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Tom had a concert tonight (that he assured me I should not attend), so I’ve been spending the evening as a single girl. I wanted something low-key to do, like see a movie, but all that I was really interested in seeing was The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which I wanted to see with Tom. So I was picking through the listings, remarking on how there’s fuck-all out that looks any good, when I noticed a movie called Kung Fu Hustle. The trailer looked sort of silly, and I love Kung Fu movies, so I chose that as my evening’s brain candy.

The director, Stephen Chow, is known for kung fu comedies, and this one was pretty off the wall. There were lots of references to famous Western movies and plenty of slapstick to go around. I shit you not, there was even a dance number. But lest you think there’s a story in there somewhere, I’m going to give you the synopsis behind the cut…
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And y’all think I’m joking about being frightened of planning a big wedding. A woman in Georgia faked her own kidnapping to get away from her 600 guest, 14 bridesmaid, 14 groomsmen wedding.

Not that I entirely blame her, but if I were her fiance, I’d have to ask myself if I still wanted to marry someone who hoppeda bus to New Mexico and then called to tell me she’d been kidnapped.

Clearly, I must be the dorkiest of dorks, because I immediately laughed at this Spamusement joke and also Katherine’s post.

Jeff has some good notes on Spotlight Gotchas. I haven’t upgraded to Tiger yet, but am looking forward to doing so shortly. In advance of that, I’m doing some spring-cleaning on the ol’ hard drive.

My high school is doing Pippin this weekend, which was the musical my senior year (also the only one I ever managed to land a part in. Being a senior had advantages). I just got the invitation from the Alumnae/i office.

I am so very tempted to drop everything and drive up there this weekend, but I have other commitments…

Sunday nights have become Couple Time for Tom and me. This week, and often during other weeks, we’re busy Monday-Saturday and won’t get to see much of one another except for commuting, when we’ll both be road-raging. So Sunday nights have become pretty important recovery/relaxation time. They usually involve a home cooked meal, a bottle of wine, and Sunday Night TV- Currently Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. It was of course Carnivale until a few weeks ago. Tonight dinner was chicken quesadillas with fresh homemade salsa and a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio.

Speaking of Carnivale, since the finale I’ve been scouring the intarweb for news of whether there are going to be more seasons. I’ve stumbled onto a Yahoo group run by the Clancy Brown (Brother Justin) fan club people. The reason this particular group is interesting to me is that Dan Knauf, the creator of the show, is an occasional participang in the group. There’s also a chat room run by some of the members that Knauf, as well as several cast members, participate in. The chat has been visited by most of the supporting cast, as well as Clancy Brown, and it’s cool to read the transcripts and see how gracious they all are. Of course, there’s a career interest in it- the more they can maintain fan interest during the hiatus, the better chance the show has of being renewed. But even still, they’ve all been very friendly and generous with their time, and it’s cool to get the writer’s and actors’ perspectives on the plot.

The iTunes store has added an Eric Clapton Essentials list.

My debit card has surrendered.

Today is a very important day.

I filled my first order today. Which is to say, this is the first time I’ve actually gotten someone a job since I’ve taken the job as someone who gets jobs for other people. (And much as I’ve hated taking nearly 4 months to get to this point, that’s apparently par for the course.)

So, yay!

Tom shares the contents of his various bags. I did an entry like this a while back, but my lifestyle has changed since then, so I figure it’s time to re-assess.

I too have three bags.

The Purse: Contains the stuff I need/want to have with me on a daily basis.
- wallet
- phone
- camera
- prescription medication
- lip balm
- assorted get-presentable-in-a-hurry makeup items
- feminine hygeine items
- hairbrush
- breath mints
- spare memory card for the camera
- business cards
- tissues
- checkbook
- pens
- iPod, with headphones, in an iPod sock
- USB charger for the phone
- all-purpose black hair scrunchie

So basically, the girl-geek-on-the-go bag.

The Timbuk2 messenger bag- I use this when I need to take my laptop somewhere. In addition to my purse, it typically contains:

- 12″ powerbook in sleeve
- power adapter for powerbook
- iPod sync cable
- camera cable
- camera charger
- assorted pens and highlighters
- the bracelet I was wearing last time I was using the laptop and got tired of the scraping noise, usually the charm bracelet
- ponytail elastics

And finally, the Company Bag. I just got this one- it’s heavy black nylon with blue accents, and the company logo embroidered in blue on the front. I use this for going to client visits when I need to carry extra stuff. It contains:
- An extra pen
- A notebook
- Some company-imprint notepaper
- A couple of folders of marketing collateral
- Company schwag to give as gifts to clients
- My planner, which I’m trying to give up in favor of a less bulky and more syncable PDA.

I just interviewed a guy in his 40s or so- I’ve got a specific job order that I want to place him for. As the interview was closing, I said, “So I’ll get your resume sent out today and see what we can do to get you working as soon as possible.”

He grinned and said, “Great! I’m running out of stuff to sell and I’m not handsome anymore, so gay prostitution isn’t an option.”

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Here lizard lizard lizard

Originally uploaded by Ped-X-Ing.

This isn’t my photo, but it cracks me up just the same. I used to have a lizard like the one pictured, and if Guinness were the cat in the photo, I would never have been able to capture such an image.