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April 17, 2004
April 17
It's my last week as a bachelorette and, unfortunately, between work and the final wedding preparations I can't really enjoy it. Besides all the work I need to get done at my office before we take off for the wedding and honeymoon, I have these crazy grant applications to complete--applying for federal funding, especially when it involves applications that require all this technical data is definitely no fun. I've barely scratched the surface of what I wanted to get done as far as planning for the honeymoon goes but, unfortunately, work seems to be taking precedent. It also happens to be my honey's birthday in a few days so last night we went out for dinner and finally saw Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. An excellent movie--I love the story line, Kate Winslet's character, and I liked that Jim Carrey played a character which was basically the opposite of the characters he generally plays.
Speaking of things I like, I love the show Globe Trekker. Every weekend I get a glimpse of a country (or countries) I probably will never see but more often than not prefer seeing other people explore. I'm not a particularly adventurous person--I would never go sea kayaking or spend days travelling through a rain forest or even go on a safari in Africa, much less a lot of the things that the hosts of Globe Trekker do. They'll eat roasted insects, go on mountain treks that most people would not be able to endure, watch animals being sacrificed, all sorts of things that I don't mind watching but that I wouldn't want to do myself. Anyhow, today one of the hosts, Ian, happened to join a Greenlander on a reindeer hunt and after the Greenlander gutted the one he caught, he showed Ian the partially contents of the reindeer's stomach (partially digested plant material) and told him that Greenlanders used to eat this stuff, since vegetables are hard to come by in Greenland. "Really?" Ian replied and asked if he had ever eaten that stuff. The Greenlander responded it that he'd eaten it a number of times and, hearing this, Ian took a smidgen of the stuff and proceeded to put it in his mouth. The Greenlander smiled and said he was just kidding and Ian immediately spit the stuff out and washed his mouth out with snow. It's rare that you come across moments like this on Globe Trekker and I thought it was pretty funny.
Posted by Jennifer at April 17, 2004 09:37 PM
Comments
Eternal Sunshine = great movie! Highly recommended!!
Posted by: Adamonkey at April 17, 2004 09:39 PM