Self and hubby watched Juno in the downtown Redwood City cinema. Cute, very cute. (And, by the way, self thinks Ellen Page’s was a much smarter portrayal of a single pregnant woman than Katherine Heigl’s in Knocked Up. And that, dear blog readers, is the difference between Judd Apatow’s fantasy — Heigl ending up with Rogen, puh-leaase! — and a film based on reality. Kudos to Diablo Cody for the smart script)
Afterwards, self and hubby wandered over to Beard Papa and had coffee and those yummy vanilla cream puffs. Also ordered one chocolate eclair to have later, after dinner.
After getting home, hubby decided to walk the poor little crits — housebound all day yesterday and most of today because of the storm — while self chopped up boneless chicken and various other ingredients for a dish called “Stir-Fried Chicken with Garlic” from Fu Pei Mei’s Chinese Cooking (Self’s aunt B, who is a fantastic cook, swears this is the only Chinese cookbook she trusts. Self’s copy is dated 1989; wonder if it’s still in print ??)
In other news:
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There is a Democratic debate taking place right now. Self had every intention of watching it, but (my bad) she got sidetracked by To Live and Die in L.A. (with a very young, very slim William Petersen), and now she’s watching one of the later Dirty Harry movies.
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The San Francisco Zoo has re-opened, but people are being kept away from the tiger exhibit while the zoo installs glass walls over the open-air section, next to the Lion House. A man visiting with his young son was asked about his “feelings” about being back in the zoo after the tiger attack. The man looked at the reporter and said: “I am more worried about getting hit by a car than about being attacked by a tiger.”
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Self heard on TV that American Airlines had agreed to have some new anti-missile technology installed on a few of its passenger jets, technology that would, in the words of TV reporter, “protect commercial jets against attacks by terrorists with missiles.” Which now makes self feel more nervous than ever.
Hmm, what else? NDNU’s e-mail system completely kaput since yesterday, self doesn’t know what happened, she never knew storms could interfere with e-mail. But her Stanford Alumni e-mail’s working just fine.
Tonight is the last night we’ll have the Christmas tree up; saw our neighbors setting their trees out today, feel impelled to do same. Sad, very sad.
And, what has happened? Self intended this to be a very short post, but here she is blathering on again. Stay tuned, dear blog readers, stay tuned.
