Yesterday (Thursday) started out kinda weird, what with the unexpected gigantic snowfall that melted away within a matter of minutes. It kinda sustained its weirdness for most of the rest of the day, and not really in a good way.
Carrie was called by Devon at work. He let her know that one of their mutual friends had passed away. She was old and sick, so it wasn't like it was a surprise, but that don't make it suck any less.
In the afternoon (during split-shift break) we went to get our taxes done. I made considerably less money in 2005 than I did in 2004, but we are only getting about 10% of the tax refund. 'Tupid taxes! So that was weird. I should write about our tax guy. He's enormous. He's like one of those immobible blob-like character out of a science fiction movie behind his high-tech desk.
There was just a general air of strangeness over the whole day. Plus Carrie & I never fell like we truly woke up; we were both kinda zombie-ing through the day. Carrie in fact slept for a couple of hours after we got back from taxes. Neither one of us actually ate lunch.
When it was time for Carrie to go teach class, it started snowing again. Huge flakes bigger than quarters. It snowed for approximately 15 minutes (just enough to coat the ground pretty evenly in white), then stopped and the snow almost immediately disappeared from the ground.
While Carrie taught class I zombied around the house and did some dishes. There was nothing on the television, so I mostly would watch 5-10 minutes of a show, get bored, and turn to something else for 5-10 minutes. Repeat for a couple of hours. I did watch a good deal of the Wild Wild West movie, which is simply horrible. It's not horribly written. I put the blame squarely on Barry Sonnenfeld's head. In truth, the script does seem more suited to animation than to live action. Allow me to explain: there are many, many simply embarrasing moments in the film that arise due to the unbelievability of the reactions of characters who are viewing the events. In good (and usually stylized) animation it is much easier to suspend disbelief about things like that. But when you've got a room full of foreign dignitaries who just sit and impassively watch while Will Smith dressed in drag dances around for Kenneth Branagh... also, the editing could be called choppy and disorienting at best, and characters change attitudes and emotions seemingly arbitrarily, and often act completely different from one edit to the next.
BOO!
Anyway, Carrie came home and we had chocolates and red wine, and it was much better because the day was over.
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Wot a Weird Day
posted by Christopher at 9:29 AM 
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