A Classic Nilla Night

I still don't know who JAH is. I thought I had a confession. See, my friend Donna at Troy in Dothan emailed me and asked me what she should put on a personalized plate -- if I had any ideas. My ideas were pretty lame, mostly because it's hard to shorten "librarian" for a vanity plate. If only we had long license plates like in Europe... (I've never seen them personally, but they look long in the movies). So, I give Donna my ideas and say I'll keep thinking about it. And shoot... I guess for fun, if any of you guys out there can think of a cool license plate abbreviation for a cool, Betty Crocker/Martha Stewart, fun librarian... let me know and I'll pass it on. Anyway, so then Donna writes me back and says, "Maybe I should put JAH on my license plate -- Just Another Headcase. Tee hee, Donna" Well, I thought that was a confession! Turns out, not so much. She just went to my blog and saw that and thought she would toy with me. For that, maybe her plate should read: MN LIBRN. Hahaha... So, still no confession on JAH.

Yesterday, since I got to go home after work, I did a load of laundry, loaded the dishwasher, folded/hung up the laundry that had been in the dryer for a couple of days (I'm so guilty), and settled in to watch a classic: Shall We Dance. It is with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. They actually have a scene where they dance on rollerskates! And all I could think of was: I wonder how many times they fell? And, WOW! They are good at what they do! My friend Stacy put several clips from Fred and Ginger movies on her blog yesterday, so you should go check some of them out. I'm telling you, it makes me wish I could dance like that! Also, it was funny. There were some very hilarious parts that made me laugh out loud. In order for me to explain this, I'll have to tell you a bit about the premise of the movie... Fred and Ginger are two famous dancers. They meet up and fall in love, but Ginger's character is semi-engaged to someone else. And, based on some falsehoods told, someone starts spreading the rumor that Ginger's character and Fred's character have been secretly married for years and that they are expecting a baby! This, of course, is not true... But, due to many many mix-ups, they end up deciding it would be best to actually get married so they can get divorced. So, they go down to NJ (since everyone in NY already thinks they are married). While at the marriage certificate office (or whatever it was in those days), Ginger's character says to the clerk, "What are grounds for divorce in this state?" The little clerk looks up, slides his glasses down his nose a bit, and very seriously replies, "Marriage." Oh how I laughed! I will say I was a little disappointed with the ending. I mean, it ended well. But I was expecting more of a BANG ending than what it had. It wasn't bad. I think this was a lovely movie all the way around. I just expected a little more of a bang at the end ;).

Side note: I really want to own Frasier on DVD. I was telling Stefanie about one of the episodes (the cabin mix-up episode... soooo hilarious). I want to share it! I want her to see it! It is one of my all-time favorite episodes of Frasier. But, I also want to maintain my debt-free-edness for as long as possible. I am still credit card debt-free, and I have already purchased my dad's ticket to return to Alabama after he helps me drive to Washington. So, it's hard for me to spend money I know I don't need to spend. But it's very very tempting! Anyway, if you want a taste of one of my favorite episodes, click here :). And enjoy.

Oh, I called Samuel to wish him a happy birthday last night. He doesn't care much about the phone. But, he talked to me for about 2 minutes. I said, "Is today you're birthday?" And he said, "Yeah." I said, "How old are you?" And he said, "Three...no I'm four." I said, "Wow! You're such a big boy! I just called to tell you happy birthday!" And he said, "No, it's not your birthday yet." He cracks me up. And then he wanted to tell me about something funny they said on Alvin and the Chipmunks the movie. Something about "monster rock" maybe?

And, since I told a story about convincing Brad about something, and I was accused of torturing my brother ;)... Let me make it clear that I also tortured my sister :). I wasn't selective in my sibling torture. If you were younger than I and related to me, you got tortured. Here's what I did to my sister (although probably not quite as cruel as what I did to Brad). So, we were going to go to eat as a family, either at Sorento's or Pizza Italia (don't remember which). I think it was Sorento's, because it was brighter in the restaurant in my memory than Pizza Italia ever was... Anyway, we 3 kids were already in the van, waiting on my parents. While waiting, I decided to inform Christina about the source of moles on one's skin... That source being mole-bugs, of course. You see, mole-bugs get under your skin and they create that round brown spot as like a covering to their home. Kind of like trap-door spiders (she totally understood this concept, because we had trapdoor spiders at the edge of our yard, and she and Brad knew how to trap them through their trap door). I told her not to pick at the moles, because if she did, they would get infected. And there was no sense trying to get them out, because that's what would cause infection. And it was very serious if the mole-bug homes became infected. The only cure then would be surgery, but even then, the whole affair could be very fatal indeed. Poor Christina, by the time my parents came out, she was near tears. And my parents had to allay her fears. Now, Christina probably got mad at me. She never liked to be tricked, and she didn't take it in stride like Brad did. Christina has always been more of a spit-fire. But, as she couldn't slug me with my parents present (which probably would have been her first and only choice otherwise), she bided (or is it bade?) her time. We get to the pizza place, place our orders, and dig in. I'm lifting a piece of mushroom pizza to my mouth when Christina's eyes get huge and she exclaims, "Hila! There's a worm on your pizza!" Now, Christina swears that my face got a frightened look on it. I have no recollection of that. My recollection is that I looked, saw that she was lying, and continued to eat. But, it made her feel like she had gotten even with me, so we'll let her keep her version ;)