obligatory henna post

About half an hour to go before my hair finishes steeping and I can rinse it out.

I thoroughly enjoyed my double DVD bill of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset last night, reminding me how much I love that kind of talky movie. (Anybody out there seen the rather dark and long French film The Mother and the Whore? One of my favorite really talky movies...) Before Sunrise was sweeter, but I thought the dialogue and characterization in the sequel was especially spot-on...and Julie Delpy's character in particular.

Last night I also finished reading the draft of my novel. It needs a ton of work, and the thought is a bit daunting - but then again, at least I mostly know what needs to be done to make it work...

ah, January in L.A.

Less than a week after the horrible rains, and it was 80 degrees F here today. Heck, it feels like it's still around 75 now that the sun's gone down...

And the forecast is for more of the same for the next week or so.

::happy sigh::