I've got a good feeling about this

So I get home from work today in a fantastically bad mood. Like really bad. Like I almost cried on the streetcar home and I haven't been able to cry for months, bad. Someday the heart of stone will soften, but I digress. Bad day. Diplomats are evil and should be the first to the wall when the revolution comes. I tried listening to The Darkness and some Janet Jackson on the walk home from the streetcar and that made a dent in my gloom. I was still broken and battered, but I had the will to dance and the ability to smile, so all was not lost.

I get up the stairs and there's a box from DVDsoon sitting on the landing. M always gets home before I do and he always leaves packages for me there. It's been a great week in that there have been packages on the landing for the last three days. The first with art supplies from M's family in Prague, the second with books o' plenty from Kari (THANK YOU! BTW, tried calling you and none of your numbers work. What's up with that?) and the third, this box from DVDsoon.

The thing about DVDsoon is that they keep their bottom line low by not including silly things like the order slip, so I have a suspicion of who sent me this package, but I have to do some sleuthing to be sure. But more on what's inside the package...

I get out my exacto knife and start opening the box. I pull the layer apart and start screaming. Literally screaming because I'm holding a copy of the Star Wars Original Trilogy Widescreen DVD in my hands. Totally screaming.

I knew there was a chance I'd be getting it for my birthday next Friday. I was hoping and hoping and hoping I'd get it. And I knew that waiting those whole 3 days to get hopefully get it would be hard. I never, ever expected that it would be here early!

What an unbelievable pick me up. M and I watched A New Hope this evening and it was awesome. I think he even enjoyed himself a little and kept the criticism to an indiscernible minimum. Just so awesome. The digital clean up is super snazzy, the sound is wonderful and the whole Han vs. Greedo scene actually works (so everyone can stop flogging that dead horse).

Now I have the whole weekend coming up to watch Empire and Jedi and the bonus disc and then the movies over and over again with the different commentary tracks. I did that with The Fellowhship of the Ring and The Two Towers as well(I get the most out of my DVDs!).

So thank you so much for the DVDs. I think I know who you are, but I'll wait for confirmation before I make an ass of myself. But thank you. It made my day, my week... you get the idea. Thank you.

Today's sing-a-long song: "You Give Me Something" by Jamiroquai

HRH