christmas was a blast

We had SO MUCH FUN in L.A. with the family. Every day was georgous and the sky wasn't even brown! :-) We went to the newly renovated Griffith Observatory, Disneyland xmas eve day (family tradition), took Lora's new telescope out and looked at the moon and mars*, had a great xmas day feast with tons of friends, went target shooting, saw Sweeney Todd and ate a lot of Mexican food. Life is good.

*There's a group of "guerilla astronomers" who show up on main street in Monrovia once a month with their telescopes and try to engage the public in astronomy. This was the first time Lora had taken the telescope out. We set it all up and looked all cool hanging with the real astronomers (the female astronomer showing everyone all the cool toys works on the Cassini project at JPL. She's a real hoot). Chris and I want to get a telescope.

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i am legend

Wow. Rawk.

Loved it. Totally scared the shit out of me. Which is exactly what I wanted from this movie. Why? Well, click on the extended entry if you're curious for a little more.....

Chris asked me, "Well, is it like the book?"

Yes ...but not the way most people think. It isn't superficially like the book, but it's LIKE the book. I already knew that the scene was changed from L.A. to NYC. The "creatures" were more sentient in the book. Etc. The thing is, that's not why one reads Richard Matheson stories (In case you didn't know, I'm a big Richard Matheson fan. Senior, not junior, although junior has written some great horror also).

What the movie did like the book was the paranoia. The insanity of Robert Neville. The constant schedule to Neville's day to ensure that he's protected at night from the monsters and/or his own insanity (or does it contribute to the insanity?). Day in. Day out. The scared.the.shit.out.of.me feeling.

Rawk.

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ski report

Every year, our first ski trip is to Mt. Sunapee. I don't know what it is, but I love that little mountain.

Bad news first: It was uncomfortably cold out yesterday (everyone was chatting about it). Even though the sun was out, it didn't warm you up. As such, we left at lunch as I was freezing* and couldn't take it anymore.

The rest of the news is all good. Mt. Sunapee had a ton of trails open (97%). The conditions were awesome (except for the one run where it was all crunchy with hail sized hard snowballs on it - teh suck). Plenty of snow cover. NOBODY was there. Glorious. Fun time was had and of course, the skiing bug is now full on.

For locals, expect an email soon. We want to have a Wachusett meet up on Wednesday nights.

* I'm struggling with the cold this year in general. With the significant weight loss (35 lbs. and counting) I'm wondering if not having as much blubber (hahaha) is affecting me. I had to buy new ski pants and polar fleece cause the old stuff is too big and besides, I want to look good with the smaller size. *snort*. However, I haven't replaced my ski jacket cause I am not sure I want to purchase something that expensive when I've got a bit more to go to reach my goal weight. I felt that there was too much air coming through my jacket. I also need new gloves desperately as my fingers were frozen. And when I took a moment to examine the gloves I realized that the reason for this is they had um, tears and such allowing the cold to seep in. Oops. I'm thinking that mittens may be the solution as I've heard they're warmer cause you're fingers are all together and therefore they work together to keep things warm. Any suggestions as to how you keep warm, lemme know.

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apparently my representative likes second life

"Markey will be using a popular Internet-based virtual reality community called Second Life to make his speech while remaining in Washington. The congressman will be in front of a computer at a staffer’s home on Capitol Hill while an audience in Bali views his avatar."

Pretty cool.

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whee! snow!

There's at least 6 inches out there and it's still falling......and it's all powdery and sparkly. This is good cause nbh and I are going skiing for the first time this season Saturday! Whee!

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what 80's movie scientist are you?

Your Score: Jordan Cochran

139 Heart, 132 Genius, 169 Cool, 151 Excitability

Jordan Cochran - (Michelle Meyrink)

Real Genius (1985)



You're Jordan Cochran, the adorable fast-talking GIRL scientist of all things. While she may not be up there with the other super-geniuses of the '80s, her awesome mechanical aptitude and geek-girl cuteness have made her the sweetheart of nerds for over 20 years.



"I never sleep, I don't know why. I had a roommate and I drove her nuts, I mean really nuts, they had to take her away in an ambulance and everything. But she's okay now, but she had to transfer to an easier school, but I don't know if that had anything to do with being my fault. But listen, if you ever need to talk or you need help studying just let me know, 'cause I'm just a couple doors down from you guys and I never sleep, okay?"

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penguin love

NOT WORK SAFE:

OMG

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

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i got a fever....more cowbell

Like Guitar Hero? Check out Cowbell Hero. *snort*

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got the tattoo yesterday

Well, I've got the new tattoo. I won't be posting the pic until it heals, roughly 2 weeks. I just want to make sure it's pretty enough to share. The red/soreness looks like it's bleeding in with some of the gold so I think it'll ruin the effect. I'm such a tease.

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