what we learned this week

I learned this week that even though the new building is the exact same distance as the old one I worked in, it takes less time to get there. Excellent. Something about how driving south on highways is better than driving north on highways or what I usually took: city streets. Plus, it's nice to sit near the people I work with. I feel less...isolated...at work. Less likely to resort to instant messenger to communicate to teammates. :) Oh and my coworkers like that we're nearer to a lot of restaurants. I suppose that's a perk.

This week we played a lot of games; we splurged for date night on a new one: munchkin fu. We played games with various friends several nights this week, and ourselves the rest of the nights. It was a game-filled week. Yay.

We took the opportunity this week to rent The Prestige. Fascinating movie. We kept talking about it for several days, and had to watch it over again before returning it to the store. We have our theories about what happened worked out. We also found an interview with an artist online which we've seen bits and pieces of here and there. Charlie Rose interviewed Chuck Close recently, if any one is interested [and so you can find it on his website]. Chuck Close has done some amazing portraits, and it's fun to see and hear him talk about how he works. Wayne took particular note when Chuck Close talked about paintings he has done and destroyed. Through bonfires. He's of the opinion that you should be careful about what you release publicly, because there's no taking it back. So I'm a little more nervous about the future of some of the older paintings of Wayne's we still have in our spare room.... :)

We were able to make it up to Oakland yesterday to visit the temple. And today Wayne agreed to come to my Primary class to help the 7-year-olds "practice" getting baptized. They are really on the ball in my class and know a lot about gospel principles, but the hands on experience was something they loved. And Wayne did a fabulous job talking to them. I should have him guest speak more often!

Tonight we're headed to see a cellist up in a Palo Alto ward. Supposedly this cellist went to Juilliard and will be performing works by Brahms, Schumann, and Rachmaninoff. Should be interesting! Hope everyone had a good pi day and St. Patricks day. Apparently, it's a Catholic holiday. And here I just thought it was when school kids pinched each other for not wearing green.... And Lent? Sometimes they excuse you from doing your fast or whatever on certain holidays: including St. Patricks day. Who knew?