Birthday!
While I am working on the special project at the Brooklyn Museum's annex location, I have had to go into the actual Museum for a few days and half-days. Yesterday was one such day, so I spent the morning AT the Museum. Aside from getting some work done, I also got to see my old Museum friends -- had coffee with Chrisy and lunch with Megan! That afternoon, I went to the Elm Street location where my colleagues there had a birthday party for me and another girl who has the exact same birthday as me (down to the year!). There was German chocolate cake and lemon cupcakes and champagne!
After work, I went into Manhattan and met up with Marty. We'd originally planned to have dinner in Hoboken and then go to hear a friend's band. We had a really nice Mexican dinner in Hoboken. Then, we decided to change plans, because we were right near a Blockbuster, so we decided to see a movie Marty's been wanting me to see for a long time, Bubba Ho-Tep. Marty knows how I feel about The King, so it was a great birthday choice! I really loved it. For those who don't know, it is about Elvis being alive and in a retirement home. He ends up having to fight off a mummy with the help of his friend who thinks he is JFK. This only just sounds like it would be a terrible movie; I was skeptical at first, wondering if it would be my sort of thing. In actuality I loved it for its creativity and I found it to be a well-done and funny movie! There are some style things that are really cool and well-done including flashbacks and memories, etc. The actors, especially Bruce Campbell as a "senior citizen Elvis," were all very good!
Anyway, as is tradition on my birthday, the weather is now terrible. Marty was a kind soul and drove me to the train station this morning. I will be celebrating my birthday with Aly tonight with SUSHI! We had been thinking of going to Manhattan, however, the weather is making us want to stay closer to home.
One mission for tonight: buy a new phone charger at the Verizon store (I left my other one in Leonia). I think it'll be useful to just keep one at my parents' house anyway, so having two will not be a big deal.
After work, I went into Manhattan and met up with Marty. We'd originally planned to have dinner in Hoboken and then go to hear a friend's band. We had a really nice Mexican dinner in Hoboken. Then, we decided to change plans, because we were right near a Blockbuster, so we decided to see a movie Marty's been wanting me to see for a long time, Bubba Ho-Tep. Marty knows how I feel about The King, so it was a great birthday choice! I really loved it. For those who don't know, it is about Elvis being alive and in a retirement home. He ends up having to fight off a mummy with the help of his friend who thinks he is JFK. This only just sounds like it would be a terrible movie; I was skeptical at first, wondering if it would be my sort of thing. In actuality I loved it for its creativity and I found it to be a well-done and funny movie! There are some style things that are really cool and well-done including flashbacks and memories, etc. The actors, especially Bruce Campbell as a "senior citizen Elvis," were all very good!
Anyway, as is tradition on my birthday, the weather is now terrible. Marty was a kind soul and drove me to the train station this morning. I will be celebrating my birthday with Aly tonight with SUSHI! We had been thinking of going to Manhattan, however, the weather is making us want to stay closer to home.
One mission for tonight: buy a new phone charger at the Verizon store (I left my other one in Leonia). I think it'll be useful to just keep one at my parents' house anyway, so having two will not be a big deal.