Sweet 27
You guys are awesome with your camera recommendations; I'll let you know how it all turns out.
You know those December to Remember ads? With the cars and the big bows? That was us! We got a car! Except, of course, instead of a new Lexus SUV we got a '90 Buick Park Avenue. And instead of being surprised with it on Christmas dawn with a big red bow on top, it had been given to us on loan a couple months ago and we were presented with the deed on the second night of Hanukkah. (Honestly, we had made our entrance by helicopter and had circus animals present, I would have sworn I was in my own episode of "Sweet 16"). Theatrics aside, we are the proud new owners of a gigantic luxury vehicle lined with maroon leather and lovingly nicknamed "Big Red." You will love this car. When you come to visit, we will drive you around in it and you will moan in ecstasy while luxuriating in the supple seats and watching the antennae go up and down. You will not be able to bring your drink into the car, however, because there are no cup holders.
If you are looking for some sort of release for your holiday spirit, I recommend applying ho ho ho hats and beards to your friends' Flickr photos. Waaay more fun than it should be.
I signed up to be a secret evaluator for a company who works for a bunch of fancy spas, restaurants, and hotels. My first restaurant trip is on Wednesday and they give me a pretty big budget to work with, including a required trip to the bar prior to eating. I was pretty excited until I started reading all the rules and regulations for being sneaky, and then I got a little panicky. What if I lose track of how many times they refill my water? What if I don't remember how long it took the server to come back and ask how everything is? How am I supposed to remember the whole meal in 5 minute increments if they're paying for a bottle of wine for the table? Huh? I invited Willow along as my guest thinking this would be a perfect opportunity for us to catch up when she gets into town, so I hope the whole thing doesn't devolve into a tense timed test.
Also, yes: that's a comic book in my 52B52W pile over there. I'm counting it because who's going to stop me, suckers.
I can't believe you never read Watchmen before. I figured J would have made you read it before getting married. I think creating a prenuptial reading list for your spouse is a great idea! (Also a prenup movie-watching list)
I know, it's terrible! We actually have two copies of it. I've been meaning to read it for a long time if that counts for anything...
In my defense, I did see "A Knight's Tale" on our first date and have seen "Popeye" through several times.
first off, sorry for not making it to sparkle motion. work and holidays, i hope you understand. i really do appreciate the invite though. maybe sometime in the future.
is the willow you're always referring to the one at willowtoons.com?
i use a cannon sd80 and love it.
big red sounds like a serious boat.
Sparkle Motion was officially the best cooking club I've been to. I was the only one who copped out with sugar cookies.
The Willow I refer to lives here: www.urbanhonking.com/perfect
Wait, you've never read Watchmen before? Read now please. Then post about how much you loved it. Even if you didn't.
I bet you'd enjoy Lost Girls (porn or not) and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as well. And V For Vendetta. And From Hell. And the stuff Moore wrote for Swamp Thing. And Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow.
Ok, what is this Watchmen!? And can it be called a graphic novel? Because then it's not even a question of whether it counts.
Sparkle motion pictures?
Big Red pictures?
Watchmen was released originally as 12 issues in 1986 and was shortly reprinted as a graphic novel. You can call it "sequential art" if you can't bring yourself to say "comic book." It's awesome and it reads as far more literary than you'd think--different narrative levels, wicked subtext, the whole shebang. And the last page of Chapter 11 makes me cry. Then again, The Mighty Ducks makes me cry.
Also, I missed that the name of your cooking group was Sparkle Motion...if you get the recipe right, do you and Donnie Darko go back in time?
RG, I don't have pictures because I don't have a camera! It's terrible. But Big Red looks like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/68861983@N00/267505023/
Ahe, "sparkle motion" was only the theme of cooking club this time around, which yielded lots of star shaped foods and champagne. The only thing close to a Donnie Darko food was a star-shaped Jell-O mold.
Oh, durrrrrr. Need new camera, got it. I've gotten so used to pictures just magically appearing for visual enjoyment on the computing box.
And now I'm totally fascinated by Watchmen and must get it!
What?! A secret evaluator? That's like a food critic which is freakin' AWESOME. How'd you get in with that gig?
I'm headed to Google to look that up.
ahhh man! you're making me sad for missing it! i too am interested in how you landed that secret evaluator job!