Outside of about 12 hours dedicated (in increments) to a client's site, all I did was laugh this weekend. After almost 10 years together, Nettl and I still bust each other up over stupid things. This weekend was a laughing one; we even woke up in the middle of the night and laughed. We never get Trick-or-Treaters, so it was a quiet night, apart from the laughing.On Friday night, we watched The Shining. Funny, it was so scary when it came out in 1980. Now, all I noticed was the bad acting, Shelly Duvall's incongruous Texas accent (she's supposed to be from Vermont), and the terrible dialogue.
On Saturday, we were both hit with a stomach bug that made us feel bloated and achy, but it resulted in a lot of rude noises that kept us laughing throughout the siege, making it easier to bear. Don't know what that was all about. Whatever it was, it hit us and hung around the rest of the weekend. It also gave us some sinus trouble, so we were blowing from both ends. I'm sure you've been waiting to read that.
We went to Perkins for brunch yesterday. If you don't know, Perkins is like a Denny's with a 45 minute wait between ordering and actually receiving your food. We weren't there for service, however, and we spent the time laughing. We were rewarded for our good humor with coupons that brought our ticket down by nearly 40%. Laughter isn't good only for physical health, apparently.
Man, it was a great weekend.
I saw a National Geographic special a number of years ago about a tribe in Africa whose term for making love is "laughing". The special was called "Women Who Laugh". I think that's about the loveliest thing that I've ever learned about my fellow human beings.
This morning, I dreamed that I was jamming with Donovan, George Harrison, and Aretha Franklin. At the end of the dream I was playing a Bonnie Raitt blues song ("No Business") while Aretha sang. At one point I looked at her and exclaimed, "My god, I'm accompanying a GREAT!"
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It was a great weekend, wasn't it? I didn't want it to end. But then, it really didn't because we do that kind of thing all the time. Laughter truly is the best medicine!
ILD!!
You guys are a hoot. Glad you had a great weekend. I've had better but I'm not complaining
Everything will feel better by tomorrow night!
YES WE CAN!
You dare disrespect The Shining!!!
That's it! I'm done with you! ;)
You know, Earl, I'd remembered "The Shining" as one of the scariest movies I'd ever seen. I was all prepared to hide under the covers most of the time. But you know, we spent half the time "MSTing" it. Between Shelly Duvall's Texas accent on a Vermont Yankee, the imginary friend's weird voice, and the crappy screenplay, we found plenty of MST fodder. :-))))
I saw The Shining a year or two ago and it wasn't NEARLY as scary as I remember.
Your post made me smile! :D
We're getting desensitized to what's scary by movies of gross, gratuitous murder and mayhem. That's one of the reasons that I don't like modern horror flicks.
Give me Hitchcock any time!
I agree. I remember as a kid I declined to watch it because everyone said is was so scary. I saw it for the first time few years ago and was like, "That's it?!" Still, there's something to be said about Jack playing that kind of character. Clint had the stare, but Jack can evoke the "fight or flight" response with his leer, LOL.
Glad y'all had fun!
And yeah, Hitchcock was the best!!!
Oh yeah, Micah. Nicholson is the film's only redeeming element. Lynette said the book is much better than the film.
that sounds like an absolutely PERFECT weekend.
well, maybe except for the stomach aches, but it sounds like you even turned that into something fun :)
I remember The Shining scaring the hell out of me when i was a kid as well. Years later I read the book. The movie didn't even begin to do the book justice. Not enough emphasis on the hotel in the movie. I mean, they never really got into the history of the place in the movie.
I hear the laughing,have no idea what the laughings about(Whos Line maybe?)but I like hearing it.
that sounds like an absolutely PERFECT weekend.
well, maybe except for the stomach aches, but it sounds like you even turned that into something fun :)
Oh yeah, Micah. Nicholson is the film's only redeeming element. Lynette said the book is much better than the film.
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