Movie and Dinner and Another Movie, and the Alpaca Lips

Yesterday, janalyson and her daughter Jennifer came down from NC to accompany me to the movies. I had Fandango'ed us tickets for Star Wars EPI: The Phantom Menace (for droop purposes on my part and fun purposes on janalyson's and Jen's parts) and This Means War (for research purposes on my part and drool purposes on janalyson's ). The thing was, SW was showing at 1 and TMW was showing at 7:50, so we had some time to kill in between the flicks.

At 1 PM, I beheld the beginning of The Phantom Menace on the big screen for the 16th time. About fifteen minutes into the movie, I feel asleep. Me...asleep...during The Phantom Menace. I woke up mortified. It could have been any other movie, but this one? NOOOOO... Thankfully, I didn't miss any of the Maul bits, which is the reason why I watch the movie in the first place. janalyson said she was going to let me sleep until Darth Maul came on. That was mighty nice of her. Later I told her that I knew the reasons behind my falling asleep, besides the godawful insomnia I'd suffered the night before; I've seen the movie 4000 times, so on a certain level, it's lost its charm. Also, I'm 13 years older than I was when I first saw the movie. Being a little old lady tends to make you fall asleep at the most inopportune times.

After TPM, we went over to the Pita House and got ourselves some delish Arabic food. Hummus and Shawarma FTW! Jan and Jen seemed well-pleased with their munchlies.



We spent a good bit of time there chit-chatting and noshing, then moseyed over to Books-a-Million to peruse the various tomes. Whilst there, Jan and I donned pig hats and this is what transpired.



After the pig-hat incident, Jan took a wild hair and bought me a calendar and a book. Here's what they are:



Needless to say, a lot of the information and anecdotes from these babies are gonna show up here and on Facebook. The word needs to be spread. :)

The time came for us to get back to the theatre, so we dashed back and tucked in for some Tom Hardy romantic comedy. As far as rom-coms go, it was pretty good. There were some scenes where Tom sported that insane serial killer look. Jan finds that quite attractive, and I find it an exceptional example of why he'd be excellent as Cadmus Pariah.

We got home a little after 10 and sat around yapping until after 1 AM. Jen and Jan then went to bed and I drifted off sometime after 2.

The only unfortunate part of the visit was that I had to go to pre-op this morning, so I left a little after 7 AM. I was really quiet so the two girls could sleep in for as long as they wished. I felt really bad that I couldn't stick around and make this breakfast before they had to hit the road.

When I got home from pre-op around 11:30, janalyson and Jennifer had already gone, but they left a really sweet note.

I'm hoping we can do this again, maybe sometime in April after I've gotten through the hardest part of my knee-replacement recovery. We can do another movie and I'm keen on making them dinner (Chicken Caligula!). I think it'd be pretty pretty pretty cool.

listening to "JC Chasez - Blowin Me Up With Her Love (Official Video)" on Blip

dance with me.

The End of the World

So here's wisdom from the first 8 days of the Doomsday 2012 calendar.  I'll be posting more ASAP!

 

What's the deal with 2012?
The doomsday 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of beliefs that some type of cataclysmic or transformative event will occur on December 21, 2012. According to certain interpretations of the Mayan Long Count calendar – an ancient non-repeating calendar that counts the number of days since “creation”- the end of the world falls on this day, which will totally destroy the novelty of writing 12/21/12 on checks. This idea also anchors various other theories and serves as the basis for John Cusack's transition to action hero in Roland Emmerich's 2012, perhaps the worst catastrophe of all, at least to anyone who remembers Say Anything.

Foods Most Likely to Survive Armageddon
If nothing else makes it onto your grocery shopping/pillaging list, make sure you have these stalwart edibles.

• White rice

• Bouillon cubes

• Powdered eggs

• Powdered milk

• Those individual packs of crackers and cheese you spread with that little red plastic knife

• Canned soups (especially Campbell's Chunky, which supposedly eats like a meal; that should make it go a lot further)

DON'T FORGET!
One scenario proposed by doomsday theorists is the sudden geomagnetic reversal of the Earth's poles. Make sure you back up all your computer data before this happens, particularly your MP3 library. The afterlife is a long time, and you're going to want those NPR podcasts.

Alternate Endings (Every belief system has its own end-of-days scenario. Which one is right for you?)
NORSE MYTHOLOGY: Translated from Old Norse as “final destiny of the gods,” Ragnarok refers to a series of major events, including a great battle, a set of natural disasters, and the flooding of the Earth. Afterward, the world resurfaces fertile and anew, repopulated by two human survivors and redecorated by IKEA.

Other Doomsday 2012 Prognosticators
Of course, lots of people – not just the ancient Maya – predicted that the world would meet its demise this year, including:

• Nostradamus, French soothsayer

• Jose Arguelles and Terence McKenna, New Age philosophers

• Kalki Bhagavan, guru

• Whoever's in charge of programming at the History Channel

• Bashar, an extraterrestrial being who communicates through a human medium named Darryl Anka. That is, whenever Anka isn't busy with his day job as a Hollywood special effects artist for such films as Pirates of the Caribbean and Live Free or Die Hard. (No joke. Check out www.bashar.org and www.imdb.com respectfully.)

Hate the Game, not the Player (get to know the entire cast of characters behind humanity's obliteration – collect 'em all!)
THE WHITE HORSE, AKA “PESTILENCE”: The first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation, Pestilence is often referred to as “the cute one.” Some consider him a symbol of evil, others a symbol of righteousness. In this way, Pestilence is Bill Gates, except less nerdy.

Apocalypse by Any other Name...(other terms that can be used to refer to the end of the world)

• Armageddon

• Doomsday

• Judgment Day

• Ragnarok

• Gotterdammerung

• Epic Fail

• (and Alpaca Lips of course)

The Tim Roth Tutorial, Lessons 14 thru 22

This Tutorial business is getting out of hand. I'm enjoying every minute of it.

( cut 'cos I'm merciful )

And, trust me, there's gonna be more...