Mon 31 Dec 2007
Saturday evening, after the whole dress ordeal, Dwaine and Andrae came by my house. Dwaine immediately spotted my camera sitting on the living room coffee table and proceeded to flip through the photos. There were photos of me in three separate wedding gowns that Vicky had taken a week ago the first time I was at David’s Bridal. “Is this the dress you got today?” Dwaine asked.
“One of them is.”
“I like the simple one.”
Could it be? A man’s seal of approval on the plain dress? “Which one?” I asked him, looking over his shoulder.
He navigated through a few photos. “That one,” he said, landing on the dress I’d bought hours ago. Yay!
Dwaine played with my camera a few minutes more and figured out how to set it up on timer, then propped the camera on my wet bar counter and told Andrae and I to stand for the picture. It took a few tries…
My, uh, collar bones look good?
this is the most effective one ^^
Finally, a decent shot, except that my static-pattern sweater makes me look ultra-wide. At least the men look good. (Then again, when don’t they?)
(as always, rest mouse pointers over photos for captions)
We grabbed a quick bite of pizza in Brea, then watched Will Smith’s movie I Am Legend. It was a toss-up between that or Sweeney Todd, but since I’d seen Legend and don’t care to see Sweeney, we let the gods of fate decide based on movie times. I was actually glad to see Legend with them again, because I caught a couple of things the second time that I didn’t the first and I always enjoy movie plotline and psychology discussions with witty funny brainiacs. We grabbed a drink and appetizer at nearby Taps Fishhouse & Brewery after the movie and talked the night away. And by that, I mean that I was home by 11:30 because we ARE in our 30s now. Heh.
Everytime I’m out with these guys, or either of them, I’m spoiled to the hilt. “Your money’s no good here,” they tell me, and paid for my pizza, movie, and drink. Doors are opened for me, in the short walks between parking, restaurants, and movie, they make a conscious effort to walk with me and/or on either side of me protectively. In the night chill walking back to the car, Andrae stripped off his wool coat and put it around my shoulders. =) I feel guilty that they treat me as one of the guys and yet don’t forget that I’m a girl. Good times.
What fun!!! You don’t look fat in that sweater…are those suede/leather patches on the sleeves? Love that!!
we are always our own worst critics (you don’t look fat in that sweater).
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Glad you had a good time with the boys… I saw Legend also. I don’t like how it ended, and I certainly had a lot to talk about… like, the whole set-up from the virus guy with mannequin. I have questions about that!
The first thing I noticed when I saw the pics is how prominent your cheekbones look! You can tell you work out. And about the dress, I’m sure it looks great on you, I wish we could see pictures of it!
Oh, and p.s. I made it to LA alive 🙂
That movie scared me more than I care to admit. 🙁
Oh Shit Cindy you are standing next to two not one Craig Davids!!!” Can you fill me in, (can you fill me in)”
Flat Coke – Yes, they ARE leather/suede patches on the elbows. My mom bought me that sweater. I would’ve never chosen it for myself. It’s weird, every time I wear something she got me, I get compliments.
Jordan – that was one of the points, was that altho Will Smith’s character THOUGHT the infected people are totally dehumanized and have no higher thinking, he was proven totally wrong with the trap-setting and with the fact that there was clearly a leader who barked orders at others to attack, who trained infected dogs to be his first line of offense, who had organized this invasion of Smith’s house to rescue the kidnapped girlfriend/mate. I’m thinking it was more explored in the book (by Richard Matheson, one of my fave writers; he wrote “What Dreams May Come”, “Stir of Echoes”, “Incredible Shrinking Man/Woman” and “Somewhere in Time.”
PL – I never thought of looking at cheekbones to gauge a person’s fitness level. Hmm.
I don’t want to post photos of the dress since it’s going to be the wedding dress. So maybe after the wedding…:)
You’re in LA???
Dwaine – You don’t have to admit it. I was there. I heard the whimpers and comments and saw the cringing and cowering. 😉
TBG – never seen Craig David.
I meeeeant that I know for me, when I work out, the first place I lose weight is in my face, so I don’t look as full in the cheeks. Therefore, my cheekbones stand out more. So it looked like that might be the case for you since your face is looking slimmer (I don’t know if slimmer is really the word to use here, but I couldn’t think of a more appropriate one). 🙂
I understand about the photos, but I’ll be looking forward to seeing them!
We’ve been in LA a little over a month, settling in, but moving to another part of town soon. I really like it so far!
the movie made me jump a few times too.. those once human things were pretty good…. (eerie).
well, I didn’t read the book (and didn’t know there was a book), so I started overthinking things and thought perhaps they (the nonhumans)didn’t set the trap, that WILL did it himself and forgot because he’s losing his mind….
also..I don’t like how it ended. There was enough room in that space for him (as she said).. he could have pulled the pin and threw it at them… why didn’t he? why did he have to be a suicide bomber?
PL – I didn’t realize my face was looking slimmer until I saw some older photos and thought I looked like a waterlogged corpse. So I lose weight in my face, too. That new hefty mighty Aphrodite workout regimen is working remarkably well.
re being in LA: How exciting!! You should email me so I can catch up on what’s going on and where you are and are headed!
Jordan – that was ANOTHER thing we were talking about; why didn’t he just get in the damn fireplace with them and throw the grenade out? Dwaine explained it was cuz, as he said, “They’re not gonna stop coming.” So he had to make sure the grenade was charged into the center of the masses, cuz if there’s one guy left, he’ll rip out the doorway and kill the mother and her son. I’m thinking the book will explain this better, too. I really oughta get it.
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