I got my iPod!!!
omg, I’m in love with it. It’s all white, and silver-y and just oh so pretty. I have 160 songs on it at the moment, which only brings me up to about 1 gb. 14 gb left to fill! That’s a whole lot of songs. I have to start ripping my CDs. Such fun. New toys rock.
I think I need to get myself to a movie theater immediately to watch Pirates of the Caribbean — if only to understand what the heck everyone else is raving about! I feel so out of the loop. Humph.
omg, will you take a look at the cover for the Dawson’s Creek Series Finale DVD? Isn’t that horrible?!? I mean, Jen and Pacey’s heads don’t even match their bodies, blech. Gah, I can’t believe someone actually got paid for that.
I went to see Charlie’s Angel: Full Throttle earlier — good, mindless entertainment. I’m still not over the shock of seeing Demi Moore in a bikini. I want to look like that when I’m 40 and have 3 kids! So jealous. If that movie did anything for me, it served as motivation to get my lazy butt to the gym. I have a couple of skirts that are getting a bit snug. Not good. Anyway, a question for anyone who has seen the movie — what the heck was the point of Crispin Glover’s character (Thin Man)?
And now for the Friday Five:
Do you remember your first best friend? Who was it?
I have such a bad memory but I *think* the first person I called my “best friend” was a girl named Jola. We met in first grade.
Are you still in touch with this person?
No. We were in school together until 8th grade, but we grew apart after 5th or 6th grade, I believe. Our personalities just went in completely different directions as we got older.
Do you have a current close friend?
There are 4 people in my life that I consider to be my closest friends — best friends Carmen and Robyn, my cousin Riz, and my boyfriend Rob.
How did you become friends with this person?
Carmen, Robyn and I met in first grade. We’ve been friends ever since. I still can’t get over the fact that I’ve known these girls for around 17 years. But I feel so lucky to have friends who have seen me through some of the best and worst times of my life. My cousin is family so there was no avoiding that relationship, lol. Riz’s family lived with us for awhile and we were forced (hey, I’m an only child — I’m not used to sharing! ;)) to share a room. It sounds cliche but I feel like she’s the closest thing I have to a real sister. And finally, I met Rob officially when I was a freshman in college but I knew who he was prior to that because we went to high school together (he’s a year older).
Is there a friend from your past that you wish you were still in contact with? Why?
I’d love to find out how the girls from my ballet class are doing. I trained and practiced with the same group of girls from age 6 to about 14, which was when I quit professional training. I’m just curious to see if anyone actually pursued a dance career. There are also a few people from high school that I think about sometimes. But I think I’m just a nosy person. 🙂
I’ve had a pretty uneventful weekend.
I’m not complaining though — I’ve been able to relax and catch up on some much-needed sleep. I love sleep. Let’s see, I spent the entire 4th of July inside my apartment. No joke. I didn’t even go out to watch fireworks. To make up for our laziness, my boyfriend and I paraded around our apartment wearing T-shirts with the good old US flag imprinted on them. Good stuff. I watched a lot of Real World: Paris though. This cast annoys me so. much. They have a great opportunity in their hands — they get to write for Frommer’s travel guide — yet they act so ungrateful when they have actual responsibilities. I mean, I would gladly live in Paris and write about the attractions, restaurants and shopping that I experienced while I was there. They’re so lucky to have a great job handed to them and they don’t even act like they appreciate it. Ugh. That bugs me.
Anyway, today I actually ventured into the outside world. Rob and I went to go see Legally Blonde 2, which was a really cheesy and corny movie but lots of fun. I didn’t like it as much as the first one — but I think that’s mostly because the first one was new and fresh while this one really felt like a sequel. Oh, but Luke Wilson looked really hot — yes, he did. 😛
My roommate’s mom is visiting for the weekend and she is totally spoiling us all. She’s been cooking all our meals and helping us clean the apartment. It’s really cute how parents get when they know you can take care of yourself — all of a sudden they want to be the ones to do everything for you, like they still want to be needed. It’s completely adorable. My dad acts the same way when I go home to visit him — we’ll go shopping and he’ll insist on buying me stuff even though he knows I make my own money now and can afford to buy things I need. It’s such a sweet gesture though and who am I to refuse? 😉
I’ve also just started watching Trading Spaces — you know, that show on TLC where people trade houses for 2 days and they redecorate a designated room with the help of professional designers. Well, my roommate Jimmy is addicted to this show and he watches it every time it’s on, which is like 99% of the day so by default, I’ve been watching it as well. I never realized just how interesting it is — sometimes it gives me ideas but most of the time, the things they do to the rooms seriously terrify me. There was one little boy’s room where the designer hung a trellice from the ceiling and attached Japanese lanterns to it — ugh! And another time, there was a guest room in which the designer was going for a garden theme and proceeded to install astroturf to the floor and surrounded the bed with a white picket fence. I kid you not. It was awful. I would be surprised if the owners didn’t immediately switch everything back to the original setup. Hee.
Umm, it’s about 3am now — where DOES the time GO?!? I suppose it’s time for bed. 🙂
omg, everyone should see my apartment right now. It’s a disaster area. Seriously. My new roommate had to move out of his old apartment by July 1 so we have boxes and boxes and boxes of his stuff everywhere. It’s insane. In da membrane. Insane in da Brain! lol. Does anyone else remember that Cypress Hill song?
Anyway, I finally saw Finding Nemo. 🙂 That is the cutest movie. Ever. I am so going to head over to the Disney Store to buy myself a Nemo stuffed toy to add to my collection. Because I am 6. Hee.
I am craving McDonald’s breakfast food right now. I know it’s not *good* by any stretch of the imagination but there is just something about the sausage mcmuffin and hash browns that is so yummy. Oh, and pancakes. Mmmm.
Toys R Us is evil.
I get home today and I’m relaxing in front of the TV when the boyfriend says “Let’s go to Toys R Us. I want to look at the Transformers toys.” I reluctantly went with him and we ended up spending about an hour in there. (!!!) I was tempted by all the Harry Potter lego sets, the R2-D2 figurines, the Strawberry Shortcake dolls, the Gameboy games, the Trumpet-playing Cookie Monster (which I really wanted — I have to add to my collection!)… err, pretty much everything. That store is so EVIL. Rob somehow managed to get out of there without buying anything for himself but I left with 2 Care Bears. I got Grumpy Bear for myself and Share Bear for my cousin — I’m planning on giving it to her when she leaves for school in a few weeks. So I guess that justifies my purchase then — I bought a *gift.* Heh.
Rob and I finally got on board with the whole Netflix phenomenon (only after the closest Blockbuster Video to our apartment closed down) and we love it! I definitely recommend it — especially for people like us who always forget to return rentals on time and rack up insane late charges. So far, we’ve watched About A Boy (adorable movie!) and Wet Hot American Summer (funny stuff — Paul Rudd, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce and Bradley Cooper are all great). Very very exciting.
Oh! I have a question — does anyone know how to disable direct linking? Inquiring minds want to know. 🙂
So I’ve been sitting here for the past hour trying to think of what the heck to blog about and… nothing. I got nothing.
I actually wrote some really random crap about my job and about my new roommate (Hi Jimmy!) but I just erased it all because really, it was so lame. And boring. And who wants to read that?!?
I need sleep. But before that, I leave you with a Movie Survey…
Bold means I’ve seen it. Yup.
01. Titanic (1997 – $1,835,300,000) Love this movie.
02. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001 – $968,600,000)
03. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999 – $922,300,000)
04. Jurassic Park (1993 – $919,700,000) random fact: I saw this on June 11, 1993. I have no idea why I remember that.
05. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002 – $905,700,000)
06. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002 – $866,300,000)
07. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 – $860,200,000)
08. Independence Day (1996 – $811,200,000)
09. Spider-Man (2002 – $806,700,000)
10. Star Wars (1977 – $797,900,000)
11. The Lion King (1994 – $783,400,000)
12. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982 – $756,700,000)
13. Forrest Gump (1994 – $679,400,000)
14. The Sixth Sense (1999 – $661,500,000)
15. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002 – $648,200,000)
16. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997 – $614,300,000)
17. Men in Black (1997 – $587,200,000)
18. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983 – $572,700,000)
19. Armageddon (1998 – $554,600,000)
20. Mission: Impossible II (2000 – $545,300,000)
21. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980 – $533,800,000)
22. Home Alone (1990 – $533,700,000)
23. Monsters, Inc. (2001 – $528,900,000)
24. Ghost (1990 – $517,600,000)
25. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991 – $516,800,000)
26. Aladdin (1992 – $501,900,000)
27. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989 – $494,700,000)
28. Twister (1996 – $494,700,000)
29. Toy Story 2 (1999 – $485,700,000)
30. Saving Private Ryan (1998 – $479,300,000)
31. Jaws (1975 – $470,600,000)
32. The Matrix (1999 – $456,300,000)
33. Gladiator (2000 – $456,200,000)
34. Shrek (2001 – $455,100,000) Am I the only person who hasn’t seen this?
35. Mission: Impossible (1996 – $452,500,000)
36. Pearl Harbor (2001 – $450,400,000) What a disappointment.
37. Ocean’s Eleven (2001 – $444,200,000) One of my most favorite movies of all time.
38. Pretty Woman (1990 – $438,200,000)
39. Tarzan (1999 – $435,200,000)
40. Men in Black II (2002 – $425,600,000)
41. Die Another Day (2002 – $424,700,000)
42. Dances with Wolves (1990 – $424,200,000)
43. Cast Away (2000 – $424,000,000) Wilson!
44. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993 – $423,100,000)
45. The Mummy Returns (2001 – $418,700,000)
46. The Mummy (1999 – $413,300,000)
47. Batman (1989 – $413,100,000)
48. Rain Man (1988 – $412,800,000)
49. The Bodyguard (1992 – $410,900,000)
50. Signs (2002 – $407,900,000)
51. Gone with the Wind (1939 – $390,500,000)
52. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 – $390,400,000)
53. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 – $383,800,000)
54. Grease (1978 – $379,800,000)
55. Ice Age (2002 – $378,300,000)
56. Beauty and the Beast (1991 – $378,300,000)
57. Godzilla (1998 – $375,800,000)
58. What Women Want (2000 – $370,800,000)
59. The Fugitive (1993 – $368,700,000)
60. True Lies (1994 – $365,200,000)
61. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995 – $365,000,000)
62. Notting Hill (1999 – $363,000,000)
63. Jurassic Park III (2001 – $362,900,000)
64. There’s Something About Mary (1998 – $360,000,000)
65. Planet of the Apes (2001 – $358,900,000)
66. The Flintstones (1994 – $358,500,000)
67. Toy Story (1995 – $358,100,000)
68. A Bug’s Life (1998 – $357,900,000)
69. The Exorcist (1973 – $357,500,000)
70. My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002 – $356,500,000)
71. Basic Instinct (1992 – $352,700,000)
72. The World Is Not Enough (1999 – $352,000,000)
73. GoldenEye (1995 – $351,500,000)
74. Back to the Future (1985 – $350,600,000)
75. Se7en (1995 – $350,100,000)
76. Hannibal (2001 – $349,200,000)
77. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 – $349,100,000)
78. Deep Impact (1998 – $348,600,000)
79. Dinosaur (2000 – $347,800,000)
80. Pocahontas (1995 – $347,100,000)
81. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997 – $346,600,000)
82. Top Gun (1986 – $344,700,000) Tom Cruise… mmmm.
83. Minority Report (2002 – $342,000,000)
84. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 – $340,400,000)
85. American Beauty (1999 – $336,000,000)
86. Catch Me If You Can (2002 – $335,800,000)
87. Batman Forever (1995 – $335,000,000)
88. Apollo 13 (1995 – $334,100,000)
89. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984 – $333,000,000)
90. Back to the Future Part II (1989 – $332,000,000)
91. The Rock (1996 – $330,500,000)
92. Rush Hour 2 (2001 – $329,100,000)
93. Crocodile Dundee (1986 – $328,000,000)
94. The Perfect Storm (2000 – $325,700,000)
95. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 – $325,500,000)
96. X2 (2003 – $324,100,000)
97. Schindler’s List (1993 – $321,200,000)
98. The Mask (1994 – $320,900,000)
99. Fatal Attraction (1987 – $320,100,000)
100. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992 – $319,700,000)
So I loved X2. I don’t really know anything about comic canon, though. My exposure to X-Men prior to the movies come from the Saturday morning X-Men cartoon that used to be on TV when I was in high school. I have no idea how close the cartoon was to actual comic canon — but I am familiar with the most of the characters, the relationships and the more popular story arcs, particularly the one at the end of the movie, which has me hoping for an X3. 😉 (Does anyone know if anyone from the cast has signed for a third movie?) The movie is just beautiful to watch, especially the beginning sequence with Nightcrawler. Just WOW. After that alone, I knew the movie would be better than the first. My only real disappointment is the limited roles of Cyclops (James Marsden) and Rogue (Anna Paquin). I love those two. Anyway, I *think* I’m even going to watch it again tomorrow — well, actually today since it’s 3 in the morning. Too much pent up energy, can’t sleep, hee.
Also, the previews were pretty interesting — I sorta want to see Hollywood Homicide (Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett – yowzers!) and Stuck On You (bwah! Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear in a Farrelly brothers movie? Funny stuff!). But omg, The Hulk trailer had me laughing — seriously. It’s not that the story looks bad or anything — it’s the Hulk himself! The cgi looks positively awful. I can’t take the movie seriously — it’s that bad. The Hulk doesn’t blend well with the movie at all. He sticks out like an eyesore. I think the majority of the the people in the theater were snickering at the trailer. That can’t be a good sign. Oy.
Oh dear, I *try* to stay unspoiled for Alias but my damn curiosity got the better of me. I knew the wildfeed had already aired so I went scouring for spoilers. I really wish I hadn’t done that. I just ruined the entire finale for myself! Gah. ::pounds head onto desk:: Oh well, I’m still looking forward to watching it. 🙂
Hmmm, this week’s Friday Five is much too difficult for my fickle little self… so I’ve decided to do an old one. 😛
If you were to go to a movie this weekend, which one would you pick?
X2: X-Men United. I’m not a comic book fan or anything — it just looks like a fun popcorn movie. I’m actually going to see it in about an hour and a half — the midnight showing!
What movie would you like to rent this weekend?
There are a *ton* of movies I want to see… About A Boy, The Good Girl, Real Women Have Curves, Far From Heaven — just a few.
What one TV show do you always try to watch?
Hee, like you all don’t know the answer to this! Dawson’s Creek, of course. 2 more weeks! ::sniff::
If you (and your S.O.) were cool with it, what five celebrities would it be ‘ok’ for you to have a fling with?
Josh Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Tom Welling, Shane West, and Mike Erwin. Mmmm…
How do you plan to spend your weekend?
No plans. I just want to relax — it’s been a stressful work week.
And I’m off! Gotta get to the theatre to make sure I don’t get craptastic seats. 😛
I had a pretty “eh” type of weekend. Dad came to visit, went shopping… nothing exciting. And I didn’t have a three-day weekend like everyone else. I had to go to work. And I did absolutely nothing because no one else was at work. Boo.
Went to see Daredevil on Friday — I don’t know anything about the comics really but nevertheless, I totally hyped up the movie in my head. It’s the Ben love, I have to admit. And while I thought he did a great job, there was just something so extremely cheesy about the movie. The fights were seriously only seconds long and the ending came to a resolution so quickly. It felt like whiplash. It just ended without really showing us how the characters came to the conclusions they did. However, I did love that Daredevil isn’t shown as a great superhero. He’s human — and his emotions and his actions reflect conflict rather than being all about the good. I liked that. Jennifer Garner and Jon Favreau rocked also.
Just got back from seeing the movie Chicago — it was fabulous! I was especially amazed with Renee Zellweger. She definitely fit the role of Roxie perfectly. Eeee! I want to see it again, that’s how good it was. And I loved how all the musical numbers were incorporated into the telling of the story. I was scared that I would find myself cringing when the songs came on but to my surprise, everything flowed together very well. Plus, I had it on good authority (thanks Linda!) that the movie would not disappoint so I’m really glad that I liked it as much as I do. ok, time for bed. 🙂