Monthly Archives: December 2001

Deck the Halls Well, tomorrow we head off for Los Angeles where I will hang with friends and family, see Andy Corwin (of the Foremen in concert, and generally have a good time. I don’t know if I’ll be updating … Continue reading →

Merry Chanukwanzaristmas, Everybody! Aaaah, the joy of celebrating the holidays with my family. We went out last night to see LotR again, and ended up slightly to one side of the front frickin’ row because we didn’t bother leaving early, … Continue reading →

Brother, here we go again… I did it. I got all my shopping done before 3pm today. Hurrah for me. Got presents for EVERYONE, including the recalcitrant, list-less ones I was whining about yesterday. Whoo! I did, however, find myself … Continue reading →

‘Tis the Season I just want to state, for the record, that I hate shopping for someone without knowing what they want. I find myself second-guessing constantly. I’m going to have to give in and just call my cousin and … Continue reading →

Apples and Oranges So last night I was talking with a couple of my students about “Lord of the Rings” and one of them asked if it was better than “Harry Potter.” This lead to an interesting discussion about the … Continue reading →

One Ring to Rule Them All… Well! Saw Lord of the Rings last night. Random thoughts: Whoa, Legolas is WAY cuter on the screen than he was in the stills. Pippin rocks. Seriously. Frodo is WAY too EpIV Luke in … Continue reading →

Up in the air! It’s… Oh, man. “Smallville” last night was a much-needed guilty pleasure. Sarah said recently, “the best metaphor for Smallville love is love for a baby. You know you’re being played by a million years of instinct, … Continue reading →

Aah, the joys of modern technology Well, drat. I had a decent blurb about substitute teaching here but resized the window without thinking and lost it. *sigh* Having expressed myself on the subject already, I am unfortunately now not in … Continue reading →

If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Dmitri Shostakovich! I am a shy, nervous, unassuming, fidgety, and stuttery little person who began composing the same year I started music lessons of any sort. I wrote the first … Continue reading →

Comment: Robert Redford is much sexier than Brad Pitt in Spy Game. Discuss. Yes, it’s true. I saw Spy Game over the weekend and have been thinking about it a lot. The plot is decent. Older spy recruits and trains … Continue reading →