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This short film by Ted Chung is absolutely lovely. I’m so glad I took the time to watch it:

Am loving this music video, very clever. I showed it to Tim this evening and he said, “Wow, it’s not MTV anymore, is it?” :) I agree. It’s much, much nicer.

Can you tell what we’ve been Netflixing this week? I’m really digging this song from the end of episode 6 (RSSers will have to click through for both recordings):

A little Googling revealed that this was also once recorded by Don McClean:

Great series, the writing is phenomenal, and we’re loving it despite the horrible feeling that we’re contracting lung cancer just from watching. *cough, cough* I can’t believe we used to live like that. gah!

Last night, I was thinking about my Manic Pixie Dream Girl post from December. Earlier in the day, I’d seen an article about a new movie, 500 Days of Summer, coming out this summer, that talked about Zooey Deschanel’s character being MPDG. I’m wondering if this will be true. It was hard to tell from the preview. Tim and I adore her and can’t wait to see this new movie!

So, that got me thinking once again (like I do- haha) about MPDG’s in other films I’ve seen. I wonder, in a darker light, whether or not Kate Winslet’s character, Clementine, in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” would count as a MPDG? And if that’s the case, could the Marla Singer character in Fight Club count as one as well? :)

“This is cancer, right?”

Love this song by the Avett Brothers. Such a GREAT concert back in ’07 (can’t believe it’s been that long since we danced all night with Ken and Rhaina!).

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I just realized that I never said ‘Happy New Year’ here! Sorry! Things got pretty busy over the holiday break so I didn’t get a chance to post updates or anything. 2008 pretty much sucked all around so we’ve both pinned quite alot of hope to 2009. We’ll see what happens.

Probably the most difficult thing of 2008, despite all the job stress for both of us, was the loss of so many friends. There was a point where we were going to scream if we had to go to another funeral. Losing our two cats not even four months apart was probably the most difficult though. People say, “they’re just cats,” but honestly these two kitties were a huge part of our family. It was really tough.

Upsides of 2008, and there were quite a few: the chance to see family and friends throughout the year, Tim hiking a nice chunk of the Appalachian Trail, Aaron’s doctoral graduation (prolly the highlight of 2008), Court’s Mom’s cancer remission, Rachel’s pregnancy, and other cool things that aren’t at the top of my tired brain right now.

2008 = done. 2009 = hope.

Feelin’ it today…

I do believe Maui just punched her ticket on the gravy train… ;) This cat is just way too cute (and so is her human, haha). Oh, and I guess the name is going to stay.

According to the Sacred Texts Archive, Maui is “a demi god whose name should probably be pronounced Ma-u-i (Ma-oo-e). The meaning of the word is by no means clear. It may mean “to live,” “to subsist.” It may refer to beauty and strength, or it may have the idea of “the left hand” or “turning aside.” The word is recognized as belonging to remote Polynesian antiquity.”

She came with that name. I want to change it to Lily but Tim wants to leave it. We’ll see.
She a diluted tortie with more personality than Anthony Robbins and Robin Williams combined.