This weekend

Finished this up while waiting for mom to put down the phone. My pointer finger is creaky; I hear you can get joint damage from overuse of the click-and-drag mouse action...

My sister was telling me about our ridiculous pet bird yesterday, who happened to be let out of the cage for a while and was flying around the house. It perched on the aquarium, and was walking on top of it when (and I can't believe it happened!) it fell in. I've long accepted (the bird) Sabine's idiotic tendencies, but really, she does give "animal intelligence" a bad name. Well anyway, it gave a squawk and flew out without getting wet. My sister put her back into the cage after that.

We've also got a little ratatouille of our own running amok. Not the Disney-conceived one though. This one's more like its bastard brother, that, as afflicts all of its kind, has the usual preference for garbage. I don't know where it is presently, but I've had close encounters with the third kind. REALLY CLOSE. As in the I-was-doing-my-nightly-ablutions-at-the-washroom-when-it-leapt-out-of-the-trash-can kind of close. Actually, the can just rustled at the time; still, I couldn't be too sure if it was the mouse or the lizard or the (disturbingly HUGE) spider which made the noise. Didn't wait to find out.

Ang sarap ng weekend!!! With the QTs over, I have nearly nothing to worry about! And my non-existent free time finally materialized, how's that! I spent all three days watching Arrested Development (owned by my cousin-- he left it here when he went back to Canada). I don't know where the cds of the second season are though. Sayang, kumpleto pa naman yung iba. And this is the original dvd set, so andaming maayos na bonus materials, huzzah! Most likely I would've finished season 3 by now if dad hadn't sat through an episode with us, and, having seen what it was about, told us that it was too "adult". (This is why I hate watching anything with my parents. -_-) It is kind of... immoral (HAHA!), or more euphemistically, western. Well sure, it's no cherub of a sitcom, but compared to, let's say, Desperate Housewives, A.D. bleeps all the cuss words, has no graphic nudity, and has only implied sex (... on the other hand, everything has implied sex these days -_-). Maygesh. I can't believe I wrote that. But it's true. But whaddaheck. Why am I discussing morals?! I'd rather admire the sitcom for its hilarious script, credible cast, good storytelling style and great storyline. Where else can you find an excellent stew for satire, sarcasm, irony, allusion and the blunders of human nature? It's too bad this didn't go beyond three seasons.

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Happy birthday kuya David!