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January 02, 2005
a series of fortunate events
the strange but welcome 70-degree weather yesterday brought on a burst of productivity; i threw open the windows and spent the entire day cleaning and packing away two holidays and a season's worth of clothes. i left the doors open, too, and the cat was quite busy checking on each of the three porches in turn throughout the day. jb came over in the evening and we watched ringu which i'd been scared to watch alone. actually, it wasn't as scary as the american version, or maybe having someone else to be silly about it with made it not scary.
the house probably doesn't look all that different to a visitor, but to me, the stuff i did yesterday makes all the difference. sometimes i actually wonder what it would take to keep this place clean, really clean. today i scrubbed the cabinets in the kitchen; amazing how disgusting they can get. i don't remember my mother ever scrubbing her cabinets when i was growing up. maybe i'm a much messier cook than she is. there's so much more i need to do in that kitchen.
went to see the lemony snicket movie with s. this afternoon. as i said to her on the way home, as compared to the movies i'd tend to compare it to (lots of Tim Burton; City of Lost Children; Dark City) it's not as good. Tim Burton would have been a very obvious choice for director, and its kind of a pity he didn't do it. We saw the trailer for his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it looks strange and I can't wait to see it. But ASoUE was fun in its way and i definitely need to know what kind of car it was the lawyer character was driving. too cool.
Posted by lisa at January 02, 2005 07:11 PM | TrackBack
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