Cine-geek

  I didn't take class yesterday. Instead, I went to get a pedicure and it made me happy. I wasn't expecting to go get a pedi after work so I wore boots all day and ended up buying a pair of disposable slippers to walk to Brent's car (he picked me up and then I dropped him off). After Brent's class, we went to see The Book of Eli. It was a good film and had all of the elements that meet my "good movie" criteria: cinematography, interesting plot, good action and impressive CG. I was making a comparison later with Avatar and had a few cine-geek remarks but I won't spoil the film for you (in case you haven't seen either of them).   By the by, did you know that there's a new movie coming out called Valentine's Day? I haven't even seen the previews and it already reminds me of a generic American, overly star-studded cast of Love Actually (which I loved). So...I don't really know what to think of this movie.  I guess, I'll just wait to see it on HBO unless I hear reviews that make me think otherwise.

  Speaking of Valentine's Day, I feel like it's so close and yet so far. I guess it's because there's a number of events (mostly birthdays) that happen before that. So, I haven't really put much thought into it but I guess if they're making movies that put blatant emphasis on it, I should start brainstorming at least, huh? Oh, and how could I forget? The Great Aloha Run is back on!!! Turns out, we had to push back our project from mid-February to the first week of March.  I was pretty estatic about it but now I reallly can't be slacking off (even if I did so today...oops).

  Today, I successfully spent the entire day in bed. I felt bad when I woke up and realized that I had been an incompetent friend. I meant to call Trina because we had planned to do something but I slept instead. I also slept through Jace's "hallo!" online.  I felt like I redeemed mysellf a little when I had the chance to talk to Vicki today until I realized that I wasn't going to be at Vicki's bday dinner tomorrow night because I have a company party to attend.  Sigh...bad Sascha, bad!

  I heard a heartbreaking story: it was about an engaged 30-something year-old woman who was training to take the next step in her career. She didn't show up for work a few days ago (which was uncharacteristic) so her co-workers called throughout the day, looking for her. When no one had heard back from her, they filed a missing person report. The next day, her body was found with a stab wound in her neck. As of now, the situation is unresolved but it made me think about life in general and how you should never take anything for granted. I mean, this sort of situation is the type that you only really see in CSI and yet it's very real andvery tragic. It also made me feel ten times worse about my deadbeat friend-syndrome today. So, to all of my friends, I'm very sorry that I was not a good friend to you today. I vow to be there for you more and if I'm not, feel free to slap me. Thanks, boo.