Weekend excerpts

Last nite was my sister's birthday dinner, for which we had tapas. I was surprised because my folks don't usually try new things (and in fact they were weary to try any of the tasty-sounding seafood dishes because they're not so keen on shelfish) but it seemed that everyone enjoyed the flavorful little dishes. We also drowned ourselves (well, at least my dad and I) in sangría. Delicious.

Tonite's dinner was carry-in but authentic burritos and tamales, and then I sat in front of the TV for two hours. I am now hooked on 24; I've seen much of it last season and parts of it the first season, so this time around it may be my guilty pleasure. Tonite was two hours and tomorrow another two before it falls into the one-hour-per-week swing. Funny how, in twenty minutes (the show is supposed to follow real time) the terrorists can get from the middle of L.A. to some isolated "compound" in the middle of nowhere, and how someone can get kidnapped and escape several times in several hours. But, I guess not everything can be reality TV.

Tomorrow: back to downtown for more of the trial. My sis flies back to STL also. I'll wait till next weekend (the trial will be over by then) to drive down. Soon enough, I'll be back to the grind for the final time as a student. Can't wait.