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Three Things Thursday

1.  My car was fine from the storm.  Evidently the Piper Palm House and the Green house behind it was not 🙁   Those were some scary storms yesterday and I’m glad that it seems the biggest issue was hail damage.

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2.  Today feels like Friday.  I think it’s because I didn’t teach in the morning and then I had my workout with Mike.  Usually that’s what I do on Friday.  Thursday is the new Friday.

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(It’s not actually, because tomorrow I also have teaching.  But still.  Feels like it.)

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3.  I wanted to share this fantastic video with my blog readers.  I shared it already on my facebook page.  It’s one of the greatest musical experiences I had all week.

Legend of Zelda melody for a cappella voices and violin

That’s it for now, dear readers!  I must teach violin at this time.

(and I’m wearing leggings today as pants.)

Bridesmaids

I saw Bridesmaids last night, SO funny!  Some of the parts were over the top, and I did actually become sick to my stomach during that one scene (I won’t spoil it for you, but even though I am often gross myself, and tend to discuss poop more often than not…I still could barely handle it.  Super gross.)  Super funny though.  And I loved Jon Hamm’s character.

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Other than that, fantastic weekend.  Friday night I already mentioned, Saturday was a student recital, wedding, and a relaxing night in watching Harry Potter movies on ABC Family and doing tons of wedding brainstorming.  Sunday I worked out with TWO guys, Chris and my friend Jon 😉 One of these days I should be able to plan my own workout, but not yet.  Not yet.

After that was some errands and cleaning, baking cake batter blondies again for my students, Dressel’s for dinner and the movie.  Good times!

Today is my last day of in school classes.  After that, it’s only after school teaching, and summer (and open schedules) ahead of me for a couple of months.  I’m feeling good!

Dreams

I know that nobody really finds anybody else’s dreams interesting, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to stop sharing! 

Tthe other night I dreamt that the gym had some newfangled sort of equipment to help people learn to run with a better stride and with lighter feet.  Naturally Mike decided to make me use this equipment, and naturally I didn’t understand what I was supposed to do.  He got more and more frustrated, reiterating the same instructions until he lost his temper and starting yelling at me. 

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I told him the dream and he said, that sounds about right.

Last night I had a dream in which Zach Galifianakis thought we were best friends, and everything I tried to do, he was right there running after me.  By the end of the dream I was running around a parking lot in the rain, frantically trying to find my car and drive away before he caught up to me.  I woke up then, and was afraid to go back to sleep for fear I would reenter the dream.  I wasn’t frightened, just REALLY annoyed.

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(source)  I’m sure he’s a great guy in real life, but we are not best friends.

Every since I was a little girl I remember sharing my dreams.  My mom, Leslie, and I love sharing our dreams.  (Not our hopes, just our dreams).  I am good at remembering them, and I’ve had some really funny ones over the years.  I’m sure everybody has, even though I know some people (Chris, for instance) remember less of their dreams. 

I don’t take much stock in the whole "what does my dream mean" question though.  I generally assume dreams are random bits of things you’ve experienced, read, seen on tv, thought about, etc, and there isn’t a real deeper meaning (unless you want there to be, in which case, well, they are YOUR dreams).

My two dreams are easy to explain: 

Mike DOES get frustrated sometimes when I can’t do something right.  He’s never yelled, but other people have yelled at me, so I know that feeling.  He does want me to improve my running stride, plus recently we had another discussion about it (airborne running, if you recall.)

The other dream:  Well, Zach Galifianakis has been all over the entertainment news because of the upcoming Hangover Part II movie.  That’s probably all there is to that.  Or secretly I harbor a gigantic crush on him?  I suppose the dream is open to interpretation 😉

Do you like sharing your dreams?  Any funny ones you’ve had recently?  Leave a comment!

Titanic in 3D

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Seriously.  Seriously excited.

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They are re-releasing Titanic in 3D on April 6, 2012.  So that’s the most important date in 2012 NOW. 

I remember reading an interview with James Cameron last year, when Avatar was in theaters.  He was asked what would happen if Avatar grossed more than Titanic.  He said, well, then I’ll just re-release Titanic in 3D.  I almost fell off the toilet! 

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I’ve never even seen a 3D movie—but here’s something you may not know about me:  I saw Titanic in the theaters 11 times.

11 times.

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Titanic in 3D:  bigger than the Mauritania, and far more luxurious.

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We set the date.  I guess I’m getting married!

Don’t think this necessarily means you’re invited 😉 It’s not like these events come cheap!

Here’s where we’ve chosen to have it.  We’ll be having our ceremony in the Chouteau Room and the dinner/reception in the Centennial Ballroom. 

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There’s a lot more planning to do, but I’m glad we’ve decided on the biggest part.  (Well, second biggest really…the biggest part was deciding who to marry!)

Here are some pictures from their facebook page:

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Those are all the Chouteau Room

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These are all the Centennial Room (up a floor).

Obviously my decorations will be a little different, but you can see the exposed brick and the wood floors.  I think it’s awesome!  The woman in charge, Ann, reminded me of my friend Melissa.  She had a great sense of humor as well.  I am psyched. 

I realized that the main reason I couldn’t deal with this all a few weeks ago is I just had too much other crap going on.  Now that I am almost done with school, I am ready to brainstorm centerpiece arrangements and discuss bridal party teeth whitening strategies to my heart’s desire.