The Yanks are Coming!!

Q. How was the mix party?
A. I started the evening off with cold sweats and Pizza A-Go-Go with Ben. After our dinner we went to Bryan and Lizzy's where I sat nervously on the couch and clung to her Chiwawa who also seemed a little rattled by the number of new bodies sharing her house. After about ten minutes I took my coat off and found myself smiling and eating the most delicious peanut butter sandwich. Seriously, ever. Papa bear, you need to eat these. I promise they would be quite palatable and would never give you nightmares. So, basically for the evening the group of us listened to the mixes on random and danced and mingled. A coffee and word puzzles date was planned, along with an Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant movie night.
My first Portland outing rated: Success.

Q. Did you really laugh at Ben's roommate Saturday night?
A. Yes, yes I did. But in a good way! Let me explain. And may I say, at least I wasn't laughing at his outfit like a certain someone (BEN, ahem) did to me earlier that day. Saturday was spent watching tv shows and playing video games, followed by my attempt at being domestic and baking chicken and ending with me in a comedy club drinking a fruity cocktail and laughing at Tynan (Ben's roommate) who was on stage doing improvisation. After having a good chortle we went out to a dive bar that looked like a boat's library. There were old, musky smelling books on the shelves and a collection of boat themed bibelots scattered around. The bartender wore a captain's hat.

Q. How do you feel about the movie The Professional?
A. I had roommate bonding night which was dinner and a movie. The dinner: Adam's job. The movie: My job. Getting free food & entertainment: Shemeon's job. Adam made this cracker breaded chicken with muenster cheese. It could have been good if it was tweaked in just two ways:
1. Change that dark meat chicken to white. Perhaps a breast?
2. Provolone I hear is a much tastier cheese than Muenster.
Ungrateful? Probably, but really dinner was awful. Not only was I unsure if the meat was cooked (my skepticism was caused by the fact that our oven is not in tip-top shape. Meaning that fully thawed chicken, cooking on 500 degrees took 1.5 hours to bake), but really the meal was a combination of two foods I can't quite stomach--muenster cheese and dark meat. So, I took the advice of all six year olds: played with my food hoping that this rouge of cutting and scraping gave the appearance I was in fact eating. And for the movie you can't really go wrong with a 14 year old Natalie Portman and blood & guts.

Q. I hear you can find fairly inexpensive plane tickets from DFW to PDX. Is that true?
A. MELINDA IS COMING! MELINDA IS COMING!! Did you guys get that: MELINDA IS COMING! Soon, March 6-13, my bf will be visiting me on her less than pocket-breaking plane ticket, non-stop flight! I'm squealing and planning activities.

Pictures of my house/room/mates/pets soon. I promise.