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Got a letter from my cousin Ryan today in United Arab Emirates. Reminded me that one of the fun parts of having friends and family all over the place is getting mail with really cool postmarks from all over the place. Just looking at return addresses is an exercise for the imagination sometimes. Of course, this doesn't outweigh the non-funness of living far away from those same friends and family.

Watched the movie Shall We Dance tonight. It was good; a nice look at being yourself and being honest with yourself and with others; with not being afraid to want to change things about your life. I even liked Richard Gere, and I don't always like Richard Gere. :)

Happy weekend!

I'm searching...

...for a game (not a board game; an active game) that can be played in a large group and with adults and children both. Any suggestions???

Bill's Hot Dogs

This past weekend Jeremy and I and several friends from church (Glen, Camille, Jeanette, Matt, Nicole and Jenny) went to Elizabeth City, NC to sing at a Gospel Rally being held at Roanoke Bible College. They'd asked us to sing a few accapella songs as special music. It was a really, really fun and relaxing couple of days. As Nicole put it, we got to leave town, sleep late, eat junk food, watch sports (March Madness, anyone?), play cards, and sing....and do it all with friends. All in all, a great time. And we rode in the church van which gave us all flashbacks to high school and college.

Since then, I have managed to get some kind of mild stomach bug, but it appears to be the short-lived kind, thank goodness. I don't do well subsisting on nothing but applesauce and saltines.

Entertainment, etc.

Yay Amazing Race!!!!!! I have to say, for anyone watching this newest installment, that I really, really hope that Eric and Jeremy are the next to go because their disgusting comments toward the girls (and all women actually) are getting very, very old. Enough with the frat boy personnas.

Watched a couple of movies this week/weekend. Shaun of the Dead, and Flightplan. Yes, I realize how totally different these movies are. Flightplan was very suspenseful, I thought, and well-done. I like Jodi Foster as well as Sean Bean and neither dissapointed me.
Shaun of the Dead was.....hilarious in a bizarre, twisted kind of way. I wasn't planning on watching it, not being a fan of zombie movies at all, but this isn't your typical zombie movie. I would discribe it as a British movie about clueless, slacker, 20-something guys and their relationships with girls, their parents and each other. With zombies. Flesh-eating zombies.

Anyway. Tonight it's either Cinderella Man or Walk the Line (I know, I know...I'm terribly behind).

Later.