Michelle's Journal

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 14:46 Bloody hell... Futureshop really needs to get their act together.

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 00:02 Had a truely wonderful O'Christmas today. I feel really spoiled. Looking forward to L'Christmas tomorrow.

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 11:55 Looks like it's gonna be a white Christmas here: post.ly/G0Aj
• 12:06 RT @rosalarian "The most recent episode of Dollhouse reminds me a LOT of YU+ME" I had the same thought.
• 22:18 I love troubleshooting.

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 12:06 Petty much only been listening to James Horner music lately. Well, him and Michael Kamen's Die Hard - t'is the season and all!
• 12:11 RT @josteinhakestad: Wearing a santa hat now. #dealwithit. Awesome!

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 12:16 I enjoyed looking at this gallery, and thought I'd share: www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/37912 #avatar
• 20:02 I accidently knocked over a shoebox that was hiding a present for Natalie I forgot I bought her earlier this year. Awesome find!
• 20:06 On my way to see Nathan at the Gladstone for his birthday celebration!

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 19:37 Watch this: vimeo.com/4749536

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 16:10 I want to see Avatar again.
• 18:03 BLT on a skewer: post.ly/Fb8U

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 15:47 James Horner only today.
• 15:52 I'm going to wear the same tie I wore the day I met James Cameron tonight.
• 16:11 Avatar tickets purchased. Stoked.
• 18:17 STANDING IN LINE FOR AVATAR. It was twelve years ago tomorrow since I dressed up for the cinema. Remember when Titanic was new?
• 00:49 James Cameron still rules. Avatar is an incredible film. Sam Worthington and James Horner rocked. So did Sigorney of course.
• 00:51 I should point out that I (and everyone else) completely forgot there were any special effects in Avatar. They're that good.
• 01:27 Oh.... this evening ends on a sad note. I've just discovered Dan O'Bannon passed away last night.

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 14:43 Where is pancakes house? twitpic.com/twtbd
• 14:52 Ceridian's Minneapolis: post.ly/FO1U

They have an awesome view :

It was built on some Indian burial grounds, I'm not even joking. As a result their artwork is inspired by (and commissioned to) the natives in the area:

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 08:48 Blah. "table syrup".
• 20:34 I find that I'm really self conscious everytime I say "eh" when I'm in the States, which I think is making me say it more often than normal.

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 13:09 Making fists with my toes.
• 22:13 I suck at christmas shopping.
• 22:42 The Mall of America post.ly/FDQe

It's basically the only thing to do when you're in Minneapolis. Fortunatly it's very close to my client's office and out hotel.

This place is huge. This is just ONE of the rollar costers:

The ferris wheel:

I ate a meat salad:

(it actually wasn't as awesome as I'd hoped for)

A wicked Lego shop:

Austin found the hoodie he was looking for:

And yet after spending several hours there I only came away with one stocking stuffer (ironically for the one person I already had a gift idea for).

What I was thinking about or doing yesterday:

• 16:15 It's beginning to smell a lot like christmas!