OK,

I am back. Man...that was so nice. I spent the evening talking to my friend and playing Cricket, something I’ve never played in my life. (I usually play 301 when I play darts.) And what a nice time. I was so surprised to see this guy...I was just thinking about him the other day.

Ah. You never know when something nice is going to happen, do you? I was just minding my own business, going to the store and there he was, following me until I thought I should lead him to the police department. I’m glad he honked his horn when he did because I was about to turn the corner and put the petal to the metal.

Such a lovely surprise, he is the first guy that I went out with after Vex left, but for one reason or another, we stopped speaking. He’s the one who got me the Lord of the Ring’s trilogy. I’ve seen him a couple of times out and about...but this is the first time that I’ve really seen him since last year.

So...it’s officially my birthday and I have been officially pleased.

Earlier tonight, I watched Ocean’s 12 with my son. I was kind of disappointed. Of course, I had just seen the original Ocean’s 11 (the one with the Rat Pack.) so maybe my standards were set a little bit higher than they ordinarily would have been. The 60’s porno-movie music was so loud and booming that a piece of butterscotch candy that had been on my television for days hopped across the top of the TV and finally fell on the floor. With all the stars that were in that movie, you'd think they could have spent a few bucks on a writer.

Every so often, I come back and read what I’ve written and it’s so disjointed that even I wouldn’t know what I was trying to say if I hadn’t written it myself. Well, this movie was like that. I couldn’t follow the plot and it had twists and turns that nobody could have seen coming. I’m still not exactly sure what the hell happened.

And did they take their time confusing me! What a long movie that was...and to have to watch Brad Pitt over-acting like that was too much. They tried so hard to keep the 60’s feel to the movie but it didn’t belong there so that was just weird.

I never understood why movie people make movies that end in some off the wall way that you couldn’t have POSSIBLY seen coming. The Sixth Sense was good, I didn’t see that coming...but I should have. I even knew that there WAS something to “figure out”... but I never did figure it out until that wedding ring fell. I was shocked and I was even scared...something that most movies cannot do anymore.

Vex and I rented Carrie once because we wanted to see a scary movie. It scared us in the 70’s, but in the early 90’s, it just made us laugh. The only other movie to freak me out in years was one called Demon Wind. I’m not sure if it was the movie...or the fact that a strange dog walked into my living room at a freaky part. (That dog had walked in through the screen door, went around the house and came in the living room from a place where no one should have been. That was really funny...looking back. At the time, it was just freaky.)

Well, anyway, I feel like I’ve already had enough for my birthday and I’m only a couple of hours into it! By the way, I'm sorry about the comments...I haven't had time to figure out what I did wrong...but I'll try again tomorrow (or later on today!)

Have a good morning and I’ll see you soon!

Meg