Today was one of the first days this year that Ive woken up feeling refreshed and entirely devoid of stress. Man, I can't wait till summer. I woke up at about noon (terrible, I know, but I was tired, and I stayed up later than usual eating ice cream with my twin 4 year old nieces--I'm such a rebel). Anyway, I woke up, tried to transfer stuff from my old-not-working-very-well phone to my new-working-better phone, showered, then my friend Devin and I went to get some lunch (both of us pretending it was already summer the whole time--we both wore shorts and refused to think otherwise, even when it started to snow--because the sun was shining for the first time in a while, at least initially, that either of us happened not to work), then to this little store I found the week before last that sells pipes. It sells all sorts of tobacco products actually, but we were all about the pipes. Don't worry, I'm not about to start a smoking habit any time soon...or ever for that matter. But I did somehow get it set in my mind that Devin should get his "author" pictures taken in jeans and a t shirt with a pipe in his hand (he's written 2 books already and is about to have the first published); in black and white of course, which was his plan already. Something about pipes just makes people look more intelligent. Nothing says "buy me" like a picture on the back of a book with the author holding a pipe. The jeans say, "I'm casual and down to earth," the pipe says, "I'm really smart, see...I'm holding a pipe." Anyway, with these thoughts in my head, I went in search of a pipe for Devin. I eventually found one and realized that not only do pipes make you look smarter, but they also make you feel smarter. I decided that I couldn't do without my newfound pipe. I studied much better that night because of it, I'm just sure of it. 
So naturally, Devin was jealous of my pipe. I let him hold it a few times, but it just wasn't enough for him--he had to have one of his own. We found ourselves in this pipe shop, perusing through their pipe selection. A lot of thought went into it, vibes were felt, and eventually we found the pipe that screamed, "Devin." The dude there said he knew the minute Devin picked it up that it'd be the one he left with. How's that for fate? Anyway, we both decided that we might start collecting pipes. I love collecting things; I collected coins, marrionette puppets, rocks smoothed out and shaped like eggs, pens, playing cards, as well as tea sets for a time. And I love pipes, even though the thought of smoking kind of revolts me. Hopefully Germany will have a nice selection when I go.
After the pipe buying we headed to Smith's Marketplace and I bought a few movies--including The Sound of Music. I've had a hankering to watch it for over a year now, and I only just decided to do something about it. We also looked for Gigi, which I wanted Devin to see, because it's French (sort of), and for someone who loves musicals he sure hasn't seen a lot of the classics. Leslie Caron, Hermione Gingold, Maurice Chevalier, filmed in black and white...need I add any more recommendations to it than that? We ended up going to the City Library, which is I love because it has one of the most impressive layouts I've come across with the added bonus of being full of books, and I finally got a library card there. I hadn't before this point strangely enough; I just had a county one. We found the movie, but we still ended up watching The Sound of Music. Devin thought he hated it before, having seen it last over 8 years ago, but it turns out he actually loves it. There's not much not to love. Amazing aerial shots of beautiful mountains and other Austrian scenery/landscapes, amazing music unparalleled--when it comes to pretty much everything else, excellently thought out humor, nazis, and at times touchingly sad moments...it's no wonder it made it onto AFI's 100 top movies of all times--the watching of all said movies being one which I've recently undertaken. I'm about 5 down so far, in case you were wondering.
So that was my casual, stress free Saturday.
3 comments:
Melissa you need to write a book! I'm not kidding I love to read your posts! You're so creative I love it! I've really missed seeing you. The pipe thing just got me laughing so hard. I love the sound of music! Did you know that when I went to Austria I actually took the Sound of Music Tour!? Who even knew such a thing existed right? Well it was AMAZING! I danced in THE gazeebo, saw the gardens, the houses, THE hill, THE church of the wedding and so on and so forth. LOVED IT! Great great show! Oh you and your pipe! :)
You're Saturday sounded much more productive than mine. I babysat 6 kids in addition to my own, one of them being a screaming, teething 7-month-old that wanted her mommy pretty badly.
I LOVE the pipe and that pic for his book sounds perfect. You'll have to pass along the title of the book so I can keep an eye out for it.
Sadly I'm pretty sure he won't do that for his picture. Don't get me wrong, he loves the pipe, and he said he'd have his guy take pictures of him with it and pass them along to me, but he wants to be taken more seriously on the back of the book. I told him I'd settle for it being on the back of his second book, after he already has a big following. He might agree.
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