mmm dumplings

Tonight was dumpling night. Actually, it was dumpling day. They were super tasty, except they really took all day to prepare, between kneading the dough until it was absolutely smooth in the morning and then letting it sit (Giselle and I got compliments on how nice the dough was, though :-) ) and then taking about 3 hours to chop the vegetables, mix everything together, and make all 150 or so dumplings. But they were really good. I'm just not sure I'll want to exert the effort to do it again. I'll stick with the frozen potstickers, thanks! It definitely was an experience.

There was also a festival going on in our housing area today complete with live music (and weird DJs) and I think there were some Rock Band competitions, though I didn't see them. Giselle and I sat outside and listened to the strange DJ (who looked rather like an elephant as he grooved to the music with his ID tag swinging back and forth wildly like a trunk) and then to some other people who had an accordion in their band. It was pretty neat, though really hot outside so we didn't last too long. I could still hear them from my balcony, though, so I lay out there and read while listening. Quite nice.

I'm going to go down and get tickets tomorrow morning, since I don't really want to bike down at midnight, to go to Stockholm next week. I've been putting it off for no good reason and I definitely want to go. So I will! Easy as that.

I think the band outside is doing a cover of "Umbrella". Yikes. And they're playing until 2am? I'm glad I live on the outskirts of the dorm area. It's a lot quieter out here. Though I have lived through Relay for Life every year in Teague, so it's not too bad. But I'm still glad I don't live in building Y or E.

Happy weekend!