For all my nervous trepidation, last night turned out pretty okay. Skyler and I hung out, and I attempted to not be a complete disaster in the kitchen, with varying results. I broiled some steak, both well done to save on time, even though anyone who has ever met me knows that my anemic blood likes the cow practically still mooing on the plate. I faked mashed potatoes with a mix (yes, Jon, I can hear your gasps of pure horror from here), but the asparagus draped in mozzarella and lemon pepper was my favorite. I made strawberry empanadas for dessert-- if I have a culinary specialty, I think this would be it, but that's because it's easy. Fresh strawberries folded into a brown sugar and cream cheese sauce, all stuffed inside doughy goodness.
All in all, it was a good time, with awkward tension held to a bare minimum. We joked and teased each other, and agreed to work on building a friendship. There was a bit of Serious Talk about expectations for each other that basically amounted to "look, we've both been defensive jerks in the past, so let's not do that. We'll agree to not do anything to intentionally harm the other person, and if we do something that is unintentionally harmful, we'll address it as is necessary." I mean, in three-page letter form, because I tend to be kind of verbose. But the points got across and were agreed upon, so that gives me hope. The plan is to hang out around one night a week-- maybe do Lost on Wednesdays if he can manage to keep that free. We'll see where this goes. We made a committment to be good to one another, and I intend to see it through.
( And now for my quick reactions to the first two episodes of The L Word season 4.Collapse )
...and there you have it. Tonight, I am pretty much free in the evening. I have lots of pictures taken by Yancy, Kevin, and Jon to post from this weekend's party, and I'm going to try to catch up on Supernatural, 'cause Dean is the hot. If anyone wants to talk, try to hit me up between 7 and 10.
Later!
All in all, it was a good time, with awkward tension held to a bare minimum. We joked and teased each other, and agreed to work on building a friendship. There was a bit of Serious Talk about expectations for each other that basically amounted to "look, we've both been defensive jerks in the past, so let's not do that. We'll agree to not do anything to intentionally harm the other person, and if we do something that is unintentionally harmful, we'll address it as is necessary." I mean, in three-page letter form, because I tend to be kind of verbose. But the points got across and were agreed upon, so that gives me hope. The plan is to hang out around one night a week-- maybe do Lost on Wednesdays if he can manage to keep that free. We'll see where this goes. We made a committment to be good to one another, and I intend to see it through.
( And now for my quick reactions to the first two episodes of The L Word season 4.Collapse )
...and there you have it. Tonight, I am pretty much free in the evening. I have lots of pictures taken by Yancy, Kevin, and Jon to post from this weekend's party, and I'm going to try to catch up on Supernatural, 'cause Dean is the hot. If anyone wants to talk, try to hit me up between 7 and 10.
Later!
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