all for knot
I am brimming with excitement because after nearly ten years I am finally getting new glasses! I went to the eye doctor on Saturday and ordered new contacts, which I am also in dire need of since I had been in my last pair for way too long and they were all cruddy. I also picked out a cheap-ish pair of frames that will house new lenses that are actually my current prescription. And I promise not to fall asleep in them this time, since that was part of the downfall of my current pair, seen here in a rather bizarre picture of me eating birthday cake with my hands while dressed as Carrie at a Halloween party in an abandoned store in the South Side in 2000:
That’s just how I roll sometimes. Those glasses were something of a trademark of mine and I heard howls of protest from both the husband and our friend Jwan when I announced that they needed to be retired. But, the new glasses are very similar. Fear not.
I’m excited at the prospect of actually being able to wear glasses from time to time since my old ones were only good for seeing me from the bathroom to my bed without walking into walls.
I also had my massage on Saturday and I told the masseuse about my problems with sleeping weird and waking up immobile. When she initially ran her hand down the left side of my back, she said, “Ew.” She found and worked on nine knots and strongly suggested that I buy a new pillow. I repaid her good advice by drooling on her shoes through the face hole thingy.
The baby spent the night with my mom and the husband and I went to see Choke. It was only alright. Palahniuk’s novels are, I imagine, a tough thing to translate to the screen and Clark Gregg just didn’t…get it. Plus, there’s a lot of stuff going on in that book and he tried to fit all of it in and just present it as it is. It didn’t work.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I hate it and really wish we had just waited until it was on DVD. We should have gone to see Blindness, but that’s another book that I love and if they fuck that up, too, I may go ballistic.
But to remedy that, the husband and I are going to see the premiere of Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Kevin Smith is doing a special screening at The Oaks and I’m really excited about this new movie.
To veer off into another direction in this already scattered post, I am very happy that the Steelers won but these late Sunday night games are totally messing up the one night that I have shows to watch. True Blood, Entourage, Californication, and Mad Men are all on Sundays and I missed all of them to watch the Steelers. I recorded them, of course, but I hate waiting. I need to know the latest on Betty and Don and I want to hear more about Joan and her fiance! God!
October 6th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Jwan and I are going to the screening of Zach and Miri too. I cannot wait.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
sweet!
October 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Hi… I’ve been reading your blog for about a month, actually found it through Sweetney’s, and when she mentioned Pittsburgh (where I live), I couldn’t help myself. Don’t really read any other local blogs…. And then today, you mention “Jwan”, and I think – hey, I know a Jwan… that’s weird, how many are out there? And then I see a comment left by Karen, and realize that you know people I know…. sorry, this is long, and maybe creepy, but it’s so strange to me, to read about someone through such an impersonal tool as the internet, and realize that somehow we have a connection. (And… really like your writing…) 🙂
October 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
ha! Pittsburgh is so tiny. How do you know Karen and Jwan? thanks for reading, by the way!
October 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Met them through a mutual friend, and now they live 4 blocks away and we share veggies through our CSA. Pgh is tiny, but in a lovely way… at least in my opinion (but I’m not from here, so I guess my perspective is not always the same as ‘burghers.).
October 6th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
ah, cool, cool. they’re good people. some of my favorites, actually. 😉
I’ve lived in Pittsburgh all of my life and I really love the tininess of it.
October 6th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Hi Becky!!!!
October 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
i liked the book(choke) but it seams i read it like 7-8 years ago and can’t remember much. thanks for the review, will mos def rent.
Kevin smith directed the porno movie thing??
October 6th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
same here on choke. may need to re-read it.
yes, the porno movie is the newest Kevin Smith and was filmed in Pittsburgh. check out the trailer. it looks hilarious and Iron City looks to be prominently featured!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OssgMY_mkMc
October 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Where did you go for your massage? I’m dyin’ over here.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I went to Massage Envy in Squirrel Hill (http://www.massageenvy.com/). It’s a pretty good deal: $39 for a 1-hour massage.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Looking forward to seeing you in glasses again!
October 7th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I too need glasses in the worst freaking way. I can’t wait to pick out my frames. First timer here and hola
October 8th, 2008 at 11:06 am
hola!