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December 28, 2002
International Jimbo Day
Happy Birthday to me! It was tough rousing myself outta bed this morning, as we had a few last night at Cobalt. My 32 years shows when a mere four cocktails hampers me so. Free admission and drinks for Jimbo, in recognition of International Jimbo Day. We may not be so lucky tonight at Nation.
So we got going a little late, and unknowingly I got my sweet revenge at Gurl, who is driven to madness when late for a film. Especially geeky films. Note to self: be as late a possible for sci-fi films with Gurl. I don't like missing the previews either, but you can't rush a slightly hungover jimbo who needs to feel pretty in the morning, especially on his birthday. Add to the fact that I somehow misjudged which major street the Uptown was on, and we barely got there in time for the opening credits.
Vonnie DuBois broke The Rule and got me a gift. But it was soo good I can't hate her for it: a $50 food gift certificate for Fresh Fields (Mmmm...you've been reading my blog! I will eat heartily and get Huge) and Neverwinter Nights, which, sadly, I won't be able to install on my aging PC until I get more processing speed. I can't even play Civ on a map larger than the average setting, as it takes too long between turns. How can I even hope to play multiplayer with both Civ and NWN? We'll figger something out...
LOTR was pretty good, especially Gollum, which was suprising. Lotsa cool battle scenes and beasties. I want a Nordic hall like the one on the hill, I forget the name of the village. Is it still there? Buy it for me, thanks. Those wooden carvings on the rooftops are FABULOUS! Anyhoo, I really liked the oliphants...I want one of those too. I'll name him Stampy. The storyline was a bit scrambled, but at least they didn't skimp on the ents. Got to see them tear town Isengard, which was fun. And Gollum promissess for uss to ssee Shelob in the next film!
Posted by jimbo at December 28, 2002 8:46 PM
Comments
Happy Birthday, boy! Here's to many more to come.
joe
Posted by: joe at December 28, 2002 10:27 PM
When I got a call from G.U.R.L. asking me how to get from Wisconsin to Mass, I'll admit I was puzzled. When I realized you all were trying to get to the Uptown on Connecticut, even moreso. I'm just glad that you got there in time to celebrate Int'l Jimbo Day. Wish I could have been there with you!
Posted by: Chrisafer at December 28, 2002 11:15 PM
Happy birthday Jimbo! And yes, I was looking forward to (and impressed by) the Ents as well. They are one of my favorite parts of the book.
Posted by: dicktard at December 29, 2002 11:04 AM
Oops. I forgot it was your birthday. Actually, you are nice. Very nice, indeed.
Posted by: Chartreuse at December 29, 2002 12:20 PM