Saturday, November 19, 2005

Still here and a few things...

Hey there...it's been awhile...let's sit down have a hot cup of Chai tea (which thanks to Hakkai i'm totally hooked on) or Mexican Hot Cocoa(last year's winter drink obsession) if you prefer...

Can you believe I now have 3 song'kheepting students? Two are at the beginning stages and one just passed the chunin exam with flying colors. I am truly amazed at what my first student has done with the oppurtunity and have great hope for the others. We are about to embark on the first ever group assssment and project. It was Hakkai's idea and a daring one at that! That's why he gets to go first.

Just saw hands down the best Harry Potter movie ever. I had my doubts about Mike Newell but i retract everything I assumed. Every cast member was amazing this time around. Gambon captured the soul of Dumbledore, making him a playful yet overburdened soul who only wishes he had as many answers as everyone thinks he does. And the boys were AMAZING...there was one scene I was waiting for that they never did...

In the book it is very poignant where Harry throws the button at Ron during their fight and says something about him having a scar now too..I was waiting for it...but it never came. The reason i am not complaining though is the looks and gestures Rupert and Daniel put into the fighting scenes were stronger than words. Though I have to say if Ron goes evil LOOK OUT .

speaking of evil...Voldemort didn't disappoint at all...(can we say nightmares, boys and girls)

Wednesday was one of the best days of my life...I got to see Hakkai get to see Bon Jovi...the concert was legendary they played and played three encores in fact...and they did SO many songs....first off they started with Last Man Standing which is one both of our favorite ones off the new album and then just song after song after song. The best part was seeing my baby smile and sing and scream and look so incredibly happy. For me there will never be a concert experience that comes close to this one...

Wednesday was also the day I learned Madison is not some rinkydink town in Wisconsin with a concert arena it's like the capital, and as a general rule all parking garages look alike but not all of them have three floors. Thirdly, November in Wisconsin is FREAKIN cold!!!!!!!!!!!!! and oh yes, the mythical Allstate Arena that's so hard to get to in Chicago is right off the FREAKIN highway!!

ah well, you know the saying...you find adventure or it finds you...now that it's pretty much a sure bet neither one of us needs to be hospitalized for frostbite or pneumonia it's safe to say it was that...an adventure. And it could have been worse at least there weren't any large vicious rabbits attacking us