See It...The Young Victoria

It happens to be a Friday night which is Movie Night for me and one of my bestest friends, Stacey. Tonight was The Young Victoria. First of all I had to kind talk Stacey into this one because it wasn't playing at your usually movie theater and she had no idea what the movie was about I told her it is the one with Emily Blunt in it.

Well I just got back from it and we both LOVED it. It was amazing, after it was over I liked it so much I could have sat there and watched more for another three hours! It was great, amazing and every other synonym of those words. Emily Blunt was amazing but she usually always is, but her Prince, Rupert Friend was also amazing and I am now in love with him. Just look at that picture and tell me that you don't just fall in love with him too.

This movie was like Jane Austen but for royals, it was so great and I hope it wins at the Oscars, I will be hoping for it.

quick everyone get to shade

ok I never thought I would use those words right next to each other. But it seems that shade has a smart person working for their company. They are hosting local designs pieces in their store for two weeks then they will have another for another two weeks there is a totally of 10 designs that will be at Shade. And the pieces they had are pretty great, yesterday I bought two headbands they were $16 each that beats the $32 I have been spending at Nordstrom for a headband. So check it out because it won't last long!

I need, I want...

I have been searching for a black bag for some time now, (ever since I passed up the Banana perfect black bag) and I think I have finally found it!!! It is a J. Crew bag, but it is $298. This used to be no big deal, I found a bag I would buy it. But I have just recently moved out of a free of rent place to a place that I now have to pay rent, (which I hate by the way, paying rent is pointless, but it is beside the point) so now I have to think about it and, oh, it hurts me to say, maybe save up for it. But I am determined to have this bag so next time you see me look for the bag but it might take a couple of pay checks so keep looking.

Remember Me!

Today I reminded my family that I have a blog and that I post quite frequently. So hopefully now I might get some readers because family readers are better then no readers at all. You gotta love family!

(I learned I have no family photos with the whole family in it, sorry Taylor and Lindsay)

Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Lighting Thief (the movie)

As my previous post says, I saw Percy Jackson. I have read all the Percy Jackson books and LOVED them, and LOVED the story behind them. Rick is my hero, he is an amazing person and his son Haley is also my demi-god hero. So back to the movie, I not the kind of person that hates all movies that are based on books. Because lets get real the 400 page book (where you have detail and get to know the characters) is probably going to beat out movie (expect in the case of Twilight). I liked the movie it was entertaining and kept to the story pretty well. Somethings were obviously cut out, so we didn't spend a week watching the movie.

The best part of the show was Grover, who is Percy's protector and a Satyr. My favorite line (not from him but because of his actions) was "why are you taking your pants off?" The actor is Brandon T. Jackson, and he was hysterical. He had great lines and was a great actor.

Ok now for my one complaint, is Annabeth. She is the heroine of the books and movie. And me being a woman and someone who likes to see strong female characters in the lead I put a lot of thought into what Annabeth was like and what she looked like. Well, Alexandra Daddario was not the person that I imagined, Annabeth to look like. I can't think of an actress right now who I would want to play Annabeth. But it is not a 23 year old that is suppose to be playing a 12 year old.

That is my only complaint so everyone should go see it because the story is amazing and I am hoping for a few more movies about Percy.

Happy Valentines Day!

I just want to start off saying that I am not dating anyone and I don't hate Valentines Day. Because it is a day of expressing your love to your loved ones. So my valentines tonight were my dad and my brother. We did a dinner and a movie and I had a great time. We saw Percy Jackson which I read and had my brother read and I treated them both to the movie. I will write more about Percy more. But I just wanted to say I love you all and am glad to have you in my life.

Getting Strange Looks from Co-works

One of my favorite authors is Jen Lancaster. She writes funny memoirs about what else? Her funny life. But not only does she write books, but you can get short doses of Jen's funniness from her blog jennsylvania.com. Well one usually work day for me was going by and while I was on my lunch in the employee break area I decided to check up on jennslyvania to see what was new. When I found this blog post (that I have posted below) I could not stop laughing out loud while eating my lean cuisine microwave meal. I got quite a few stares and odd looks, so beware that if you read this in a public place to will too. I also you laugh just as hard as me because we have all done some thing like this.


February 04, 2010

The Evolution Of A Bad Idea

10:15 PM - Hmm, getting late. I should get ready for bed.

10:30 PM - Hmm, getting even later. I should get ready for bed.

10:45 PM - Someone on the internet is mistaken and I must express my displeasure with many upper-case letters and exclamation points.

11:00 PM - It's really not getting any earlier, is it?

11:10 PM - Nightly skin inspection in bathroom mirror. Not perfect, but not bad for my age/lifestyle/aversion to sunscreen.

11:11 PM - Hey, what would happen if I used a magnifying mirror during my inspection?

11:12 PM - SWEET JESUS, MAKE IT STOP!

11:13 PM - Re-inspect by light of bedside lamp. Ah, all better.

11:14 PM - But what if I put in a brighter bulb?

11:15 PM - IS FURRY BEAST! KILL IT! KIIIIIIIIL IT!

11:16 PM - "What do you think I'm doing? I'm looking at my skin in this mirror. And I've either got to wax this mustache or start giving rides on it, ha ha!"

11:16 PM - "What do you mean, 'I don't think that expression means what you think it means'?"

11:17 PM - Oh. Then that man at Target with the "Free Mustache Rides" logo was wearing a very dirty shirt.

11:18 PM - "Then I would like to amend my previous statement. I need to wax this mustache or learn to twirl it, ha ha!"

11:19 PM - I should tweeze this thing.

11:20 PM - I should find my tweezers.

11:21 PM - Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow.

11:22 PM - Screw this. I need a professional waxing. Must make an appointment.

11:25 PM - Can't. Stop. Fondling. Mustache.

11:30 PM - Fine, I'll do the goddamned thing myself.

11:40 PM - Can't find new tub of wax I purchased for just this very occasion, so locate old container. Is very old. Is possibly the exact same tub that Moses's wife used to remove her unwanted facial hair. (Desert light is unforgiving.)

11:41 PM - But it's wax. It's not like it could go bad, right?

11:42 PM - "I'm not 'banging around and keeping you awake.' I'm doing something important."

11:43 PM - Microwaving.

11:44 PM - Microwaving.

11:45 PM - Microwaving.

11:46 PM - Microwaving.

11:47 PM - I think my microwave may be broken.

11:48 PM - Ah, there we go.

11:49 PM - I don't have a stick, so I'll just use my finger to stir this hot, molten lava.

11:50 PM - "Well, what do you expect? I just seared off my own fingerprint!"

11:51 PM - Blow and cool. Use damaged digit to spread wax liberally on my Tom Selleck.

11:52 PM - Wait for wax to harden so can pull off unsightly hairs in one (briefly painful) fell swoop.

11:53 PM - Is not hardening.

11:54 PM - Is not hardening.

11:55 PM - Is not hardening. Is sitting on upper lip in a big, sticky blob.

11:56 PM - Begin to tentatively peel off wax millimeter by millimeter. (Hate metric system.)

11:57 PM - Is like removing chewing gum from underneath cafeteria table, only ouchy.

11:57 PM - Hurty.

11:58 PM - Hurty.

11:59 PM - So very hurty.

12:00 AM - Use sticky bits of already-peeled wax to slowly pry off other gummy bits.

12:01 AM - Oh, yeah, this is WAY better than waiting nine hours to pay a professional ten dollars to handle this in five seconds.

12:02 AM - The good news is the hair is coming off.

12:03 AM - The bad news is, so is my skin.

12:04 AM - How mad will he be if I wake him up to help me?

12:05 AM - On second thought, he'd be mad for a second, but the mocking would last a lifetime. Must cowboy-up and finish job myself.

12:06 AM - ...And it's finally off!

12:07 AM - Except for those small, tacky bits with the Kleenex stuck to them.

12:08 AM - I know, I'll use baby oil. That gets rid of sticky stuff.

12:09 AM - Hmm, I don't have a baby oil. Instead opt for canola oil. (Is hearty-healthy.)

12:10 AM - Wax is off, now to remove oil. Need toner.

12:11 AM - But tossed out toner after that whole "who thought it was a good idea to make this stuff the exact same shade of blue as the nail polish remover?" incident.

12:12 AM - Will use Fletch's toner. Quietly.

12:13 AM - !!!

12:14 AM - "WELL MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN 'GLYCOLIC ACID' IN BIGGER PRINT ON THE BOTTLE!"

12:15 AM - Probably should plan to make an "I'm sorry I got shouty after midnight mousse" tomorrow.

12:16 AM - Inspect skin in magnifying mirror by light of new bulb. Hair is gone, but lip is swollen in manner of Simpson's character.

12:17 AM - So this is what I'd look like if I had the capability of growing a big, red fu-manchu mustache. Noted.

12:18 AM - In retrospect, perhaps "learn to twirl it" wasn't such a bad idea.

12:19 AM - Is really late. Must get ready for bed.

12:20 AM - I wonder if anyone else on the internet is wrong?

Reading... The 39 Clues book #7

This book is called The Viper's Nest and if you don't know about this series, let me tell you about it now: Rick Riordan (amazing author of the Percy Jackson books) started this series of books with the intention of ten books in the series but having ten different authors for each one.

The books are for a younger reader but I like the mystery of them and I love the concept of have a different author for each book. You can see how talented the author is by having to copy the tone of the book through all books.

I said that Riordan had the intention of only ten books because that is what he said when the series started but the books are called 39 clues and so far we only have 6 clues are we are on book #7. So either we are going to find a lot fast or there is going to be more books, which I would not mind.

Seen It...The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Heath Leader's final film before he died was this movie, and the first shot you see of him is Heath's character hanging off a bridge. A little creepy if you ask me, usually fore shadowing doesn't extend to the actor's really life, just the characters that they are playing. Heath died before the film was finished filming but the way the movie was put together I would ever know that. I need to do some research to see if the film was changed because of his death or what happened. Because it is very interesting. I'll post what I learn so keep reading.

Life Unexpected

Ok I have now watch two episodes of Life Unexpected and the verdict is... that I like it and will continue watching it. It is old school WB, that is all about relationships and not about being a rich privileged teen like most of the shows on the CW now. It also probably feels WBish is because two of the four main characters have been on big WB shows, Dawson's Creek (Kerr Smith, the boyfriend to Lux's mom) and Roswell (Shiri Appleby, the mom to Lux). And Kristoffer Polaha (the dad to Lux) was actually on one episode of Roswell. But I just want to point out that was not was witty as Gilmore Girls and is doesn't have the corky characters that Gilmore Girls had, so in my opinion it is not like Gilmore Girls at all so let's not try to ruin the good name of Gilmore Girls. And comparing it to Juno, where did that come from? The only thing I can think of is that Juno has a mom adopting a baby, and in Life Unexpected, Lux (the main character) did not get adopted. But who ever did the marketing it worked because I liked both of those and I ended up watching the show and liking it. So I will watch it now every Monday.

On My Repeat... Need You Now

I haven't ever really listened to any of Lady Antebellum's music, but this song is AMAZING!!! I can't stop listening to it iTunes says that I have listened to it 45 times, and then probably more on my iPod. I a definitely a fan of Lady Antebellum now, and everyone should buy their new CD that came out on Jan. 26th.