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Hi to my new friend Jet! :)

I'm tired, but a nap for about 45 minutes around 5PM carried me through the evening, and a short walk (about half the usual distance because I was tired) at 10PM has kept me awake til now... however, I'm on my way to bed. We're supposedly going to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon tomorrow - but I've been saying that for weeks, haven't I? Maybe we'll go and maybe we won't.

All I really did this evening was a little bit of homework, a lot of laying around trying to stay awake, and some eating of foodstuffs. We got food from the fab Hawaiian-Mexican place, and had icecream for dessert. Watched Buffy and Angel. I taped the rest of the dog show to watch some other time. I'm still hacking up stuff from the nasty cold thing I had a few weeks back, which is fun (in the same way that zits and backaches are fun, which is to say, not at all).

I looked at the AKC page today and went over my persuasive arguments... most of the breeds I'm interested in would be good for our lifestyle and fit into our home well, but most of the breeds my mom is interested in have problems. She was resistant to the Boston Terrier until I told her it's "like a miniature Boxer" (sneaky me) - she had a boxer she adored as a child. She was resistant to the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel until I showed her the ACK breed standards page and had her read about the temperament.

Really, I'd be happy with either... or a Sheltie, which is one of the dogs she's considering. Since it's mostly to be her dog, and a replacement for our old dog who died about 4 years ago and who was the sweetest, most charming and merry companion you can imagine, I don't want to force her into getting a dog she doesn't like. My dear unquietmind has assisted me with some Boston Terrier propaganda, such as the following photo (could you resist this face?)



Now I'm reading up on health information (I've found what looks to be an excellent breeder just a few hours away, someone who is very committed to working on genetics so that the dogs come out healthy and friendly), and am going to do something similar with the CKC Spaniel either later or tomorrow. It'll be a while before we can get the actual doggie, but this is a start! Yaaaaay!

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I don't really "do" Valentine's Day. I've gone through phases of doing things for it in different ways, but more or less I don't bother or angst anymore.

We did indeed make it to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon today, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I think the tone was a little uneven, and wasn't prepared for the last fifteen minutes or so at all, but it's still definitely one of the best movies I've seen in the last year. Ang Lee made one of my favorites, Sense and Sensibility, and as I couldn't get into his more recent films, I was glad to see another that I loved.

Dinner was hell, though. Tried to eat at the nice restaurant by the theater, but had forgotten that it's Valentine's Day, and would have had to wait a really long time. We were hungry, so we decided to just eat in the mall food court, and happily selected Subway in anticipation of a nice big turkey sandwich.

Alas, it was not to be. I waited for the girl behind the counter to finish with the customer ahead of me, and when she did, she refused to take my order because I wasn't standing in the right spot. I went and stood in the place she pointed to, but she refused to wait on me, didn't realise my mother was with me and tried to wait on her, and then waited instead on someone who had been standing in the right spot but not waiting as long. This other customer was on her lunch break, so I didn't say anything.

Then the counter girl smirked at me and again would not take my order and started waiting on people who had been behind me in line. By this point I'd been waiting like fifteen minutes... and it wasn't crowded! She just refused to take my order! It was seriously amazing. I stomped off, and as I was leaving she smirked at me again and waved. I flipped her off and yelled the matching comment (yeah, I'm so mature.)

Where the hell are these people coming from and why are they all picking on me? I mean, what did I even do to this girl to deserve the way she was treating me? Pleh. (I'm calling the district manager of Subway tomorrow, but I doubt she'll get in much trouble - the store is understaffed, and when a lot of jobs are available, people can pretty much treat customers however they feel like.)

After that, I had bourbon chicken and vegetable lo mein from the Chinese place, where everyone was nice and polite. Drove home and stopped for hot cocoa on the way. Picked up some discount Philosophy books (general and postmodern) for like $4 each. Now I'm home.

Is it too much to ask that people just be nice and polite? I'm not a hugely difficult person, really.