Wednesday, May 25, 2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to outdoor litter boxes and killer azaelas.

Goldie has tagged me with a film meme, so, here goes.

Total number of films I own on DVD/Video: I have no idea. Three bookshelves worth, triple-lined.

The last film I bought: MASH, Season 8. I pre-ordered it from Amazon and it's on its way as we speak.

The last film I watched: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, just this afternoon. First time I've been inside a real theater in almost a year. Or whenever that third Harry Potter film was released. . . .

Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me:

1. Love Actually
2. Harry Potter (all)
3. The Christopher Guest trilogy: Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind
4. Star Wars (all)
5. Stargate

I tend to watch my favorite movies over and over and over again.

I got a sign today that maybe I should stop mentioning our severe money problems on my blog. And maybe I shouldn't have posted about how we refinanced our house.

The sign? My email account. Does anyone else detect a pattern here?

Addie Otto
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Jesus Chin
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May 24
Taylor Stein
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May 24
Lindsay Ziegler
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May 24
Cameron Shultz
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May 24
Kevin Marsh
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May 24
Adriana Aldrich
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May 23
Sang Lin Lee
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May 23
Orlando Medina
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May 22
Regina Maestro
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May 22
LeGuardia Lindstrom
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All right in a row.

Maybe it's just my teacher instincts but I suspect these people have been copying each other's homework.

Why do these spammers always have such weird names?

For the past two days I have cut grass and planted flowers till my back is killing me and my hands are slashed to pieces. The slasher? A dead azaela bush. It fought back valiantly but in the end, I won.

I still haven't seen the new Star Wars movie. I thought we were going today but at the last minute Hub decided he wanted to see Hitchhiker's Guide instead.

Tomorrow I'm going to the Dollar Store to buy some mothballs. Charley Gordon is ecstatic over all the new cat potties and has tried them all, digging out the pesky flowers that get in his way and tickle his butt as he digs and poops in the pansies. Occasionally he sits on them. Mothballs stink but cats hate them, and in the beds not right by the house, they won't bother us either. I didn't break my back and slash my hands so the cat could have organic litter boxes all over the yard.

Oh, and I think the new rhododendron by the front door is going to be beautiful. It's already prettier than that huge dead azaela that tried to kill me this afternoon.