(sigh!) What can I say, I lead a very dull life.
Still 5 more Preciouses to go before the big quadruple-Precious.
Sorry work was such a mess... here's a pretty spring sunset to help you relax...
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
(blush!) Sorry! But I figured a quiet Saturday night would be my only chance to win it...
It is Precious to us, our Precioussssss...
Oh, and Texas beats Rice, 2-1! Texas plays Stanford tomorrow!
Oh, no, I've already promised on the thread, no flitty dances for me.
Instead, I'll do a Bombadil caper.
WOOHOO!
Boy am I exhausted. Work was - well, it was a mess. See, the driver who was supposed to work until 12:30 and close the store decided he needed the night off, and the idiotic second assistant manager in charge of messing things up decided that was a good idea. Only to find that for some reason, no one wanted to stick around that late on a Saturday night. And everyone had a good excuse, too - one had a farewell party to attend, one had to be up at 4 am tomorrow, I had church, another just had a baby and wanted to get back to his wife... basically, the guy with the lamest excuse got stuck with it. So he whined for the next five hours about it. And, we had no deliveries - I made $10 in tips. On Saturday night. It was pathetic.
Now I'm tired, but more relaxed; we made chocolate chip cookies and read another chapter. I do love Connie Willis! And church is only 12 hours away. I really enjoy church these days, it gives me a feeling of recharging my spiritual batteries, of losing a lot of my worries and such. Kind of like a hot bath and chocolate cookie for the soul.
(sigh!) What can I say, I lead a very dull life.
Still 5 more Preciouses to go before the big quadruple-Precious.
Sorry work was such a mess... here's a pretty spring sunset to help you relax...
Penny and I met in Tacoma at the "Blue Mouse Theater" which turned out to be THE cutest little old theater you ever did see.
It was obviously a very old turn of the century-type theater built for stage, and the stage looked like it was probably still used for local performances. There was a piano on the stage on one side, and a cute little screen that may have actually fit on my living room wall. I would guess the theater only would hold less than 200 people, and then only if they were very good friends.
Was good to see the film on a bigger screen than my monitor for a change, and with good color and sound! I think it was a pretty new copy of the film, not scratched up like some copies when the film has been out 6 months.
Afterwards we went across the street to The Prancing Pony and had our first pint, then some raviolis at a little Italian place down the street! Penny should be home shortly, and may fill in gaps that I didn't get, but the film was great!
I spent the afternoon working on putting together Penny's screencaps for my site (thanks again, Penny). So far I have finished the prologue and the Shire sections. Not yet linked in to the homepage yet, but I'm getting closer. I want to finish as much as I can before the move, since internet connectivity may be iffy for a while afterwards.
It was fun to see the movie again on the big screen (well, a big-ger screen, anyway).
We had one lady in the audience who had seen it 17 times who for some reason decided it was perfectly okay for her to recite every line as we watched the movie. We may KNOW all the lines, but at least we're not so socially inept as to admit that in public by reciting each line. :o
We got waited on at the concession stand by someone we thought was either a hobbit or an elf (definitely NOT a boring human ;) ). And I think we decided that our waiter at the restaurant was a Rider of Rohan--very fun, chatty and colorful (and really cute, too). Our poor busboy, though, was very confused when Hair asked for a "pint." I guess he's still too young to know what she was talking about. ;)
Both of us wished we had cameras so we could post pictures, it really was a cute place!
BTW... There are lots of theaters in the country named "Blue Mouse" it was either a chain or a type of theater built in the silent film era. Our theater is not the original Tacoma Blue Mouse, but a replica built in 1927.
I am thinking of going back for that Rider of Rohan... he was dashing! ... or the cutie concession-hobbit!
Oh - I laughed uncontrollably the first two minutes of the movie because the people behind us were eating their popcorn so loud that I swear I was in a dairy barn at feeding time! chomp! chomp! hehehe
I will not be long for this evening! Thinking of hitting the couch soon :~D
Maybe her fish died. :)
I'll have to see if I can find a happy one (I liked the colors.)
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