I had an excessively good evening in the company of truly lovely people. And I ate far too much food, which was delicious, and barbecued to perfection. The asparagus was particularly good. And the Moscow Mule someone made me, which I later completely failed to recreate, was devine. My trifle was an absolute disaster. Instead of being creamy with chewy bits, it was just sloshy with pieces of fruit floating in it. I don’t understand where the cream and macaroons went – I think they were dissolved in the brandy – I did add rather an excessive amount - in the end it was really just cream and almond flavoured brandy.
The only think that marred the evening was that I was worried about Max, who I’d left outside cos I thought I’d be back by about eight. When I came home and let her in she was all whiney and yippy and whimpery, which was worrying, coming from a dog who has barely made a sound up until now, except for the occasional tail whacking noise. Anyway, we went down to the beach for a midnight stroll, which seemed to cheer her up. I took my “Night Sky – Southern Hemisphere Edition” with me, and I managed to locate Orion and Crux, but then, those are the two constellations I’ve always been able to find without a star map. I blamed my lack of success on the fact that the moon and the streetlamps were too bright. In truth I think it had more to do with the fact that I found it impossible to translate the three-dimensional wonder of the sky above me into the two-dimensional diagrams on the small plastic dial in my hand. Perhaps this has something to do with why I failed as an architecture student.
Posted by Fionnaigh at January 1, 2004 11:02 PMKia ora e hoa, nga mihi mo te tau hou :)
I got your card. Thanks heaps, its the only card I got this year and the first for ages. Can't even remember how long ago. So it was an awesome surprise. Beautiful too, gave me ideas for photos I've got stashed on several CD's :)
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