wow - this is pathetic. looking at those last 3 blogs, i'm thinking i may be a little boy crazy. aren't i too old for that?

that post says it's from the 30th, but i just posted it now and it's the 31st, so yeah, don't think i cheated harry out of that day. he was still botw yesterday.

Happy New Year BOTWs!

As we look back on 2006, let's take a look back at the BOTWs who have made this last year so enjoyable. (Like Time's Person of the Year is 'You,' the BOTW of the week for New Year's is 'Them.')

Carl Philip Bernadotte

Christian Bale

Matthew Perry

Michael Cuddyer

Elijah Wood

Owain Yeoman

Ewan McGregor

John Krasinski

Adam Sandler

Harry Connick, Jr.

Dreamy Academy

Intoducing the faculty and staff of Dreamy Academy (founded by melilotnfosco and hobbitsister Jan. '06).

Mr. Connery - Principal
Mr. Washington – Assistant Principal

Mr. Osmond - Administrator
Mr. Phifer – Science
Mr. McConaughey - English
Mr. Depp – English/History
Mr. Pitt – History
Mr. Dempsey – Government
Mr. McGraw – Math
Mr. Arquette – Math
Mr. Clooney – Economics (possibly also counselor - while counselors annoy us, we think he would be a great one to tell you what to do with your life)

Mr. Smith - Geography/Chess Club Advisor
Mr. Monaghan - Philosophy

Mr. Montalban - World Religions

Mr. Daly - Sociology

Mr. West - Speech

Mr. Bale - Photography
Mr. Brody - Art
Mr. Browning – Phy. Ed.
Mr. Lucas – Phy. Ed. /Mechanics
Mr. Holloway - Shop

Mr. Deezer - Health/Nurse
Mr. Kim – Korean
Mr. Visnjic – Croatian
Mr. Andrews - French
Mr. Connick – Music/Band
Mr. Bice – Music/Choir
Mr. Phoenix – Drama
Mr. Vartan – Homeroom/Yearbook advisor

Mr. LaSalle - Librarian

Mr. Suplee - Secretary
Mr. Cusack - Substitute (who we need every day)

Mr. Krasinski - Ditto

Mr. McGregor - Janitor

Plus also, Mr. Plummer and Mr. Newman are on the board.

unfortunately Mr. Bernadotte was claimed for teaching Swedish at the Jr. High.

not that i ever skipped

i would so never have skipped if i went there

in the cartoon series 'freakazoid' (don't worry, i've never heard of it either - oh, maybe i have - but i haven't seen it) the characters go to 'harry connick jr' high school

macy's

my mother bought me a sweater and shirt from macy's for Christmas. they're cute, but they don't fit, so i have to exchange them. my mom and i went there today to see if i could find anything, but i was so amazed at the exorbitant prices that i didn't even have the energy to look - there would've been far too much effort involved in finding something within our price range. and the other shoppers were so rude. what's with rich people anyway? they think they have the right to grab things from under your nose or barge into the dressing room before you just cuz they have money. i'm afraid that my feeling of disdain was probably written all over my face. hopefully i was able to cover it up enough in front of my mother so that she didn't think i was being disdainful toward her. she did well. it's just that well-to-do people are obnoxious.

Christmas

it was good. a little quieter this year, but still good. i was so happy to not work it. it woulda been nice to go to the Christmas eve service at church, but even if i had planned on it, i wouldn't have gone cuz i was way too tired. it was nice to just be with family.

at dinner on Christmas eve, it's tradition that someone reads the Christmas story from luke 2. this year while my dad was reading it, my baby cousin (the most doted on baby of all time, i'm sure), was making little one year old noises, which was fine, but then when my dad got to the mary treasured these things in her heart part, my cousin started giggling and laughing out loud. it made me smile. mary kept those kinds of things in her heart, too - JESUS giggling at supper time, JESUS dropping his spoon on the floor (do you think HE ever did that on purpose?), JESUS squirming when she tried to hold him still when all the family got together for a special occasion. she didn't just treasure the 'o holy night' stuff. yes she treasured that cuz HE was fully GOD. but she treasured all the normal things mothers treasure cuz she was a mother and HE was fully man. wow. Christmas is just such an amazing thing. we can't possibly understand it. but i'm so glad it happened.

i cooked again today

it was much easier - all frozen food (except for the poached eggs, but those i just threw in a steamer). i had time for a break and everything. and our new boss bought us chocolate!

after Christmas shopping

i got 'harry for the holidays'

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Sorry - I got distracted. Let's try this again.

Harry's been compared to Frank Sinatra. Frank referred to Harry as 'The Kid,' which I think is quite the compliment coming from him.

Harry is amazing on the piano. And personally, I think the piano is a very sexy instrument.

The music he composes and arranges is done so extremely beautifully.

Music just oozes from him. Who knew that oozing could be so sexy?

But in addition to his completely gorgeous singing and musical abilities, Harry's been in movies - his first being Memphis Belle (good movie), probably his most well known being Hope Floats (disappointing movie), he also had a small role in Independence Day (still haven't seen that - did I grow up in the 90s?), and then there are others, too, like South Pacific (tv movie - a good one - I mean, come on, he's in uniform and singing). He should be in more. He's good, he just needs more opportunities.

But then, he may not be in them cuz they would take time away from both his music and from 4 of his unfortunatelies (namely Jill, Georgia, Kate, and Charlotte). It's just not fair - who can compete with a Victoria's Secret model? And she seems so sweet and they seem so in love. So that's a bit of a problem. His other unfortunately is that on 'Harry for the Holidays,' he sings 'The Christmas Waltz.' While it suits his voice super well, it has that one stupid line ('and this song of mine in three-quarter time') which just ruins it so that it grates on my nerves. Songs should never mention the fact that they are songs (nor should they include the name of either the singer or the group that sings it - but he doesn't do that).

But those can be overlooked in a botw. Besides, as one of the ladies I work with said, he's nice to look at.

Back to my BOTW

Harry is great. Can I just say that?

Look how dang sexy he is.

i cooked!

today was my first day cooking alone at work. for years i have refused to get trained in on the cook position cuz it's too much responsibility. but everyone who cooks needed today off, so that left me as the one with the most seniority. so that left me. once last month, and then wednesday this week i ended up having to cook, but one of the people who cooks was there (doing office work) so i could ask her questions. today it was just me. scary!

it went ok, though. the whole getting things done at the same time was really the only hard part (i was bad at that). but the other people helped a lot, so it went pretty well! i cooked! i'm so grown-up! i have to cook next tuesday, and then hopefully that will be all. i've still never been trained in, so i'm an extreme last resort. i plan to keep it that way. but i cooked!

BOTW, Christmas Style

K, so Hanukkah's not quite over, but Adam and I had more than 8 crazy days. So. It's time to get Christmasy. And who wouldn't want to spend Christmas with

Harry Connick, Jr.

I seriously feel like all I need to say is, "that voice,' *sigh*.

But there are other wonderful things about him, too.
Born September 11, 1967, Harry started playing piano at 3, performing publicly at 6, and recorded with a jazz band at 10. At 22 he composed the score for "When Harry Met Sally," and with that, his career took off. (He had already been composing, and his first album had debuted two years previously. This was just what brought him to more people's attention.) Since then he's done all sorts of styles and gone platinum on everything and he's just been wonderful. (One of my favorites is "Songs I Heard," which is Harry singing songs from movies he watched when he was little. I love it cuz it makes you sing along and it feels like he's there singing along with you.) And now that he's my botw, he can compose a song for me and it will be beautiful and he can sing it to me while I swoon (ohmigosh, I would so totally die if he ever did).

My darling Harry is 6'1", which is lovely... you know, I think I just started swooning and will be unable to finish this right now. More later.

baby news!

Congratulations Kim (& Josh and Aiden) on baby Katiana! Yay for babies!

my mouse (the computer kind) is squeaking and it's really annoying

Movie Review: Ringers:Lord of the Fans

I enjoyed this immensely. I don't think most other people would. You have to be a Ringer to appreciate it, I think. It's a kind of documentary all about Lord of the Rings fans and about how LOTR has affected society. It shows how completely psycho some fans can get about it. (No, I am not one of those. I am a LOTR dork, not a LOTR freak. There's a difference.) There was one woman who even sold her house to go to the Return of the King movie premiere in Wellington. Some of the things, I must confess, I would like to do. I would like to learn Elvish (and about a hundred real languages), and follow the trail of the movies in New Zealand (how pretty is it), and visit Tolkien's grave. I would not, however, take pictures of my action figures on Tolkien's grave (I don't have any action figures anyway), nor would I wear a shirt that says 'Frodo Lives.'

The movie goes through each decade since LOTR's publication, saying what it means to each generation. It talks about how it has influenced music (espescially metal). And it talks about how hippie things like caring for the earth, and unity, and what not, are a major part of it.

One of the best things about it, though, is that it's narrated by Dominic Monaghan (Merry). You can tell he had fun doing it, and straight off he refers to himself as a Ringer. It made me feel like he and I are friends. Which we are of course, cuz Ringers stick together.

oops - i forgot

on friday night i shoulda said 'happy hanukkah!' but i forgot. so i'll say it now.

happy hanukkah!

they played 'jailhouse rock' on kq92 today. not what you'd expect from a station that's usually the eagles, u2, the rolling stones, and all them. i was so happy! elvis rocks!

ooh, my email is working!

supposedly neither the library, nor my email sites are responding. that's very annoying of them. so i guess i'll go to bed cuz yeah, there's nothing else for me to do.

wow - just switched to the new version. i got sick of them asking me every time i came on if i wanted to switch. i don't like change, so i've been putting it off, but i finally took the plunge. scary.

happy story of the day

:) i took a four hour nap. 3:30-7:30 baby. :)

it's doing that stupid not letting me post more pictures thing. that's so annoying.

Hanukkah BOTW

I better do this quick before 'The Office' is on again. (When you see a guy again, it makes it harder to dump him.)
Hannukah starts this week. How on earth can I celebrate with my botw if he's not Jewish? So since I want to celebrate cuz I claim I'm Jewish, I simply must have a Jewish boyfriend. And come on, it's Hannukah. How can I not choose
Adam Sandler
"Put on your yalmulka, here comes Hanukkah. Its so much fun-akkah to celebrate Hanukkah. Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights. Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights." How cool to get eight crazy nights. No wonder I want to be Jewish.
Adam was born on September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn but raised in Manchester, New Hampshire. He's 5'10, which again is pushing the height thing, but he's Jewish, so what can you say. At least he's taller than I am. He started doing stand-up when his brother dared him when he was 17. (See, brothers are good for something.) He went to college and graduated with a BA in fine arts, and shortly after that landed a recurring role on "The Cosby Show." From there he went to Saturday Night Live, and then to his great movies like "Happy Gilmore" and "The Wedding Singer." Adam's comedy cd's have gone platinum, and he even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Adam has his own production company, Happy Madison. Now that he's my botw, maybe he can hook me up with some great movie role and I can be a great actress and win an Oscar. Or at least an MTV people's choice award or whatever they call it. I could be so famous!
Adam is a private person. He doesn't give interviews in print and rarely gives tv interviews. He doesn't like big groups of people - he prefers small groups of friends (which is probably why his movies always have his friends in them).

Wikipedia says that when he was young he had a speech problem that caused his jaw to move diagonally when he talked, but it went away after speech therapy. It still shows up when he gets emotional. I could continue to therapize him!

Adam also writes songs - the best of course being "I Wanna Grow Old With You," from "The Wedding Singer." One of the most romantic songs ever. And of course there's "The Hanukkah Song." (I don't know if I spelled it right. As if anyone does.)

He likes sports. Baseball and basketball are two of his favorites, which is cool, cuz I would like to go to more games, so we can go to them on dates. He also likes wrestling, though, which is something he's gonna have to watch with the boys, cuz as if I'm gonna watch it. That's okay, though. We can have some of our own interests.

Unfortunately, I think two of his interests are his wife and daughter. That may cause a problem for us. Cuz I would guess he's a good husband and father.

I think that sums it up for now. "Tell that old harmonica, it's time to celebrate Hanukkah."

mouse update

there was another dead mouse today. but it was a baby, which is scary cuz then there may be more.

Book Review: My Sister's Keeper

Excellent book. One of the nurses at work recommended it to me (and then brought it to me before I could say yes or no). I had no idea what it was about at the time, but I like Kathy, so I thought I'd give it a try.
It's by Jodi Picoult and is about a thirteen year old girl (Anna) who was 'the product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis' (as the back of the book says) , born so her sister Kate, who has leukemia, has a genetic match for bone marrow transplants. And she's tired of it. She decides to bring her parents to court to try to get 'medical emancipation' so she can decide whether or not she wants to continue doing this.
It's a really interesting topic, and it's extra good in that each chapter is written from a different person's point of view, so you see where Anna, and her mother, and the lawyer, and other people are coming from and what they're thinking.
So I also highly recommend it. It's fascinating and goes so fast. You should read it.

movies this holiday season

'the holiday,' 'dreamgirls,' and 'for your consideration' all have john krasinski. that's so happy.

the nine = 0, apparently :(

they cancelled my show!!! :( :( :(

my big holiday travel

i went to des moines this weekend to visit my friends (including the famous commenter miss linda). it was so nice. i wish it coulda been longer, but i always do, so what can i say? we spent hours ddr and thriller-ing, and we took a side trip to iowa city to visit more people. btw - for those of you who have never tried it, thriller is seriously an insane workout. if you do it a bunch of times in a row you get so tired and sweaty. but you're having so much fun that it doesn't matter. and you want more people to do it with you. (but no, michelle's brother had to be a bum and sit it out. we'll get him next time, though. it's impossible to watch and not want to join in. i mean come now - who wouldn't want to look like that <--- ?)

and then i came home and was telling my mom about it, and i metioned that my friends gave me 'ringers' (a dvd about lotr dorks narrated by dominic monaghan), marmalade (just for the record - margarita marmalade is fun to try, but it isn't good), prickly pear (cactus) honey, book the 13th (from series of unfortunate events), and 'portugese irregular verbs'. i hadn't noticed at the time, but as i listed all these off i thought 'wow! that sounds like Christmas!' but it wasn't! it was just friends being all nice and stuff, which it makes it 32x's better!

so that was my happy weekend. it was good just to spend time with my friends. i should spend time with my friends more often.