green, puzzled and stronger

 it's been a long long time since i celebrated st patrick's day in earnest, by playing tapes of fiddle music, rereading "ulysses" (just kidding!) and meditating in earnest about how it would be to find myself on the tara hill (terribly windy, right?) or in some dublin lane (dubious/no idea). anyway, you get the point. but ever since at least 12 years ago i have worn the green on march 17th.
so the meet-up with the girls yesterday was sort of st. patrick -themed...except that giulia couldn't be bothered to put on something green/orange...we respected her decision because she was our host, so we couldn't well send her home.
but sonia's very enviable t-shirt comes straight from the source, so there's that!

people are more and more reluctant to see their faces on this blog. i wonder why

here's my face, the only one i've got. apart from that, i want to underscore how PC i am for including orange and white in my outfit.

and this picture is here purely to showcase my leggings.

the muffins i made for the occasion looked pretty rough, so there's no picture of that, but they were good, if i say so myself. (they got eaten, is how i know!!!) here's a pic of one previous batch. they are savoury muffins, i.e. cheese+ yogurt+herbs instead of the sweet ingredients. easy, done in 20 mins.

giulia bought some puzzles in the...christmas fever, so now came their time, i guess! i'm trying to think how much time it took to get to the level pictured below = the easiest approx. 30% of this 1000 piece monster. i\m guessing 4 hours.

it looks very pretty and it's extremely satisfying if you get into it. if you're the kind of person likely to get into it. which i...am not 100%, because i'm not detail-oriented, only the-details-that-i-like-oriented. but the girls let me select the pieces in different color piles etc, so it caught me. too bad, cause i guess i'm not going back in time to take part in completing it.

 

 

the other engrossing part of the day was watching the whole second series of "girls". which i think me and giulia decided we like! also, very quotable (first quote that comes to mind right now?  "we can keep being friends as long as you admit that you're the bad friend!")

but above all : "I know i've got to be right now/cause i can't get much wronger" - which i sympathize with FULLY, though it's just wishful thinking.

seriously, the most wonderful cringeworthy moment i've seen in a long time: girl sings this to her ex, at a party at his own start-up.

 

ulterior debate: would looking like allison williams make one take more risks in life?