{"id":519,"date":"2008-04-01T16:53:11","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T00:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/test\/2008\/04\/01\/ramen-and-movies\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T19:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T02:20:01","slug":"ramen-and-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/01\/ramen-and-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"ramen and movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Again I wrote a post that I forgot to publish&#8230; oy vey.<\/p>\n<p>I am *so* not a Monday person. I just LOATHE waking up knowing the weekend is over and I have to go back to work. UGH.<\/p>\n<p>Had a good weekend&#8230; on Saturday morning, Rob and I had THE BEST ramen EVER. We went over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/santa-ramen-san-mateo-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Ramen<\/a> in San Mateo. Yes, all the way on the other side of the Bay. It was SO worth it. The portion size was ginormous and I ate every last bit of it. I wish I had pictures to share so you could all see the size of the bowl I consumed. Unfortunately, we were sitting at a cramped 2-person table with 2 other couples sitting on either side of us so I did not feel comfortable whipping out the camera, hehe.<\/p>\n<p>We also watched a few movies&#8230;<br \/>\n<b>21<\/b><br \/>\nWe actually went to the theatre! \ud83d\ude00 But only because we had free passes and a gift card so we totally splurged on Coke and popcorn. Awesome. As for the movie, I really enjoyed it! It established the characters and motivations at the start, got to the &#8220;action&#8221; quickly, and was entertaining all at the same time. Kevin Spacey was amazing as he always is but I wasn&#8217;t that impressed with either Jim Sturgess or Kate Bosworth as the main characters. Aaron Yoo as Choi was hilarious, though. Gotta love those Asian sidekicks. I also loved the contrast between Las Vegas and Boston &#8212; Vegas was all bright lights and glamour while Boston was gray and drab. It&#8217;s kind of an obvious distinction but it created a feel of heightened excitement every time they were in Vegas. The story did get a little complicated towards the end and I do not understand how to count cards but I&#8217;d still recommend it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><b>I Am Legend<\/b><br \/>\nGood movie but I got a little bored. :\/ And I like Will Smith! One thing I want to mention &#8212; it felt like the movie got to the present without really explaining what happened to Robert Neville in the time since the quarantine. I didn&#8217;t realize this until just now, though, so it obviously didn&#8217;t affect my viewing at the time. Recommended.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Game Plan<\/b><br \/>\nCheesy, cheesy, cheesy movie. \ud83d\ude00 But then I&#8217;m a HUGE fan of Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock. (Rob used to watch wrestling religiously &#8212; that&#8217;s when I discovered the greatness that is The Rock). It was the typical &#8220;guy discovers daughter he never knew he had and his whole life changes&#8221; story. But I liked it (I think Rob rolled his eyes throughout most of the movie and proceeded to fall asleep at the end) and recommend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Again I wrote a post that I forgot to publish&#8230; oy vey. I am *so* not a Monday person. I just LOATHE waking up knowing the weekend is over and I have to go back to work. UGH. Had a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/01\/ramen-and-movies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,293],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9582,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/9582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}