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Unplugged Night #25

Ariel — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:27:05 +0000

I’m in Los Angeles this week* and last night found myself around a large table full of Angeleno friends, talking and drinking very strong Cadillacs and snarfing down delicious Mexican food. I’d accidentally left my phone at a friend’s house, but whatever: I was done with work for the day and many of the people I’d want to call were sitting in front of me, so I wasn’t too worried.

As the extended dinner/drinks session wound down, one of my friends pulled out her new iPhone and started fiddling. As I gazed on, another friend drunken observed, “Oh my god, it’s unplugged night! Ariel’s unplugged! I just realized she hasn’t checked her phone once this whole time!”

I was like “What? No, I just left my phone at — oh wait. Right! Yes. This is me unplugged.” I’m not sure if this makes me the laziest unplugger ever, or if I’ve just so integrated my Tuesday night routine that I subconsciously leave my phone behind.

*I’m in town for meetings some with people who might want me to host a nontraditional wedding reality show. It’s still completely unsure, so nothing to get too excited about.

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Ariel — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:35:23 +0000

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Unplugged Night #19

Ariel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:45:52 +0000

Andreas is in Montana with his family again, and so it’s just me rattling around the house this week. I’ve been trying to keep myself busy-busy, with lots of unnecessary solo nesting and organizing and space-making.

I’d planned to spend this week’s unplugged night at dance class, but last night I was still sore from NIA on Monday, and it was pouring rain and so I scrapped my plans and did the following:

Took hot shower
Started reading The Host (initial thoughts: totally enjoying it, with the exception of the “No, we can’t fuck!” moment near the beginning. Stephanie Meyer, get over your repressed self! You’re not writing YA any more. Your characters are allowed to sleep together, and your efforts to keep them apart come off as contrived.)
Took brief nap
Made little dinner
Sat on the balcony with Sassafras and watched the rain come down
Wrote two letters: a thank you and a birthday card
Read some more
Fell asleep with a small dog in my arms

Get your BlackBerry out of our bed! - CNN.com

Ariel — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:47:15 +0000

“My husband’s not doing the unplugged thing; he doesn’t feel he needs to,” she says. “So there are nights that I’m unplugged and he’s checking his e-mail and surfing on his laptop, and I’m like, ‘Grrrrr.’”