if it were anyone else i probably wouldn't have left the house. but it was lisa and it was her birthday party. so i loaded up my purse with kleenex, throat drops and chapstick and headed out.
to say that bubba ho-tep was surprisingly funny is an understatement. it was incredibly hilarious, in a kind of quirky way that's becoming more and more rare. (people who like schizopolis or rubin and ed would like bubba ho-tep.) initially i was worried that the film would be too scary or gory for me (it was part of the nevermore film fest after all), but i think i must have been laughing too hard to really fully ingest the scary stuff. (either that or it just wasn't really that scary.)
i felt overly-conscious of my constant nose-blowing at lisa's house later, but no one seemed too groded-out. i heard myself talk through my clogged up sinuses and thought i sounded like a frog. people kept talking to me, though, so it must've sounded worse in my head than it did to others.
scott told me about a friend of his who was recently on a reality tv show... a new one called "make my day". (i think it's supposed to premiere in the next month or two.) i liked the concept... that all of these amazing things happen to you (totally scripted by the producers, of course) if you pass these little tests... tests that you don't realize are tests. this is one of those 'truman show' reality shows where the object of attention doesn't know he's on tv. anyway, it sounds kinda cute and i'll probably check it out when it airs, mostly because i like the idea of amazing things happening to people.
anyway, i made it to about midnight before i realized i was about to drop from exhaustion. so my body caused me to leave the party earlier than my mind wanted to. it was a fun night.
i slept pretty well (thanks to another dose of the magical cough syrup) and am feeling ok. still lots of congestion, though. thankfully i'd previously scheduled tomorrow off from work (i have an appointment with an orthopaedist for my bum wrist) so it looks like i'll have another day to recuperate.
it's snowing now. coming down pretty hard. ice is supposed to be here by tonight, but right now it's just really lovely. we live at the bottom of a hill and there are lots of kids sledding down the street, right in front of our living room window. it's a nice view.
Posted by xta at January 25, 2004 02:09 PM | TrackBack