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Jun. 21st, 2004 02:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chestnutcurlsWedding Week #1 begins. Excitement is in the air. Many things are in the works. Here are some important (to me) things that happened this weekend:
- Evan took me to see The Terminal. It was the best movie I've seen since Return of the King. I think this movie is to me what Lost In Translation was to a lot of people. I expected it to be good since it's Tom Hanks (the most brilliant actor of our time, in my opinion), but I didn't expect to be so moved and drawn into the story. This movie has so much to say about so many things- friendship, perseverance, patience, self-sacrifice, love. It's amazing. I already want to see it again. Of course, now that I've said this, you'll all see it and think it's boring. But to me it was really an experience.
- I bought my entertainment center at Wal-Mart. I ended up getting a different one than the one I had liked previously. It was $50 cheaper and much nicer-looking. We're planning to put it together tonight, but since there have been some problems with Kathy and Daniel's new apartment (basically, management didn't fix up the apartment after the last occupant), we might not be able to move things to make room for it. I hope we can, though. I'm antsy to get the process going already! New decor, yay!
- Both of my bridesmaid dresses are altered and ready to go, thanks to my mom. On a whim, she also made me a skirt in about ten minutes while I was standing there. I'm wearing it today. It's fuschia, has yellow and white flowers on it, and looks like it came from a store. She has an amazing talent. Too bad none of it rubbed off on me. :P
- Most exciting: Casey mentioned after church last night that someone had, without her knowledge, submitted an article she'd written to several Christian magazines- and one of them had accepted it. She was like, "Yeah, you've probably never heard of it...it's called...Relevant?" Of course I went nuts and started exclaiming about how I link to Relevant, and have thought about submitting something to them but have no idea what to write about. She was really flattered that I thought it was such a big deal. I mean, how exciting is that? I told you Casey was cool! :D Anyway, here's her article. It's on "The Venus Flytrap," on which topic she's developed a seminar and has taught it at summer conference for two years. It's geared toward women and is kind of blunt, just so you're aware.
My mom got a digital camera for Christmas and hadn't uploaded anything from it until a few weeks ago. My dad had mentioned that there were bunny photos I needed to see, but I thought he meant other ones that I had seen already. When I was over there yesterday, they gave me copies of these pictures. They were taken on a nice day in February- the last day we took Bun outside. These are just a few. They're by far the best photos we have with him, and believe me, there have been many. I'm going to frame the first one. I miss him every day. He was a wonderful bunny.
- Evan took me to see The Terminal. It was the best movie I've seen since Return of the King. I think this movie is to me what Lost In Translation was to a lot of people. I expected it to be good since it's Tom Hanks (the most brilliant actor of our time, in my opinion), but I didn't expect to be so moved and drawn into the story. This movie has so much to say about so many things- friendship, perseverance, patience, self-sacrifice, love. It's amazing. I already want to see it again. Of course, now that I've said this, you'll all see it and think it's boring. But to me it was really an experience.
- I bought my entertainment center at Wal-Mart. I ended up getting a different one than the one I had liked previously. It was $50 cheaper and much nicer-looking. We're planning to put it together tonight, but since there have been some problems with Kathy and Daniel's new apartment (basically, management didn't fix up the apartment after the last occupant), we might not be able to move things to make room for it. I hope we can, though. I'm antsy to get the process going already! New decor, yay!
- Both of my bridesmaid dresses are altered and ready to go, thanks to my mom. On a whim, she also made me a skirt in about ten minutes while I was standing there. I'm wearing it today. It's fuschia, has yellow and white flowers on it, and looks like it came from a store. She has an amazing talent. Too bad none of it rubbed off on me. :P
- Most exciting: Casey mentioned after church last night that someone had, without her knowledge, submitted an article she'd written to several Christian magazines- and one of them had accepted it. She was like, "Yeah, you've probably never heard of it...it's called...Relevant?" Of course I went nuts and started exclaiming about how I link to Relevant, and have thought about submitting something to them but have no idea what to write about. She was really flattered that I thought it was such a big deal. I mean, how exciting is that? I told you Casey was cool! :D Anyway, here's her article. It's on "The Venus Flytrap," on which topic she's developed a seminar and has taught it at summer conference for two years. It's geared toward women and is kind of blunt, just so you're aware.
My mom got a digital camera for Christmas and hadn't uploaded anything from it until a few weeks ago. My dad had mentioned that there were bunny photos I needed to see, but I thought he meant other ones that I had seen already. When I was over there yesterday, they gave me copies of these pictures. They were taken on a nice day in February- the last day we took Bun outside. These are just a few. They're by far the best photos we have with him, and believe me, there have been many. I'm going to frame the first one. I miss him every day. He was a wonderful bunny.
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Date: 2004-06-21 12:51 pm (UTC)You should get a new bunny, Brenda. I know no one could replace Bun, but a Bun jr. might do well by you...
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Date: 2004-06-21 02:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-22 06:43 am (UTC)I used to have a bunny named Cocoa and she looked almost just like your Bun. hehe
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Date: 2004-06-21 01:11 pm (UTC)I thought "The Terminal" was absolutely *great* also! Loved it!
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Date: 2004-06-21 02:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-06-21 01:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 02:43 pm (UTC)Hey, what is the "eighth friend" reference about?
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Date: 2004-06-21 01:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-06-21 02:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 03:02 pm (UTC)Relevant
Date: 2004-06-21 03:14 pm (UTC)Re: Relevant
Date: 2004-06-22 06:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 03:34 pm (UTC)Have you seen Lost in Translation? I haven't but lately I've been wanting to. I have this list that is starting of films I need to watch this summer. That's one of them, and West Side Story (no, I haven't seen it yet!), and Amelie.
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Date: 2004-06-22 06:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 03:47 pm (UTC)OMG! I LOVE Relevant and so does Phillip. He will be excited, I know.
Yay for Walmart bargains!
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Date: 2004-06-21 04:22 pm (UTC)Question about Casey's article- is she saying that women shouldn't read romance novels, watch chick flicks, or think about their wedding day? I agree with a lot of the stuff she said but I have to say as a former sexual sinner that it was not allowing myself to engage in those activities that I was drawn into it. I didn't let myself think about it at all and so I was drawn into doing it because I didn't have any sort of release. I think it's kind of like saying that video games draw people into violence, when really it's a catharsis for most people.
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Date: 2004-06-22 06:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-22 07:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 04:35 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you liked Terminal!! I really wanted to see it and now I'm convinced it'll be worth the money. :)
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Date: 2004-06-21 07:02 pm (UTC)And I loved the pictures....
Your friends' article was also very good.
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Date: 2004-06-22 06:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-21 08:14 pm (UTC)Speaking of pictures...I'd love to see some of you in your dresses.
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Date: 2004-06-22 06:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-06-22 06:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-22 01:25 am (UTC)Those pictures are ADORABLE!
And I hadn't heard absolutely anything about The Terminal until I got on LJ and saw a few people mention it. I really AM behind the times. But I'll have to check it out for sure with what you've said. And I have to agree, that Tom Hanks is without a doubt, THE best actor of our time. I love most everything of his. He's amazing.
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Date: 2004-06-22 06:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-06-22 03:51 pm (UTC)haha, I'm the same way when I buy anything...it's like a new toy, gotta play with it & admire it ;D