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January 13, 2006
Isn't there a rule about not blogging drunk?
Has anybody else noticed how in Magnolia the music is a near-constant distraction from what’s on the screen? It’s on RTE at the moment, and I’m a little drunk, but I didn’t notice it the first time I saw it, in the fancy cinema with it’s fancy intermission for peoples of the weak bladders - okay, wait, I’ve sidelined myself.
Right. The manly way of asking somebody to marry you, right, is to have the ring in advance. Right? Right. The risk is, when your sweetie doesn’t wear rings, that you have no handy template for the ring size, and so the only solution is to measure her finger. But the only way to measure her finger surreptitiously is to get her comatose via the magic of alcohol, at least when you’re a man of limited imagination like myself. The trouble with that, see, is that alcohol works both ways. I measured her finger size, but not very well.
Back to the diamond merchant we went, to have her finger measured by a pro, and then to have the ring whisked back to Antwerp for some resizing action. It’s back now, as sparkly as ever, and much more snugly fitting. And now my sweetie has to wear it all her life! Score!
Darn. The music’s started up again. Poor Stanley…
Posted by Oliver at January 13, 2006 11:15 PM
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Buy the music - Aimee Mann. really good album.
Posted by: auds at January 14, 2006 01:16 AM
I think I need more details….
Posted by: Nicole at January 14, 2006 03:27 AM
Audrey, I’ve had the album for an age! It is great but there’s the occasional preachy lyric I could have done without.
Read backwards, Nic!
Posted by: Oliver at January 17, 2006 11:55 PM
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