Monday, December 19, 2005
it snowed in portland yesterday!
and i still made it to work . . . blech.i have finals every day this week . . . and work . . . and christmas . . . and it snowed . . . and my mother-in-law was at my house last night and my mother will be here tonight . . . i just want a break!
in other news:
i went to see king kong saturday with my husband and some friends of ours . . . meh. take it or leave it. i choose to leave it. it was such a boy movie. like jurassic park, only you acutally like kong. the bug scene, i could have done without. the movie in general was waaaay too long. plus, i could have been studying for finals.
friday night, we went to a friends place for a "winter barbeque." they had some fire pits and a grill and all the kinds of liquor you could think of (the only way to stay warm because the bbq was outside), beer, beans, cider (with rum), ribs (blech), and (thanks to my husband for grilling me one) tofudogs. they had driven up to mount hood and brought back a truckload of snow . . . it was clever and fun, but very cold.
saturday night, my sister took my family (all 11 of us) to see the oregon ballet theatre's production of the nutcracker. my little sisters were so cute, leaning forward to see the ballerinas the best they could. i'm sure they are pirrohetting (how the heck do you spell that?) around their living room right now . . .
last night (after it snowed and i made a snow man . . .) we had to drive to the airport to pick up my brother-in-law (why didn't we tell him to take the max??) it took us two hours round trip! it was sort of eerie driving on a deserted freeway with all these abandond cars just sitting on the side of the road . . . we made it home safely and got to bed around 1:30am . . . and i still came to work . . . silly me.
things i am excited about that have nothing to do with christmas (and everything to do with modern cenima):
~the davinci code is being made into a move that opens in may 2006, starring tom hanks and audry tautou (i love her! and i happen to love that book--it is so liberating for women!)
~xmen is also coming out next year . . . finally! call me a nerd, but i secretly LOVE super-hero movies and the xmen are some of my favorites!
~pirates of the carribean 2 and 3 are in production . . . very excited about that as well. since i, of course, heart pirates.
this just in (ok, not really, but i had to segue somehow):
a week ago, i saw the breakfast club for the first time . . . and i was like "emilio!!!"
i also saw "the lion the witch and the wardrobe" and i have one question . . . "why does liam neeson get to have all the fun?"
huh. i've watched a lot of movies lately. what is wrong with me?
i did however make it through my one week goal of not drinking coffee. the chocolate goal was never met. i only made it 4 days without giving in. but, i think i have gone another week without coffee without even noticing it or choosing it. no headaches either! i am currently drinking apple cider (because when it is snowy outside one MUST have something warm to drink!)
ok, enough babbling (plus, my server at work is messing up), i am off to the annual holiday ornament exchange for my work (sounds adultish, but really, it's fun).
cheers!
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