Mundane ramblings follow:
Whoever claimed that bumblebees can't fly, please retract your statement. You're giving scientists and engineers a bad name.
Killarney Community Centre had a swap meet this Saturday. I spent $5 for three CDs: Mannheim Steamroller's Fresh Aire III, arguably containing one of the best drum recordings ever, Toccata; Counting Crows' This Desert Life; and the soundtrack from Great Expectations, featuring Tori Amos and Cesaria Evora. Somebody at work saw Evora live in concert three weeks ago, so I'll give her a listen. Shit, I just dropped the CD and broke the hinge. Whoever designed the CD jewel case ought to join the ranks of Mr. Bumblebee-Can't-Fly. While we're at it, can we make this a threesome by adding the mind behind Soft Cell's execrable Tainted Love?
We had lunch at Ellie's. Chicken satay, roti, and Tom Yum fried rice.
Took the kids to see Ice Age 2: Melt Down while Betty was left alone for some quality shopping time. The movie is definitely better than Madagascar. Shaula enjoyed it. I did have time to extend my vanity, a pair of jeans (on sale, of course) from Espirit. First time in memory that I've bought something from there.
Speaking of movies, bought Brokeback Mountain at Future Shop yesterday. I had a salesperson surf to a competitor's website to price match. He told me to have the cashier flag him down for the discount when I was ready to pay. Which I did. But the girl didn't know how to key in a price match and credit me 10% of the difference, so she had to summon the front line head cashier. So there were three people helping me with my purchase. It was like buying condoms or tampons with lots of attention. She finally completed the transaction and put the DVD in the bag—a transparent one.
One of my next reads will be Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay. This before watching the DVD. I want to see how a novel gets adapted to the screen, from start to finish.
I picked up a copy of The Abs Diet at Superstore on the spur of the moment.
Sunday will be brutal. Tax time. Every year Betty and I have to prepare seven, 7!, returns. I truly appreciate the software.
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Enjoy the movie. I know you've been talking about it a lot at work. I hope it is everything that you imagined it would be. Any hot waitresses working at Ellie?
There were two waitresses working. Hey, always easy on the eyes. But not the one I normally see on a weekday.
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