a new reflective self portrait at the mirror project.
Lord of the Rings was spectacular...worth going to the midnight show. I went in without reading any reviews or seeing any trailers and I'm glad I went through the effort. I'll save my thoughts for a while so I don't spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen it.
I will say that the scenery (even though some enhanced with special effects) was incredible. I really want to visit New Zealand.
Last night we also picked up advanced tickets for the Wednesday, midnight showing of Lord of the Rings. I don't want to oversell it, but it's going to be better than 200 super bowls!*
Last night skp and I decided to go see Vanilla Sky. We went out for a nice dinner first, which went a little longer than we planned. We ended up at the movie theatre late, and had to see a later showing. They formed a line to get in, and we dutifully stood at the front, waiting. Finally they announced that due to technical problems the current showing was running a little late, and our showing would start about ten minutes late. I turned to skp and said, "What do you think?" She said, "I'm leaning toward leaving." With that, we walked out, full popcorn in hand. We'd waited about 40 minutes and paid $16. But the thought of a warm bed and a good night's sleep won out over the thought of two hours of Tom Cruise.
my friends are wacky.
The last few words my laptop said to me were, Unexpected Kernel Mode Trap. Dumping Memory and File close failed on BIOS.ROM. Old laptop friend, why couldn't you have been more like HAL? Daisy, daisy...
A good feature about blogging by linguest Geoff Nunberg on Fresh Air today. He compared blogs to The Diary of Nobody published in 1892...getting at the inside and outside experience of daily life. Funnily (to me), he said, "my friend who has a blog of her own said..."
skp and I made it back from Nebraska safe and sound. The train ride was great; though it somehow seems longer on the way home. I uploaded some snapshots:
Nebraska
