Daily Update

On Friday night a small group of us went to see a showing of the new Die Hard movie. Our small group turned into a big group quickly. We got to the fox lot much earlier than we normally do, but it was still to late. there was still a huge line, hence opening night. KA and I were chillin' in line with Jeff, when there were about 20 people left until the doors and then they announced 'sorry, theaters full, go home'. :( so we went to jeff's flat to make smoothies with a minor detour at the grocery store for supplies. In the mean time I lost a bet with Kristen [again], betting the amount of blueberries she could eat. I was betting that she couldn't eat some 12 pound box of them. Confident in myself and in my opinion, I felt generous about giving her 90 minutes to finish the whole bucket; but after 10 minutes I was both angry and surprised to see the empty container dashed to the floor along with my self esteem; she was happy, and not even full. I can't eat more than 5 at a time before not wanting more. (I'm like that with Eggnog too.) She was like Ms. Packman chomping away on the little power pellets like there was no tomorrow, only searching for more and more. (in my defense, she didn't eat ALL of them; she didn't eat the moldy ones, and jeff had a few, and so did I, so there!) If I ever bet with blueberries again, its going to have to be a LOT more extreme. But anyway, back to smoothies: Jeff was the master blender chef, mixing whatever people asked him to. It was some pretty good stuff.

Then early the next morning I went over to Veteran to meet the boys before we went to see Shrek3. As I got there, I decided to make more smoothies for myself. At the same time jeff wanted me to make pancakes while he got ready. All that with only 20 minutes till showtime. Needless to say Pancakes aren't like toast, you have to prepare them, and that takes time. so long story short: we were late again. The movie was good. We stopped for food on the way home. As I was just diving into my delicious sandwich the boys showed up and asked if I was hungry. sarcastically I responded "uh, ya, and I'm looking to fix that if you don't mind" mid-bite, so they asked if I wanted to go to Wendy's with them. so I finished my bite and then agreed. (who could pass up Wendy's?) While there we ran into Jessica and Kami/Lincoln. We only noticed them as Kami came up and gave Jeff a really big 'Good Game'. As he was still in shock for a minute or two, I turned and greeted them. I was happy to see Kami 1)out of the hospital, 2)smiling/joking around, and 3) eating decent food (compared to hospital food) without puking it up. So that was fun.

After my double-header for lunch I went with Jeremy and Jessica and Carrie to her production/party warehouse to look thru stuff for decorations for the film festival. We came up with a few ideas. I was expecting more spectacular stuff rather than someones storage shed, but whatever, its all good. Carrie's company does a lot of parties for Elton John, so I feel ok about saying that it was pretty 'gay' there. (psycho mannequins, pink drapery all over, and extra large portraits of the boss in Drag).

After not resting from all the events till that point, I met up with jessica at the local 'smart & final' to shop for our Beach party supplies. We, with the help of Smiles Breezed thru the store like an angry whirlwind, and took no prisoners. From there we loaded jessica's car like a military caravan moving East.

The beach was cool. A good amount of people showed up too. We made (heated-up) hot dogs, smores, and ate other snacks, and just hung out. Some of us even played a bunch of volleyball. My team did fantastically well, which pissed everyone else off. well, maybe not everyone, just Josh and Jordan. They were down right bitter. We went thru like 5 games before the 'final' match came about. Josh was getting angry about loosing, and Jordan was practicing his smack talking, but I couldn't let my team down, so I didn't give into their anger. We lost the final game and they were pretty proud of themselves. In my view they won one out of five, but in their view they won the last match, which is somehow more important. whatever.

I went running in the morning. I had to go the long route because of the street
fair so it took me +1:34 on the clock. It didn't phase me though, I was like a
little Antelope that would spring over mountain tops at will. There were a lot of
people our wandering around trying to get in my way. It was hot.

Our Bishop commented on me wearing sandals in church for the first year I in the
ward. He said he wasn't sure about me because people who wore sandals were
questionable people in his mind. Tim B was there to immediately point out that he,
the most fashionable bishop in the region, wore a powder blue suit with a white
shirt and tie. So we showed him who was questionable, ha, take that.

In the evening we hung out at Greenfield and had Ice cream and treats. Lots of
people showed up. It got hot in the main room so a few of us formed a splinter
group and hid in Maggie's bedroom where it was cooler, her room is also known as
'Gossip Haven'. It was terrific fun, at times we would ask certain individuals to
join our group and explain their side of a story, or we would pry for information,
or spread information, or just tell lies, or just just gossip (jeff). So it was a
usual night for most of us. Joyce had a new look: ultra short hair. It was cute.
Jim also had a temporary new look, Joyce's very blond hair extensions. Not so cute.
I looked like a kid-rock mixed with Axl Rose with a headband on. I looked like a
true hillbilly.

Our new Bishop is announced in two weeks.

I'm listening to MXPX right now.

Lunch was sponsored by In N Out.

Work was busy I had to stay late. The weekend was long too.