DC Area Weekend - June 23-25, 2006

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Lorelei wrote:Anyone remember a movie about this planet where it rains every day and the sun only comes out once every 100 years or so....that's what it feels like....
There's a Ray Bradbury story called All Summer in a Day that's set on Venus. The sun comes out for an hour every seven years.

It's starting to feel like that here.
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Thanks, I always forget the name!
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Well, I took Lucimay back to Dulles this morning and she called later saying she had got on the 3ish flight out, which is good. Haven't heard from her again so I'm assuming she AT LEAST got out of NOVA.
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home. :biggrin: :faint:
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


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:letsparty: :bwave: :letsparty:
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:cheers:


edit: that was a trip
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Glad you made it home safe. :) Now stop lazing about and get those pics up! ;)

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Glad you got home ok, Luci. I assume the pics of Lorelei will be in my inbox soon? :twisted:
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goshamighty. alright alright...i'll take the film down to the developers this morning and ask them how quickly i can get them back. sheesh. :roll:
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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You could have said "Hi", you know. :biggrin:
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

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Glad you made it home, Luci.

I love that Bradbury story. I always feel so angry at the way the main character is treated by her classmates. I never heard of a movie based on it though.
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I remember seeing it as a child, in school I believe. Don't know if its available on video/DVD.

dAN: I could always take pictures of myself and email them to you. :twisted:
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Cool. I promise I won't show them to anybody but a few dozen of my closest friends.
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Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

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Just hanging out with the parents today. Couldn't hook up with Rodney as his road in Washington's Crossing NJ is flooded on either side. Apparently Easton PA was severely hit with rain and the Delaware can rise 6 inches above flood level by 6am tomorrow (they say parts of Trenton are being evacuated)-he's pretty sure his basement will be flooded (lives right next to the canal). I guess my sister is either taking me to my nephew's baseball game or the movie: An Inconvenient Truth, or both tonight. Then I (hopefully) fly home tomorrow. It's very clear here above the Geo. Washington bridge and I can see NYC quite vividly. I would have had to drive out to the Palisades Mall to meet Fist yesterday, but couldn't arrange it-he is limited by work and having 3 kids in tow, so couldn't make it down here on the train.

I'd really like to thank aliantha (and her daughters and cats) for putting me up for two nights in Arlington-very cute little house. I owe her big time: she will be showered with gifts for years to come (whether she likes it or not! :P ) and to Romeo and his wife to allow us into their beautiful home. To Luci for keeping me crazy and to Creator for helping me out at Spamalot.

Before I left my horoscope said something like great providence awaits you in travel-and it's proved true so far; I was switched from a middle seat to an aisle in Denver, given the "pimp-mobile", instead of a Focus Friday and not charged for Friday because of mistakes Enterprise made, then lucked into a Spamalot seat 4 rows from the orchestra with a major thing happening 3 seats away, the wedding bouquet landing 2 seats away on the other side and a shower of confetti, not to mention hitting NJ on the way out as a mudslide slammed the Washington beltway.

Thanks to all for a fabulous time-the weather sounds good for NYC tomorrow so hopefully I'll be able to escape any final disasters. We all went out to a semi-fancy restaurant last night to celebrate my parent's 58th!!!! Wedding anniversary! Gods that's a long time! Tam! Here I come!!! 8) 8) 8)
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Wow...58 years. I doubt I could even live that long, especially considering my ex-wife's cooking.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
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Sorry it took me so long to post. Several basements in our housing development flooded Sunday night, including ours, and our neighbors' who Younger Daughter is cat-sitting for. So we spent a fair amount of time mopping up that night.... :cry:

Anyway.... We had *such* a great time all weekend! It was great to meet Don, Danlo, Luci, Cail and Lorelei -- you guys rock! Cail, you were soooo funny Friday night (yeah, the hose!) -- wish you could've joined us for the rest of the weekend! Lorelei, you and your friend were lots of fun! Luci -- lordy, honey, who knew you were as funny in person as on the boards? Danlo, it was great getting to meet you (finally!) and you're welcome back to our house any time! (Plus you know where to send the gifts... :lol: ) Don, great to meet you, too -- Tennessee isn't *that* far away from DC and now you know all of us, so feel free to come back anytime for another monument tour when it's not, y'know, monsoon season!

Alynna, thanks for all you did to make the weekend so much fun! Romeo, thanks as always for hosting us, and especially thanks for the *extra-special* surprise. (mwahahahahahaha...) :twisted: Jay -- great to see you on Friday and Saturday, and you are gonna be soooo sorry you skipped Sunday....

Thanks to everybody in general for putting up with my kids for the weekend. Luci -- that piercing laugh of Bats'? She gets it from her dad.... :twisted: :lol: :lol:
Batustousai: Sure thing, 'Kaasan. You just keep believing that. :twisted:

We bailed out of DC around noon on Monday (we drove -- sounds like that was just about *the* only way to get out of town on Monday...) and headed for southern WV, where we've been since then. It finally quit raining here yesterday afternoon. We're not heading home 'til Friday (and hoping to find a mostly dry basement then, but I'm not holding my breath).
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Dammit! Someone tell me what happened already!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: -jay
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No matter what I try, the pics from my borrowed camera are too big to go into album. Sorry.
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sorry bud, we're sworn to secrecy. *shrug* WE TOLD YOU TO COME WITH US!! peter and i would have picked you up, but NOOOOOOO. you had to work on your THESIS. so hey...ban us all! :biggrin:
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies


i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio


a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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kevinswatch wrote:Dammit! Someone tell me what happened already!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: -jay
Remember guys, it's our secret. :twisted: ;)
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