Happy Birthday, USA; and thank you, Founding Fathers for 232 years.
What an awesome Independence Day, even though the pie crust was a pain in the neck. It was really crumbly, but Denise said that must be because of the humidity.
Anyway, it was a wonderful day because my good friend Becky came over for most of the day, and along with putting up with me griping about the stupid pie crust, watched MONK with me, and played games and talked! She also gave me a suggestion about the crust that made it sort of do-able. What an awesome friend!
So, people came over at 5, and then we ate a lot of tacos. Beef, beans, cheese, lettuce, sour creme, salsa, olives, tomatoes, onions... sigh of contentment... After a marathon game of Apples to Apples, in which I was described by 16 different adjectives, we ate apple pie and a patriotic colored fruit custard and watched an impressive show of fireworks from my front lawn. Many people in my neighborhood shoot off huge fireworks for about two hours straight. There were at least five different "shows" going on around us. We sat in chairs under the flag on my house and cheered for the big ones. And I did see a little heliotrope.
Until Next Time,
Jp
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Food and Thoughts
Since we get paid for a full day tomorrow, we've only had 8 hour days this week... which is a lot more fun than 9 hour days... and since I've worked extra, I only have 6 1/2 to finish today!
Then I have to mix up some pie crust so it will be chilled for tomorrow's baking! There's nothing quite as good as good ol' Apple Pie on the Fourth of July. Hoo-rah for being American!
Just watched The Philadelphia Story last night for the first time. My family's not really a Katherine Hepburn fan, but she was pretty good in this one. Also, Cary Grant starred, in a role that was so similar to My Gal Friday, it was scary, but of course, well acted. The real reason for getting this one, thank you Netflix, was Jimmy Stewart. And like always, he was excellent. I don't think I ever remember him doing a drunk scene before, and the one he did in this one was great. I was watching for him to do that over the top drunkenness that's so common in movies, but he did it with a reservedness that made it really believable. Meg said that they gave him an Oscar for this performance because they messed up and didn't give him one for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where it was deserved like none other. Yeah, I hate the Oscars; they usually screw it up. One thing I really appreciated about Philadelphia Story, was an interesting and well written screenplay. It's really a shame that dialogue today is usually so terrible. It's like screenwriters have forgotten how people actually talk.
A Jimmy Stewart movie that I really want to see is Carbine Williams, from the 1950's. Unfortunately, Netfilx doesn't have it and neither does anybody else, that I could find. Boo.
Until Next Time,
Jp
Then I have to mix up some pie crust so it will be chilled for tomorrow's baking! There's nothing quite as good as good ol' Apple Pie on the Fourth of July. Hoo-rah for being American!
Just watched The Philadelphia Story last night for the first time. My family's not really a Katherine Hepburn fan, but she was pretty good in this one. Also, Cary Grant starred, in a role that was so similar to My Gal Friday, it was scary, but of course, well acted. The real reason for getting this one, thank you Netflix, was Jimmy Stewart. And like always, he was excellent. I don't think I ever remember him doing a drunk scene before, and the one he did in this one was great. I was watching for him to do that over the top drunkenness that's so common in movies, but he did it with a reservedness that made it really believable. Meg said that they gave him an Oscar for this performance because they messed up and didn't give him one for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where it was deserved like none other. Yeah, I hate the Oscars; they usually screw it up. One thing I really appreciated about Philadelphia Story, was an interesting and well written screenplay. It's really a shame that dialogue today is usually so terrible. It's like screenwriters have forgotten how people actually talk.
A Jimmy Stewart movie that I really want to see is Carbine Williams, from the 1950's. Unfortunately, Netfilx doesn't have it and neither does anybody else, that I could find. Boo.
Until Next Time,
Jp
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