I drove to Richmond yesterday to hang out with my friend Clint. Clint is marrying Sally Ann this June, and I am the Best Man in the wedding. With that come certain duties, of course, like preparing the wedding invitations.
But before we got around to stuffing envelopes, Clint and I went to his friend Joe’s apartment to watch The Departed on Joe’s enormous 65-inch HDTV. I liked the movie. For the first time, I thought Leonardo DiCaprio did a good job. And the story was good, too.
After the movie we went to Sally Ann’s family’s house to take care of those envelopes. I hope I didn’t give my germs to anyone else present (or to anyone who gets an invitation).
And one more good thing came out of the trip: I received a recipe for some delicious chocolate covered oreo balls that I had at Clint and Sally Ann’s engagement party a few weeks ago. Mmmmm.
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.
This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
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hey,
I saw your newly added bridge-building competition photos, and is in times like those that I wish you used flickr. So I could leave a good nerd comment on one of them.
You can leave comments on Picasa. There is a comment box right below the photos. I’ve had four already!