I'm pretty good about New Years resolutions...if I make 10 I usually stick to about 9. Albeit, I make them pretty reasonable!

I'll be listing them randomly as they come to me and then I'll compose a blog post with all of them at once around Christmas.

Be better with names, remembering them. This goes for people, people in movies, actors names, character names, people at work, friends, friends significant others, friends of friends, people I meet, just names in general. I'm horrible.

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The Lives of Others - Great flick. A love plot you don't expect to see much in US films. I even loved the chubby hooker. One thing I just love about foreign flicks is simply the different way they 'take' a plot rather than the typical happy ending/sad ending. In this flick, they made it more complex than that. The actors were "OK" but the plot had me loving it.

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We decided to go to Washington D.C. for the weekend as a quick getaway. We scored a very cheap hotel room for the weekend that was a top rated hotel in D.C.! (The Sofitel)

All pictures below can be seen on SmugMug too.

We left on Friday morning, 5am. By the time we Starbucked up and hit up Hess for gas it was around 5:45-6ish.





hotel was nice...




...And in a perfect location too...block or 3 from the White House and not too far from the Capital...










Smithsonian Museum of Natural History




The Hope Diamond






Looks like a cheezy photoshopped postcard








The American History museum is being renovated, however they had some exhibits in the Air and Space Museum...








Lunch...




Bond, James Bond (after a 45 minute wait in line!) - This was an amazing museum, however it was a little too crowded to enjoy it all.




Before Dinner




Dinner


After dinner..




Georgetown the next morning...




At breakfast (Clydes, great breakfast!)




Stairs from the movie the Exorcist!




Shops at Georgetown






Laurie's Before dinner Bubblebath


Dinner at Bobby Van's Steakhouse


16oz filet...I've never eated a filet that big!


Breakfast Sunday morning before we headed home..

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Very Bad Things - FUN movie, dark humor that kind of lost me at the very end. Cameron Diaz is pretty good in this...Christian Slater, I didn't think acted very good. But, it is a cheezy comedy about a bachelor party gone wrong. The minivan scene had me dying!

Born Into Brothels - Documentary about kids who's mothers are prostitutes in Calcutta's red light district. Did not focus on prostitution, but an American photographer who is trying to help the children get an education. Dark reality, and I almost felt it was borderline exploitative. Very good if you are into documentaries that aren't all shot through rose colored cameras.

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Fullsize pictures in smugmug

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0QGkiVo

Wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it.

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Cleanest, nicest deuce sedan I have seen in a LONG while.

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