Friday, December 29, 2006

Celebrity Sighting!!

Last night we had quite a close and personal encounter with a famous person IN THE BATHROOM. And we're not even kidding! It was kind of strange to start off - a co-ed bathroom - that looked suspiciously like a woman's room - in a fancy italian restaurant.

The encounter:
There was a short line in the bathroom (just Cailin because she is a nice little sister and let Erin go first) when DOOGIE HOWSER (aka Neil Patrick Harris) decided to use the facilities. Apparently he thought he walked into the ladies room (which was understandable...), but Cailin quickly and confidently assured him that he was in fact in the 'co-ed' ladies room without mentioning 'Doogie Howser' once. When Erin stepped out of the bathroom stall, she was startled to find Mr. Doogie waiting. At first Erin was like, 'Doogie Howser is in the women's bathroom!' And then he smiled, and let us tell you Mr. Howser is quite an attractive person in real life. Also extraordinarily tall. Erin almost blurted out something totally uncool like - I loved you in Doogie Howser! Or, I love your new show! But then she was afraid he'd be like, oh yeah, if you're such a big fan then what's the name of my new show? Which, she didn't know. So instead, they did an awkward shuffle to exchange places in the bathroom (it was quite small), and then Erin took a REALLY long time washing her hands to wait for Cailin. And then Cailin took a really long time washing her hands until Mr. Harris came out of our shared stall and we all had to do a weird awkward shuffle so Cailin and Erin could pour out the door and he could wash his hands (which he did).

And then our other sister was so jealous we went to the bathroom with Doogie Howser that she made the entire family stalk him for a few blocks to see which show he was going to - which was the Martin Short one. Only then did she allow us to go see our Phantom of the Opera (which was very good!).

Thursday, December 21, 2006

An Abundance of Katherines

John Green is my new favorite author. I loved Looking for Alaska (Cailin, you said you won't read it because it might be 'sad', I think I'm going to make you...). But now, I think I enjoyed Katherines even more. I didn't think that was possible.

Just the premise of the book itself was interesting - a prodigy graduates from high school and worries that he'll never develop into a genius. I've never thought about that before - that a child prodigy is just that - a 'child' prodigy. What happens in adulthood? It makes me wonder what happened to the eight grader I had in my AP Physics class. Hmmm... But on the other hand, a kid who seemed totally normal growing up, could become a genius and discover something that could change the world. So, Colin (after getting dumped by his 18th Katherine) and his best friend (who I have to say was my favorite character) set off on a road trip. Colin tries to get over his break up and discover something that will leave his mark on the world, and confirm he is more than just a 'child' prodigy.

School library journal gave it a good review - except for this line: 'The narrative is self-consciously dorky, peppered with anagrams, trivia, and foreign-language bons mots and interrupted by footnotes that explain, translate, and expound upon the text in the form of asides. It is this type of mannered nerdiness that has the potential to both win over and alienate readers.' But, honestly, how could the narrative been written any other way? The book is in the perspective of a prodigy. There were so many other characters (especially Hassan who could halt Colin in his nerdiness by saying, 'Not interesting.') to balance the 'mannered nerdiness.' I thought it felt real, and I loved Colin's character because it was so consistent.

Anyway, I'm hoping to see another John Green book out on the shelves soon...

Erin

Monday, December 18, 2006

blue is for nightmare

i just finished blue is for nightmare. it was a little weird, but it was good. im such a wuss when it comes to scary things, so when it got just the tiniest bit scary so started to get paranoid that someone was watching me. and when i read it before i go to bed, thats the only time i have to read, i would tell myself "ok ill only read until 11:30. and then the next time i look at the clock, it reads 1:15. CRAP! i hate when i do that. then im all tired the next morning.

anyway...
its about this girl who attends a boarding school. she is rooming with her best friend who starts getting these mysterious calls. drea, the best friend/room mate, wont give the details about this guy, which is weird cuz girls always love to tell friends about new guys. well he starts to get weird, and i dont want to give too much away... but stacey, the main character, is having bad dreams, and even wetting the bed at age 16.

its a really good book. i definitely recommend it.

Cailin

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Girl's Weekend, A Photojournal

Girl's Weekend 2006, NYC! Once we figured out how to maneuver the subway turnstyles...

We went shopping!

Tiffany's for Kara

Container Store for Mom


Barnes and Noble for Cailin and Erin...no pictures...too busy shopping. I bought FEED for Cailin and searched for Absolutely Positively Not by David LaRochelle which someone I CAN NOT FIND ANYWHERE. They didn't have it...


Then we took a much needed break.


Read some books...


Went to see the rockettes...


...in 3D!


And then collapsed in complete and utter exhaustion.