So we had a really good time last night. 4 of us curled up on the king-size bed, with the bedroom wall turned into a cinema by the technologically savvy Yves and the projector. We ate yummy food (none of it prepared by me, which is very atypical when people come to our home) and watched the goofy movie "Court Jester." We all love Danny Kaye, who was incredibly young in this movie.
There were the requisite calls to people more eastward that us....our family in AZ and NY. We got our sparkling cider out and toasted the New Year with kisses and hugs.
It was lovely not to be glued to the TV, watching the ball drop. I've always thought that was a very icky custom. What is the fun in watching other people party on TV?
Yesterday Federico brought a bag of delights from the library that I'm working my way through right now. Books, a comedy CD by George Lopez, a DVD of a Viggo Mortensen pic....
Life is good.
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Okay, so this year we watched a movie until about five-minutes 'til midnight. Then we made a huge mistake. We watched Dick Clark's Countdown. It was the most depressing way to ring-in 2009... He looks terrible: his voice, his mouth, his energy. I just sat there with my mouth hung open in shock trying to figure out what was worse: watching this person trying to be someone he isn't anymore, or turning it off. Eventually, I just turned it off. Really, you didn't miss anything.
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