What's My Line

Hi everybody. In searching for a video clip for my English teaching course, I have been watching a lot of youtube, mostly Groucho Marx and old television game shows. One very interesting clip I came across is a little long, but delightfully entertaining. I hope even those family members who most surely don't watch all the dumb videos I post will watch this one for the fun of it. I have fallen deeply in love with What's my Line.




Two nights ago, Justin and I went to see a movie we stumbled upon called "Stranded: I Have Come From A Plane that Crashed in the Mountains." I was very excited and interested to see the film since I had done a report in college researching the 1972 plane crash that left what remained of an Uruguayan rugby team and their friends and family to find survival for 72 days in the Andes. The movie was made by a filmmaker who has been friends with some of the survivors since boyhood, and he wanted a chance to tell the story the right way from each survivors mouth. He actually interviewed all 16 survivors and joined them on a trip back to the crash site 30 years later and filmed the reunion.
http://www.strandedthefilm.com/

This movie was incredibly moving. I cried so many times just watching it, and then afterwards there was a talk back with the filmmaker and Fito Strauch who was one of the 16 survivors. It was amazing. I felt truly honored to be in his presence and to have been at the premiere of this film. Afterwards, Justin and i said thanks to the director, I started crying all over again and we left to head back into the civilized world where the trains were full of stupid people and food was wasted everywhere and being sold at expensive prices. I was stuck in a daze for a long time. I tried to think of what it would be like to come back to life from where they had been. Would you just be happy to be alive? Would you love to go to that job? Would you love to be on that crowded train? Or would you wonder if there wasn't something more that kept you from giving in to death on the cold rough mountain peaks? It was a weird night after that film.

I strongly recommend it.

Love
Nicole

Ps: if we ever find ourselves in a similar situation my friends, and I pass on before the rest, I would be honored for you to use my body to keep yourself alive. And that's my final word.

Showalter's Showalter with Michael Cera

I love this.

Bonsai Bonanza!

Tonight is the opening of All MY Sons. The producers sent these little trees to our office, one for each of us, how sweet!
The picture is terrible because it's my camera ohone and I work inside a dungeon and there isn't a trace of sunlight to be found. I'm sure some of you out there know about what this is like.
Anyway, Justin and I are looking forward to the opening show and the big party afterwards, and you better believe I spent a million hours finding the right outfit for tonight. I originally picked the beautiful red dress that I wore to Alexis' wedding rehearsal dinner, and then I decided last night that I wanted something more elegant and less attention grabbing, so I picked out a beautiful lace white shirt tucked into waist high wide legged black pants. Both with black pumps. And a million outfits later.

Well, when I told Adam I changed my mind about what to wear, he told Cindy and then I got a text from her saying, "Freak, wear the red dress!"

And I pretty much do whatever she tells me to, so Kiersten was nice enough to bring it into the city for me! Now, I have my red dress and I'm all ready to go.
I'm sure you loved reading about that business. I mean I really value Justin's opinion, but he was so over watching me try on every nice outfit I had that he didn't really care anymore, and I wish my sisters had been around to help me out! I kept saying, I wish Alexis were here to make this easier.That's so annoying, I can't just do anything on my own volition; I have to get everyone else's approval first. That's my own mess of person making its way into all my life's problems. I'll work on that later when I'm older. For now, I wil have a great time tonight and be thinking about all of you, when I'm not too drunk off the free booze to think anymore.

Love you!


PS: i couldn't post this until the next day so it's actually all happened already. It was amazing, and I'll tell you all about it later!

INTRODUCING...

I told Justin he should use this picture as his headshot. I think it could help him get a lot of work up here in the big apple.


That's actually the inspiration for this post, but since I'm already writing, I should probably tell you about how fun it was going to PA for Alexis' baby shower.



It was really nice to see Alexis. She let me touch her belly when the baby was moving. I was just telling Justin it was really beautiful and not like gobliny or alieny at all. We painted the baby's room. Mom and I worked hard trying to get Alexis to stay out of the room, but she made her way in a couple times and managed to get some work done on her own.
This is the color we painted it:


I'm telling you in person its a bit more of an intense blue green. I loved it. It was bright and happy, and quite gender neutral. I'm so exited about that damn baby peanut. I just keep thinking about the little one moving in her belly! Alexis is one of those hot pregnant girls. Her body looks exacly as tiny and pretty as ever, but she has a big old bun in her oven! (And I'm not talking about her butt).
Mom said it hasn't hit her yet. I really think it hit me. And I'm totally excited about being an aunt! I mean, I love my friend's children, and i feel like Jenny and Reagan are practically my family, and I actually want to die when i think about how much i love them all but this is like, a baby that has my bloodline closer than any other. I'm gonna be exploding with love for that cutie. You gotta see the onesies mom helped me get for Alexis. One of them is a tiny little colorful kimono. I love it!

WEll, I'm spent.

Justin says hey nicole pepper and he's knows someone that's stronger than me. but he also sends his love out there.
Just scroll on back up and check out that picture of him in case you forgot what he truly looks like.

i am no slave to my blog

as we all know. just now i realized that i don't have to write a big entry just to post something. sure it's been a few months since my last dumb post, but all i want to do is just say "hi."

Hi.