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Lunch and a Movie

i forced myself to go out today.  sometimes laying around the house just makes me feel sicker than i really am.  so it was good that i got out.  i met a friend whom I hadn't see in months for lunch and then we went to see Will Smith's latest film "Seven Pounds." i hadn't read or heard anything about it so i didn't have any preconceived ideas or impressions.  and i have to say that i really enjoyed it.  it made me think.  it made me work a little.  if you have any interest in seeing this, don't bother reading a review.  part of the appeal for me of this movie was not entirely understanding what this character was doing and why he was doing it.  just an FYI.  this is not a comedy.  just so you know.

anyway, that's all for today. 

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day 253 -- hoping to feel human tomorrow

Oh Edward -- Take Me!

so saturday night, i got together with the girls and we went to see Twilight.  yeah yeah, i know what you're thinking. aren't we a little too old for Twilight?  yep, maybe.  but since my inner 15 year old is still alive and kicking, i think i was just mature enough to appreciate it.

my expectations were low.  i'd read two of the books and well they're kind of crappy in a "i must read these so i can find out what happened but god i hate these books" sort of way. and in some ways, the movie is the same.  overly melodramatic, unintentionally laughable in many places and awesome in it's cheesiness.  yes, awesome.  some might say it  sucked, but i had a wonderful time.  i think i want to see it again.

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day 220 -- i can hardly wait for Twilight 2!

There's Nothing to See Here

i've been doing a little knitting but i've had to go into work early these days so it's been really too dark to take pictures in the morning.  i swear work gets in the way of my life let me tell you.  so when i've got nothing, i do a meme.

i tagged myself on this one.  because i can.

4 jobs you have had in your life
research lab tech -- i had to chop the heads off of live rats using a mini guillotine.  not my favorite job. 

word processor

admin assistant/office manager for a diabetes research lab

project manager for a national cancer study

4 movies you could watch over & over
i'll watch them over and over again only if i come across them on television -- i don't own copies.  if i did, i think i'd never watch them.  it's the joy of coming across them on a quiet sunday afternoon on tbs or tnt that makes me happy.

animal house

excalibur

when harry met sally

an american in paris

(and a fifth, a few good men tom cruise peaked in this movie as did demi moore)

4 places you have lived
NYC (i was born there and i lived there for 9 months after college)

Chaville and Le Chesney, France

Tehran, Iran

Milford, MA

4 TV shows you love to watch
it's sad but i don't love any shows anymore.  i remember when thursday night television was an event.  i ordered chinese, turned off the phone and watched must see tv.  now, if i miss an episode, no biggie.

seinfeld reruns

the gilmore girls

two and a half men (mostly because j just loves this show and he laughs and laughs and laughs and i love his laugh)

project runway

4 places you have been on vacation

st. thomas -- went with girlfriends when i was in my 20's -- we call it the "last time we had fun"

bermuda -- cruise with the inlaws this past summer

greece -- i went in highschool for a week.  i hope to go again some day.

france -- i go back every couple of years to visit the folks. 

4 websites you visit daily
www.boston.com this is my home page

www.yahoo.com  gotta check the mail

www.bloglines.com  gotta monitor the blogs

www.wkoxam.com  this is the local air america affiliate website.  gotta listen to al franken and company.  (it's just not the same without morning sedition by the way.  fuckers)

4 of your favorite foods

butter (the world's most perfect food)

anything with cilantro (it's like catnip for me)

super chicken burrito from anna's taqueria with black beans extra salsa and a little hot sauce (damn, haven't had one of those in over a year!)

chinese food (good, bad, ugly)

4 places you would rather be right now
not at work

not at work

not at work

not at work

4 bloggers you are tagging

you, and you, and you and you

Fat Dumb and Drunk ...

Animal House is one of my all time favorite movies.  i saw it for the first time my senior year in highschool in one of those theatres on the Champs Elysees in v.o (or version orignale).  i don't know why i love it so much.    i just know that if during channel surfing i come across the movie on tv,  i have to finish watching it.  i've even seen otis day and the knights play at the now defunct cambridge, house of blues.

anyway, dean wormer died today.  rest in peace dean wormer.

Jude Not So Obscure

as i write this, i'm watching inside the actor's studio. jude law is the actor being interviewed.  not only is he physically beautiful, he's got that easy going, unselfconscious charm that makes me totally incapable of taking my eyes off of him.   he's also got a fantastically large head.  as do i.  you'll excuse me if i seem distracted.  (by the way, i've been obsessed with him for years.  i haven't jumped on the People's Sexiest Man Alive bandwagon although i do applaud their choice).

*not even trying to come up with a clever segue (seg-U)*

i finally found my own LYS that isn't AC Moore.  or rather a YS, since it isn't as local as i'd like it to be.  last weekend i went to the Fabric Place in framingham to help a friend buy supplies to make christmas stockings and found out that they don't only carry fabric.  THEY CARRY YARN.  GOOD YARN!  NORO, CLASSIC ELITE, BROWN SHEEP.... (no koigu but it's just a matter of time).  i didn't buy any yarn, but i did buy plenty of books.  (check out the floors by the way... they looked like this once.)

i've got this stuff waiting in the wings.

so i can make this...

for me.. me me me me

in the FO  column, i finally finshed the ponchos for my 10 year old twin nieces.

here's a close-up of the blue one and a blurry shot of both.

 

that's it for now...