Topic: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (Read 33310 times)

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #270 on:** December 25, 2008, 07:42:43 PM »

Vixmom what a wonderful story and a wonderful way to surprise Vixter... I truly hope you all had a lovely day.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #271 on:** December 25, 2008, 07:43:07 PM »

Page 10 Dance!

vixmom · « **Reply #272 on:** December 25, 2008, 07:46:23 PM »

When the Vixter went to bed she said this was the best Christmas ever. I concur!!

vixmom · « **Reply #273 on:** December 25, 2008, 07:47:56 PM »

Well, Vixdad and I have to get up at 4:30 AM to get ourselves showered dressed and to the hospital by 6 AM for my surgery

Merry Christmas to All and to All a good night!!!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #274 on:** December 25, 2008, 07:52:55 PM »

I send very positive thoughts to you Vixmom and I pray it goes well

((Vixmom!!))

Glad that Vixter had a wonderful christmas....

Laura · « **Reply #275 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:02:25 PM »

Nice Christmas story, Vixmom. What a nice surprise those points were! Miss Vixter is a lovely young woman, and I know she has been and will continue to be helpful while you are recovering.

Prayers and vibes for your surgery tomorrow.

td · « **Reply #276 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:12:42 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on December 25, 2008, 07:47:56 PM

Well, Vixdad and I have to get up at 4:30 AM to get ourselves showered dressed and to the hospital by 6 AM for my surgery

Merry Christmas to All and to All a good night!!!

I'll be thinking of you - and your wonderful Christmas tale, AND more importantly sending you vibes - as I, too, have to wake up that early tomorrow to be at work in the Borders Seattle's Best Cafe. That's my Christmas Blessing, I guess, since I won't have to deal with customers trying to return things without their friggin' receipts!

I hope everyone's Christmas Day was as lovely as it could possibly be.

Goodnight.

Matt H. · « **Reply #277 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:13:49 PM »

I guess it will be another warm day tomorrow. I went on the porch a little while ago, and it felt more like March or early April than December.

Ann · « **Reply #278 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:14:07 PM »

Merry merry Christmas to the Vix-family! Your story was so sweet and heartwarming.

I'm sending you some super-vibes and prayers for tomorrow. I've never had surgery to remove cancer, but I have had several reconstructive surgeries on my face, and I know surgery of any kind is just no fun at all. You've got a terrific support system of family and friends, and I'm sure everything will go smoothly. Keep us posted as you can!

Matt H. · « **Reply #279 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:15:17 PM »

I began my evening with MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. The film looks quite beautiful in its Ultra-Resolution restoration, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it again.

Matt H. · « **Reply #280 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:16:36 PM »

Next, I watched "The Lion's Cub" episode of ELIZABETH R which I hadn't watched in a long time. This and "Horrible Conspiracies" are my favorite two episodes of the series. Brilliant in every respect.

Matt H. · « **Reply #281 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:17:56 PM »

I was going to end my evening watching another NCIS episode, but since disc 1 of ELIZABETH R was in the player, I went ahead and started watching "The Marriage Game," episode 2. Robert Hardy makes a grandly scheming Lord Robert Dudley.

Matt H. · « **Reply #282 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:19:48 PM »

I do have one more Criterion disc here for review (a Rossellini film on James XIV), but I may hold off on it until Saturday and take the day off. I'm also expecting the Blu-ray of DISASTER MOVIE to arrive, and if it does, I'll do it on Saturday instead. It comes out a week before the Rossellini DVD.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #283 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:34:40 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on December 25, 2008, 08:17:56 PM

I was going to end my evening watching another NCIS episode, but since disc 1 of ELIZABETH R was in the player, I went ahead and started watching "The Marriage Game," episode 2. Robert Hardy makes a grandly scheming Lord Robert Dudley.

I have always liked Robert Hardy as an actor. He is one of my favorite actors. One time many years ago on PBS there was a program where he did Winston Churchill. He was excellent.

Matt H. · « **Reply #284 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:36:21 PM »

I love seeing him turn up in modern (for the time) roles in 1960s British films. I was so used to seeing him in Elizabethan garments.

Matt H. · « **Reply #285 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:37:01 PM »

Now my evening internet surf is done, and I'm heading down to bed.

Good night!

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #286 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:48:56 PM »

TOD:

My top ten booklist from the past year:

.... in no particular order....

Rock, Sex and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

Undiscovered Country -- Lin Enger

So Brave, Young and Handsome -- Leif Enger

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

The Historian -- Anna Kostova

A Woman's Guide to Surviving Men or how to stay on top -- Shobha De

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time -- Mark Haddon

Dakota -- Martha Grimes

If you could see me now -- Cecelia Ahern

1972 -- Morgan Llwellyn

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It is not on my list but I have started reading a book that is rather interesting...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Soceity by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows...

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #287 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:50:14 PM »

I recall seeing him ontime on Masterpiece theatre or something along that line in 17th century costume.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #288 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:05:33 PM »

The Pogues miss the do and miss you, even more! Go to:

www.larryneuzelphotography.com

for pix of Julieanne's production of The Fantasticks!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #289 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:11:00 PM »

Good Evening!

Many thanks to Skip and Fred and Julie for being such wonderful company and great friends today. -Oh, and Toby and Dylan too, of course! The meal was wonderful as always - roasted Berkshire pork, potato gratin, green beans almondine, a tarte tatin and some chocolate-dipped strawberries - that were dipped by DR Julie.

*And Skip liked my cookies. Whew!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #290 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:13:22 PM »

So hard to believe that we lost both Paul Newman and Eartha Kitt this year. -And I feel very fortunate to have met Mr. Newman, and to have worked with and played for Eartha.

FJL · « **Reply #291 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:15:15 PM »

Jose - Your cookies were great!

And of course, we always love it when you're in town and can be part of our holidays.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #292 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:15:30 PM »

It is sad that we have lost the both this year Jose. I hope you treasure that photo. You are indeed a lucky individual..

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #293 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:19:36 PM »

So...

I saw "The Wrestler" this morning. Raw, brutal, powerful, moving, even a little scary. The wrestling sequences are very real and wince-inducing. And Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei lay everything on the line in their portrayals. I'm not sure I would call it one of my favorites, but I will say that it was a very good movie, and one that will haunt me for a few days.

TCB · « **Reply #294 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:25:38 PM »

I am shocked and saddened to read of the death of Eartha Kitt today. How lucky you were Jose to have the chance to work with her last year.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #295 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:30:15 PM »

And I saw "...Benjamin Button" earlier tonight. I found it very moving, and not at all long at two and a half hours. The make-up and CGI-assisted effects are practically seamless, and even though the movie deals with some very BIG themes, there's also a wonderful sense of whimsy. I know there have been some complaints that it strayed a bit too far from the original short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I don't think the director and writers were ever trying to be quote, unquote faithful to the source material. If they had, the movie would have had a much, much shorter running times since the story is only about 25 pages long. -The time span of the movie would have been greatly altered too.

Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett provide some great anchors for the film surrounded by a very strong supporting cast. And the role that music plays in the film greatly touched me - which includes a recreation of one of the great moments from the Golden Age of Broadway.

It really is one of those movies where you just have to sit back, watch the set up, accept the set up, and just let it all unfold in front of you and fall under its spell. Magical in many senses of the word.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #296 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:38:40 PM »

*Alas...

The idiot who sat next to me started criticizing the movie as soon as the final credits started rolling. He didn't realize the movie was "so long, too long" - it's called read the reviews or the movie info ahead of time. He also complained about how it wasn't like the book... but then his girlfriend asked him what exactly was different, and he could not really tell her. HA! Oh, and, of course, he arrived five minutes late - his girlfriend was saving his seat for him, and he got up three times during the course of the movie to go to the bathroom and/or get his Coke and popcorn refills. And he made that "oooohhh, aaahhh" sound when Benjamin Button had his first kiss. Were not in high school, a**hole!"

If I didn't feel the need just to sit in my seat and finish processing what I had just watched - and, yes, I was crying - I would have spoken up and at least have told him to "SHUT UP! MERRY CHRISTMAS, A**HOLE!!!!!"

Thankfully, his girlfriend was also getting fed up with his post-movie commentary, and she made sure they got out of the theatre as fast as she could drag him.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #297 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:40:31 PM »

Quote from: TCB on December 25, 2008, 09:25:38 PM

I am shocked and saddened to read of the death of Eartha Kitt today. How lucky you were Jose to have the chance to work with her last year.

I do indeed feel lucky and fortunate to have had that opportunity. I shall have to make sure, at the very least, to send a card to her daughter and granddaughter.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #298 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:49:19 PM »

DR Vixmom, I am so glad you and Vixdad were able to give the Vixter what she wanted (and deserved) for Christmas. Your story reminded me of a line from Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory":

"It's bad enough in life to do without something you want; but confound it, what gets my goat is not being able to give somebody somthing you want them to have."

It's wonderful that things turned out in such a surprising way. I love it when life works like that!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #299 on:** December 25, 2008, 09:50:21 PM »

In any case...

I believe I ended up being a bit more homesick today than I thought I would. Of course, seeing two "sad" movies probably didn't help matters, but I think what truly did me in was when I called home, and my brother put my niece and god-daughter on the phone, "Merry Christmas Uncle Jojo." -It was the first time she actually said my name correctly.

And then I called Steve to wish him a Merry Christmas, and had to end the call almost immediately and call him back since I was still a bit emotional after seeing "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

I did have a Merry Christmas - and Christmas Eve - in New York City. But.. Well, it was nice to know that I did indeed miss Home.

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