Brad Pitt @ MindSay

-- I bought this semi-expensive pink alpaca  yarn to knit Erica a scarf, and started to unwind it today so I could roll it into a cute, easy to manage little ball. Yeah...it's all just one giant knot.  Not thrilled about this fact at all.


-- I have to learn to trust my kids.  Today while we were watching 'Annie', A was having a freakout because he wasn't interested in the movie.  I guess looking back my 3 boys wouldn't have liked a musical and I should have known, but Claudia brought it in, and they really liked the Secret Garden, so we assumed they would be more tolerant of cheesy movies.  But to continue, when he was calming down from his screaming tantrum, I was at the back table with my knot of pink yarn and a scissor, trying to make sense of it.  He said "I want to cut" and started to cut the pile, and I said, "NO!" and gave him the scraps I'd cut, and he went to town on those.  We went to recess, I came back, and realized he had cut the handles off of the bag I'd been using.  HILARIOUS.  Couldn't even be mad, it was so funny.  So then E came over and was like, "I want to cut" so I gave him a piece.  And I walked away, and I see him cutting on my bag, too.  And I was, "E, no, that's not okay!", thinking the worst.  And I guess it wasn't a worst/anything thought option,  just you see a kid cutting your stuff, you react.  Do you know what he was doing?  Cutting me new handles.  Can you say 'champion'?  Amazing.  Maybe I'll always react with the initial, but maybe, hopefully, I'll get better at remembering:  I have GREAT kids, no matter what anyone else thinks.  They've got plenty of issues, but they've also got big hearts, and I love all 4 of them to death.  And when you give them the chance to be good, they will.


--  I have homework tonight.  While we were watching and I was de-knotting, Parker asked me if the guy playing Daddy Warbucks was the guy from Snatch.  I told him I'd never seen it, and I almost got my head taken off.  Then he asked if I'd ever watched The Usual Suspects, and I told him I'd watched most of it, and again, he was disgusted that I'd never seen the whole thing. "If you haven't seen the last 10 minutes, you haven't seen the movie".  So now I have homework; I have to watch The Usual Suspects and Snatch.  Are these really that good?  I'm so NOT a movie person (I can't tell you how many movies I've never seen - never seen ONE starring Brad Pitt before this upcoming weekend)...any movie buffs out there have opinions?

-- At the end of the day, for cash-in, I ended up having to take E and D outside for a game of Around the World.  They'd started a game with Parker, but E was going out without anyone, so I went.  And I am TERRIBLE at Around the World - I have memories of playing it in 2nd grade and NEVER getting off the first stop.  So today, I wasn't great, but I made it to the 4th spot pretty quick.  Of course, during this, E went around and pretty much the whole way back, and D came out late but he kept sinking shot after shot, but... for me, I kicked ass.

-- The semi-cute guy who works at Christopher's (local pizza/sandwich shop)'s name is Jeff.  I had to go in there today after school to pay off my dad's tab.  So I went in and started to explain why I was handing him money, and he goes, "for Mike's lunch".  So I said yeah, told him to keep the change (a whole...8 cents?  I'm a giver :)), and on the way out he calls, "Thanks! Have a great weekend.  Tell Mike to have one, too".  So meanwhile, I know my dad feels bad because this kid works there all the time when he goes in, but he doesn't know his name.  So I'm making my exit when I ask, "I will - what's your name?".  So now I was able to tell him 'the kid's name is Jeff', and now I know who the cute nice guy who works there is.  :). w00t.  Now, did I tell him my name?  No.  That would have been the RIGHT thing to do.  SOOOOOOO awkward.

-- My lemon meringue yogurt actually isn't disgusting.  I had a feeling it would be, but I'm not hating it.

--  I spent 45 minutes on the phone last night talking to Val, and it felt like...5.  Maybe 6.  I told her all about Z  and his behaviors that get him suspended (kicking, spitting on me, punching me...) and she told me the bad news that Sebastian was taken out of her room for similar stuff. Wow.  We knew he was off last year, but I can't imagine him turning out this way.  Then she broke my heart and told me they missed me in C.I.P.  I miss CIP so much.  Wow.  Val and Dan and Em and Veronica and Symone and now Mike is in it...damn.  Just...damn.

-- Tomorrow is the first Saturday since...oh, the weekend of Halloween, that I get to un-set my alarm clock and sleep until an hour that is AFTER 6:30 am.  I'm pretty excited about this feat, and will be really mad if I'm woken up before let's say...8.  8 would be a nice, late hour to sleep to tomorrow.

-- I hope you have a great weekend.

Rancette: Brad, congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination for Babel.
Brad: Thanks.
R: But since you and I both know you’re not much of an actor, let’s talk about the women in your life.
B: Yeah, Jack Nicholson is totally going to kick my a**.
R: So the tabloids say you’re getting back with Jen.
B: Who?
R: Aniston. Jennifer Aniston.
B: Rubbish.
R: Late night phone calls?
B: Well, only a few.  But that doesn’t mean we’re getting back together.
R: So what have you been talking about?
B: Old times.  Once she broke up with Vince Vaughn, I used to call her to console her.  Now that Angie’s had the baby and she’s bitching about everything, it’s great to talk to Jen and she’s so nice and she’ll always say the sweetest things to me.
R: So you’re not going to leave Angelina?
B: Heck, no.  I mean, Jen’s a great distraction.  But Angelina and I have a kid now.  Shangrila or something.
R: What?
B: The kid’s name.
R: Shiloh?
B: Yeah, I can’t keep these kids’ names straight.  And Maddox and Zappa Unit One.
R: Zahara?
B: Yeah.
R: Zahara’s a nice name.
B: You know it is.  It’s just hard to remember.  And when we have another kid…
R: So Angelina IS pregnant?
B: Yeah.  She pulled a Britney on me.  Getting pregnant right after having a baby.
R: Uh oh, if your storyline follows Britney’s, you and Angie will split right after baby #2.
B: Yeah, but Angie and I aren’t married like Brit and Kev were.  And technically this is baby #4.  You know, adopted children count too.
R: Whatever.  So you said you’re going to kick Jack Nicholson’s a**?
B: No, he’s going to kick my a**.
R: You know it’s funny.  The week after The Departed was released, he fell and broke a rib.  He looks tough on screen, but you could totally kick his a** in real life.
B: Baby, this is real life.  I’m playing it cool with Angelina and I have a real live Golden Globe nomination for Babel.
R: Next stop Oscar-ville?
B: Totally.
R: Who are you going to bring to the Oscars, Jen or Angelina?
B: I’m thinking, my mother.  That’s who Kevin Spacey brought to the Oscars and he won.
R: Interesting thinking.  You need all the help you can get though.  I hope that strategy works for you.
B: I really need this Oscar.  Angie has one so I want one too.
R: I see.  Maybe you should adopt a child of your own and name it too.  Shangrila was a very interesting name that you came up with.
B: Rancette, the name’s Shiloh.  And Shiloh wasn’t adopted.  She’s our own flesh and blood.  One day she’ll be an actress of Oscar winning parents.
R: You haven’t gotten the Oscar yet.  You haven’t even gotten the Golden Globe yet.
B: Just wait and see.

TO BE CONTINUED…

I am sick of hearing about how much the magazines have paid for Ms. Shiloh Nouvel's baby pictures. My gosh. Who cares!? Where are the darn pictures already?! Why would we even care what the baby looks like? I mean, you see pics of Gwyneth and Apple and you're like, man, whatever, Apple looks okay but whatever.  But Shiloh? They're acting like she's worth every penny of the $4 mil. or $10 mil. At this rate, she's giving Dakota Fanning a run for her money. Why not get the kid acting at oh, say age 1? If they can commission such a high price? If people are so intrigued? The name Shiloh Nouvel already has star power. I feel sorry for the parents in say 14 years.  Shiloh is going to give them HELL. Wanna bet?