Exhausted
I'm so beyond shot its not even funny. Why? Because I'm a nerd and felt the need to go see Harry Potter last night at the midnight showing with the rest of the nerds. Why? I don't know. I've never done the whole going to see the movie at midnight the day before it opened and I wanted to die knowing that I've at least done that geeky deed at least once. So I went with my little brother (who slept through the first half of it) and didn't get home and to bed until 3:00 AM. Of course Keyser woke me up at 5:00, and again at 5:30 and my alarm went off at 6:00 and I had to get up and go to work.
It was worth it though. The movie was really good. They cut a lot of the small stuff that was in the book completely out, but it was still a satisfying flick, and still very true to the book. (Yes, I've read them all, geek, I told you already). They actually could've added in some of that stuff and it still wouldn't have been that bad. The movie was two hours, fifteen minutes tops. two and a half wouldn't have been so bad. Thats what the first two were, and of course the Lord of the Rings were all pushing 3, except the last one that went way over that mark. So a little more would've been nice, but it was still a good flick. I'm highly satisfied and it was worth one night of sleep deprivation.
In other news I booked all my flights from London to Ireland and Scotland yesterday, and of course they were about 30 pounds cheaper over the weekend when I first priced them out, and factor in the exchange rate most likely increasing in the past 5 days and I spent $70 more than I would've if I'd bought them over the weekend. Oh well, you live, you learn, you deal. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm not going to be in each country for long, but hell, I was only in Paris for two full days and a couple hours each day surrounding those two, and I still had a blast there. Adding two more countries to my list of places visited is going to be cool too.
I like traveling with Elena, its fun. This time last year we went up to Lake George with my entire family and that was really cool. Had fun just driving up there with her and spending the whole weekend with her, especially the part about us having our own room and not having to share with my brothers or anything. We had been dating for about two months at that point and it was just something fun to do. I'm glad my dad told me I could invite her, it would've been a crappy weekend without her.
Although I doubt I'll be able to do this before Elena comes home for good, so we'll probably just have to do it another time, but there are a few more countries I'd really love to see. I know Elena would love to see Italy, being that she's Italian and all that. I really want to see Austria, Vienna specifically as I've heard its a beautiful country and city, and I know a lot of my relatives came to the US from Austria. And I want to see Prague, which I've heard is a great city too. So those are my plans. I'll get there someday. Hell, two years ago I never would have thought I'd go to London or Paris. My ex was terrified of flying, no way she'd get on a plane over an ocean. Pain in the ass.
Alright, back to work, or more like back to trying to stay awake. This day can't end soon enough. Party tomorrow night at Seth's girlfriends which should be fun, except for the fact that its like an hour away from my house, but what are you going to do? Nothing. I could really go for getting stupid drunk, thats for sure. I can't wait to hit the pubs in Ireland and Scotland. Seth was upset that I wasn't going to Dublin, he wanted to know what the Guiness Brewery was like. Maybe next time. Have a great day everyone!