Mom and I were looking at some gowns on display in the window of a formalwear shop the other day. For each one, I heard myself loudly issuing some supercilious evaluation: a dress was "hideous" or "gorgeous," "appalling" or "breathtaking," or "would be nice if there were fewer sequins and more of that turquoise color." Everything was either horrible or delightful.
So in that vein, I give you: This Past Weekend, as Judged by the Opinionated Nikki!
- Horrible: Bert left for Munich last Thursday evening. A weekend without him, aiee! Speaking of Bavaria, I've been meaning to gripe: what's all the fuss about, anyway? That area is so overexposed. How come it gets all the recognition when the Pfalz is just as pretty but less self-aggrandizing?
- Delightful: His trip was just in time to give Mom & me a little catch-up playtime before we fly to Inverness next weekend. Hooray! Hanging out together in Germany, then in Scotland!
- Horror: We watched the movie "Troy" last night, which is fun, but just as often ridiculous. I mean, how does Briseis suddenly allow herself to be seduced by Achilles just when she was in the middle of despising him? Silly girl!
- But Delight: Thumbs up to her spirited verbal volleying!
- Horror: And how many times does the movie need to keep hammering the "I will be immortal through my memorable deeds" theme? Answer: at least eight. (Several of which are accompanied by Achilles' squinting thoughtfully off into the distance, just in case we missed the point.)
- Delight: Eric Bana is a babe. More scenes with Hector!
- Horror: By the way, I discovered that Hefeweizen aggravates my fructose malabsorption issues. Nooooooooooooooooooo......
- Delight: At least Weißburgunder turns out to be an acceptable alternative to fructose-fraught Rieslings, the main ingredient in a Weinschorle! Ahh, the Schorle: refreshing summer beverage, I salute you.
- Horror: Planning lessons on a Sunday sucks.
- Delight: Mom and I went for a long walk in Luisenpark on Saturday.
- Horror: The Strassenbahn tracks are being worked on, and there was no tram to take us home from the park.
- Delight: So we went for a beautiful 3-mile walk back to Berliner Platz on our own two (four) feet.
- Horror: The Frogurt is also cursed.
- Delight: But you get your choice of topping!
4 comments:
"The toppings contain potassium benzoate. ...That's bad."
http://www.hulu.com/watch/30250/the-simpsons-frogurt
Troy...
I'm always amazed at the carnage. What a way to end your life... at the bottom of some heap of bodies in some stupid, egotistical battle between two people who don't even know your name. When someone has a past-life-experience, I rarely hear them mention a life as one of these minions. ... "THEY" are alway Helen or Achilles!! Um,Hm.
Hope this week is wonderful!!
Thanks, Dad! Well, I know I was certainly a minion. I keep having this inexplicable urge to wear a red shirt and be the first guy down onto the strange planet. Wait...
And Bro: grr, we can't watch Hulu outside the U.S! I'll have to find it on youtube or something. ("Take this object...")
Hahaha! I love the frogurt clip :) It's my second favorite, right behind the "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords" sequence :)
@Wade - maybe blocking out bad memories works across lives ;-) And hey, those powerful guys often had lots of children (with many different women).
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