a case of the Mondays

My neck/back was really stiff/sore when I woke up this a.m. I must have pinched a nerve sleeping weird, or something. so I called in sick, at least for the morning.

I LOVE calling in sick, especially on Mondays! (actually, I e-mailed in sick, since I can't find my phone!)

thanks, weird nerve! I owe you one...

congrats!

You remind me of the babe
What babe?
The babe with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who do?
You do!
Do what?
You remind me of the babe!*

Congratulations to Erik & Andrea on new baby Aaron! he's a keeper!! (edited 3/31 to add a picture)


*1,000,000,000 bonus points to the person who can guess the movie that the above song lyrics came from!

my day off...

so, after the craziness of Easter weekend, I refused to go to work today. hell, I barely got up off the couch. I'm making my way thru a Divx disc Kurtis gave me; so far I have watched Atonement, August Rush, Dan in Real Life, and Enchanted (yes, I am watching them in alphabetical order)...



August Rush is sappy and some (ok, ALOT) of the time is just super twee. however, the soundtrack by Mark Mancina is fantastic and interesting, and the actors do deliver some charming moments. (although, admittedly, I might have been influenced by my HUGE crush on Jonathan Rhys Meyers - I even watched the entire movie 'Velvet Goldmine' because of it)



Dan in Real Life isn't the funniest movie Steve Carell has been in, but it was a good solid performance by him. I think in the realm of romantic comedies about screwball families, The Family Stone is a much more solid movie all-around, but still...I'd watch it again. and I'd probably enjoy it too!



Enchanted is Disney-rific! James Marsden is particularly preening and funny, and the main female character (no idea what her name is) was just way too perfectly cast as a Disney princess. Patrick Dempsey's charms are pretty much lost on me (nope, I don't watch Gray's Anatomy), and I expected to end the movie wanting to slap the face off of him. but he was ok. however: the chipmunk? I want whoever came up with and executed that 'character' to be...executed.


anyway...a good lazy movie day. my favorite!




p.s. - happy birthday Casey and Heather!

new death cab out May 13th

http://streamos.atlrec.com/wmedia/atlantic/deathcabforcutie/audio/i_will_possess_your_heart_album_version.wax

(it's linked to a windows media player file, sorry mac dudes and dudettes...)

you wouldn't like me when I'm angry

guess who is my favorite actor of all-time?
hint: he's playing Bruce Banner in the upcoming Hulk (2008-lets-just-pretend-the-crappy-2003-version-never-existed) movie!

you are a better blogger than me

You know those lists on the right side of right side of your blog? The ones that give links to other cool people's blogs? They are neat. I travel in much cooler social circles on the web than I do in 'actual life' because of them. Why don't I have one on my blog? Because, just know that I will forget to include someone!

so, thanks for the lists, webfriends. I'm counting on you to keep those up to date so I don't have to!

live without shame

I loved Ian McEwan's book, Atonement, and have been dying to see the film. well worth the wait.

Atonement is a consciously crafted epic - driven by powerful performances, small moments filled with large emotion, and extended tracking shots, all of it lit carefully to convey its own splendor. fortunately, it lives up to its grandiose sense of self.

the soundtrack is haunting and beautiful and winds itself around the story.

the epilogue might feel too jarring or confessional for some - in that case, I suggest you read the book. to quote Atonement "and only in a story could you enter these different minds and show that they had an equal value..."

this is katie after the retreat.

any questions?

staff retreat

there's a 'staff retreat' for my job Sunday pm-Tuesday am this week. I'm excited about not working for a couple days...
you know that episode of 'The Office' where Michael takes them all to the 'beach' and plans weird group activities, including firewalking? We won't be doing anything nearly that fun.

However, I have a plan: I am mentally casting my fellow employees as 'Office' characters, which IS entertaining.

The good: maybe I will learn to view the ridiculous events at my job as humorous hijinks

The bad: I just realized that I might work with Andy Bernard and Dwight Schrute

cats die. it's what they do.

My cat died about 2 months ago (well, technically the vet killed him due to an extreme bout with stomach cancer), and I didn't tell anyone until this week...I can't talk about my dead pets for at LEAST a month without crying about it, and nobody likes a crying Katie! (I don't have any digital pictures of him that I can post; he was an awesome cat, though. just look a the video in the next post, and picture a big black cat with awesome white whiskers and angry yellow eyes. )

Luckily, I still have my favorite pet, Hero, to console me. cutest bulldog in the world...


Anyways, Jessica was appalled that I didn't tell her about The Tale of Doby and the Stomach Cancer until this week.

...so, Jess, when Hero dies (she's 8, and bulldogs generally live to be 9 or 10 tops), I promise I will tell you. you won't be able to understand it at the time, so allow me to give you a preview of the conversation, so can translate:

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*sniff* *cough* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

mrow?

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed...

sad. Brett Farve is my favorite player.

probably because he's the only football player I know besides Payton (Peyton?) Manning.