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rowanfSunday, Russell and I went to see Curse of the Golden Flower. As with Zhang Yimou's previous films, it is stunningly beautiful. It is also very depressing in the way of Shakespearean dramas like King Lear or MacBeth. Chow Yun Fat is a wonderful Emperor to Gong Li's Emperess. Intrigue abounds, death comes on a grand scale. I liked it... but it isn't a feel good movie.
We did get to ride the ferris wheel afterwards. I do love the holiday season in downtown San Jose. Ferris wheels make me very happy.
Then we had a wodnerful Christmas Eve dinner with my friend Stephanie and various of her friends (including![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mr_kurt and saffronrose). It was very yummy and the conversation was excellent.
However at some point I realized I hadn't shopped for Tuesday dinner yet. Ooops. Luckilymr_kurt is off work this week and has offered to go by Whole Foods on Tuesday.
On Christmas Day we slept in and I spent some time in Second Life. Wow. The performance sure is better when there is hardly anyone on the system! I found a wonderful Greek area with temples and bathing pools called "Mount Olympus". The parts were prefab (I went by the suppliers to check them out) but the folks who had put them together for the high-flying home of the Gods did a beautiful job.
We had a holiday meal withmr_kurt and saffronrose and their family and various friends - Stephanie, Susan, and Lise and rutemple. Kurt's venison stroganoff was stunning as usual and the many side dishes and desserts were amazing as well. Yum! And, of course, the conversation was excellent, though I admit that I probably bring up Second Life too often. I wanted to go caching after the meal but we got caught up in conversation and no walking-off of dinner happened. Oh well. I really do need to find some larger caches soon and move travel bugs along!
This morning I got up and got my car to the body shop. They won't know until they take the bumper cover off whether they will need to order any more parts. If not, I could have it back by the end of the week. If they need more parts it could be the end of next week. I have a rental car, a Toyota Matrix... but I'm not a carpool and it is a darn good thing the traffic will be light this week! I forgot to take a photo of my bumperstickers. *sniff* I'm bummed to be losing my Dennis Kuchinich and Kerry/Edwards strips as well as all my various peace and interfaith slogans. Oh well. It will give me a chance to order new ones I suppose.
We did get to ride the ferris wheel afterwards. I do love the holiday season in downtown San Jose. Ferris wheels make me very happy.
Then we had a wodnerful Christmas Eve dinner with my friend Stephanie and various of her friends (including
mr_kurt and saffronrose). It was very yummy and the conversation was excellent. However at some point I realized I hadn't shopped for Tuesday dinner yet. Ooops. Luckily
mr_kurt is off work this week and has offered to go by Whole Foods on Tuesday. On Christmas Day we slept in and I spent some time in Second Life. Wow. The performance sure is better when there is hardly anyone on the system! I found a wonderful Greek area with temples and bathing pools called "Mount Olympus". The parts were prefab (I went by the suppliers to check them out) but the folks who had put them together for the high-flying home of the Gods did a beautiful job.
We had a holiday meal with
mr_kurt and saffronrose and their family and various friends - Stephanie, Susan, and Lise and rutemple. Kurt's venison stroganoff was stunning as usual and the many side dishes and desserts were amazing as well. Yum! And, of course, the conversation was excellent, though I admit that I probably bring up Second Life too often. I wanted to go caching after the meal but we got caught up in conversation and no walking-off of dinner happened. Oh well. I really do need to find some larger caches soon and move travel bugs along!This morning I got up and got my car to the body shop. They won't know until they take the bumper cover off whether they will need to order any more parts. If not, I could have it back by the end of the week. If they need more parts it could be the end of next week. I have a rental car, a Toyota Matrix... but I'm not a carpool and it is a darn good thing the traffic will be light this week! I forgot to take a photo of my bumperstickers. *sniff* I'm bummed to be losing my Dennis Kuchinich and Kerry/Edwards strips as well as all my various peace and interfaith slogans. Oh well. It will give me a chance to order new ones I suppose.
