Tom & Alissa

So yes, we’re still alive, and still painting. I’m much too tired to be interesting lately. I was off from work on Wednesday through Friday (low girl on the totem pole takes the leftover days) and spent them mostly doing things like working on the IAM website and doing all the Christmas cards and trying (in vain) to buy postage stamps. Tom and I did manage to see a few good movies (The Fountain, Stranger Than Fiction), drink some good tea, and generally do a bit of very much-needed relaxing. And very little blogging. And on Sunday we met up with his parents and saw Grey Gardens (on Broadway), a weird and wonderful show.

So, it never rains but it pours; we were supposed to hang out with my former roommate Katie tonight, but she called and said she had tickets to Les Miserables and would we like to go tonight? I’ve never actually seen Les Mis (tried one year over spring break, and the musicians were on strike), so this is a lovely little serendipitous occasion.

Last night, for dinner, we had deep fried Christmas pudding at Chipshop. (If you’re not an American and you’re reading this, you should know that we don’t really do Christmas pudding over here.) It was bizarre and splendid. Next time, we’re doing a deep-fried Snickers bar. Heart attack in a nice little package, with nuts!ww