yoga, books, movies, tv & too many crime procedurals – not necesarily in that order
HA! SPN reference!
Our flight was uneventful – good, because thanks to the incredibly slow airport security we made it to the gate with only 3 minutes to spare. That meant not sitting together but I ended up sandwiched between a very nice man and his son.
Per usual on the plane, my kindle was an icebreaker. After some gadget talk, I discovered the young guy was a local (Denver area) U student who’s going to finish his final degree credits at Spouse’s campus. What are the odds?!
On the plane I FINALLY finished Finch. Good book, wicked annoying writing style. Starting The Year of the Flood. Also not purchasing books for a while as I have at least 20 unread on the kindle.
We arrived to warmth and sun- not a bad start, even if it doesn’t hold. Spent most of the afternoon at Pike’s Market and are looking forward to a return for breakfast. AMAZING beer and sushi at the Tap House Grill last night after getting our first dose of PNW rain (mostly a drizzle, done by the time we finished dinner.
The Sheraton is a nice hotel we wouldn’t stay at on our own dime, especially because despite ridiculous price tag they STILL charge $10 A DAY for WiFi access in the room. WTF. Thankfully phone browser remembers passwords. What did I EVER do without my Eris!? Best travel tool, evar.
Most entertaining moment of trip so far- having to explain to Spouse “hipster”. It’s like being in a foreign country…
Due to my work schedule, Saturdays are my Sunday which makes Sunday my Monday. It’s discombobulating because despite KNOWING which day it is, I tend to act based on what day it feels like. So I make calls that I’d normally make Monday or try to run errands that I can’t run until everyone else’s Monday.
In order to stave off cutting my hair again, I’ve recolored it (again). Back to a nice shade of auburn which should settle me for a while.
In TV news, last night was I Love You, Man which still cracks me up. It’s funny in no small part because I think the social activities that have traditionally allowed social interaction have shifted over the years, making it harder to find companionship. The idea of “dating” friends is funny but mostly because it’s true. How do you make new friends these days?
We’re pretty excited about our travel plans. Less so about having to pay the government this year. I generally dread tax season and this year was a double-bonus of suck. Feh.
In 2 months, though we’ll be headed back to Michigan for a visit! It’ll be nice to see some old friends and the family.
Tomorrow’s excitement includes laundry, going to the bank, getting dog supplies together for the sitter, making up spare beds, packing clothes and generally wrapping up loose ends.
I love reading other blogs about what people (who aren’t paid to) are reading/watching/listening to but I often forget to blog about those kinds of things myself.
We watched Sorority Row last night while I worked on our taxes and what was hilarious about it was that our friend J hasn’t seen Scream. Definite bonus points for creative death and dismemberment.
I’ve been on a kick lately – I rewatched The Little Mermaid a couple of weeks ago and then put the soundtrack on my Zune. I remember being at Danielle’s house and singing along with the movie (I swear we knew the whole film by heart) more times than I should ever admit to. We also spent an absurd amount of time watching The New Mickey Mouse Club. Yes, I know.
The music is great – better than the film, really. According to the film, in order to win your man you should seem vacuous and behave somewhat dangerously. Go team GIRLS. Also, Disney gutted the very best parts of the HCA story – the parts that made it REALLY compelling – but whatever. I have two places in my heart – one for the pretty and fun Disney version and the other for Hans Christian Andersen’s truly awesome tale.
Because of this, I rented The Princess and the Frog. I’ve got to say that I like it a lot. I wasn’t really tempted to see Mulan at all (possibly because I thought Pocahontas was TERRIBLE) so Disney is possibly trying to win me back. Or doesn’t care about me at all and will keep churning out their crap because it makes them metric asstons of cold, hard cash. Anyhow, the music in the movie is pretty great as well and for the first time EVER, I’m tempted to check out the “inspired by the movie” cd I saw in the store.
Tonight’s dinner was homemade Green Chili Chorizo in Queso Fundido and it was fantastic. We’re watching Best in Show – a film that despite a hundred viewings NEVER fails to crack me up.
Funny for completely DIFFERENT reasons (and no less entertaining) XXX, which is also on. We’re flipping back and forth because we have the attention spans of labrador retrievers.
I love Heidi Klum. I would normally not go out on that particular limb, but the fact that she comes from a naked family AND TALKS ABOUT IT is amazing. My parents, also not hippies, had no shame about their bodies and it’s nice to know that I’m not the only freakshow out there.
Dear Russell Crowe, Please learn the meaning of “metaphor” before talking about it. You’ll sound less dumb, I promise. For example, Gladiator wasn’t a “metaphor for death, and possibly vengeance.” It was a movie that was LITERALLY ABOUT VENGEANCE AND DEATH. Your mole freaks me out sometimes, you seem a little crazy, but I usually like your movies. Quit TALKING about them and trying to RUIN it for me. Love, Yg
Anna Paquin comes out as bisexual in defense of GLBT rights and CRASHES the website. LOVE HER. We should all be for equality anyhow but I’m sick of hearing straights (AND GAYS) claim that bisexuality doesn’t exist. It’s especially great that she’s in a committed relationship with someone because being engaged/married/committed doesn’t mean you’re LESS bisexual, it just means you’ve chosen to have a relationship with the luckiest person EVAR.
Sherlock Holmes. You have no idea how close this entry came to being called “No shit, Sherlock.” I loved it. Funniest fight scenes ever, while still being great fight scenes. Possibly the best role Jude Law has ever played. Irene Adler still kicks the most ass. All that and they managed to honor the tradition of Holmes not filling you in until the end of the book without making the film suck. I REALLY want to see Iron Man 2.
We rented Precious and Sorority Row. I’m not sure which we should watch first, though we probably won’t play Shane’s (awesome) drinking game. I maintain the only thing WRONG with his drinking game is that people haven’t reached the level of cynicism and/or pessimism about child abuse as they have with international natural disasters. Therefore Haiti Telethon drinking game = funny with a side of going to hell, Precious drinking game = OUCH, OUCH, THE FLAMES THEY BURN.
Jennifer’s Body was pretty fantastic. I love that it’s a girl movie – like Whip It but if your best friend wanted to kill/torture you instead of covering for you at the Oink Joint. Amanda Seyfried is GREAT.
The Princess and the Frog is growing on me. I love the soundtrack and I’ve watched the movie twice. It will probably never have the nostalgia of The Little Mermaid for me (I can probably recite the film BY HEART despite it being my favorite AND most hated Disney film) but it’s really good.
My rant about The Little Mermaid can take on its own entry. Seriously.
Surrogates was SURPRISINGLY good. I’m always willing to give Bruce a little leeway since I’m his number one fan (in a non-creepy, NON-MISERY, not even sending fan-tweets kind of way) but it managed to be a seriously decent murder mystery/action flick with some social commentary. Possibly my favorite kind of film.
I’m WAY over hearing about the sex lives of Tiger Woods and Jesse James. I think it’s a terrible thing to have attained enough fame to lose your privacy and have all of the details of your private life to become public fodder. If you like reading about the destruction of someone’s personal life, I’d argue that you’re not all that happy with your OWN life. Find something besides other people’s self-destruction to make you feel better.
In celebration of our Zombie Lord, we’ll be watching Sorority Row and eating steak and twice baked potatoes. I’m also going to make Deviled Eggs (which may seem appropriate – heh) for the Spouse even though I can’t stand them.
I picked up some Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro polish at work today just because I wanted a color similar to Over The Taupe. Steel Grey is closer to You Don’t Know Jacques, but that’s not important. What’s important is THE BRUSH. I’ve NEVER used anything better for opposite-hand painting. The color went on practically effortlessly and I can honestly say I’ve never had better results doing my own manicure. Given the sheer amount of cardboard I deal with at work, I’m not holding my breath for the 10 day bottle promise but I’m okay with redoing my nails more often when it’s this easy. I’m picking up more colors STAT.
