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With all that’s happened recently I am happy to say KAZ is coming! He’ll be here so much sooner than expected. How he managed to get 10 days off I don’t think I’ll EVER understand.

On top of that emma and I shared a quiet night together at a fantastic restaurant in Bronxville - Scarborough Fair I wasn’t very hungry so I had the Butternut Squash Ravioli, Marinara Sauce with Melted Mascarpone Cheese appetizer. WOW! Had I ordered the dinner I would have been more than full. I probably would have popped. There were not a truck load of raviolis served. No, no, no. Instead, 6 hand made super tasty ravis filled me up like I would not have expected. Serious amounts of capital yummmm.

T’was a very romantic and good night. Welcome to the mid-twenties emma-san! Yosh! It didn’t start out the way we may have wished for but it sure did turn into a wonderful evening.

Taking a 180, unless one was to purchase this topic as a birthday present. Someone is poking fun at the cross religion people. If you’re in Norway, Denmark, Britain, the Netherlands or France you have a chance to purchase these, yes I rhymed, pants, drat. Will they make their way to the US? The brand’s owner hopes to get the jeans here as soon as possible. What’ll happen then? No press = bad press but Bad press = good press?

A man wears a pair of Cheap Monday jeans, seen at a shop in Stockholm Thursday Dec. 29 2005. Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes thanks to their trendy tight fit and low price, even if a few buyers are turned off by the logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead. Logo designer Bjorn Atldax says he’s not just trying for an antiestablishment vibe. ‘It is an active statement against Christianity,’ Atldax told The Associated Press. ‘I’m not a Satanist myself, but I have a great dislike for organized religion.’ (AP photo/Pressens Bild/Jonas Ekstromer) — Link to Yahoo! Story

Mrs. Henderson Presents… a 1 hour 43 minute film on theatre in the West End of London during WWII. Success? To the Windmill Theatre indeed! To the movie… Not so much I sadly say. Somewhere around the one hour mark the film making team took a break and forgot what they were working on.

I began to feel a forced feeling to ‘care about her!’ and was given another urged feeling to ’see how bad things are!?’ without hitting the mark. Judy Dench (Mrs. Henderson) was a delicious (a word used aplenty in the film). As I write I begin thinking about a story arc that was hinted at and then slammed into the viewers face only to have it disappear almost as though it wasn’t originally a part of the film. Why?

Bob Hoskins (Van Daam), bares all - utterly, and eventually introduces his wife to Dench. After a wonderful spark clash of words like two Brits only can the hidden?/revealed? romance that we’re led to believe was actually a part of the film goes poof in a cloud of Harry Potter magic.

The rest of the way I didn’t care. Someone dies… Oh I was meant to care for them? Damn, I missed that part. In total honesty the best part of the film happens during the war… The theatre never closes. Ever.

We never closed is held on a large card on-stage, ignore the fact that the English is completely in the wrong. Apparently this film is based on a book titled “We never closed” Ahh. How’d I learn this? Credits are fundamental. = ) Also, read the last line or two of the credits. It says something to the effect of “Though some of the events that took place in this film are accurate the majority of the events were ficticious.”

Movies based in truth need that extra punch of pizzaz. This film needed someone to stay alert during the entire editing process. Mrs. Henderson got lost outside The Windmill Theater for too long. Maybe the title should have been “The Windmill Theater - est.1915. On my 4 scale review (Full Price, Matinee, Rental, Let someone else rent it.) I give it a… Rental.

Talk about a great monumental x-mas present way to start the new year! OH YEAAAA! Mon says “Fumi!” I say “Kazi!” We all say “Are you serious?! How the truck did he get that much time off?!

His x-mas card to me is on the right. Holycowholycowholycowwww! Dude! I get to hang with kaziii!

A three day weekend. Normally this is a BEE-YEW-TEE-FUL event. This past weekend well, it was and it was not.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday felt like butter on hot toast. “Oh there it, wait, there’s, hmm. Tis all gone.” Friday the car went into the dealer to have some work done. Some work was done but not the work I asked for. The check engine light turned on while on the way home Sunday and the braking noise was loud enough to hear the same day I picked up the car. OH Joy. At least they repaired the thermostat and the master cylinder (check it out on the right). Two slightly important things. Heat + shifting ability in a manual vehicle. Muy importante.

Our annual History X-Mas gathering happened before x-mas this year. The attendees were: Jacek, Brian, Mike, Jill, Celeste, Joe, Courtney, Doug, Ed, emma, and I. A good size gathering for a good sized amount of fun. The crowd has changed a small bit but the reason hasn’t. Apples to Apples filled the evening with a barrel of laughs. One of the highlights included Snow losing out to Pearl Harbor for the word - Cold. If you understand the game you’ll understand the individual subjectivity that makes up the game. Buy it, play it, laugh.

Oh, lest I forget one of my favorite words - milk. Before I picked up the group of cards laid out on the table for the word ‘brilliant’ I announced ‘if milk is in there… oh man…’ Doug played the best card of the evening. Yuppers, he dropped milk into that there pile. One green card for you sir.

On the topic of milk… Organic milk is expensive compared to your run of the mill milk in your grocers dairy section. I think 1 gallon runs for approximately 3.50 while 1/2 gallon of organic will cost you about 2.50. Whoa now missy. Yup.

Nature’s Promise, as I’ve just learned, is Stop and Shop’s response to organic milk, for the masses. Not bad. The cost is frustrating but I’m expecting the physical benefits to counterbalance, in my body’s favor. In hind sight I should have made the switch sooner after having seen “The Corporation” and learning about recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone - wiki link.

Courtesy of ‘The Corporation’ - “rBGH, a controversial synthetic hormone widely used in the United States (but banned in Europe and Canada) to rev up cows’ metabolism and boost their milk production. Because of the increased production, the cows suffer from mastitis, a painful infection of the udders. Antibiotics must then be injected, which find their way into the milk, and ultimately reduce people’s resistance to disease.”

Read. Learn. Yum!

I figure at least one month until I see any impact/change. It wouldn’t suck to feel better.

Back to the car… I scheduled ANOTHER appointment for me wee car. Hopefully they’ll finally figure it all out. Hoorah! )shakes invisible dice( Come on lucky Friday. )throws…(

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