Stuff and Things

• I started taking line dancing classes twice a week. I am having a blast and a half. Everyone there is wonderful and helpful and just so damn nice. It’s a great way to kill some time (and exercise!) while I’m out of work.
• My Ontario Reign didn’t make the playoffs this year. It was a fun hockey season though, and we became pretty good friends with the people in our section. I’m already looking forward to next year.
• My LA Kings, however, made the playoffs for the first time since 2002! I’m cautiously optimistic about their chances this year. I’m not sure we’ll make it to see a live playoff game, but you can bet I’ll be planted in front of the TV for them!
• My Anaheim Angels (no, I will not call them the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, because that’s the DUMBEST NAME EVER) started their season yesterday, and for the first time in my life, I was at the opening day game. It was awesome. We were two rows off the field, within shouting distance of Bobby Abreau. The Angels defeated the Twins 6-3, and the new halo was lit for the first time!
• I bought this to start keeping a record of all the new dishes that I cook. I love it. I’ve written most of the things I’ve made so far, as well as entered things I want to make in the future. It’s far easier than having a ton of loose pages of printed out recipes floating around my kitchen.
• I joined a book club of sorts, and am halfway through the first book, entitled “The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion. I’m not going to lie, I don’t really like the book so far. But I’m going to keep at it because I’m hoping it gets better.
• I’m ditching my old (pre-3G) iPhone & AT&T this week in favor of a Motorola Droid and Verizon. I am so SO happy about this. The only negative about this move is that I can’t play Bejeweled Blitz from my phone anymore.  I guess I’ll have to go back to playing online.
• I’ve discovered a slew of new (to me) blogs to read lately, and find myself spending a huge amount of time reading and thinking about different ideas and issues. This has also given me some ideas on how I want to improve my own blog and will hopefully prompt me to write a bit more often.
• In that same vein, I’m currently looking for some voice recognition software that I can use on my phone, because I’ve been spending a lot of time in my car (the line dance classes aren’t really near me) and I swear my best blog posts are written while I’m driving.

I think that’s it. What have you been up to lately?