three hours to postville

it's friday and i'm really sleepy and sore today. i went downtown with karen last night to see harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban before it stops playing in theatres. i took the seabus over and then we wandered around looking at the orcas and then walked over to denman street where we looked for sushi to eat. mm, sushi. the denman cinema actually has double features, but i was way too tired to stay for another movie and if i had, i probably would have ended up missing the last bus back which would have pissed me off, so we left early. actually, it was good because i met pat, one of my old teaching assistants, on the seabus and we chatted all the way across. the only negative of the whole outing was my wearing the absolute wrong shoes for extended walking and my feet are pretty sore this morning. ah, i'm tough, and god knows i need to walk more. i should go wander around downtown with fun people more often! tomorrow, i'm going back to ikea with meghan and rosemary (meg's friend from school whom we've hung out with before, but not often because she lives far away and mark doesn't much like her husband jason). i love ikea. i spent way too much time the other night going through their website and picking about my dream bedroom suite (all in the antique stain because white furniture is icky). i was kind of tempted to buy at least one of the pieces now (and still am because i really need a bigger dresser), but i refuse to buy a nice frame for my current hand-me-down bed because i hope to replace it with a queen size in the not-so-distant future. then, on sunday, i'm going to yet another movie with karen. this time it will be the village. if you've seen it, don't you dare tell me anything! i refuse to have another m. night movie ruined for me by babbling. more minnesota stories later. this entry took me, uh, three hours to finish thanks to way too many interruptions and one painfully longass phone call from a person who doesn't know how to shut up. ugh. thank goodness i'm having sushi for lunch (yes, again). sushi makes everything okay. p.s. don't forget to mouse-over the photos for my very witty captions.