Thursday, May 12, 2005

Mark & I went to my older sister's house last night. Janice & her husband Jerry have 4 children: Justin, Jordan, Jillian & Jonathan; Justin turned 11 a few weeks ago, and Jordan turned 10 yesterday, so I brought gifts for the both of them. Mark & I both had fun playing with the kids, and it was great to have some one on one time with all of them. Justin is into Star Wars, and he likes the villains more than the heroes, because they look cooler; and he really wants to see Episode III. Jordan had a lot of toys, and a friend to distract him, but we got to interact a little bit, which I'm grateful for. Jillian, who is often shy when I see her, was all about her Uncle Jason, which made me feel great, and Jonathan played with me like crazy!!! ;-0) It was tons of fun.

Amidst all that wacky fun, my sister & I agreed to exchange books; I'm reading The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser, while Janice is reading the first Harry Potter novel. Janice has wanted me to read The Mirror for years, and I've wanted the same for her with the Harry Potter books; they're a lot like books we read when we were little, and I know that a lot of religious people think the books are evil or something, but I think that's kind of silly, and I think that if Janice reads them she will enjoy them; I'd love to see what the kids think of them. DJ, my manager reads them all to his son, who is Justin's age, and he loves them ;-0) I ordered the book for Janice through Amazon, and it should arrive at her door on Monday.

I also agreed to watch National Treasure starring (ick) Nic Cage. Blah. And 50 First Dates. I can't rent National for free, for at least another week, but I've decided to rent the two movies together, along with Fight Club, the movie that Mollie ruined the ending to; that way I can finish that one off, while also finishing this long encouraged voyage to the bottom of the movie pool.

I'm in the 3rd Chapter of the Mirror, and it's ok, except it's about time travel, and going back in time, which I've never really enjoyed. I don't want to go back in time; I don't want to be with people who do, because I like my modern stuff and I don't want to lose it. lol I like having electricity, and indoor plumbing (that can be used 24/7). I like my dvd's and my vibrators, and my internet access. And reading this book, I'm going to have to "live" in the past with a girl named Shay (or is it Mandy? Whatever). I'll read it though; I miss Watch The Wall My Darling already. :-0(

After we left Adrian (where Janice lives) we went to the bowling alley on Jackson, in Ann Arbor, where my coworkers were throwing a bowling bash for Dan, who is going to Iceland for a few weeks, to research stuff for his Norse mythology book. It was great seeing everybody, and the usually untouchable straight guys (as opposed to the ones that I hug all the time) were touchable, huggable, and it was all in good fun. I was tired, but I stayed 'til the end, because it's great to spend time with everybody that I work with: DJ, Zach, Bobby & Josh weren't there though. Much fun was had, and I slept very well afterwards.

I bought tickets for Episode III today, for Mollie, Paul, & me. Now Jennifer & Tracy want to go for sure as well, but of course it's after I bought the tickets. BLAH. Hopefully I can salvage that.

I also spent some time with Carrie, had a conversation with Mollie, worked on my webpage, organized some pix, dowloaded Lost & ALIAS, rented some dvds, and now I've got to go pick up Mark from work. ;-0) We'll probably watch ALIAS, with the possability of some QAF. I want to work on the computer downstairs though, and that might be a problem. Well - I really need to leave now. Hopefully Mark will forgive me when he reads this. lol

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