Well, I still think that situation was ridiculous, and I do wish they'd butt out of stuff that had nothing to do with them. It's hard to stay annoyed though when one of the parties involved gets you four free tickets for the opening night of "Return of the King". This, however, is precisely what the Minion did for me over the weekend. His son recently got a job at the local movie theater, and I'd asked if he could pick up four tickets for me when they went on sale. When the kid went to pay for my tickets, his manager told him to put the money away, and gave him the tickets instead.
OK, technically I'm not going "opening night", since that is a midnight showing the evening before I'll be seeing the movie. I'm not so hard-core that I'm going to see a movie at midnight just so I can be the first kid on the block to have my ticket torn in half. I'm hard-core enough though to be thrilled to get to see the first 7:40 evening playing of the film though. My friend from MIS and his wife will be coming along with The Socialist and myself, and I don't even have to feel guilty for making Mr. MIS drive all the way out to my local theater (about a fifteen mile trip). After all, he's getting to take advantage of the free tickets.
I don't believe I mentioned it snowed last Friday. I'm afraid it rather traumatized The Socialist, who had only removed the chrome wheels from his beloved Matrix just the day before. The roads were treacherous in the morning, and as I commuted in to work I gave myself a nice scare by doing a bit of a sideways slide down one of the steeper hills. There was more snow on the ground when I headed home, but the traction was better, and there was less traffic, making the trip easier.
New siding has been put up on our apartment building, and the old gutter had been removed in anticipation of new gutter being installed. The snow melted from the roof of our gutterless apartment, and formed tremendous icicles that, as of this morning, were as much as three feet long. Today was warm, and I suspect by the time I get home the icicles will have shortened considerably, but I'm going to have to remember not to stand directly under the eaves as I open the front door. If one of those things lets loose, the results could be lethal.
| Christmas tree from Target: | $16.00 |
| Garland lights: | $24.00 |
| Silver, gold and white balls: | $14.00 |
| Tree topper: | $15.00 |
| ____________________________ | _______ |
| The resulting cat toy? | Priceless. |
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