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i'm kind of sleepy this morning. . . my normal night cut-off is 11pm. . . . since i have to be at work at 7am. . . . but since the younger sibling is in town. .. .i stayed up a little later with him and my roommate watching 'animatrix'. . ... which, by the way is far cooler than i expected.

my brother and i also ploughed through princess mononoke. . . .which was also very good. . . and eddie izzard's 'circle'. by the way i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard i love eddie izzard. yeah. . . .

he's had parts in movies such as, velvet goldmine (he was the band's manager i believe), mystery men (he was tony p., one of the disco boys), he was the 'actor' in the movie, shadow of a vampire. . .one of the larger parts i've seen him have. and he's also been in many other things that i have yet to see. . . but i have rented his 'dress to kill' and 'circle' stand up specials. . .. there are others. . . but i can't seem to find them anywhere.

his stand up is based on ideas but mostly improvised. . . . very conversational, and he considers each show a workshop of the jokes. . . which i found out while watching the special the second time with his commentary. its actually rather brilliant. my brother and i also watched the one of the special features which is one of his shows in french. . . . yes, he's brit, born in yemen. . .. but he can pull off his stand up in french almost as well as in english. . .. really amazing. i have to return it, but i need to watch it again. . . with the trivia track running below it, which i'm sure would prove to be both humorous and informational. so i'll probably end up getting it through netflix so i don't have to worry about returning it anytime soon.

oh yeah. . . and he's a transvestite. . .. but as he puts it, an 'executive' transvestite, or 'action' transvestite because he likes to snowboard. but yeah, through his show he wears a fair amount of make-up.. . . . and usually spikey stelletoed heels. what is it about boys in makeup that sometimes make them soooooooo appealing?

and although you haven't noticed the gap in time. . . i just went to my netflix que and added almost all the eddie izzard that i haven't seen. . . . but, they are at the bottom of a fairly long list right now. . . so it will be some time.

other than that, dan and i are gearing up for some cooking tomorrow. for the past two nights we've made rice, bock-choi (sp?), potstickers (or dumplings depending on where you are from), and steamed custard and red bean paste buns. . .. yummmmmmmmmmy! i feel like i've had the best food for the past two nights. . . and now we're gonna cook a thanksgiving meal! we will eat like kings!

i'm gonna try to prepare a couple of korean things for dan. . . .hopefully my memory of them from swon cooking will be intact enough to cook something that doesn't suck. i've already put some kimchee in front of him, and he seemed to like that. . . . so maybe i'll venture for some vegetable pancakes and that pepper/meat/rice cake thingy. . . that i don't know the name of :o)

i hope everyone has some fun cooking and eating and travelling adventures this week and weekend. . . . enjoy yourselves and travel safely. . . and if you get bored, try some 'princess mononoke,' or some 'eddie izzard' . . . . :o)