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December 15, 2008 | Life in General, Random Thoughts, The 4-1-1 on Me

The high today was 56. And rainy. I hate it when it gets like this. Cold rain makes me not want to get out of bed and leave the house. It makes me sleepy. When I got home, I ended up doing this: CLICK ON PIC FOR BIGGER VIEW

That’s our tabby, Sweet Pea. She likes lying on people and clothes. Especially if their soft and just out of the dryer. I like covering up with my Betty Boop blanket. Especially when it’s just come out of the dryer. LOL.

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December 11, 2008 | Life in General, Random Thoughts

The other day I daydreamed—yes, daydreamed. It’s not like my job requires any mental thought—that Mr. Maul and I won the lottery. Right now, I think it’s at about $35 million. He was out eating sushi with his friend Neil and I remember thinking “If I call him and tell him over the phone in my current over-excited, near hyperventilated state, he’s going to think I’m crazy. Or a member of my family died.”

So I texted him, in all caps: OMG!!!!!! WE WON THE LOTTERY!!!!!

I don’t know how it works in the real world. If you claim it, how long do you have to wait before someone else comes forward? That’s not important. In this daydream, we won the whole thing. $35 million. We asked for the whole thing upfront, no installments. The government—greedy bastards that they are—usually take about half. That’s still a good number to be left with, right?

We’d move out of our house, get that townhouse we’ve been eyeing a month or so ago (and fill it with eco-friendly stuff), travel, give some to family and close friends…no more workin’ for The Man. I’d like to think that we wouldn’t go crazy with all that money. I’ve heard stories about people spending it in a matter of months. For serious. I’m not a clothes whore, or a shoe whore for that matter, so I can’t see me going on a crazy-ass shopping spree. If anything, I would probably buy an absurd amount of stock in Barnes and Noble or something. And upgrade my Bug to a more recent model. No gas guzzlin’ Hummer or SUV for me. No sirree.

Mr. Maul may try to buy more toys. ‘Try’ being the key word here because I would beat him down with a Darth Maul figurine and then set the rest of his collection on fire quickly disabuse him of that notion.

Or buy another piece of workout equipment. What. Ever.

Of course, it’s kinda hard to win the lottery if you don’t play. And we don’t. Until it reaches the $235 mark.

So, what would you do if you won the lottery?

December 3, 2008 | Life in General, Random Thoughts

What are they saying?

I was just thinking of this when Mr. Maul and I saw Twilight. For those of you that saw movie, remember that scene where they were talking in the tree? Or that scene after their first kiss and she asked him to stay and they were talking? I call it a “music montage” because it’s just a bunch of scenes while music is being played.

Did the writer of that movie write something like “music montage here” in the script? Did the director know ahead of time that those scenes were going to be a music montage?

And what about those scenes in a video where the couple is having a fight and there’s yelling going on?

Do you think they’re just mouthing the words or are they really yelling?

And what about when the artist is actually interacting with the guy/girl?

Is it scripted or are they just improvising?

Any thoughts?

December 2, 2008 | Life in General, Random Thoughts

I this article on Yahoo headlines today. How funny, yet inspiring, that a 9 yr old boy can write a book about dating. He wants to be a full time writer when he grows up.

He’s off to a good start, wouldn’t you say?

November 24, 2008 | Random Thoughts

I was driving home from work last week and saw a car with personalized plates that said: MNEPENY.

I had to smile because my first thought was, “Hey, another James Bond fan.”

My second thought was “Aww. I miss my cat.” I named my second cat (it seems I’m partial to the Tabby family) Moneypenny.

My third thought was “Well, damn, why didn’t I think of that for my license plate?”

And then I was reminded of the recent Bond movies and how there was no Moneypenny. I keep forgetting that these movies are “the beginning,” before Moneypenny, and before Q and all his wonderful gadgets. Everything we’ve seen thus far (from Sean to Pierce) is technically considered to be “after.”

So, Daniel Craig is supposed to be the harder, edgier Bond.

And it makes me wonder how many more Daniel Craig Bond movies we’ll see without Moneypenny and the Q gadgets.

Personally, I’m partial to the gadgets. I think they’re so friggin’ cool. And I miss the flirty, teasing relationship Bond had with Moneypenny.

What about you? Do you prefer Bond with or without the gadgets? Should they bring Moneypenny back?

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