Woke up bright and early to hit the book sale, but we were waylaid enroute by 2 yard sales – one benefitting local kids charities, and one for the cancer cure walk for life.

At the first yard sale, We obtained a copy of pride and predudice on dvd for $1, and about seven ps2 games (Pac-Man fever is the only one played thus far, but it’s my sort of thing… a bunch of cute mini-games played on a monopoly-style board) for a buck a throw as well. Also obtained were bake sale choco-chip cookies, and an old star trek game for the pc.

2nd yard sale – got still-shrinkwrapped copies of rook, snap, and a wooden gameboard for 7 in one (actually 6-in-one, as there are no chess pieces) – Checkers, Chinese Checkers, solitaire pegs, mancala, backgammon, tic-tac-toe. again for a buck apiece. Bhk got a complete works of EAPoe for a buck, too.

3rd yard Sale – I score a ti-85 calculator, bhk gets some sharp nail polish

Book sale, we snag a big ol bag of stuff, including vegetarian cookbooks, some jim bucher / ray bradbury stuff, and some still-usable technology sourcebooks for about $25. That’s less than $0.35 a lb, give or take.

We swung by Fabulous brew for medocre coffee and slow service, but the pancakes and home fries were yummy. BHK’s Bagel looked pretty tough… it was gnawed rather than chewed by her.

Returned home to dust our loot and peruse more closely – Found out that we were going to miss jimmy’s B-day and Grad party due to a schedule conflict. I feel guilty about that – I hope that we can take him out to lunch and goof with him sometime soon to make up for it. Fobbed off those test doritos on Adam – made with lard, so I don’t want ’em. I suspect the secret flavor is “double cheeseburger” or the like.

Later, we went to see the DC Divas women’s football team crush Boston Rampage – 70 to zero. Had fun shooting the Breeze with TM and her crew. Pictures on flickr, will add to here later. Highlights include cheese thrown into the audience during the 3rd quarter.

yet another random survey
Name: Scotto
Date of Birth: February 2, 1969
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Current Location: North Beach, FL
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: brown with blonde, red and gray
Height: 6 and a half feet
Heritage: German, Russian, with all sorts of sneaks climbing the family tree.

Favorites (for me, these severely vary by moment and whim)
Song: This Will be Our Year – Zombies
Movie: Time Bandits
TV show: Good Eats
Color: rust-orange
Food: curry
Pizza topping: garlic
Ice-Cream Flavor: mint choco-chip
Drink (alcoholic): Cuba Libre (or just Rum)
Soda: Diet Cherry Cola of any stripe (Diet Cherry Pepsi is quite nice)
Store: Aardvark (the one with the ice cream, comics, dvds and clean, intelligent staff)
Season: Winter
Holiday/Festival: Hallowe’en
Flower: Honeysuckle is nice

This or That
Sunny or rainy: Rainy
Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
Fruit or veggie: Veggie
Night or day: Night
Sour or sweet: Sweet
Love or money: Love
Phone or in person: In person
Looks or personality: Personality
Coffee or tea: Tea, unless the coffee is tarted up with sugar, cream and chocolate.
Hot or cold: Cold

Your…
Goal for this year: Organise the house, financial stability
Best physical feature: Eyes
First thought waking up: Pat down the bed for other residents. BHK, Newt, Pye
Preferred type of plastic surgery: On other people.
Sesame street alter ego: Ernie, minus the practical jokes.
Fairytale alter ego: Green Man or Friendly Woodland-type gnome
Greatest ambition: Get everyone to play nice with others
Greatest fear: Loss of loved ones
Favorite subject: Science
Worst habit: compulsive curiosity

Do You…
Smoke: Nope.
Drink: alcohol in rare instances, some sort of fluid often!
Shower daily: Yes
Like thunderstorms: Yes
Dance in the rain: Yes
Sing: Yes
Play an instrument: want to get back into guitar learing
Get along with your parents: Yes
Wish on stars: Sometimes
Believe in fate: Nope. You can narrow down what might happen though.

Can You…
Drive: Passably.
Sew: No
Cook: I’m not bad on the grill, it turns out.
Speak another language: Mi espanol es muy malo.
Dance: yes. (well? no)

Have You Ever…
Been Drunk: Yes
Been Stoned/High: Yes (Poppy derivatives post surgery are amazing.)
Eaten Sushi: Yes. Mmmm, sushi.
Been in Love: Yes
Skipped school: Yes
Made prank calls: Yes
Sent someone a love letter: Yes
Stolen something: Yes
Cried yourself to sleep: Yes

Are you right or left handed? Yes, I am left haded.
What is your bedtime? varies – about 11pm plus or minus 4 hours
Would you kill someone you hate for a million dollars? depends on the circumstances. If I was legally protected and if the person needed to die for some specific morally acceptable reason, sure. (Mercy Killing, for example)
How do you want to die? comfortably, with closure, far, far, far in the future.
Would you take a bullet for the one you love? Sure. please shoot for a flesh wound.
What is the last law you’ve broken? riding without a seat belt.