A belated Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrated it!

I’ve been spending the past two days loading up my new Sansa Clip. It’s got twice the space than my old Sansa, plus it officially works with Rhapsody to Go. This means I only have to renew the license, instead of reformating and reloading the damn player, each month. Woot! Sadly, it seems everyone and their mother is currently downloading from Rhapsody. I’ve had the occasional glitch where a download would grind to a halt before it was completed before, but this is crazy! In addition to regularly encountering the aforementioned issue, I’m now finding many tunes I want are “currently unavailable,” but if I go back the next day (or even an hour later) the file is available again. It’s frustrating!

For shits and grins I decided to see if Rhapsody had any tunes by Alvin and the Chipmunks (don’t you dare tell you haven’t seen that annoying commercial for their new CD, at least once!). I was disappointed to learn they did not have Ragtime Cowboy Joe, one of my childhood faves. However, and you may want to brace yourselves for this, the Chipmunks have done a cover of The Time Warp. Yes, mini Transylvanians everywhere can now demand a Chipmunk Magenta “fuck that bird!” *headdesk* Scarily, I would welcome a Chipmunk remake of RHPS. At least that would make sense.

I don’t know about Xmas, but the Gods have blessed us with a very snowy Yule.

The forecast predicted 7-12 inches on Friday, starting before noon, a sunny Saturday, and snow/rain starting sometime today. The storm started around 2-ish, Friday afternoon. When I went out for a smoke Saturday morning, around 2am, the snow was finally tapering off after dumping 8 inches of fluffy snow on us. However, it never completely stopped. All day Saturday, instead of sun, we had light flurries, which apparently intensified into another snow storm during the night. Glenn, who thought he was going to have the day to rest up after 22 hours of plowing/shoveling, got called in at 6am. I think he got called in then. Not sure as I wasn’t quite in my right mind, having been awake for nearly two days straight. Anyway, I just went out and there’s another 4 inches of snow — the heavier stuff, this time — and it’s still coming down strong.

My Yule plans didn’t go as, well, planned. Glenn didn’t take the turkey out of the freezer untill two days after I had asked him to do so. As such, the bird was still frozen. Fortunately I decided to cheat this year. Instead of the usual cover with cheesecloth/roast at a low temp/baste every 30 minutes method, I threw it into an oven bag and roasted it at a higher temperature. Still, we ate three hours later than we were supposed to. While we were eating I put the pie into the oven. Shortly afterward an already piss drunk Glenn turned off the stove, so when the timer went off it was nowhere near done. *headdesk* Because of the hubbub over dinner I never heard my phone’s timer go off, reminding me of ritual time, so I compleltey flaked off about that until about 2am this morning. My oil lamp, which was lit during the ritual, had gone out before I awoke this morning despite my making sure the wick was at the correct height and it had enough olive oil. And the tree, which we were supposed to decorate after dinner, is getting decorated now. Given the current weather, I’m not worried that I missed the sunrise. *laughs*

Needless to say, it’s been an interesting weekend, thus far.

Filched from moondancer

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times: To date, it’s a tie between Purple Rain and Speed Racer

2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in a theatre: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie:*points to icon*

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: “The Rock”

5. Name a movie that you can quote from: Spaceballs

6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs: Rocky Horror

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with: The Pirates of Penzance

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see: Into the Wild

9. Name a movie that you own: Robin Hood: Men in Tights

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: The only person that comes to mind is Robin Williams

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?: Quite a few.

12. Ever made out in a movie?: Once, in a drive in. Seriously over rated.

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t gotten around to it: Joe’s Apartment. And Milk (the only two places it’s playing locally are not really ones I care to go to. :P)

14. Ever walked out of a movie?: Not that I recall.

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theatre: I’ve cried over a number of movies I’ve watched at home, but I can’t recall any viewed in a theatre that have had that affect on me.

16. Popcorn?: Only if it’s from The Capitol. Fresh, with REAL butter.

17. How often do you go to the movies?: Not much anymore. If something looks really interesting, and it’s playing at the Capitol, I might go see it. Especially if I have passes or my friend is working.

18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?: Speed Racer

19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movies? Comedy

20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?: The first movie I recall seeing was a Disney movie starring Kurt Russell, and I saw it at a drive in. As for the actual theatre, I’d say Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

21. What movie(s) has/have changed your life?: As an adult, none.

Courtesy of crystal_lemons

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