Bowling and Italian

*my feet...bowling shoes suck!

I had a really fun night tonight. Sandy and I met up with Naomi, Weezie and Zak. We decided to go to Bertucci's, as Naomi's visit has been ALL about only eating at places that are NOT in Idaho. LOL. I am hoping if things don't work out in Idaho, that she will decide to move back home. She has loads of friends here and family. I miss her so it would make me happy!LOL! So Sam and I shared Chicken Parm, but I didn't like it that much. I prefer the kind Sandy makes at home. See her favorite meal there is the Balsamic chicken, but I don't like balsamic sauce, too sweet and I hate sweet meat. My favorite meal is the Pollo Sanremo, and Sandy hates lemon sauce of any kind. So we compromised. We knew neither of us could finish a whole meal by ourselves and as we were going out after dinner, we shared. So now I know though, Wendy is not a fan of Bertucci's Chicken Parmesan. Nobody ate that much of their meal, so I still wonder why we ate first!LOL. Zak was hungry but he didn't eat that much either, so it was funny!

We decided to go duck-pin bowling, which made me and Sam happy. We are not the best at duck-pin, we just like it, but REAL bowling? I have no idea how you even release the ball correctly when you have to put your fingers in the holes. And as I did sucky tonight, it was a good thing we weren't trying something new. My best score was a 59 people, Yeah I had 0's in there, yeah I did. I probably would have chillaxed a little, but Zak (yeah and you know it Zak!) was egging me on. I just can't get the ball to go where I AIM!! Weezie is normally really good but I think the baby is throwing her balance off a bit, so when little Rexxy is born, I will have to get her to give me some pointers, because I sucked SO bad!! But I had a good time hanging with my friends and my sister, who is one of my closest friends, so I had a really good time. The first game we played we did regular. But the second game after about 4 frames, we only had 25 minutes until closing, so we did "Speed: bowling. As soon s as you throw the ball, you run back for another and then another, until your 3 turns are done. It was quite comical at times! Weezie, I don't know HOW, did amazing, she kept on only having to bowl twice because she would hit the pins all down. It was so cool! It was after 11 when we got back to their parents house and said our goodnights. I wish we could have hung out more. Naomi leaves Monday morning, so except for seeing her at church on Sunday, this was it!! And a lot has been going on...in her life at least and I would have loved to just sit on the couches and talk. I wish we could have sat and talked more about Rexxy too. It just wasn't enough time! Agghh!! So I need to get my act together and make plans with Weezie and Zak more, and this would be why I wish Nao would move home too! I miss my friends!

Sandy and I stopped at McD's and got sundaes on our way home. I was so hot after "speed" bowling. And then I was thirsty so we stopped at Food Bag and got a water.

Then we went home and I am now on the semi-recovered laptop. My Dad nuked it, but then it's gigs were all used up, I found out my itunes music went to 2 places on my C drive so now I have 30 gb free, and he will add all my programs, so half done! And (knock on wood) so far my dvd/cd drive is working!! Yay!! Here are some pics from tonight. I don't have my Paint Shop Pro yet so I can't fix red-eye!! Sad! Here this is Naomi showing you what "speed" bowling IS:

Games Galore and The Beginning Sucks

Well I watched "Vacancy 2: The First Cut" and not only did it suck, was too scream-filled, etc., but it made NO sense. I mean, this was supposed to be a prequel to Vacancy, which was a Make You Jump Out of Your Seat Thriller/Horror starring Owen Wilson and Kate Beckinsdale. So, it should have explained how these sickos came to be spying on couples, transitioning into scaring and killing couples, then into them building this elaborate maze of ways INTO Room 6, the only actual real hotel (well disgusting hotel room) room now on the premises, because they rest are either unusable, or being used as ways for these 3 psychos to spy or get into the room. And there wasn't even a mention of building underground tunnels or connecting to the garage down the road where the owner "directs" couples to the hotel, because he is one of the psychos. This made NO sense, it was SOOOOO bad and sucked BIG time.

Then I found out Sandy had bought an array of "cheaper" games for the DS. She had me try out the Garfield game, and if it was as difficult for me, as it was for her, she is returning it. Now I got to Odie in Level 1 like 6 times, but get Odie AND Garfield UP to where the keys were? Impossible (and I say this with a big fat thick fake French accent)! And just when I finally DID it, Garfield dies (he loses energy SO fast, it is sick) and it just pisses me off! If you can't even get past the first level, after an hour, Ughhh!! Forget it! She is returning it.

I played an array of word puzzles on one game. It will be good for trips. Crossword, Word Find, Sudoku, etc. I played Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. Am I? Most certainly NOT. I tried out Left Brain, Right Brain 2, assuming it was going to be about using your brain. Ummm, it really isn't really. It is about getting more ambidextrous, which is interesting, but not the brain excercises I was looking forward too. I mean, it should NOT be called the title it is, because it is very misleading. Fun, but misleading. And you always start a new challenge first with your good hand, so by the time you GET to your bad hand, NOW you know what you are doing, so I think NATURALLY you will do just as good, if not better, with your bad hand. You finally GET it! I also tried the UNO, SKIP-BO,etc game. I played like 8 hands of UNO, an all time fave game, and first, they SO play by other rules I wasn't taught, and second, I NEVER won...that's when it died, the DS, I mean, it was in need of charging. Agghhh!! I wanted to win just once tonight! I didn't get to attempt the pure crossword puzzle one, but that's okay, I have never done well at them. I can start them, but usually never finish them.

Now I am about to watch Saw V. I know, the last 2 did not even make SENSE. The first two had a flow (bloody for sure, I had to fast forward SO much...why do you think I wait for them on dvd?!! Too much even for ME!), the next two just got...huh?...but it is like a compulsion, I HAVE to know how it either ends, or how they make it even MORE confusing. And how can Tobin Bell even be in this? His dead body was real at the beginning of the last so I dunno...maybe it is a Tobin face (and I mean FACE) mask. You know how sick HE was, and his first protege? Ugghh so gross and even crueler. Jigsaw actually DID give you an escape, how gross and painful or evil it might be. Amanda just wanted you to THINK there was a way out and then BAM, you die painfully anyway. *shivers* I will be holding the remote now to fast forward the bloodiness. I hope it finally comes to an end. This is too much even for me!

P.S. Part of the reason I need to see it also? Scott Patterson!! Luke from Gilmore Girls! I am a fan, so complusion and fandom = Wendy being scared witless. And me a fan of horror am scared. You guys who are scared of even thrillers? STAY AWAY!!!! I gotta get Max to lie near me....scarrrrrreeeeedddddd.

Snow, Mario and Jensen

Okay I DON'T feel like this today, even with the bit of trouble I had sleeping last night, I only got a solid 7 hours and I need SO much more to feel normalish and am still trying to catch up, but the fact that I slept after all that time, makes me feel like I am NOT squished roadkill today!!

There is a big Nor'Easter over CT today, started around 3, and is supposed to keep through the night and not stop until around noon. 8 inches some guys say, a foot others say. So far, not near a foot, but it has 8 hours to go. Gina, Katies' BFF from Bellydance, and who I adore, was over until midnight. They spent a lot of time looking at bellydance costumes online, etc. But then Gina got to talking about something I have joked to Katie about too, although I too, was kinda serious. Katie belongs on What Not to Wear. She insists on wearing coats that were mine or Sam's when we were BIGGER, so on her size 10/12 body she looks ridiculous. So Gina did it...at our house...and I let her put my name on it too. Now I feel awful and guilty, but Katie has been entered into the What Not to Wear shuffle. IF she actually got picked, I would SOOOO go to her closet and steal the nice clothes out so they didn't get rid of the good stuff. Stacey hates stuff that has spandex or stretchy fabric, I LOVE it and it looks good on Kate so I will so hide stuff. And lie if asked, I shall feel no guilt. They may give you 5k, but they make you shop at PRICEY stores and some of the stuff she has was pricey or not hers to begin with. SO THERE TLC! It would be so weird if she got picked though. Oy. Katie read Gina's entry email she wrote and it was funny (the what she tends to wear parts) but so sweet too, she just showcased all of Katie's great friend qualities, it was so sweet!

And guess what? I swear she will just bring it back and then I will go all withdrawl-ey again. Sam bought another Nintendo DS. This time she bought just the Mario game (if you take the 37 she spent the first time she bought it, subtract the 12 that she got back for it 4 hours later, and add the 35 she spent on it today, she bought that sucker for 60 bucks!) and let me play it, it is WAY harder than when Mike DID have a Gameboy, I mean the FIRST gameboy people, grey and the screen is black and grey. Mario was way easier then. It took me hours to get to World 2 Level 5. And you can't just SAVE your game, it only lets you do that is some places, so I had to replay levels so many times and died at least 75 times along the way. I want her to try that whole for $15.95 a month you can have any game for as long as you want and send it back and get another game,etc, but she says too pricey. My brain is going, that's be like 4 Mario priced games, if she did it for a year. I NEED to find a place that rents DS games in person. Then I can RENT them myself and try out games and then....urrghh I am addicted after a few hours. She is just gonna return it again I swear and I will be all sad again. I NEED a place that I can GO to that rents!! Ayayay!

I think my body is getting used to the Lamictal better. I am up to 4 pills a day and only had 2 days of bad or no sleep, so hopefully as I progress up to 8 a day it will continue to (my body) get used to the Lamictal and stop keeping me awake. Otherwise I know I will not be able to stay on it. Up for 30+ hours at a time cannot be good for the depression and mood swings the drug is supposed to BE helping. That is why I really hope I get used to this one, I really want to see if it helps.

Ohh I just saw another commercial for My Bloody Valentine 3-D and I want to see it so bad! First, a 3-D horror movie, sounds fascinating. But the BIG draw? Jensen Ackles!! I LOVE him! We are even the same age and he is SINGLE! Wendy Ackles sounds nice dontcha think?! Ahhhh Jensen my LOVE! You are SO hot! And that smile! I have loved Jensen forever. I watched him as Eric Brady on Days of our Lives (forever ago), I watched him as Alec on Dark Angel, and now Supernatural!! LOVE that show, and yes a HUGE part of it is HIM, why I love this show. Yes I love the concept, story lines, people, etc. but Jensen, well LOOK AT HIM. If you have nothing nice to say though, be careful, I will Defend The Jensen!:)