The Life of the Nickness

I just picked up my 2 new pairs of eye glasses.

And damn do I look hott!

–My job is going well. This is week two, and I gave up one of my days off to earn some ot. yay for extra money.

–I got my W2 in the mail and have already done my taxes. Yay I don’t owe any money!

–My brother (finally) got a wordpress blog. Check out my blogroll to visit his blog–he’s known as Nona the Ninja(I gave him that name. Doesn’t it rock?!?!)

–Heath Ledger died due to an overdose of sleeping pills. Is it sad when I heard this news the first thing I thought of was that there won’t be a ‘Return of the Joker” movie with him in it?

–Wedding news: DJ and photographer booked. Next up: a tasting on Sunday with our potential caterer.

Time for me to get some sleep while my chicken defrosts in my sink. Yup, I’m back to the old no carb lifestyle. Yay for losing weight!

I’ll leave you with the English translation of a chinese keychain we have at work. The pictures are great and the translations on it are absolutely hilarious. Each number goes under a picture. Note: what I’m about to type is NOT a mistake.

“1. Collect Stupids People. 2. Push Cliff. 3. Yay Drowns!”

Wow. Decemberween has come and gone and with the arrival of my parents’ card in the mail today, I’ve officially received all my gifts.

I won’t be listing any joint gifts that Megan and I got as a couple, as they are mainly small items, giftcards from family/clients and stuff for the kitchen, and are too numerous for me to remember what they all are(except the Lenox martini set we got from her brother and sister in law)

So, other than the joint gifts, heres the breakdown:

Stockingstuffers:

candy, socks, shaving cream, deodorant, a weird looking dog figurine(meant as a prank gift, i hope) 3 scratch off cards(I won $1) and a kids pirate sticker book(probably meant as a prank gift, but lemme tell you: pirate stickers rock!)

Nonstocking gifts:

A Christmas Ornament from my Grandma

Cash from my parents(I love you Mom and Dad. Seriously. It was really unexpected)

2 really nice shirts, a red sweater(my traditional yearly sweater), some undershirts, a pair of jeans, and an awesomely cool shaving kit from Megan

Season 3 of House, from Megan’s twin brother and sister-in-law

a pair of lounge pants, nike tennis shoes and a Tomtom One GPS unit(which I love so much I’m sleeping with) from Megan’s parents

Yup. Pretty good decemberween season, if I do say so myself.

Oh, and for those of you wondering: I surprised the crap out of Megan with a Pink Dell Inspiron 1721 notebook computer. Mad props to my brother for helping me out with it.

There’s going to be an extra scene included in the DVD release of EMPIRE
STRIKES BACK coming up next year! Basically, it expands on the scene where
Vader reveals his fatherhood to Luke, and ties up some loose ends created
with the release of Episode 1 & 2…

The Empire Strikes Back: Extra-Special Edition

INT: BESPIN GANTRY - MOMENTS LATER:

A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE SKYWALKER
towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader, chops off Luke’s hand!
It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. Luke backs away. He looks
around, but realizes there’s nowhere to go but straight down.

Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father.

Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!

Darth Vader: No… I am your father!

Luke: No, it’s not true! It’s impossible.

Darth Vader: Search your feelings… you know it to be true…

Luke: NO!

Darth Vader: Yes, it is true… and you know what else? You know that brass
droid of yours?

Luke: Threepio?

Darth Vader: Yes… Threepio… I built him… when I was 7 years old…

Luke: No…

Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what have you done? Look at yourself, no
hand, no job, and couldn’t even levitate your own ship out of the swamp…

Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!

Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a
Trade Federation Droid Control ship!

Luke: Well, it’s not my fault…

Darth Vader: Oh, here we go… “Poor me… my father never gave me what I
wanted for my birthday… boo hoo, my daddy’s the Dark Lord of the
Sith…waahhh wahhh!”

Luke: Shut up…

Darth Vader: You’re a slacker! By the time I was your age, I had
exterminated the Jedi knights!

Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar’s Canyon.

Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor… 10 years old, winner of the
Boonta Eve Open… Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer… right here, baby!

Wesley: I had a ….slight disagreement with Angel.
Spike: Oh, old broody-pants got you wound up, eh? Keep in mind, he can’t get laid without maybe going crazy. Makes it funny.
Illyria: In my time, a leader would punish your insolence with death.
Wesley: We’re not being insolent, Illyria.
Spike: I am.