2001-05-11
House Shopping, posted at 11:51 p.m.
Epiphany in Baltimore has moved to epiphanyinbaltimore.blogspot.com I just watched "The West Wing," taped from Wednesday. What an amazing television show. I don't ever remember a TV show being such a consistent thrill every week any time in my life. It ended with a big tear jerking moment. A very minor character was killed in a drunk driving accident. Even though Miss Landingham only had a couple lines a week, it was an incredibly sad moment when we found out she was dead. It's a testament to both the actress and the show's writers that they're able to do this. And, surprisingly, all the little plots surrounding it were working on full blast - I can't wait until next week.Back at school, girl with chip on her shoulder was better today. Maybe she was just having a bad day, and it had nothing to do with her "D". I also saw Edwar, a kid who likes to give me hugs because I think he knows it makes me uncomfortable. He's the sort of kid who has charisma dripping off him, and I just pray that he uses it for the power of good. He is a natural leader, an incredibly great people person - I've told him this, and that I hope he takes advantage of it and makes the world a better place. We'll see. He's also skipped class over 20 times this semester.
Tonight, I saw "The Mummy Returns" with Erin. Bad movie. I was actually mad at the end, like I hadn't been mad since "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Why do I insist on seeing big dumb blockbuster movies when reviews are awful for them? I mean, I have nothing against big blockbuster movies in general. Sometimes, they're really great. "U-571" came out about this time last year and was a hit, and it ended up being one of my favorite movies I saw all year. But "The Mummy Returns" was a lump of crap.
Erin is house-shopping and talking about mortgages, interest rates, and other stuff I don't understand at all. We visited a nice little house in Lansing that I liked a lot, and she did too. I think the real estate agent thought we were a couple. Funny. Erin feels like such a sister, that it would be like incest.
I'm hoping to complete at least five applications this weekend and to send them off. Baltimore wants me bad - I got something else in the mail today from them. Baltimore. Charlotte. Raleigh-Durham. St. Petersburg. Washington, DC. Atlanta. Hmmmm...