shallow thoughts by csolly

Oh good. The Godfather is back on top, according to IMDb users. Phew.

posted by Caryn @ 1/25/2002 04:54:00 PM

This DVD player is killing me! Since getting it, I find myself staying up later and later to watch episodes of The Sopranos and Sex & the City, two highly addictive shows that I just can't stop watching. And it has been a nightmare to get up in the morning, because I stay up so late watching DVDs. Someone help me ...

posted by Caryn @ 1/24/2002 01:56:00 PM

Ouch, that hurts.

posted by Caryn @ 1/22/2002 01:45:00 PM

I had an appointment to donate platelets this morning at 7:30am. So I dragged my butt out of bed and made it to the subway on time. Long story short, they stopped all trains from running because someone was sick/died/killed at a station nearby. So I just went home and took a nap before coming to work. Heather took me out to sushi last night. I quite enjoyed it and will definitely try it again. Then we went to see In the Bedroom, which I really wanted to see because I had heard such great things about it. And, frankly, I'm not sure what the big deal is about it. I mean, it was well done, as Heather said, but, I don't know. Maybe I missed something. Oh, and I'm officially 24 now. I'm not sure how to feel about it. I have friends who are mere months younger than me calling me old, and coworkers and friends who are years older that are wishing they were only 24. So, I'm feeling pretty good about it. 23, and 2001, were just kinda crappy, so here's hoping that 24 and 2002 are a vast improvement. :) Cheers!

posted by Caryn @ 1/16/2002 10:59:00 AM

Hello hello. Sorry I haven't posted much this week, but I haven't really done anything. I'm broke as broke can be, so I've just been going to work and going home. Last Saturday I was so broke and so bored that I spent most of the day in bed. I counted that I was awake for about 6 hours all day. Ho hum. But I've been paid now and have an exciting weekend and week coming up. I'm going to Boston tomorrow (and dragging Heather along :) for a slammin' birthday bash (with special guests, all the way from Japan, Jen and Brad). And next Friday will be another party to be shared with ex-coworker Avram, who shares a birthday with me. Fun stuff coming up. Oh, and, I have a new fun thing. Netflix. It's a web site that you can rent DVDs from. They had an offer for a free trial, and I think I'm already hooked. So simple: set up a queue of movies you want to rent, they send you 3, return them whenever you want, and they'll send you the next one, two or three in your queue. No due dates, no late fees. And it's not that expensive: $19.95 a month for as many movies as you want. Seems a little too good to be true, but it's pretty fab so far. It does take movies about 3 or 4 days to get to you, but I figure, if I space out my returns, I can be getting a new movie in the mail every other day or so. (The package comes with the return envelope and postage. The packaging is actually quite simple and genius. I'm impressed.) So, there ends my plug for Netflix.

posted by Caryn @ 1/11/2002 07:40:00 AM

Check this out: IMDb's Top 250 (according to user ratings) Lord of the Rings overshot the Godfather? Must be a ton of people that gave it a 10. People are really fanatical about that movie, and though I do agree it is wonderful, not sure it's the top of all time. I'm a little sad to see this list topped by it.

posted by Caryn @ 1/07/2002 04:55:00 PM

Will did it. He is the only one who has been able to successfully cheer me up in the past few days. ============================================= ----Original Message Follows---- To: Caryn From: Will Sshhhhsss. Don't tell, but I think Eleanor is pregnant. She was dropping hints about it today when we went for lunch. ----Original Message Follows---- To: Will From: Caryn What? ----Original Message Follows---- To: Caryn From: Will well, we were looking at pictures of her family over Thanksgiving. And she was showing me pictures of her cousin Joe. Well, she said that she hopes her baby turns out like Joe. Then she got kind of red and changed the subject very quickly about her sister looking like her (which she doesn't). I didn't say anything, but strange, huh? ----Original Message Follows---- To: Eleanor From: Caryn Hey, I can't keep this one to myself. Will is telling me he thinks you're pregnant, that you were dropping some hints. What's up? Love, Caryn ----Original Message Follows---- To: Will From: Caryn Hmmm ... I don't know if that means anything. Girls just say that kind of thing sometimes. And maybe she and John have talked about it. Don't scare me like that. (I already shot off an email to her asking what's up - Bad Will! Sorry, pal. I couldn't get freaked out like that by you and not say anything to her.) ----Original Message Follows---- To: Caryn From: Will Oh, silly Caryn. I was pulling your leg the whole time! See, this is revenge for trying to make me think that you hated Eleanor, while Eleanor was very excited to see you. Oh, I'm rolling on the floor. I hope this cheered you up a bit too. ----Original Message Follows---- To: Will From: Caryn OOOOOOOOOOHH!!! Hahahaha. You have done it. You've done what few -- if any -- have been able to do over the past few days: cheer me up. Well done. I tip my hat to you. :) ============================================= Nice job. I totally deserved that for all the tricks we've played on him. I am cheered, and back to myself. Thank goodness. I was beginning to hate hanging around me, too.

posted by Caryn @ 1/04/2002 04:31:00 PM

Mom, Dad ... close your ears ... fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck How is it that life knows when something goes wrong to slap a few other mishaps into your lap, just to make it all a little more challenging? One thing slips up, and it sucks. Then another. And, just to top it off, add a few more. Soon, you're -- er, I'm -- in a hole, and from that hole everything starts to look rotten. I guess this is payback for having such a great few months. I'm going to go cry now. Maybe that will make me feel better. At least temporarily. Tomorrow, I'll try to fix everything. Or at least some of it.

posted by Caryn @ 1/03/2002 10:53:00 PM

George Lucas ... I am so disappointed in you. [link]

posted by Caryn @ 1/03/2002 04:00:00 PM

Oh, look at me, the budding little web developer. First of all, CSS is awesome. Goodbye tables! Goodbye font tags! (And, if you know it, bookmark this page. So helpful.) And now I'm learning JavaScript. Wanna see what I can do so far? Click here. Wheee!

posted by Caryn @ 1/02/2002 07:44:00 PM

A few months ago, I noticed that someone had moved in in the apartment above mine. Sounded like whoever was living there was moving furniture eery night for weeks. Now, my new neighbor plays bongo drums. I'm not joking. Tonight, I have been treated to quite a recital. At least he or she is good at it, right?

posted by Caryn @ 1/01/2002 10:13:00 PM