the truth might be out there

my husband had the weekend off so we got to spend time together. on saturday we took the babies to the detroit zoo. i am an introvert that does not really enjoy being in a crowd of people. the zoo was busy. zoos have also tried to make themselves better places for the animals--which means trying to make the animals' areas more natural and not just put them in cages. this means you cannot really see anything. we did ride the mini-train around though.

on sunday we had the grandparents watch the babies and we went to barnes and noble and i read 3/4 of the wilco biography by greg kot. then we went to crunchy's and had burgers. crunchy's has the best burgers i have ever had.

i, as of yet, have not watched any movies on the AFI list. i did finally watch some of my netflix rentals. i watched the icelandic slacker movie( 101 Reykjavik) that my friend frank recommended and enjoyed it. last night i watched THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE a french canadian movie from 1986. they just made a second part to it a couple of years ago called BARBARIAN INVASIONS. i watched that last fall and loved it and finally rented it. i have been trying to watch a movie every night after the babies finally get to bed (about 10:30-11:00). i could spend the time reading but i find that when i read i tend to fall asleep.

holy shit cannot i not take madonna. i could take her when she was superficial and slutty but the whole kabbalah thing is crazy. i also read the interview w/ her in Ladies Home Journal and she was talking about when she got pregnant (at age 38) she finally started thinking about the meaning of life and her place in the world. holy fucking head up your ass. now she still has her head up her ass but she thinks she is wise. she also talked about how when her daughter doesn't clean her room she goes in with a garbage bag and puts her clothes in it and hides it and she has to 'earn' her clothes back. does anyone else find that sorta mommie dearest like???

i also like how tom cruise thinks he knows about the history of psychiatry. scientologists--kirstie alley, tom cruise, lisa marie presley, juliette lewis---when you think about these people do you think..."wow they have really got life and this whole thing figured out. what's their secret?" no you think "they are all batshit crazy" kirstie alley???? lisa marie presley? plus they all seem to have the IQ of rabbits. who said "be suspicious of those who claim to know the Truth, trust those who say they are searching for Truth." (hopefully i am not attributing deep meaning and depth to something said by fox mulder on x-files.)

i downloaded feist and tegan and sarah. i like the tegan and sarah. it is one of those albums that you kinda like the first time you listen to it and then it sticks in your head and you like it more and more w/ each listening.

ellyn has been gone nearly a week. harry left w/ his dad on friday. i was actually considering driving to their cottage in canada and seeing them because i miss them so much. it is only three hours away. i am quite pathetic. they always go to the crane family cottage for about a week or two in the beginning of july. for this reason i really don't do much for the 4th. i don't go to a parade and i don't go to fireworks. both of these things involve crowds and if you remember what i said at the beginning of this entry you would know why this is not exactly my favorite holiday.