star trek!!!

so we went to see star trek on thursday, the very first showing. as i think i've implied, i'm a giganto star trek freak, so i was so excited i took along an extra pair of panties in my purse.

there was a crazy line inside the theater when we got there (an hour and a half ahead of showtime). but we were seeing it at the imax, and as long as you get there before the top section fills up, you're guaranteed to have a decent view of the screen. (that bottom section is for folks who want a neck-sprain and sensory overload, as near as i can tell.) the line had sprinklings of trekkies in full costume making me envious that i still don't have a red '60s miniskirt uniform to wear on important occasions like this. i need to make that uniform a life priority before the next movie comes out.

so how was the movie?

AWESOME!!!!!

that's right, it was totally shift-keyworthy. and i swear and promise that i actually held the shift key down for that whole word, i didn't cheat and use the caps lock or anything.

first off, of course, is the fact that i was not even born the last time star trek looked like star trek. don't get me wrong, i like some of the next generation and deep space nine stuff, and the wrath of khan is one of the best movies ever. but star trek will always be gold and blue and red uniforms to me, with miniskirt versions for the girls.

watching this movie and listening to it too, i really felt like i was in the star trek universe again. the sets and the sound effects and the music and the ships and everything just really, really works. (well, okay, i thought the engineering section in the ship was weird. but everything else -- spot on!)

the cast is excellento as well. kirk and spock are both deeelish, as is zoe saldana as uhura. but the best performance in my book was the guy from "Lord of the Rings" that they got to play Dr. McCoy. holy moley, if i was on the enterprise, i'd be faking the space flu several times a week just to go to sick bay and hear him talk!

i can't wait to go see it again, and i can't wait for the next one.

beam me up!

best feeling in the world

you know what's the best feeling in the whole world?

(no, it's not that. i have a whole other blog for that kinda thing, remember?)

the very most bestest feeling in the whole wide world is the feeling that somebody appreciates you for exactly who you really are.

so if there's somebody you really appreciate? somebody you think you know really well, who's got some really cool or different thing about them that's not like anybody else?

be sure you tell them. or find some way to show them.

because we all ought to have that feeling, at least once in a while.

and if nobody's given you that feeling recently? well, go look in the mirror and tell the person you see that you appreciate them.

because that person definitely deserves it too.

home! bliss! horror! bliss!

tra-lalalala, tra-la! i am home!

i'm here, i'm getting my stuff in order, msg is covering me in wonderful gooey affection of all kinds and i could not be happier in my wildest dreams!!!

oh. okay, i guess i would be slightly happier if we had not almost killed one of the cats with a heavy box while getting me moved in, but he's back from the vet and his leg should be fine in a few weeks and the trauma of the moment did at least let me see msg spring into action to rush the poor guy to the vet. it was kind of awful and it terrified both of us (well all three of us if you include the cat) and then i had to wait at home all alone on my move-in day - but it was also sweet to see how much he cares and what a big heart he has, and i know there's a giant place in that heart for me. plus, the cat's going to be fine, so it's all good.

when he got home and told me how much the vet stuff was going to cost, i could see the relief in his eyes even though it was a lot of money, so i poked him and said, "you better get used to shelling out, buddy, cuz i'm an expensive girl to have around!"

anyway, i'll also say that after that bit of a bad beginning, things have quickly gotten much, much better.

much.

yum!

don't let it get you down

hey you out there, if anybody's reading this - listen: whatever you've got bugging you? just tell it 'hey, too bad, i'm not letting you drag on me.'

i'm not saying your problems aren't problems, only that you're bigger than they are if you want to be.

you'll figure it out.

hang in there.

tough it out.

sooner or later, 'it' will realize you're not giving up.

then everything will be peachy.

trust me!

oh cruel misfortune

yes

no

yes

no

stop

start

stop

go

if

one

more

delay

should

show

i

think

claire is

going to blow!

you know, i expected to do some blowing in january, only i expected it to be the good kind of blowing (if you'll pardon my lewdness please)

except that now it looks like i'm not getting my move on until more like the 20th, as opposed to this week.

so it looks like you can probably just call me miss pouty-pants for the next couple of weeks, since i'm going to be doing a lot of garumphing over the situation.

not that it does me any good, since i'm not garumphing at anybody and even if i was there's not anything they could do about it.

the winds of fate have just conspired against me, that's all.

and i can't even garumph at the winds of fate, since they're, like, winds and all. and metaphoric winds besides. and also they're responsible for the whole fact that i'm getting to move in the first place which would make it pretty ungrateful of me to pout at them.

garumph.

late christmas, happy new year!

sooooo.....

it looks like i'm starting my move next week!

the trip may suck,

and i won't have much stuff at the new place,

and i haven't got even one single present yet ...

but i'm exciterrifically excited!

2009 is going to be a rockin' year.

i can tell.

skipadoodeedaloo!

i want a star trek costume

anybody know where i can get one?

and when i say i want one, i mean i want one baaaad.

and if you have to ask what kind of star trek costume i mean, then my answer has to be, "duhhhh! what other kind of star trek costume could i possibly want?"

a

red

miniskirt

swooping black collar

gold braid around the cuff

very bad for military efficiency

1960s sex-kitten star trek uniform

... with hose and boots, please!