So this movie has been out for more than a year now but I just can't get enough of Stardust. Sure its not the greatest piece of cinematic art but I could literally watch it over and over. In fact I'm watching the end of it right now.
Sigh. It makes me happy.
16 August 2008
24 July 2008
Confession
So I was sitting here messing around on the internet and I had VH1 on in the background...and then the new New Kids on the Block song came on and I just couldn't look away. It was like watching a trainwreck or something.
18 July 2008
Does it make me a loser if...
...listening to the Danny Elfman song "The Little Things" from the Wanted soundtrack makes me feel like a badass?
Probably.
Post with substance coming soon I promise.
Probably.
Post with substance coming soon I promise.
27 June 2008
The Joy of Being a Housewife
Is it so wrong to enjoy being a housewife?
Because of my work schedule I often work weekends which means my days off usually fall on weekdays (either Thursday/Friday or Monday/Tuesday) and since the husband suffers from a 9-5 office job I find myself at home alone on my days off. These are the days I get to play housewife and I actually kind of like it. Granted the first few months of this schedule I spent my days asleep, reading or immobile on the couch recovering but now that I've gotten a little more used to the schedule I find I have lots of energy and instead of being bored I clean. It is nice to have a clean house. A dust and cat hair free house (at least for a couple of hours). I get a certain amount of pleasure out of a freshly dusted and wood polished dining room table (which hasn't been cleared off in about three months). And I like making a shopping list and going to the grocery store in the middle of the afternoon.
Last Friday we made chicken pot pie. If I hadn't been able to go through all my cookbooks during the day and come to this decision we probaly wouldn't have made such deliciousness. We tend to wait until right before its dinner time to pick a recipe and go shopping and since this was a fairly involved recipe with lots of ingredients we probably would have passed it over. Instead we got to enjpoy individual pies full of potatoes and chicken and peas and green beans with a flaky and fantastic fillo dough crust.
Oh and I pretty much hate my job so the idea of being a housewife and not working has a definite appeal. This week for example I was reduced to tears by a coworker. A domineering bossy bitchy coworker who treats me like a complete idiot who doesn't know how to do their job. Oh and she doesn't even outrank me at all. Her rudness and her bossiness had been building a lot of resentment in me until finally I snapped over something really stupid, told the GM about it and then went into the bathroom and cried for five minutes before coming back and having to deal with customers while I was still trying to fight back tears. While I was doing this I could hear her yelling at my GM about how I was always whining and crying to him about something (which is lie since I have previously only cried at work twice before, once because she snapped at me because she thought I was being rude to her (which I wasn't) and once because the baker told me I had gotten to work too early and he wasn't going to let me in anymore even though he doesn't have the authority to tell me when I can and cannot get to work). I wanted to go back there and smack her. But I didn't. Anyway, my GM is awesome and probaly effectively told her she was being a bitch and to back off. So problem solved. Except I still have to deal with psychotic bitch queen three to four times a week at 4:30 in the morning when I'm barely awake and haven't gotten any sleep. /end rant
Other things going on:
Because of my work schedule I often work weekends which means my days off usually fall on weekdays (either Thursday/Friday or Monday/Tuesday) and since the husband suffers from a 9-5 office job I find myself at home alone on my days off. These are the days I get to play housewife and I actually kind of like it. Granted the first few months of this schedule I spent my days asleep, reading or immobile on the couch recovering but now that I've gotten a little more used to the schedule I find I have lots of energy and instead of being bored I clean. It is nice to have a clean house. A dust and cat hair free house (at least for a couple of hours). I get a certain amount of pleasure out of a freshly dusted and wood polished dining room table (which hasn't been cleared off in about three months). And I like making a shopping list and going to the grocery store in the middle of the afternoon.
Last Friday we made chicken pot pie. If I hadn't been able to go through all my cookbooks during the day and come to this decision we probaly wouldn't have made such deliciousness. We tend to wait until right before its dinner time to pick a recipe and go shopping and since this was a fairly involved recipe with lots of ingredients we probably would have passed it over. Instead we got to enjpoy individual pies full of potatoes and chicken and peas and green beans with a flaky and fantastic fillo dough crust.
Oh and I pretty much hate my job so the idea of being a housewife and not working has a definite appeal. This week for example I was reduced to tears by a coworker. A domineering bossy bitchy coworker who treats me like a complete idiot who doesn't know how to do their job. Oh and she doesn't even outrank me at all. Her rudness and her bossiness had been building a lot of resentment in me until finally I snapped over something really stupid, told the GM about it and then went into the bathroom and cried for five minutes before coming back and having to deal with customers while I was still trying to fight back tears. While I was doing this I could hear her yelling at my GM about how I was always whining and crying to him about something (which is lie since I have previously only cried at work twice before, once because she snapped at me because she thought I was being rude to her (which I wasn't) and once because the baker told me I had gotten to work too early and he wasn't going to let me in anymore even though he doesn't have the authority to tell me when I can and cannot get to work). I wanted to go back there and smack her. But I didn't. Anyway, my GM is awesome and probaly effectively told her she was being a bitch and to back off. So problem solved. Except I still have to deal with psychotic bitch queen three to four times a week at 4:30 in the morning when I'm barely awake and haven't gotten any sleep. /end rant
Other things going on:
- I started taking a spinning class at the gym. Is it normal for your crotch to hurt that much after only an hour on a bike?
- We bough Mario Kart for the Wii and its awesome
- We won a Playstation 3 in a drawing that we don't even remember entering
- I have a new musical obsession: Ludo. Seriously, check out their album You're Awful, I Love You it is truly fantastic.
20 June 2008
Simple Delicious Food
When it comes to cooking I tend not to be too creative on my own. I like recipes. However, the other night the husband and I got crazy in the kitchen. Okay, he got crazy and I just watched television. The result: Grilled Turkey Pita. Want to know how to make it? I guess I can tell you.
Take some boneless/skinless turkey breast and season with some poultry rub (we're fancy so we used some from Harry & David). Then grill it along with some slices of zucchini. Take some whole wheat pita, add some soft spreadable cheese (Laughing Cow) and your grilled turkey and zucchini and then dip in some ranch. Deliciousness.
Now I'm hungry.
Take some boneless/skinless turkey breast and season with some poultry rub (we're fancy so we used some from Harry & David). Then grill it along with some slices of zucchini. Take some whole wheat pita, add some soft spreadable cheese (Laughing Cow) and your grilled turkey and zucchini and then dip in some ranch. Deliciousness.
Now I'm hungry.
22 May 2008
Spontaneous Us
Lots of super-fun things have been going on this past month. Like our impromptu trip to Turtle Park. It was a gorgeous evening right around sunset and the weather was perfect. When you get to be old married people like we are (sarcasm), it can be hard to remember the simple pleasure of hanging out in the park. And this one has giant stone turtles you can climb on. Or in (see visual proof).
We also decided on a whim to get a hotel room (get your minds out of the gutter) for the night at Lumiere Place, the new casino in downtown St Louis. It was a really quiet Monday night so it felt like we were the only people staying in the hotel and the restaurants and bars in the casino were also pretty empty. The room was nice and I got the best nights sleep ever...the bed was so comfy.
Now a lot of people think the building is really ugly. And at night it can be (sorry I don't have any pictures) because it has this band of LED lights around the outside (in the daylight picture its that brownish red strip) which, at least the night we were there, were white and it stuck out and looked terrible. But during the day I think it looks just fine. Anywho...I'm feeling a bit rambly so I'll have to continue the story of our super awesome month of May later.
24 April 2008
Appallingly Bad Taste
I actually meant to write about this awhile ago but I just thought I would share with the world what a truly terrible taste in movies I have. See ExhibitA:
That's right I like the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. Sure, when we were kids watching Alvin was great, we thought it was hilarious. And The Chipmunk Adventure, awesome. Who wouldn't love a crazy hot-air balloon race around the world which was really an evil plot by a bunch of diamond smugglers? Plus there was singing. But I'm a 25 year old there is no reason for me to love the new movie (and watch it twice in the last week) and yet I do.
Anywho...That's all the sharing I think I can handle right now.
That's right I like the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. Sure, when we were kids watching Alvin was great, we thought it was hilarious. And The Chipmunk Adventure, awesome. Who wouldn't love a crazy hot-air balloon race around the world which was really an evil plot by a bunch of diamond smugglers? Plus there was singing. But I'm a 25 year old there is no reason for me to love the new movie (and watch it twice in the last week) and yet I do.
Anywho...That's all the sharing I think I can handle right now.
11 April 2008
The Frames
This past weekend, I finally got the opportunity to watch the movie Once. After hearing a lot of good things about it, I couldn't wait to see it. Let me tell you, not a disappointment at all. Although not your typical "musical" with huge dance numbers and over the top songs, it was still beautiful and enjoyable.
While cruising around the interwebs afterwards, I discovered that Glen Hansard had a band known as The Frames. On kind of a whim I downloaded their most recent album, The Cost. Two of the songs were previously recorded as part of the movie soundtrack ("Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up") but the versions on this album where just as fantastic and the rest of the album is just as good as I expected. All I have to figure out now is which of their albums I want to download next.
While cruising around the interwebs afterwards, I discovered that Glen Hansard had a band known as The Frames. On kind of a whim I downloaded their most recent album, The Cost. Two of the songs were previously recorded as part of the movie soundtrack ("Falling Slowly" and "When Your Mind's Made Up") but the versions on this album where just as fantastic and the rest of the album is just as good as I expected. All I have to figure out now is which of their albums I want to download next.
12 March 2008
Movies, Movies and More Movies
It seems like all I've down the last week has been watch movies (and television shows
, but we'll get to that in a minute). The husband and I went to the Chase last week and indulged in some good natured fun in the form of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. The plot is basically this: Miss Pettigrew is dimissed from her governess job and desperate to find a new one she intercepts an employment offer but it turns out its for a social secretary not a governess. Silliness and sappiness ensue. It was a pretty cute movie, all feel-good and everything, plus Amy Adams is extremely charming. I recommend it for a good laugh but if you are not feeling like spending a bunch of money to go to the theater definitely worth a rent when it comes out on DVD.
This past Sunday, a friend of mine came over and having made some really delicious dinner (burgers with cheddar cheese inside it and horseradish and also some delicious red velvet cookies), we rented a couple of movies. Yes, rented. Went to Blockbuster and rented. I think its been about a year since I've actually been in a video store. We watched The Ten, a very ridiculous and sometimes midly disturbing movie. Then Monday morning I remained immobile for most of the morning watching Across the Universe. Now, I've heard that people either love this movie or hate it but I'm actually pretty indifferent. It was a visually very pretty and I do love the Beatles and the versions of the songs (at least I thought) were actually quite well done. Maybe I should watch it again and see if I like more the second time around.
But I have to take it back to the store so, hmm...Anywho...
Went to the movies again tonight and saw The Other Boleyn Girl. Not great but not bad, a little intense at some points. And as my friend and I were saying, there's just something about a man with big puffy sleeves. Sigh.
Finally. Finally. Been watching this television show that I remember watching when I was in high school. I'm not going to tell what it is because its a little embarassing but I'm enjoying myself and the really bad acting and so ridiculously overdramaticness of it all, so there.
, but we'll get to that in a minute). The husband and I went to the Chase last week and indulged in some good natured fun in the form of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. The plot is basically this: Miss Pettigrew is dimissed from her governess job and desperate to find a new one she intercepts an employment offer but it turns out its for a social secretary not a governess. Silliness and sappiness ensue. It was a pretty cute movie, all feel-good and everything, plus Amy Adams is extremely charming. I recommend it for a good laugh but if you are not feeling like spending a bunch of money to go to the theater definitely worth a rent when it comes out on DVD.
This past Sunday, a friend of mine came over and having made some really delicious dinner (burgers with cheddar cheese inside it and horseradish and also some delicious red velvet cookies), we rented a couple of movies. Yes, rented. Went to Blockbuster and rented. I think its been about a year since I've actually been in a video store. We watched The Ten, a very ridiculous and sometimes midly disturbing movie. Then Monday morning I remained immobile for most of the morning watching Across the Universe. Now, I've heard that people either love this movie or hate it but I'm actually pretty indifferent. It was a visually very pretty and I do love the Beatles and the versions of the songs (at least I thought) were actually quite well done. Maybe I should watch it again and see if I like more the second time around.
Went to the movies again tonight and saw The Other Boleyn Girl. Not great but not bad, a little intense at some points. And as my friend and I were saying, there's just something about a man with big puffy sleeves. Sigh.
Finally. Finally. Been watching this television show that I remember watching when I was in high school. I'm not going to tell what it is because its a little embarassing but I'm enjoying myself and the really bad acting and so ridiculously overdramaticness of it all, so there.
06 March 2008
Random Notes from the Last Week
Well not much has been going on this past week and though I originally intended to post on this blog daily, its kinda hard when your life is so boring. Anyway...
I went to the DMV last weekend. And by last weekend I do mean weekend it took two days and three hours of waiting in line before my car became an offical resident of the state of Missouri. Why did it take so long? Well, funny story. And by funny, I mean not. First I had to wait in line at the Assesor's office for a waiver (what this is for, I still have no idea) and then I had to wait in line at the actual DMV (which is conveniently located right done the hall from the Assesor's office). But stupid me chose the last day of the month (and a Friday) to do this so it was ridiculously crowded. Now to make sure we would have no problems we checked online to make sure we had all the paperwork (old title with parents signatures signing it over to me, safety/emissions inspection and insurance). However, after waiting in line for a good hour and a half we get up to the front and no my parents signature on the title and the words on the title "Gift to Daughter" apparently is not enough we needed this other piece of paper that basically said the exact same thing (name of person its being gifted to and a signature). Seems a bit redundant and unnecessary and unnecessary and redundant. And this wonderful form was not mentioned anywhere on the website that we saw. The woman was nice enoguh to say that if we got my parents to fax it back over we wouldn't have to get back in line we could just come up to the desk with the completed forms but seeing as they were closing in less than an hour that was just not going to happen.
Yes...the story goes on but I thought it was time for a new paragraph. So...new paragraph!! Anyway (don't tell the state of Missouri) but the signature on the from that we turned in the next day after another hour in line because we had to go to a different location that was open on Saturday was a forgery. Because my parents don't have access to a fax machine I didn't want to have to wait another week to take care of this. So there. State of Missouri you have been cheated!
I've also been listening to a lot of Sufjan Stevens this last week. I downloaded I
llinoise several months ago but I've been listening to it more this week than I have in the past. Its pretty much the only thing I feel like listeing to most of the time. But this morning I downloaded (Greetings from) Michigan. I'm not any good at articulating why I like his music so much. Maybe because sometimes its a little quirky and weird and maybe its because I find the instrumental soothing that I enjoy listening to it even when the subject of the song is a little...umm...odd. Who knows? Anywho...new favorite song of his "For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti"
llinoise several months ago but I've been listening to it more this week than I have in the past. Its pretty much the only thing I feel like listeing to most of the time. But this morning I downloaded (Greetings from) Michigan. I'm not any good at articulating why I like his music so much. Maybe because sometimes its a little quirky and weird and maybe its because I find the instrumental soothing that I enjoy listening to it even when the subject of the song is a little...umm...odd. Who knows? Anywho...new favorite song of his "For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti"
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