be interested in would be the one from "The Real Paul Anka". He's started to use his intelligence, and grow into his promise, and actually turn his life around and take responsibility, without losing his sarcastic edge. In general I enjoy the Jess/Rory relationship because their interactions were always interesting. He may not have been the best boyfriend, but they really did have some great conversations, and there was a lot of potential there - I love fic that explores them as a couple once they've both grown up some. I also think part of my attachment is that it's one of the first things I saw on GG - my first ep was A Tisket, A Tasket.

I'm also interested to see how seeing S4&5 Dean will change Rach's opinion of him. (Although some of the blame there is on Rory too, obviously.)

[outforawalk.livejournal.com]

Yes! I agree with this. I can see why Rory liked him to begin with, but he was no great shakes as a boyfriend. (Which was completely unsurprising to me.) Of course, if I had a mom like his, I would probably be wrapped up in some misery during my teen years too.

[jkalen81.livejournal.com]

Yay you for getting people into GG! Right now it feels like I'm trying to repress all memories of it so next time I watch it it will be with fresh eyes, but I doubt it works. GG and I have too many memories together. ♥

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

I tried to do that last summer! To try to watch it through fresh eyes as if it was the first time. It didn't work that well.

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

It's so strange to watch them seeing stuff for the first time. Rach is a Rory girl, and she loved Dean; she's kind of gradually warming to Jess. While Seb, on the other hand, thinks Dean is boring but likes Jess. I think he kind of identifies with him from his own teenage attitude. Plus, he pointed out that Lorelai isn't that much older than he is, so that's weird. Oh, and Richard is his favourite! I'm kind of scared to have them get to the later seasons though.

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

That is awesome. You have to keep us updated on the Rach-and-Seb-meet-the-Gilmore-Girls saga.

[(Anonymous)]

A board game group? That's sweet! Nice pics Jen, and yay for Nimbus.

Pete
petecullen.net

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm excited about the group - I think it's a gonna be a fun thing to keep going to.

Yay for Nimbus indeed. He rocks.

[scootersville.livejournal.com]

What a great day! Thanks for sharing it with us Nimbus is beautiful!

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! He really is a great cat. He knows he's pretty though...he totally uses his adorable-ness to get his own way.

[(Anonymous)]

There's a boardgame group? That's all kinds of awesome. I loved boardgames as a kid! Where do you guys meet? If you don't mind a 12 of 12 acquaintance joining in, that is ;-)

And go you guys for the couch surfing. That's really generous of you guys - I hope you have good experiences if you ever use the idea for your own travel.

I've only seen a it of a GG episode, but I know friends who love it. Do you watch Chuck, or How I Met Your Mother? If not, I totally need to introduce you/you guys to that!

Sorry I'm late with commenting - I got distracted with something and then thought I'd finished commenting, before wondering if I had... [doh]

Helen (Dogeared)

[jenepel.livejournal.com]

Oh you should definitely come along to the boardgame group! It's more like strategy games, and less like the kind of stuff I played growing up. But I still think it's fun. I'll leave the details on your blog, just in case you don't check back here.

I love HIMYM! It's a great show, and I think it has the best ensemble sitcom cast since Friends. As for Chuck, I've just finished S1 and thought it was a lot of fun. I need to get caught up on all the aired S2 episodes though.