Sorry, Tuesday! You were cancelled.

With the change in weather came a brutal migraine, so I've been sleeping away the pain for the last couple of days. But I'm back.

I was in the store yesterday and it was one of those strange days where customers were spaced so that I could never get a chance to blog (or get any other work done, lol! You can see where my priorities are!). And then I had to go home at 3pm to 1) encourage Fingal to leave the bedroom and go outside and 2) encourage Bear to get up and get ready for work. Or so my kid said when she came over to the store. When I got home, Bear had Fingal all ready to go out for a pee. Guess they didn't really need me after all.

And then, after getting to work early for overtime, Bear found out that they didn't need him, either, and they couldn't justify him getting overtime after all since they were sending people home-but since he was already there, he could start early and leave at 2:30am. Sigh! Sooooo, I got to sleep in chunks last night so that I could go and pick him up at 2:30. I'm a little zombish today.

Prin tagged me for this, so here goes!

1) The Dinner Party Theme:You have decided to hold a dinner party. When writing the invites you clearly state that fancy dress must be worn. Assuming that cost is no issue, who or what would you dress up as, and why?

Hmmm...torn between a man-tailored tuxedo a la Marlene Dietrich or a sari. The sari is more beautiful, looks very comfortable and I've never worn one, so the sari wins. If cost is no object, then I'd add plenty of sparkly gems, too!

2) The Invitations:This dinner party is for 6 people (including yourself), you are allowed to invite any 5 other people (either past, present, real or fictional), who would you invite and why?

Prin beat me to the punch on Pierre Trudeau and Rick Mercer but I'm going to steal Rick Mercer, add John Stewart and then spice up the political theme with Sun Tzu and Nicollo Machiavelli (I've always wondered what a conversation between the writer of The Art of War and The Prince would be like; now imagine it with humorous commentary from Mercer and Stewart! ) and of course, Bear would be the last invitee. Sappy, yes, but it's my party.

3) The Starter: You are preparing the menu, which dish(es) would you choose as the starter, and why?

I'm in a sari, so I'd go with raita with veggies. Some warm Naan bread, too. I love a good lentil soup, so that would be the main starter course.

4) The Main Course:Okay, now for the main course? and what drink would you serve with it?

Tandoori chicken, with a rice dish, more Naan and some wonderful curried veggie dish, too. Probably the one with cauliflower (I'm embarrassed to say I don't know the name of this dish, but I love it.) -looked it up, it's Aloo Ghobi Masala. Tea, hot and iced, and a hearty beer for drinks.

5) The Sweet: Finally, the sweet. Which would you choose, and why?
A creamy custard or rice pudding-something to soothe the spiciness of the main course.

6) The Entertainment: The dinner party has gone swimmingly, everybody has had fun, conversation and drinks have been flowing all evening. At the end of the meal you announce that everybody should perform their 'party piece' (no matter how strange or pointless). What party piece would you perform?

Can't see this group playing Charades or anything...so, Madlibs (where one person asks for words to fill in the blanks of a pre-written short story-the players don't know anything about it until it's read with the suggestions in place.) but Rick Mercer has to read them all out in his rant style! :)

7) The End Of The Evening: The party is over, everybody has gone home, the house suddenly feels empty and quiet. Your eyes fix on the hi-fi in the corner of the room. You search though your CD collection to put on some music as you want to listen to one more track before your retire to bed. Which track would you play?

Music is so mood dependent, it's hard for me to say without being in the moment. Possibly Tori Amos' "Winter". It's full of piano-y melancholy goodness.

8) The Dinner Party Nightmares:Okay, so the "virtual" dinner party is over. Now for the real thing. Have you ever been to or hosted a dinner party during which something has gone wrong (either with the food, a guest or something else)?
Food-wise, I've left dinners with Bear's mother with a literal lump of horrible food in my belly. She typified many of the stereotypes of bad Irish cooking.

As a host, I had a friend's girlfriend tag along to a casual dinner once. I don't really mind extra guests as a rule, since I always make too much. However, she was told a couple of days ahead that it was a cheesy casserole dish that I was making-and then walks in the door, announces that she's on a diet and can only have a little tiny bit since it's so fattening and insists that her man can only have a little bit, too, since he's supposed to be all supportive of her diet (never mind that he's about 15 pounds underweight), then sits there with puppy dog eyes and watches everyone else eat, talking about how good it looks. No one enjoyed their food much.

If she had said something (or if he had) I would've changed to a veggie heavy stir fry or soup so that everyone could have eaten as much as they wanted with no guilt. Grrrrrrr.

So now you all know a bit more about me, and I'll have to think about who to tag.