Back to normal

Thankfully, Duane and Pete's place was rather low-key. Thank goodness. Had a little vino and watched Desperate Housewives, which was tres' fun. We had a long discussion about whether Andrew (Bree's gay son who was extorting her and is now suing her to remove her parental rights) actually defames gay people, or more specifically, gives us a bad name. I argued that it was nice that they are finally writing gay people into these shows who actually have sex and are not Will of "Will and Grace", ie. squeaky clean, or like Jack on W&G, who plays the minstrel. They begged to differ, saying that the negative gay characterizations were just like when african americans were first depicted on TV, they were all pimps, drug dealers/users, and prostitutes.

I dunno, I think thats a bit unfair, because if you look at the vast majority of characters, I think they are actually written okay. There aren't many, granted, so this one portrayal sticks out as negative, but... whatever.

One thing about D&P, you never know what you are going to get for dinner. Last night, we had a grilled burger with condiments (no bun, which was fine with me, I can use less carbs) and some type of rice or barley number, it was quite good. Dessert was a pecan pie (store bought) with ice cream. Nothing bad about the meal, just a little... unusual. Of course, they served it on *time* too, which is probably why when we have people over and cook elaborate meals, we wind up eating at like 10pm or later.

Got home at a reasonable hour, went to bed, watched a bit of the news and fell asleep probably by 11:30. Had a hard time sleeping past 6 this morning for some reason. Got to work early because of it.

Tonight, I HAVE to get back to the gym after a two day hiatus, and, thankfully, abs class is at work tonight, so that will give me a jump start. Forgot to weigh myself this morning, bad me.