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*squee*

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It’s a snowday! :cold: It’s also frigid out there. Not frigid, however is Lady Chatterley. Thanks to Jonas, my longest standing Amazon wishlist item is MINE! From the hundreds of screencaps I’ve seen of Sean Bean as Mellors, I can tell that it’s going to be amazing. I’m using the DVD as a reward for packing up the Christmas things and getting the kitchen back in order.

Thanks to Ben and Jesse, I am the extremely proud owner of the 2008 LOTR Wall Calendar, which now fetches $100 on the street. A three disc collection of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Summer Rental, and Foul Play makes the holiday complete.

Thanks, guys! :clap:

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New Year, Old Friends

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Ben and Jesse made it down for my first ever New Year’s Bash. Yes, bash is too strong a word, but it was still great. The menu turned out to be quite an eclectic group of nibbly things. We had three types of hummus, warm pita, taco fiesta dip, salsa con queso and bean dip, veggie taquitos, pizza rolls, cheese sticks, cheese balls, celery, Mom’s homemade biscuits (my personal fave), ham, and for the meat eaters- little smokie pigs in blankets and the vegetarian, veggie weiner pigs in blankets. I made a pumpkin pudding trifle and a Reece’s dessert. We have so much food left. Come get some food. Please.

Hobbit spent much of the night being a lot more sociable than usual, but Istar must have fallen asleep under the bed; we didn’t see much of him at all. Even though Ben and Jesse were missing Jonas, they were great to Da Hobb–Ben didn’t even step on her 😛 We watched the ball drop, The Doctor Who Christmas Special, bits of a Radiohead performance, Di’s amazing vid “Scattered” (after finding out the lead singers of Radiohead and Muse are brothers), and some Project Runway episodes.

The forecast calls for up to a foot of snow, or alternately, flurries. I tend to believe the flurry forecast because we are looking at the bluest skies I’ve seen in a while. I’m still hoping for snow to go along with the cold. :cold:

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Shock in Sherwood

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rhood.jpgActually, shock in the Holy Land would be more appropriate.

I was looking forward to the Series Two finale of Robin Hood, but I was also dreading it. I knew from spoilers they had A LOT of material to cover and wondered how they would be able to fit it all in. Well, they found a way. At the very least, they found a way to make you forget anything that happened in the first 80 minutes of the 90 minute show. I couldn’t be in more shock at the ending than if, if, um, I can’t even think of anything more shocking (within reason, of course). OMFG is just about all I can come up with as a commentary; and I HATE text talk.

I guess I’m out of my “bad boy” phase because I absolutely hate Guy of Gisborne. Richard Armitage plays the character with such Sean-Bean-wannabe-ism that it’s almost painful to watch. I can see why many in the fandom would like the character, but as for me, there’s no love. NONE.

There’s a Series Three coming up. How in the hell they’re going to do it, I have no idea. No matter what they do, it’s going to be a whole new forest out there. *sigh*

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Oh, yeah, I’m ranting.

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Today is payday. I got my handy dandy snazzy little “THIS IS NOT A CHECK” direct deposit slip to prove it. I did NOT, however, get any money. The bank is blaming my employer, my employer is blaming the Federal Reserve, and I’m blaming everyone (except Hobbit). :ranting:

There soooooo should be retribution for this. For instance, if I’m one second late with a deposit, what happens? Oh, yes, I’m slapped with a $35 fee for every transaction I make. I want my bank AND the Federal Reserve to pay me a minimum of $35 per day until they get my money in my account; more depending on how many times I spend money. This is bollucks. :cussing: