4 years down

The time has gone by faster than the 4 years of college, but yesterday we celebrated our 4-year wedding anniversary. Woo-hoo!

It was more low-key than in past years, mostly because we've been traveling so much recently. B. had a trip destination all planned out, and, in the end, I was the fuddy-duddy: I asked to spend it at home. So he took the day off work, and so did I (ha ha), and we hung out. In the evening, we ate dinner at a new Chinese-Mongolian buffet, not really because we thought it would be excellent food, but because it would also be low-key. The food was over-the-top "Americanized", in that everything was covered in cheese and contained lots of sugar and food coloring. It's strange that they feel the need to do that, because those things really make it a lot less good. Maybe because I'm stubborn, or maybe because I'm stupid, I ignored my last Chinese-buffet food-poisoning experience and ate a mussel. I seem to have broken the curse, because I didn't stay up all night puking.

After dinner, we forwent cheesy romance movies and watched Star Wars, Episode III at the theater. It did a good job of being what it was supposed to be, and it was a satisfying movie experience. I had to brush up on the whole Star Wars story before seeing this movie so I wouldn't be asking a gazillion questions during it, and in the process I re-discovered how many people's lives have been all-consumed by this series. I bet if you quizzed Americans on their basic knowledge of Star Wars history, it would rank worlds above our knowledge of American history. I mean, Star Wars practically is American history.


Anyhow, happy anniversary to us. Weren't we cute?