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Sorry world (and by world I mean Aunt B the one person waiting for my blog 😉 )

Life has been busy, in mainly a good way.  Work has been pretty crazy.  I love when work is busy though.  It keeps me occupied, the days fly by and I remember why I really like my job.

In other news:  I’m officially moved.  It’s all there (well except a few hangers still in the old closet).  I slept my first night there on Sat.  Too bad I haven’t set up my cable yet so I’ve just been watching movies and tv shows.  Since packing, I’ve managed to watched 2.5 seasons of Gilmore Girls.  My love for that show is renewed!  Like I needed a reminder, but that Lorelei is a witty lady.

I’ve also watched The Way We Were as I unpacked my bedroom.  What a beautiful movie.

Jenn and I have been talking about this movie for weeks now.  She accurately figured that I would love the movie.  She’s so right.  I had watched the movie way back in the day.  But I didn’t remember much about it.  In college Kate and I tried to watch it one night before we went out, but that is not the right setting to appreciate Babs.  I was so distracted by Robert Redford’s good looks that I couldn’t focus on it.

Jenn and I agree that all girls fall into two categories:  Kate (Streisand) and “Your girl is lovely, Hubble.”  There’s the safe and beautiful girl who the Hubble’s of the world will marry.  Then there are the Kates.  Kates are the ones who care passionately and will push Hubble to be more.  I like to think I’m a Kate.  I wouldn’t make jokes after the president died.  I would tell Hubble that he is a wonderful writer, and fight for free speech!

Favorite parts of the movie:  Of course, it is terribly heartbreaking when Kate’s gloved hand reaches across and sweeps the hair off of Hubble’s forehead and says the imortal word, “Your girl is lovely, Hubble”.  Seriously, my heart is just breaking all over again thinking about it.

I also love when Hubble and JJ are on the sail boat.

JJ:  Favorite year?

Hubble:  ’44, ’45, ’46…

That’s just beautiful.  He loved the years with Kate.  When they were young and happy and beautiful and passionate… Oy!

I also felt all weak inside the first time that Kate and Hubble share a bed.  I could feel how much she wanted to be with him.  Talk about internal conflict.  She just didn’t want to get herself in too deep, but she couldn’t help it, she was already gone.

Check it out at min 2:07.

Here’s a video relating it all back to Gilmore Girls.

To preface:  Luke and Lorelei love each other, but they broke up because of their families and such.  Lorelei is taking it pretty rough

That scene has always broken my heart.  Now, it breaks my heart even more because it reminds me of Kate and Hubble and Luke and Lorelei.

Moral of this story.  The Way We Were is a fantastic way to spend an afternoon unpacking.

Packing

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I’m moving on Friday.  Since roommate/big bro is getting hitched, I’m getting kicked out of the house.  I’m only moving 1 block away, so it’s really not super taxing.

Anyway… so packing.  Since I can take my sweet time moving, packing has been a delight.  I just pop on Gilmore Girls (starting with season 1 disc 1) and put stuff in shopping bags.  It’s a very scientific method trust me.

By putting things in bags, you run across some interesting things.  Like this gem:  In my high scrap book (which my mom made by simply sliding pamphlets in a plastic sleeve), there is a cut out from the local newspaper discussing my amazing tennis prowess.  It goes a little something like this.

“Wilkison [the coach] said Douglas’ [my double partner] height and aggressive net play and Browning’s [that’s me] laid back style meld well as a doubles pairing.”  Another article says, “Don’t be fooled by the non-stop chatter and laughter between Douglas and her Browning on the court.”

I’m pretty sure “laid back style” is code word for missing the ball a lot.  “Non stop chatter” is another reference to my animal like playing style.

Yep, I was cool in high school.  Also found another journal.  This one has some really deep and insightful entries.  Please enjoy the evidence of my tomfoolery.

Tues Dec 12,00

Today was soooooooo bad [underlined a million times].  I was supposed to get my licence.  But guess what, I FAILED!!!!!!!!! I’m so upset.  Do you understand how bad that is?  Now I have to take the DRIVING TEST!!!  I’m so going to fail that one, too.  I miss 3Q about signs.  [insert the picture i drew of a sign] How was I supposed to that means slippery when wet, or [another pic of a sign] lane ends.  That’s stupid.  I’m really upset.  Carried started making fun of me.  I cried again.  I don’t know if I could take Adam knowing!  Well, after that mom and I went shopping.  I got most of my presents done. I only have the men left.  Listen what else is going terribly wrong. I finally called X (you think that would be a good thing wouldn’t you!) He  can’t go to the movies!  Great, my plans are now done! I wonder what else will go horribly wrong?  I’m just waiting.  The only good thing that happened was that I got my math grade up a little.  I have so many tests.  I’m going to fail them all too I’m sure!  We decided to ad so and so and so and so to Squib (yearbook).  Blah Blah might quit though ;( I hope she doesn’t.  Well, I’m going to bed now, so the HORIBLE (I can’t even spell horible [yes i really wrote that and spelled it that way]) Day will be over.

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I took a Polaroid a myself looking sad and taped it on the journal along with a pic of my driving a go-cart with an X through it.  I was just a bit dramatic.