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Feb. 3rd, 2005 10:38 amThursday is good. It's the day before Friday :)
Expect to be seeing a movie tonight with a friend. The movie is Sideways. Not sure what it's going to be like, sort of a road trip movie i think but with adults, not college age kids so it might be ok. The other choice was the Aviator and although i have seen a few Leonardo movies over the years, it's not been because he was in them because frankly, i don't like him. I must say though the exception was Catch me If You Can. He seemed suited to that role and he was very good in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, playing a mentally challenged teen.
I picked up a new passport application as i will need one later this year. My passport expires next January but you want to renew it a month or so before that as it takes a few weeks for it to get back to you. Also, if i am hoping to book a visit to the UK over New Year again, they prefer your passport not to be expired for a few months after your trip. So, I was at the post office outlet anyway, saw the applications there and grabbed one.
Looking through it there seems to be a lot more stuff they require than the last time i used it. They want the names and addresses of two personal non-family references that they say they will contact to confirm your identity. This is over and above the guarantor you need to sign the photo and application. I think you also need to give them other id in addition to the birth certificate, like a drivers license or health card and i don't like that. They take it and return it to you but what if you need it in the mean time? You are supposed to carry that with you if you drive which i don't but that's not the point. What if you get sick and need the health card? Hmm... maybe they don't take those documents, just record them. Bloody thing is now 87$!!! 62 for the fee and 25 for a consolate fee! Then you pay 10-15 bucks for the photos. sheesh. That's gone up a lot in the fives years since i last applied. I think i paid 60 last time. If the passport was good for 10 years like most countries do, that wouldn't be so bad but it's only good for 5! stupid government.
Post office... mailing a Valentine card ♥ It sucked being on the outside of couple-dom for so many years and seeing all the "two is better than one" PR this time of year when you knew darn well it was perfectly acceptable to be "one" and be happy with it, which i was. But yeah, it's also very nice to be able to buy a card and receive one. Cards are nice for any time of year really, not just for special occaisions. Mom and Dad have been married nearly 50 years and never did Valentine's. Of course Mom's birthday is a few days later and that was duly noted and celebrated, as it should be. My birthday is 2 weeks after that and i prefer the fuss being made of me then instead. Graham already knows he's not expected to provide flowers or chocolates or dinners out or any other special lovey dovey things for Valentine's Day other than the card. yes honey, i already know you've got one and mine to you is in the post :)
Do you "do" Valentine's day in any way? How or why not?
Expect to be seeing a movie tonight with a friend. The movie is Sideways. Not sure what it's going to be like, sort of a road trip movie i think but with adults, not college age kids so it might be ok. The other choice was the Aviator and although i have seen a few Leonardo movies over the years, it's not been because he was in them because frankly, i don't like him. I must say though the exception was Catch me If You Can. He seemed suited to that role and he was very good in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, playing a mentally challenged teen.
I picked up a new passport application as i will need one later this year. My passport expires next January but you want to renew it a month or so before that as it takes a few weeks for it to get back to you. Also, if i am hoping to book a visit to the UK over New Year again, they prefer your passport not to be expired for a few months after your trip. So, I was at the post office outlet anyway, saw the applications there and grabbed one.
Looking through it there seems to be a lot more stuff they require than the last time i used it. They want the names and addresses of two personal non-family references that they say they will contact to confirm your identity. This is over and above the guarantor you need to sign the photo and application. I think you also need to give them other id in addition to the birth certificate, like a drivers license or health card and i don't like that. They take it and return it to you but what if you need it in the mean time? You are supposed to carry that with you if you drive which i don't but that's not the point. What if you get sick and need the health card? Hmm... maybe they don't take those documents, just record them. Bloody thing is now 87$!!! 62 for the fee and 25 for a consolate fee! Then you pay 10-15 bucks for the photos. sheesh. That's gone up a lot in the fives years since i last applied. I think i paid 60 last time. If the passport was good for 10 years like most countries do, that wouldn't be so bad but it's only good for 5! stupid government.
Post office... mailing a Valentine card ♥ It sucked being on the outside of couple-dom for so many years and seeing all the "two is better than one" PR this time of year when you knew darn well it was perfectly acceptable to be "one" and be happy with it, which i was. But yeah, it's also very nice to be able to buy a card and receive one. Cards are nice for any time of year really, not just for special occaisions. Mom and Dad have been married nearly 50 years and never did Valentine's. Of course Mom's birthday is a few days later and that was duly noted and celebrated, as it should be. My birthday is 2 weeks after that and i prefer the fuss being made of me then instead. Graham already knows he's not expected to provide flowers or chocolates or dinners out or any other special lovey dovey things for Valentine's Day other than the card. yes honey, i already know you've got one and mine to you is in the post :)
Do you "do" Valentine's day in any way? How or why not?
