Laga, insent in a minute, I should have said. I'm writing mondo email with an alternative I may have found.

backflung, KT. Big giant thank-yous!

blueberry oatmeal scone... OK if you're trying to sneak into an R rated movie, don't ask the manager what time it starts! This kid just asked me what time does Superbad start and when I asked to see his ticket he stammerred, "oh, no, my, dad, justwantedtoknowwhattime it starts." Looks like I'll be doing ticket checks in Superbad.

Dad's birthday was today. I bought him some plants for his butterfly garden. He sent me home with some caterpillars.

I went over and made dinner and a friend had dropped off a cake and wine so we had that for dessert. The wine was a wonderful shiraz that was too rich for dinner but perfect with the chocolate cake.

And my brother and FSIL have finally set a firm date and place for their wedding -- Jan 5, 2008. In Hawaii. So Mom's kinda upset because she can't afford a ticket to Hawaii, and if she could she can't take the time off. I'll be saving my money and hoping I can get a ticket.

But then Dad said that's right when he got his yearly bonus so I don't think either Mom or I will have to worry. We don't have to worry about a place to stay because Bro is renting some kind of villa thing. I'm assuming I'm on the guest list, they are only inviting 12-15 people to the wedding. (He and I aren't terribly close and while I assume I'll be invited maybe there's a chance I won't, who knows).

askye, they should look into group tickets. Most airlines have a thing where you can get a discount if you have a certain number of people flying to the same place on their airline.

lordy I just caught a giant bug in the box office. It looks like one of those Texas cockroaches. (it was wearing boots and smoking a cigar)

George Bush is in your theater? ;) ...

Thank you all for your warm wishes. Still waiting to get a hold of my brother (semi-hermit) back in VA. My Uncle seems to be taking it just fine. The problem appears to be her kids (previous marriage). It sounds before there was any grief shown, the kids were talking about the house and will. :: shakes head :: So in my talk with Uncle, I let him know that we (my mom lives in San Diego way) are her for HIM (not any loot), and to call us any time, and let us know what we can do for HIM.

I think I'm amazed at how little grief is being shown. Granted, it's all over the phone, but still. Granted, she was 60+ and had a bad case of MS, and was getting harder to get around every month. So not a total surprise. But still.

OK, I've babbled enough. Again, thanks for all your well wished. I Love you guys!!

I'm sorry the kids are being so insensitive to your uncle. Good grief.

I wonder if that would work for me. My problem is that I have oily eyelids, and the oil takes off waterproof mascara. My other problem is that I can't imagine spending $25 on mascara.

Ginger is me. I can't remember the last time I wore mascara. Many many years no doubt.

Makeup for me is once a year I go crazy and wear lipstick. My nails do get done regularly.

Laga, I feel your pain. The one show I acted in, they tried to put eye make-up on me. Oy was that an ordeal. After eyes turning all shades of red and face wet from involuntary crying, I pointed out "if one scene I'm wearing sunglasses, and the other I have a bandage over my eyes, do I need to have eye make up??!!??" Thankfully they said no eye make up was needed.

If they wanted to put makeup on me I would be oh so OK with that. It's the putting it on by myself that is causing panic attacks. I only wore foundation and lipstick on Win Ben Stein's Money and I think I looked just fine. Luckily Kristin sent me some incredibly detailed instructions to take with to the beauty supply store so I am feeling a lot more capable. Also I figure if I go with the most natural and neutral shades I can find I can't mess it up too bad, right?

Laga, I don't think that you need to worry about wearing mascara/following the instructions exactly. I wouldn't if it were me. They're just worried about how you'll look on camera, and these are the pitfalls they've seen from other people.