OK so I'm not bipolar (well not entirely), but today I woke up feeling much, much better. But not for any specific reason. I still haven't heard an official answer about the job, but I have heard really positive things about how the meeting went - and I know that I didn't not get the job since they aren't meeting with anyone else (yet) and they haven't turned us down. See?? I can see the fullness in the glass!
I also had a pretty good day yesterday. Saw my grandma for a short time and she's adorable as ever and when she saw me (we haven't seen eachother in two years), she was so surprised by "how pretty and how skinny" I was. Which secretely makes me wonder if I used to be a fatty. But I'm not joking - if you want to make another woman like you, immediately complement her on how pretty and skinny she is because after someone says that to me, I'm instantly the M&M who melts in their...uh... hand?
Speaking of M&M's, last night I met up with my friend to see the movie Once.
Oh, but quickly, I have to tell you what I was doing before the movie. My friend was running a little late and so I stepped into Barnes and Noble to do some browsing. Honestly, I LOVE bookstores - they are my candy store. But instead of being drawn to the new fiction, or biographies, or even some self-help, I went straight to the wedding section - not even realizing that was where I was going. And I sat there, and pulled out all of these Southern California guides, and dress magazines, and books about Interfaith weddings (I'm Jewish and he's Catholic), and those wedding planner books (do any of you engaged girls use them?), and I was so content for over 45 minutes. But y'all - I AM NOT ENGAGED! And I was never that girl - you know, the one who would plan her wedding before she needed to. Every once in a while when people would walk by and see me sprawled on the floor I would instantly cover up my left hand so they wouldn't know how pathetic I was. And when my friend called to say she got there, I threw those books so fast back on their shelves so that she wouldn't judge me and give me that poor, poor girl look.
ANYWAY - Remember the movie that I was telling you about before I went wedding crazy? Once is a beautiful indie movie about a man who is an amazing musician but is otherwise lonely and sad, who has nothing really to lose, and happens to meet a young woman who ends up changing his life. The coolest part about it is that in a way it's a musical, since it tells the story mostly through the original music written by the lead singer. It is definitely a love story, and almost as a viewer you can't help but feel like you are just a voyeur in their lives. Very moving to me. Well, we saw it at these new movie theatres on the westside that were just outrageous. There was a beautiful bar in the lobby, where you could have a drink before or after, and the candy that they sold was amazing - they literally had chocolate from around the world - Pocky's from Japan and Tim Tam's from Australia. I went all boring and ordered the Dark Chocolate M&M's. But the best part was, in a few of their theatres, instead of your average seating, there were couches. Some for one, most for two, and some for three or more. So you could go with your sweetie and see a movie cuddled up on a comfy leather couch. It was awesome.
And after a litle Big Brother last night (I could KILL Amber), I went to bed. I got wonderful sleep, and here we are.
Amazing what a day can do.
