let's hope its a good one without any tears. yada yada yada.

or, as BC proposed, next year, let's hope that everyone gets candy on halloween.

in other news, BC said that she and her friend Sophia played a game at school today called “People Who Died.” not to be confused with anything by Jim Carroll. one person has to lie still, and the other person is supposed to help her. which begs the question: just what does someone do to help someone who is already dead? of course, i did not ask BC this question. i didn't want to hear the answer.

well, definitely an unusual site. name that goth. it's nifty to know that BC's name counts as a goth name. woo hoo, i was ahead of my time.

the classic quote of the day from it is:

“My friend's sister is having twins; I get to name one and I've decided on Winter Agony.”

saw magnolia last night. am still a bit perplexed about the ending. the performances were amazing.

anyone got any recent films on DVD to recommend? ones that i would actually see? (that means, good dramas, good comedies, even some chick flics perhaps. no sci fi, no kung fu, nothing that requires an amped-up testosterone level.)

apparently.

as in, BC apparently learned this word from listening to me. and BC is apparently enthralled with it, as she is using it in such exciting ways as: “Apparently, mommy promised me that we'd make cupcakes.”

yesterday, while flipping around the TV, i saw the hair-band mr. big singing their one hit, to be with you from the early '90s. now it is stuck in my head.

this calls for drastic measures. i guess i am going to have to start thinking about the sanford and son theme song to get this out of my head.

from the christian science monitor.
“if you want peace, work for peace.”

tomorrow is the only weekday matinee of a show i have wanted to see for years. i have wanted to see Tell Me On A Sunday for nearly 20 years. i love the song TMOAS, and this is still part of the era of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals that doesn't annoy me. however, can i justify the cost of the tickets considering all i have spent this month? i suppose i can see whether ticketplace.org has them for 1/2 price, but even then, after service charges, they will run me about $60.

ugh. anyone?

a very surreal experience for me this morning. watching my child glow, as she really believes that santa showed up last night. i mean, what else explains the packages, the missing carrots and cookies, and the filled stocking? 😉 this is generally not the type of thing i ever expected to see, considering i am a red sea pedestrian.

BC was thrilled by her gifts, especially the music box. its astonishing how you really don't have to spend a lot of money to get a lot of delight from a small child. at least, not from mine. as for me, i got some nice gifts. perfume, an elton john concert DVD, an adorable teapot (i collect them), really lovely stuff.

tossed and turned all night, though, wondering whether BC was getting out of bed earlier than usual.

BC has a new favorite song. she says its by the “beetle cars.”

it's called “day triplet.”

between that and her punk rendition of “tie me kangaroo down, sport,” i think i should start buying depends.

well, gee whilickers. i was taking a nap this afternoon when i was awakened by a “chirp chirp chirp.” it seems that beauty, the bird of unknown lineage (is he a parakeet? who knows) is going to spend christmas in my house.

beauty is a guy bird. he was named by the 3-year-olds in miss cindy's class at BC's school. seems miss cindy forgot to see whether someone could house beauty during the holiday season. apparently, a soft-hearted BS agreed. so now we have this little blue chirping machine in our house. i felt obligated to keep him company for about a half hour, and then i decided, ah, he probably would revel in peace and quiet. i mean, if you had 10 3-year-olds talking, screaming, and sticking fingers in your cage every day, you would probably like some peace, too.