I take back what I said about Ted Levine not being entirely recognizable as Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs while portraying Capt. Leland Stottlemeyer in "Monk."

It turns out that in the earlier years of the show, when his hair was darker and shorter, and his mustache significantly smaller...he is very much Buffalo Bill.

Eww.

I will still watch the episode, of course, but I never really liked the early seasons anyway. And Natalie is ten times better than Sharona (she was so annoying and kind of mean).

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In other news: I just took my Geography exam, so I'm done with that class FOREVER. Sweet.

And grades will be posted later TONIGHT. Double sweet.

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It's my Mom's birthday today. She turned 60. Whoa.

Additionally, I was the first of her children to call and wish her a "happy birthday" so I think I get a gold star for that.

Also, this weekend, she's coming out to Orlando (most likely with my aunt Judy) so we can go to a Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art. I'd say "I'm taking her to the museum for her birthday" but that would imply that I'll be paying, and I seriously doubt she'll let me pay for myself, let alone for her.

But it should be a good time. We might even be heading to Downtown Disney afterward for some shopping.

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I am TOTALLY craving some Pizza Hut. That greasy, yet crispy pan pizza crust is sounding soooo good.

Methinks I'll be ordering some delivery for dinner.

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Tomorrow, I'm going shopping after class. I am in desperate need of new bras. Good thing I got a $100 Victoria's Secret gift card for Christmas.

I might also look for something new to wear to my cousin's wedding. I'm thinking of sporting the sweater and pants look...it's going to be cold and I really don't like dresses unless they are princess-y and I can't wear a princess-y dress to a wedding that isn't mine. Can't show up the bride and all that. I'll probably wear heels and hose, though, so that's something.

Florida Mall, here I come!

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I think that's all I've got.

Time never stops. It's odd really. No matter what you do, time will keep going. The strangest part is that time is an arbitrary creation...but anyway.


The birthday ended up being pretty good. I got many birthday wishes via facebook, email, phone call, text message, and even snail mail. After I posted yesterday, my lovely and sweetheart of a roommate, Jane, brought home a cookies 'n' cream ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins, a Mickey Mouse mylar balloon, and a can of silly string, with which she bombarded me.

After that, I dragged her to go see Wristcutters: A Love Story with me. It was pretty good. Definitely a different premise, though the concept was essentially as classic as you can get--a journey (in this case, a roadtrip). Patrick Fugit was good, though, and Shannyn Sossamon was excellent.

A little later, Colleen got home and heard from Jane that Anna had seen Chris from NSYNC at Clubhouse, the sports bar where Anna works. Colleen freaked out a little and begged me to go with her, so we ventured downtown. We did end up seeing Chris while he was leaving Clubhouse...we passed him in the street. Clearly, we didn't say anything, but Colleen is convinced that she creeped him out by staring at him with a silly grin on her face. We met up with Anna and since she was done working, the three of us headed back to our part of Orlando and hung out at TGI Friday's for about an hour. It's was pretty dead...being 12:30am on a Monday, but they ordered the birthday brownie thing, and I had a couple drinks and in the end, Anna and Colleen paid for everything.

Overall, a very decent day and night.


Today, I had my Women in Film group presentation (the one for which we used Mean Girls), and it went surprisingly better than I had imagined. We still only spoke for less than a minute each, but my professor never dictated for how long we needed to talk, only that the entire presentation with film clip needed to be between 5 and 10 minutes. It was a super easy project, but I'm still a little concerned because it's worth 50% of my final grade. I think we did well though.

So I'm feeling significantly better than I did before that was over. I do have another Anthropology exam on Thursday morning, and a Chemistry test next Tuesday. I also have Veterans Day off on Monday, though, so I'll be going back to Spring Hill for a long weekend. Emily has already enticed me with fajitas and lasagna dinners and I have a plan to wash/clean my car, inside and out.

Lots to get done, but I'm not too stressed. Plus, after next Tuesday, I'm done with exams until December. Sweet.


As a final totally awesome note, Jurassic Park is on AMC. I love it. I love Jeff Goldblum.

John Hammond: All major theme parks have had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked, nothing.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: But, John. But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

Dr. Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs...
Dr. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth...

And a non-Malcolm quote, but awesome nonetheless...

[Tim is playing with night-vision goggles]
Gennaro: Hey, where'd you find that?
Tim: In a box under my seat.
Gennaro: Are they heavy?
Tim: Yeah.
Gennaro: Then they're expensive, put 'em back.

*giggle*

I think USA is honoring me today by airing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Granted, it's been on every couple weeks since the summer...but it's on TODAY. So yes. It's for me.

So far no big plans for the rest of today. Two of the roommies are working, so if I get dragged out, it will be much later. A nice dinner will most likely not happen. Possibly a trip to TGI Fridays (because I love it), which is open until 2am. Classes in the morning will suck.


Also...awesome people who share my birthday:
- Vivian Leigh (Scarlet O'Hara herself)
- Ike Turner (okay...not so awesome)
- Art Garfunkel
- Sam Shepard (writer and actor, and he was born in Fort Sheridan, IL)
- Herman's Hermits' Peter Noone
- Bryan Adams
- Tilda Swinton
- Tatum O'Neal
- Famke Janssen
- Sam Rockwell
- Judy Reyes (Carla on "Scrubs")

Dudes!

Did you know that referring to people by the term "guy" or "guys" became popular because of Guy Fawkes? Not just a traitorous rebel, but a trendsetter. Well done, Mr. Fawkes.


(PS - tomorrow is Guy Fawkes Day (or Night). Which means it's also something even cooler...)

Ha!


I just got an email from Amazon.ca (the Canadian Amazon...I'm on their mailing list after buying a copy of the first Harry Potter in French).

The subject line was: "Treat Yourself This Thanksgiving"

Because in Canada, Thanksgiving is in October.


Crazy Canadians.


Also, it's my nephew Michael's 14th birthday and my niece Samantha's 1st birthday today. And they are both very far away.