this weekend off has been much needed and very much enjoyed. friday i finally made it to craquiris with lele & alex. stayed at their place and ended up watching the strangers all alone (while drunk, which is not something i recommmend to anyone who scares easily), it was fun though bc we have been meaning to go to that daquiri shop for a long time, and its always fun to see alex drunk bc for a marine he really cant handle his liquor.
saturday was actually very chill bc all i did was go with lele & alex to meet bea & lacey at canal place for slumdog millionaire. god, that movie was so good. i dont think ive ever felt such a range of emotion in a film before. it was funny and sad and romantic and you hated some characters while you loved others and then there were some you just didnt know how you felt about. it was very good and i fully intend to see it again very soon. then i went to the mall and made myself proud bc i went to steve madden & did not buy a single pair of shoes even though there was a crazy sale and i also resisted purchasing that mood lipgloss, oscar blandi hair spray & jasmine dry shampoo at sephora. apparently reaching my half birthday (and becoming twenty three & a half) has seen me to a new level of self control. yay me! oh and then we went to barnes and noble where i bought 2 books and a calendar but that doesnt counteract my self control at the mall bc i made purchases that were good for me, as enriching your mind by reading is not something you should feel bad about.
then, of course, there is today which has been nothing short of a cup full of wonderful. the past twelve hours have been lovely & enchanting & chill & i had such fun. to start with i woke up early, picked up lo & erin, then headed to the ferry. we caught the ferry to downtown & went to see the first showing of revolutionary road at canal place. it was such a good movie. it made me very sad though. i think it made me so sad bc i have the same kind of fears that kate winslet's character had. im afraid of turning into one of those mechanical people who forgets what its like to make mistakes and take risks and really feel alive. i dont want to end up turning into someone who lives each day in some humdrum routine that she despises, and i certainly dont like the idea that so many people think that comfort = happiness. i think happiness is completely undefinable bc it comes in little moments and enormous triumphs. its something that you dont have all day everyday, its something that life throws at you when you really need it and when you catch it, for however briefly, you'll know it.
anyway, that was way off point. so after the movie we got coffee bc poor erin worked overnight last night and hadnt been to sleep yet. we kind of just walked around the quarter talking and shopping. though my self control did slip a little today bc i bought a frame from urban outfitters, but its somewhat justified bc i was in a music induced dreamy world of happiness bc while we were in the upstairs sale section "cape canaveral" from conor oberst & the mystic valley band played IMMEDIATELY before madonna's "vogue" and thats the description of a musical orgasm as far as im concerned. not to mention, the frame says "love" on it and we all know my obsession with that word & it was silver AAAND it was on sale for one 9.99 plus, it was the last one. so. i dont feel bad about it all. we also went to my favorite little book store on chartres where i picked up four new books. i love that store bc i always find the most brilliant and random books there. its not like barnes and noble were as youre walking down the aisles youre overwhelmed by the shiny new spines of books, youre not bombarded by vivid colors and an ever increasing number of new eye catching fonts. the books at this store are all old and worn and their covers lack that new book luster that can be so distracting. after that stop we went into some vintage store, some store with really cute tights, then to sole star (whose style i have completely grown out of, so now i need to find a new shoe store). on our walk back to the ferry we ran into the same steelers fans that we had seen a little earlier and that erin had argued with about the cardinals-- they were kinda drunk, it was funny. then we smelled what we thought was boiled crawfish and decided to stop in this little restaurant and eat bc my recent jump from the world of vegetarianism to pescatarianism had me interested in having crawfish again. they ended up not having crawfish but they did have oysters, which i had never had before. so i ordered a half dozen chargrilled for all of us to try. after a little coaxing (& some unwanted filming of my first foray into the slimy little shelled dish) and some help from the lovely waitress i tried them. they actually are pretty good. then, somehow, lauren convinced me and erin to try raw oysters and all i have to say about that is never again. it wasnt bad but i just dont think i could do it. it creeped me out. it was new though, so it was also fun.
after that we headed back to the ferry and i made it home just in time to catch the beginning of the superbowl. i kind of watched it off and on but i saw all the major plays and was completely entranced by the half time show. im very glad i didnt join my friends at chevys just because watching bruce with my mom and sisters felt really nice. it made me kind of sad, bc obviously we were all thinking about my dad since hes the one who made us all fall in love with bruce when we were young, but it was a nice kind of sad. the kind of sad that made me appreciate the fact that i have the family thats still here and that the one part that is gone can still bring us together. plus, bruce is just bad ass and you have to love him rockin out and just feeling good and having fun. he seems like such a good man. i think id like to marry a man that is like him-- adventurous and good hearted, smart and poetic, handsome and sensitive and manly and edgy and hot and just...ugh...everything! lol i dunno. i just love bruce springsteen. unfortunately, i did miss the puppy bowl on animal planet while i was out today, but bella assured me that they will play it again so i can watch it with her then. :) shes adorable. and since the superbowl has been over i have been doing absolutely nothing other than discovering the recently leaked tracks off of lily's new album, writing this, and listening to music. life has been good this weekend, and hopefully work tomorrow will let me stay on this cloud just a little bit longer. <3