Not a whole lot going on worth writing about these days. One bit of new news is that Chizzy has managed to squeeze in a couple days off in March and is now coming back to Seattle for the big wedding. Yippee. She will be in town from the 2nd through the 7th I believe.
Nice job yesterday, Seahawks. Although it's hard to verify the victory by reading the Web this morning. I guess the 81 points by Kobe has officially elevated him a couple notches above human. Frankly, I was surprised the ball hog hadn't already posted a number like this, but thankfully ESPN was there to put it in the proper perspective for me; "It will be talked about for decades. Where were you the night the Lakers' No 8 went for 81 points, the second-most in NBA history?" I am already eagerly anticipating the day, decades from now, when a wide eyed child will stop me on the street and ask where I was the night Kobe Bryant scored the second highest point total in NBA history. I’m not a sports nut, but I do enjoy a good Seattle bandwagon when it rolls into town. Too bad for us we can’t really jump on it over here. I’m pretty sure they will show the Super Bowl on TV. They did last year. I’ll be watching on the Internet in the worst case scenario and thinking about the excitement. We had a tentative weekend in Paris planned for Super Bowl weekend, which just may need to be scrapped now.
Had plans to go skiing this past weekend, but they fell through and have been pushed back to this weekend. I shall soon experience what a year of muscle atrophy feels like. I imagine it really really hurting.
Chizzy, however, had no problems following through with her plans of a girls shopping day. I managed to score a couple shirts out of that deal.
Finally had to join a guild in World of Warcraft a while back since I now have a level 60 character. There is simply nothing to do as a solo character when you reach the final level. The entire game now consists of joining into parties of 10 or more to fight for two plus hours to reach bosses that drop random equipment. On the off chance something drops that your character can actually use, you then have to randomly beat out anybody else in the party who needs it. It’s still amazingly fun though. I have now personally been to the site of the famous Leeroy Jenkins fiasco and it makes the video even funnier. That room they plan so carefully to enter can simply be walked through if you don’t step in the wrong places.
No snow.
Saw Memoirs of a Geisha this weekend. Liked it quite a bit. Saw that Dick and Jane movie the weekend before that. Unbelievably awful second half. Saw The Constant Gardner the weekend before that. Pretty good, pretty good.
Actually managing to forget more German than I am learning. I may have already told you that.
Up to about 14 cups of coffee a day. Joking. 12.
Playing the piano daily and actually using the Coldplay and Keane sheet music that I got as Christmas gifts.
Going to Tornio, Italy for the Winter Olympics in a few weeks. Have secured tickets for the ski jump finals and the women’s half pipe events. That should be freakin incredible.
Giving up on pronouns.
The on again/off again cycle of raman noodles as primary dietary sustenance is most definitely on again.
Still no visible signs of becoming European that I can see, but then I probably wouldn’t be able to tell if they were there. Can’t say the same for Chiz. Any day now I expect to see her sporting the ‘boot roll-up’ or the ‘she-BOP’. These are names we have given to the knee high boot fashions here that involve the rolling up of the pants and tucking the pants into the boot (Boot Over Pants = BOP), respectively. The ‘he-BOP’ is obviously the male equivalent and is an extremely rare and exciting event. I have only seen it once and the boots and pants involved were both shiny black leather which required a very keen eye and a double-take to verify. I consider it to be my finest fashion spotting moment.
Very excited that you will both make it back for the wedding. It's so cool that you will be going to Torino. I wonder what Miranda Priestly would think of the she-BOP?
Chizzy, January 23, 2006 10:03 PM:Miranda Priestly would already think that was yesterday's fashion. The fad is dying already. Haven't seen anything to replace it yet. Everyone wears jeans though. Forget about khaki's. Only dark pants allowed right now.
Nuckel, February 22, 2007 10:04 PM:Yo - she-bop is official in Seattle. Saw a couple people last week and today the chick in my office is rolling it. Not a fan unless you've got the rondos to back it up.
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