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i used to write on this thing a lot more than i do now, and really there's no reason why i shouldn't be more present--as it is, i just looked at my page and saw that almost all of my most recent entries involve trip reports, which is pretty sad considering that the paris/dublin trip was almost 5 months ago and the spanish thing was several months

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i don't think this would be a spoiler (how can there really be too many spoilers when the movie plot is: birds fly around), but the movie goes about an hour through with all the flying and whatnot and then all of a sudden a gunshot fires and we see the bird fall--that was really intense for her...she hated the muck scene too but the combination of animal death and guns (two of her biggest bothers) really did it...

we're hoping the trip is going to be okay on her body--it is the safest time for us to go over, since she's not expected to deliver anytime soon and she's over the nausea that lasted for virtually all of the first 3 months--and our time away from kyoto is going to be pretty easygoing, its just those 3 days where the test is going to take place--we're planning to go to about 5 or 6 temples/castles/shrines/palaces/gardens a day, and kyoto is a pretty sprawling city--but we think it can be done if we use the modern convenience of taxis and trains to help us out, even if its not quite as scenic--but we've spaced it out pretty well, and we have a knowledge of which ones we really want to see and which ones we could go without if we had to...

i don't know how old the grandmother is actually, but somewhere in the 80s i'd imagine--she wasn't doing too well when i came over to get married a few years back, so she's actually the only person in the family that i haven't met (oh wait, i think there's an uncle and aunt who live in north japan that i haven't met either)--but she's doing a lot better now, and it'll be nice to see her and smile (since that's about all i'm good for, really, other than "nice to meet you" and "thank you"--so much for my planned japanese skills improvement)...

un chien andalou is quite unlike any of the other bunuel movies, or at least any of the ones i've seen--and the concept for that was to make an incoherent film anyway, so its understandably different...i'll finish watching the rest of the movies and make my final comments then...

and you know i'm crossing my fingers for you on TCM...

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Oh right, the hunters and the ducks. And S. is a vegetarian, so I can see that. Since I eat meat, I rationalize that sort of thing, thinking that I would eat the duck, and that hunter is going to eat that duck, with his family. But I hate the killing too.

I'm sorry S. was so sick in her first trimester, yuck. But hopefully all will be well for this big trip. It sounds like it's going to be really great. As usual, I'm envious. :)

And I'm sure her grandmother will enjoy your smile and your "Nice to meet you" and your "thank you".

(I've heard nothing back from TCM, but thanks for the crossed fingers.)

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yeah, hunting is a big X around our place--and my dad's side of the family is a hunting family, but thankfully those worlds have never collided...

well, i think just about every woman gets sick in the first trimester, but she never got nauseous to the point of vomiting which is better than a lot of people i'm sure--she just couldn't take some of our favorite foods and ingredients, and it was a pretty lengthy process to find out exactly what did and didn't pass the test--the biggest shock for her (and hence me) was getting over the lack of any hot peppers or spices or garlic...she's weaned herself back onto most of that now, though (although we are still a jalapeno-less household)...

remember when i was going to invite you to the flamenco night? that was one of the days when the nausea really struck, and she was debating whether or not she'd be able to control herself...but since i couldn't get in touch with you & since she didn't want to let a $30 ticket go to waste, she prepped herself and we survived through it...

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Ah, I didn't realize S. had felt so awful. And I do remember the Flamenco Night thing. I'm glad she was able to go.

Somewhat unrelated, but not at all really, I was on birth control pills for years, and once (yep, I think only once!) I forgot to take my pill, and the remedy for that is to take it as soon as you remember you forgot, which means you take two in one day. Now, since the pill is synthetic hormones, and a good bit of an estrogen-like hormone, which is in place during pregnancy in abundance as well, I went through the nausea something awful. And it wasn't vomiting, but wishing like I could and get it over with. So, though I've not been pregnant, I think I have an idea what that initial rush of estrogen is like. Hormones are crazy.

I'm glad she's feeling better! Life without garlic would not be a good thing. :)