dried apricots, mediocre movies, and panic-crocheting

 hello, lovelies!

today has just been a bit of a lazy day. all i'm doing is watching as many movies as i can, working on lizzy's birthday gift, and being the tester for my mother's project.

well, i say "project", but it's really a practice run of making charcuterie boards for my sister's engagement party in october. i think she and her friend did really well, plus i get to snack on it for the rest of the day. i've already eaten most of the dried apricots and a good portion of the cheese and green grapes. i'm not a huge fan of the meats, though.

i was going to watch some movies i have on dvd today, but apparently in the time between setting up my old vcr (for more info on that whole story, go read adventures in physical media) and now, the dvd player stopped working. in fact, the entire thing just refuses to stay on for more than two minutes. safe to say, i am on the hunt for a new dvd player, at the very least. if i could find a dual vcr/dvd system, that would be perfect, but i know my chances are pretty slim. maybe when lizzy comes back for break we could go thrifting. i mean, i'm not surprised that it doesn't work anymore, it's at least as old as i am, if not older. oh well.

as for the movies i'm watching, i've watched: disturbia, the first two ring movies (the american remakes, not the originals), the ruins, and now i'm currently watching the uninvited. so far, they've been... fine. some were mediocre. i had already seen the first ring film as well as the ruins, so i knew i liked them, but... the rest have just been okay, i suppose. i don't know what i'm going to watch next, but it'll most likely be another thriller or horror movie, as i seem to be in a real mood for them lately. 

lizzy's birthday is next week, but i won't be seeing her until at least mid-october, so i don't have to panic that much. what i should be panicking about, though, is yvonne's birthday. which is today. now, before you all think i'm a terrible friend, she lived on the other side of the country, i don't have her address yet as she's moving, and we've never really given each other gifts. our relationship just never really called for it. but i do still want to make her something; maybe a plushie, as she made me one for my twenty-first birthday last year. the question is what the plushie should be. i'm sure i'll think of something. i mean, i have to. 

well, that's really all i have for this post. i know there isn't much to it, but i'm still getting into the groove of things. i also was mostly writing as a distraction/break from crocheting. sigh... back to the grind, i guess. until next time!

xoxo