Ho hum...

[merimask]

Bored.  Bored bored bored.  I have work to do (a few new orders to finish, some stuff to mail, laundry to do...and I really ought to write up my X-mas cards) but all the boredom is sapping my will to live. 

What I really want to do is go for a nice long walk...or even better, a long bike ride.  But it's cold as hell out there, windy, and dark already.  It gets dark at about 4:30 now...that's SO depressing.  I really have to just remove the bike rack from the back of the car and ACCEPT that bike-riding season is over...but that smells like defeat to me.

Waah.

Good thing:  I straightened up my picture files and found this:

It's the second koi plaque I did, back when I was experimenting with koi plaques.  I actually liked this one better than the first...I just didn't share it at the time because I was so unhappy with the less-than-dramatic results of the whole Great Koi Massacre of '06.  In retrospect it aint that bad...it's just not GREAT.  S'ok though, the Wave Dragon plaque came after these and he satisfied my yen for drama.

Hmm...what else?  Oh!  "Thank You For Smoking" was very very funny, clever, and worth renting.  It made me laugh out loud a LOT, and unlike most comedies(of the "Meet The Fokkers" variety) I did not want to slit my wrists at any point during the movie.   If you haven't seen it and you want to see a smart funny film, go rent it .

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and unlike most comedies(of the "Meet The Fokkers" variety) I did not want to slit my wrists at any point during the movie

Thank you, thank you god. Those movies are so f***ing obnoxious and they just.keep.making.them.

Riding bikes + cold + ice = no fun. You may have to just let it go for your health.

Ooh Koi plaque. It looks like they're swimming under the bamboo and that's very, very cool. :D The bamboo looks real...

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Every time there's a new Adam Sandler movie (I'm excluding "50 First Dates" because, while it was stupid in spots, it was mostly sweet and Drew Barrymore was simply adorable in it) or Ben Stiller (GOD! His hairy little body just creeps me right the hell out! Gah! Who still likes that guy??), I just cringe and wonder what the heck is wrong with American moviegoers...are they all suffering from brain damage?

Re: The bike-riding thing...I keep hoping for more 60 degree days...we actually had a few last week. There's a good chance that we'll be getting a foot of snow tonight though, so I guess I should just stop being stubborn, remove the bike rack, and hop on my excercise bike. Waah!

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We watched Click the other day and it was terribly depressing. First the Sandler character was a total jerk and I wanted bad things to happen to him. Then when the bad things did happen to him, it made the movie worse!

...everybody is getting snow but us. Wah!!

[(Anonymous)]

I am SO glad that I'm not the only one who cringes at Adam Sandler/Ben Stiller movies. I understand the concept "you can't go broke underestimating the taste of the American public," but do they need to keep proving it?

The weather has turned on us down here also. Friday night a storm came howling through at 65mph. I had rain coming down both chimneys and also in through the stove vent. Naturally I was home by myself. I'm not complaining though - I'm from the Mohawk valley, and I can visualize how much snow that would have been. It can't snow until we've bought the snow blower. Please God, it can't snow until we have the snow blower.

Did you get my email last week, or did it get lost in the spam filter?

Eloise

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Adam Sandler has appeared in a couple of independent films that I think ~somewhat~ redeem him as a potentially viable actor. In general though, when I see his name in connection with a movie I steer right clear. Ben Stiller...just ugh. He repels me.

Oh dear...rain in the chimneys sounds like a breach in the home defenses! Isn't there a flue or something like that which prevents that from happening? I have never lived in a house with a fireplace so I just don't know about these things. *covets your fireplaces*

We only got about 4 inches of the white stuff here...no big deal. Wasn't even enough to shovel properly. Kiba is thrilled though (he's been romping).

Uh oh! I was sure I answered ~some~ kind of e-mail but I've been so crazy-busy with orders and stuff with my brother (regarding the portfolio copy & pictures & all...) that I bet I lost your mail in the mix. Will check ASAP! :-)

[(Anonymous)]

Adam Sandler just annoys the hell out of me, which doesn't necessisarily preclude acting ability. Stiller, though... yech.

Rain down the chimneys didn't worry me too badly. The original owners had never installed chimney caps, and we didn't have time or budget this fall. Although given how the wind was howling, it might not have mattered. We'll have those put on in the spring. It was the rain in through the kitchen vent that alarmed me - it had to be blown *up* in order to get into the outside hood. I've never had a fireplace either - and now I have two! Unutterable luxury.