Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring

Only one word can describe this film: epic. Not my usual taste in movies, though I did enjoy it. We’ve had this movie on DVD ever since it came out, but never had three hours in a row to sit down and watch it (long gone are those days)–until tonight. East of Eve practice was cancelled due to the weather so I thought this would give us a good opportunity to start on the trilogy.

There was one part of the movie that cracked me up. One of the Hobbits was inquiring about eating. Here’s the quote: “What about second breakfast? What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn’t he?” It totally reminded me of Jake–the kid eats constantly. I’m not exaggerating–I have witnesses. I think he might be a Hobbit. He certainly follows their meal schedule and he’s just about the right height. He doesn’t have hairy feet, though. Maybe that won’t occur until he’s older.

The Flick Filosopher gave it a big thumbs up.

sushi

This evening, Brian and I went out for sushi with our friend Steve. In the past, sushi was never anything I was interested in trying, but I’ve been reading about it lately and a few of our friends seem to really like it so I’ve been wanting to try it.

I had planned on going to a Japanese restaurant when we went to Pittsburgh last fall, but the menu looked too intimidating, so I decided it might be better to go with someone who has a little knowledge about the subject. Enter: Steve.

So we went out this evening to the Sakura Restaurant in Altoona. Brian and I planned on eating only cooked stuff because who really wants to come down with a case of liver flukes? But we did end up trying one of Steve’s tuna rolls, which contained uncooked tuna. Much to my surprise, it was quite delicious. Steve has apparently worked his way up on the sushi ladder–he ate more raw fish for supper than I’ve eaten cooked fish in the last month. I think it would take me quite a while to be able to stomach something like that.

Jake is staying at my parent’s this evening. One one hand, he always looks forward to going there, but when he’s a few days away from staying, he always decides that he might miss us too much so it might just be better to stay home. I told him if he stayed home that he would have to go to a restaurant with us and eat raw fish. His response was that while he wasn’t interested in eating any raw fish, he sure wouldn’t mind watching us do it. Apparently he’s seen too many episodes of Fear Factor. I’m sure this evening’s meal wouldn’t have lived up to his expectations.

exercise your right

And critique last year’s Ozzfest. This will help to determine how Ozzfest 2005 goes.

oh my god

I was glad to read that this baby was born by c-section. I just hope the mom didn’t buy too many newborn clothes for him.

personality

What’s your type?

I am:

Introverted (I) 77.42% Extroverted (E) 22.58%
Sensing (S) 65.79% Intuitive (N) 34.21%
Thinking (T) 67.65% Feeling (F) 32.35%
Judging (J) 78.13% Perceiving (P) 21.88%

My type is:

ISTJ – “Trustee”. Decisiveness in practical affairs. Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable. 11.6% of total population.

 

Duh.