Movie night

Occasionally I get on a classic movie kick to catch up on all those movies I really should have seen by now.  Last night = Oklahoma!  The exclamation point is apparently part of the title.  :)  It was so fun!  Lots of good sing-a-longs and great dance sequences.  But...what kind of an ending was that?!?  Since Oklahoma! should be well-past watched on most people's lists, I'm going to type some specifics about the end, but just in case you haven't seen it yet and don't want to read about the ending, here's your final SPOILER ALERT!  Here's my issue:  how does Laurey just traipse off on her honeymoon so calmly the day after Judd was killed by her fiance (okay, it was kind of an accident, and Curly obviously didn't TRY to kill him, but still)!  I found it to be a little bit disturbing.  I mean, she's the one who accepted his offer to take her to the dance!  I don't like to use the term "she led him on", but she kind of did!  I'm not saying Judd was a nice guy, but I found it a little abrupt for an ending.  I guess that's just life on the frontier for you.

After the movie was over, I went to the menu on the DVD and they had a sing-a-long option...so I did.  :)

2000 Miles

...is the name of a Coldplay song - okay, actually it's a cover of a song by The Pretenders, but I ADORE the Coldplay version obviously.  I suppose it's only obvious if you know that I am a Coldplay fanatic.  I LOVE THEM!  The first time I heard them was in the summer of 2000.  I was in London doing my humanities project, and I became great friends with this other young woman from WPI (Heather).  She and I had just finished our big papers and we had a free day.  We went to visit one of the other kids in his flat, and he was watching the Glastonbury festival on TV and this "new band", Coldplay, was up next.  Heather and I were instantly hooked and found our chance to bring back some authentic Brit music back to the US with us.  Little did we know what a HUGE hit they would be!

Anyway, I heard this song, 2000 Miles, on Coldplay's website two years ago during Christmas break, and my soon-to-be brother-in-law saw how much I liked it and found me a copy!  I had some computer issues for a while (it got fried in a lightening storm...seriously) and so I couldn't actually download it, and then all of a sudden today, it came to me - I CAN LISTEN TO IT NOW!  So here I am, just chillin to Coldplay.

I love music.  I can easily just get lost in a beautiful orchestral arrangement, or sad lyrics, or a memory I'm reminded of by a song, and it's wonderful.  Something about it just tugs at my heart strings, and tears (happy or sad!) just start to trickle.  Ahhhh, I love it.  :)  Up next on the playlist - Bon Iver, Bon Iver.  I am still in love with For Emma, Forever Ago, (Wolves is a good one on that album) but I'm ready to learn to love another album!

PS - I don't care that 2000 Miles is technically a Christmas song, I'm still gonna play it again right now.  : p

Tired

So, I'm not the quickest waker-upper, but man, this morning was TOUGH!  My body just felt so heavy.  It was so hard for me to physically sit-up!  I didn't even stay out late this weekend, and got a full 8-9 hours Friday and Saturday nights.  After I finally dragged myself into a vertical position, it took me almost 2 hours to shower, dress, eat, and pack a lunch...ugh.  Then at work, I prepared for a meeting with data that was barely even analyzed, and the first statement out of my mouth was incorrect and my boss promptly corrected me in front of everyone.  Ugh.  It's sometimes so hard for me to get out of those slumps.  After that meeting, I contemplated for a minute the idea of just telling my boss I was taking the rest of the day off sick!  I just felt so tired and ignorant and didn't think I could keep going.  This was at 11am.  :p  Oh yeah, and on the drive in to work, my "check engine" light came on.  Ugh ugh ugh.  Good thing I have a trusted mechanic!

Normally, I'm a pretty energetic person, but I felt like such a slug today.  I'm going to finish this tea, head for bed, and pray for more strength tomorrow!

Fill in the Blank Friday!

Another whirlwind week, whew!  Yay for Friday nights at home chillin' in my apartment.  It's so nice not to have somewhere to be once in a while.  :)

1.  Something that is very near and dear to my heart is,   my family, especially my 4 younger sisters.  I've been missing them a ton lately, and I'm looking forward to seeing them sooooon!

2.      Having fabulous coworkers   is good cause to celebrate .

3.  The most fun I ever had was     my trip to Paris with my mom two years ago!  What an amazing time we had.  I love just flipping through her pictures every once in a while because they are so beautiful and just captured our joy and the beauty of that city so well.  Perfect example to the left!

4.  True friends are   the ones who call you in the middle of the work day.  Thanks, Beka, it was perfect timing!

5. Something that makes me terribly happy is       being goofy and laughing with my family.  My dad loves slapstick humor, and sometimes I pretend not to like it, but I'm just trying to hold back my laughs at his cheesy jokes.  :)

6. A good way to spend a sunny day is     walking to Harvard Square, grabbing an iced coffee at Crema Cafe, and heading to my favorite little tree-lined grassy island for an hour with my book of the moment - right now, it's The Devil in the White City.

7.  My favorite celebratory food is   ice cream!  I'm not usually a huge sweets person, but I do love an ice cream cake celebration.

Props to The Little Things We Do for another great fill-in-the-blank.

New church family

Today was the second and last official commissioning service for my new church family - Highrock Quincy.  Our parent church, Highrock (in Arlington) sent out a group of 44 members about 4 years ago to plant a new church in the Brookline community.  Then this year, they're sending out a group of members to the North Shore (Salem) and another 30-ish members to Quincy.  The Arlington church had a commissioning service last Sunday, April 29th.  It was a great service and quite emotional for many members who have been in Arlington for several years.  I haven't grown such deep roots at this particular church since I only became truly involved this year, but it was still a little sad to think I won't be going back to that particular church any more.  I know it's just a physical building that we call a church, but I'm sentimental.  :)  I am very excited to be helping start something new in Quincy though!

So today, the Brookline church sent out 20-ish of their members to join us, and those of us who got the boot already from Arlington attended the service with them.  It's really exciting and a little daunting to know that this is it - no going back now!  I really want to grow deeper in my faith through this and also to just serve God and people more.  We'll see where He leads!