GOOD FIND!

Posted on December 26, 2004 by thathobbitlady

I just bought the widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition of the DVD of Edward Scissorhands! And for only $4.99!!!! All Johnny Depp fans welcome to come over and view it whenever you like!

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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

Posted on December 26, 2004 by thathobbitlady

I am not going to buy things JUST BECAUSE they come in an interesting container.

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UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

Posted on December 18, 2004 by thathobbitlady

We just had an Unfortunate Event of Squee getting sick and having to take him to the vet, which cost $267 (yikes!), and he still does not seem up to par, though I think he is on the right path. We will have to be giving him medicine by an eyedropper in the mouth—and anyone who has ever had a cat knows they do NOT want to be held down and have medicine forced into their mouth. Oh, what fun!

Also, Boogins is being a real bastard and will not even talk to his buddy, he just growls and hisses at him because he brought the smell of the nasty vet place into the house. Not very nice!

Speaking of Unfortunate Events, we saw the movie yesterday, and it was very good, but I still say I was right in thinking no movie could ever be as good as the books. I think anyone who sees the movie will agree with me. Daniel Handler is a genius! But the movie very much captured the MOOD and the FEEL of the books, and they incorporated as much of the language into it as reasonably possible, but still —books better.

By the way, I am seriously on the hunt for THE LITTLEST ELF BOBBLE HEADS to put in the back window of my new car. If anybody finds out if they are available, please let me know!

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THE DEEP SIMPLICITY

Posted on December 9, 2004 by thathobbitlady

I have rediscovered the music of Chris Rice. His CD is stuck in the Music Mobile and does not seem to want to come out. I am impressed by not only his music and voice, but especially his lyrics. For example, in the song Magic Wand, (which makes reference to a magician he saw when he was a kid) he rhymes “Now 23 Novembers later,” with “The prestidigitator.” Apparently a prestidigitator is someone who does “slight of hand” tricks. Who knew? He did. And now I do too. Perhaps I will try to use that word in conversation sometime. (Without sounding too ridiculous, I mean.)

Anyway, what I really want to talk about is this great lyric in which he says, “No time for splashing about in shallow theology; he just invited me out into the deep simplicity.” That’s so cool, because the song is about sailing and the ocean water and such, so the words splashing and shallow and deep make so much sense. But the realy beauty of it is “the deep simplicity.” Isn’t it that way? This reminds me of another quote I heard a long time ago and have never forgotten: “The small truth has words that are clear. The great truth has great silence.” Great truth, great silence…deep simplicity. I don’t know if anyone else makes that connection, but for me they are all the same thing.

Nuff said.

For now.

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I OWN A RED CAR

Posted on December 5, 2004 by thathobbitlady

I got a new car. It is red. It has a CD player. It is The Little Red Music Mobile.

Hooray!

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THE VOICE OF TRUTH

Posted on December 3, 2004 by thathobbitlady

But the voice of truth tells me a different story.
And the voice of truth says “Do not be afraid.”
And the voice of truth says “This is for My glory.”
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe
The Voice of Truth.

I just heard a new song on Way-FM. I forget the name of the band, but these lyrics stuck in my head, so I wanted to put them down in writing and make them even more real than they already are.

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Posted on November 28, 2004 by thathobbitlady

The other day I was having random thoughts and I came up with a question which I would like to pose to any ladies who may care to answer (or any gay guys who may be out there!) Here it is:

If you were going to meet the love of your life, and God said to you that you could CHOOSE one thing about his appearance, but the other aspects you had no control over, which would you go for?

—Choosing whether or not he has hair on his head (you young girls may not appreciate this, but when you get to my age this is always a possibility—though I’m just thinking, there are young guys who choose to go bald, so I guess it is a consideration).

—Or you could choose whether he would be short or tall, short meaning relatively short like 5’6″ or 5’7″, and tall meaning relatively tall like 6ft or taller.

—Or you could choose whether or not he wore glasses—and don’t say, “Well, he could always get contacts” because that is not the point.

The point is, this guy is always going to be short, or always going to be tall, or he is always going to have hair or he is always going to be bald, or he is always going to wear glasses, or he is never going to wear glasses. So which of these would be something you would choose…if you could?

If anybody answers, I’ll tell my choice, for whatever it’s worth.

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CHRISTMAS TIME IS ALMOST HERE…

Posted on November 23, 2004 by thathobbitlady

The other day I was in church and the bell choir performed—you know, where there are about a dozen people standing in line, wearing black velvet gloves and each holding a different golden bell, and everybody rings their bell at just the right time, and the end result is beautiful music. Maybe I’ve been in and out of churches too much during my life, but I really enjoyed the music and I thought, “It’s not Christmas until you’ve heard a bell choir.” It really seemed to usher in the season for me.

Then Mary and I went to Winn Dixie and the Christmas trees were outside, and I said, “It’s not Christmas until you see the trees being sold outside the grocery stores.” (And at other locations, of course.)

And then I thought, well, what about the Night Blooming Jasmine? Now I know I’ve lived in Florida too long, because when I smell that, it conjures up memories of driving all around the neighborhoods at night with the kids, looking at Christmas lights and enjoying McDonald’s milkshakes (peppermint or eggnog!) So…”It’s not Christmas until you’ve smelled the Night Blooming Jasmine.”

Just curious, for anyone who would like to answer…what is it “not Christmas until” for you? What is the experience that tells you the season has begun? It could be something very general, or something very specific. Christmas is such a time of memories, that connects our present to our past on so many levels. I think it’s a time to help us remember who we are.

Oh, and by the way, also, “It’s not Christmas until Bryan Norcross shows all the really fabulously decorated houses on the six o’clock news!”

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GREAT MOVIE QUOTE

Posted on November 18, 2004 by thathobbitlady

“I don’t want to meet somebody who shares my interests. I hate my interests!”

Steve Buscemi as Seymour
in Ghost World

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ANOTHER GREAT MOVIE QUOTE

Posted on November 16, 2004 by thathobbitlady

“Ever since mankind came down from the trees, he has sought the elusive formula to put bubbles is his beer.”
—Preston Preston, unscrupulous businessman
Yahoo Serious’ Young Einstein

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