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Back from upper upper upper Malibu, which is what how the airport shuttle classifies my mother and Andy’s zipcode.
Walks on the beach: 10
Hot tub and pool visits: five
Scrabble games: two. I won the first and dismally lost the second--mom got two seven letter words.
Movies viewed on ridiculously large HDtv: two--Napoleon Dynamite (it was funny, but I wasn’t as thrilled as some folks seem to have been) and Onmiyoji II (magic, demons, and Japanese folklore, what’s not to like?).
Celebrity sightings: one. Actually a celebrity hot tubbing. John Savage was sitting on a lounge chair by the hot tub on his cell phone one evening when we went out there and then he joined us. I have lounged in hot water with John Savage. He was most personable, talking with Andy about the environment and the ocean and all the pollution and how wrong wrong wrong it is; complimenting my sister and I on our smiles; and telling us about the movie he was about to head to Tennessee to start filming, a (paraphrasing) dark grifter caper with really good twists.
Chores done for out-of-commission mom: endless. Laundry, kitchen cleaning, food prep, bathroom cleaning…
Books read: one. Mom had the Harry Potter, so I read that while I was there. It was good; possibly the best one yet.
Fogs that rolled in and sat pretty in the canyons: four
Wilflife sightings: two cats, seagulls and sandpipers galore; one flight of pelicans; one hurt-foot seagull hanging out on the seawall; no seals this time, though I did hear one barking down on the beach early one morning.
Birthday booty: a new (well, factory refurbished) stereo receiver (hurrah!) and a digi cam upgrade via hand-me-down of Andy’s old one, a little Sony 6.0 mega pixel, which is way better than my current, now previous, cheapola digi.
Pictures taken: many, and they will be posted tomorrow-ish.
Lj posts missed: a gazillion. I will read and comment as I can.
Walks on the beach: 10
Hot tub and pool visits: five
Scrabble games: two. I won the first and dismally lost the second--mom got two seven letter words.
Movies viewed on ridiculously large HDtv: two--Napoleon Dynamite (it was funny, but I wasn’t as thrilled as some folks seem to have been) and Onmiyoji II (magic, demons, and Japanese folklore, what’s not to like?).
Celebrity sightings: one. Actually a celebrity hot tubbing. John Savage was sitting on a lounge chair by the hot tub on his cell phone one evening when we went out there and then he joined us. I have lounged in hot water with John Savage. He was most personable, talking with Andy about the environment and the ocean and all the pollution and how wrong wrong wrong it is; complimenting my sister and I on our smiles; and telling us about the movie he was about to head to Tennessee to start filming, a (paraphrasing) dark grifter caper with really good twists.
Chores done for out-of-commission mom: endless. Laundry, kitchen cleaning, food prep, bathroom cleaning…
Books read: one. Mom had the Harry Potter, so I read that while I was there. It was good; possibly the best one yet.
Fogs that rolled in and sat pretty in the canyons: four
Wilflife sightings: two cats, seagulls and sandpipers galore; one flight of pelicans; one hurt-foot seagull hanging out on the seawall; no seals this time, though I did hear one barking down on the beach early one morning.
Birthday booty: a new (well, factory refurbished) stereo receiver (hurrah!) and a digi cam upgrade via hand-me-down of Andy’s old one, a little Sony 6.0 mega pixel, which is way better than my current, now previous, cheapola digi.
Pictures taken: many, and they will be posted tomorrow-ish.
Lj posts missed: a gazillion. I will read and comment as I can.
