15 posts from December 2007

wow. the days are just flying by.  makes me think i could easily take a few months off without any trouble (save for financial trouble) at all. 

today was a great success. fabulous in each and every way.  long. very long.  the dogs woke up everyone in the house at 7am and we are just now walking back into our house at quarter past midnight.  Zoe said she had a great day and I know she did.  there was much laughter, many a present to open, so much food and drink and loved ones to share the day with.  we ended our day with a 3 hour game of Spongebob Monopoly...zoe had 5 Krabby Shacks (houses) and won the "free parking" money twice...she also rolled doubles 4 times in a row.  

I went to bed late last night, watching the final season of Charmed and the reading in bed for an hour or so, finally drifting off around 2am.  I slept in late this morning, dragging myself out from the mountain of comforters around 11am.  I watched one of my all time favorite John Waters movies, "Cry Baby" this afternoon.  It's a musical set Baltimore during the 1950's about two classes- the Drapes and the Squares.  It has a great cast with Tracy Lords, Ricki Lake, Patti Hurst, Johnny Depp and Iggy Pop.  Can you get any better than that on a Sunday afternoon?

I bought this new chair last month that is aptly named, "The Snuggler". It is big brown and round and can fit 2 comfyly.  It is a great place for reading and for sitting with the laptop placing chess and sending emails.  I bought a new book tonight and plan to spend most of tomorrow sitting in the snuggler.

with 2 weeks in front of me, i would love to be able to go to the movie theatre and see some movies.  unfortunately, i just spent the entirety of my personal-emily-no-kids time sleeping off my cramps and pms. 

My daughter asked me yesterday if we could go and see "Alvin and the Chipmunks" tonight.  I told her that there was not enough asprin in the world that could get me to see that movie.  My Mom-Martrydom stops at Alvin and the Chipmunks...that is my offiical line. the bucks stops there.  Children's Holiday Movies belong in a Hell all of thier own.  Because the moives are released amoungst the backdrop of a social climate that is right on the edge of snapping- (the traffic, wrapping paper and materialistic commercialism inspired guilt) these movies become the Icon of everything we dislike about christmas.  If forced to see one of these movies, all of the latent frustrations will bubble to the surface only to explode in a christmas freak out within 24 hours of watching one of these movies.  To help substantiate my theory that Children's Holiday Movies are indeed Dante's 10th Circle of Hell, I give you the following examples:

• Fred Claus
• Home Alone
• Alvin and the Chipmunks
• The Santa Clause (1, 2 and 3)
• Elf (yes, i went there)
• The Polar Express
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (jim carrey version)

Now there are some notable exceptions to this catagory with Nightmare before Christmas, Muppets Christmas Carol, Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman,  and ...hmm. thinking...thinking...let me know if you think of another...

My parents used to take me to see all the movies they wanted to see when I was younger...I was dragged to every art house small theatre in the bay area by the time i was 12...i was taken and forced to see Woman in the Sand Dunes...which i remember to the most boring movie ever made...i don't recall there being any dialog..perhaps it was subtitled...my daughter has it so good. 

i should drag her to one of the below..I guess i just have to choose which of the below adult themed movies would be okay for her to be exposed to: drug use, teen pregnancy, singing slashers, crime lords, and ghostly drug dealers..even atonement has really graphic war scenes.  too much violence.  mabe i should just go and rent It's a Wonderful Life instead.

Emz Movie List:

• walk hard,the dewey cox story
• juno
• american gangster
• sweeny todd
• golden compass
• no country for old men
• stardust
• into the wild
• there will be blood
• i am ledgend
• atonement

allright, perhaps this is a tad misleading.  I don't believe I ever had the will to shop...at least not at christmas time.  I went out into the world (downstairs at santana row) to do a little final christmas shopping today at about 1pm and low and behold i was surprised to discover it was incredibly crowded?  on a THR at 1pm?  no. this can't be right.  this means there are no good times left.  everything is fucked beyond this point.  at least i don't have to deal with parking while here and i can even walk across the street to the other mall if need be...but still.  it really sucks the fun out of everything when you have to wait in line and get bumped and prodded by other shoppers and giant babystrollers?  when did those things get so big?  they are roughly a smidge smaller than the Smart cars.  i pretty much have everybody done save for the wonderful family friend who takes care of buffy for me when needed.  i am stumped and bummed about it because she really deserves something wonderful and special.

I've been thinking a lot about the nature of good and evil lately.  heaven and hell. bad and good. god and satan.  democrats and republicans.  

today was my first real day of vacation.  i came home after dropping off my daughter at school and climbed back in bed for a few hours just because i could.  no responsibilities.  complete freedom.   queen of slack.  as a single mom for the past 8 years, this small little luxury does not come around often..if at all.  you learn to appreciate the decadence of wasting time and doing nothing.

In the last few days I've:

T minus 3 working days until vacation begins. 3 sleep filled weeks of vacation.  i've never taken this much vacation..or if i did, i don't remember it.

i am so looking forward to snuggling at home for weeks..that and the big disneyland trip planned with my daughter...it's starting to get chilly here in california...i need to go get an electric blanket or something to keep me warm at night....either that, or get a steady boyfriend.....

my little doggie had to go to the vet last night.  she stopped walking and is acting like something is wrong with her back legs.  100 bucks later from the vet and she hooked me up with some pain medicine but still no answer...we might do xrays on friday. poor baby buffy.

shout out to Matt!  Happy Birthday Buddy!  on the 11th!  I did not forget about you, but i didn't get a chance to call or write..and posting here is a giant cop out but its the best i can do this week.

shout out to Dave!  Are we still doing movie buddies this weekend?  i am ledgend?

shout out to Meghan!  will i see you at all this year?  come on. puh-leeeze. we really need to nail down a time to hang out missy!