just about every week, i have a new idea about what i want to do (job) when i get to nashville... it's kind of funny... i have all kinds of weird ideas...
this week, i have a couple of ideas...
starbucks
substitute teacher
last week, it was:
human resources
i've also toyed around with several other ideas:
flower delivery
secretarial
post office
anything in the batman building
publishing
sales (any kind)
graphic design (still)
photography (for a studio)
back-up singer (i forgot about this one until chad mentioned it...)
isn't a fun and random list? it can be the poll question of the day... what kind of job should i try and get when i move? one of my coworkers has an assessment test that i can take to see what i'd be good at... it totally makes me think of chandler/friends, but it could be fun to see what it says... so i think i'm going to take it later this week... until then... what do you think i should be when i grow up? (serious and not-so-serious answers appreciated!!!)
Oct 31, 2005
Oct 30, 2005
what's your favorite scary movie?
i've never been a huge halloween fan (the holiday)... i don't hate it, but i have never really gone all out for it, either... a couple of years ago i dressed up like a powerpuff girl... this year, i have no plans for halloween...
there have been a ton of scary/suspenseful movies on this weekend... i watched (parts of) urban legend 1 & 2 and final destination 1 & 2... i had seen the originals, but not the sequels... there have been others on tv, but that's all that i've watched... it's kind of fun to have them on... i like scary movies, but rarely watch them...
last night alyssa and i went downtown and ate at mcmenamins... and walking to and from her apartment, we saw all kinds of people dressed up in various costumes, going to parties... we thought about crashing a couple of the parties, but we weren't dressed for it... it was just interesting to see so many people dressed up... i'm definitely not used to it... while we were in fred meyer, we saw a bunch of costumed-capers... my favorites for the night were probably the trekkie and the body from operation (the game)... he was just wearing this nude-colored suit and then he had the bone-shapes from the game, outlined in red all over him... it took us a while to figure out what he was... it looked kind of creepy...
sometimes i wish i liked halloween more... but it usually just passes without a second thought... maybe if i had something to do, it would be more fun...
there have been a ton of scary/suspenseful movies on this weekend... i watched (parts of) urban legend 1 & 2 and final destination 1 & 2... i had seen the originals, but not the sequels... there have been others on tv, but that's all that i've watched... it's kind of fun to have them on... i like scary movies, but rarely watch them...
last night alyssa and i went downtown and ate at mcmenamins... and walking to and from her apartment, we saw all kinds of people dressed up in various costumes, going to parties... we thought about crashing a couple of the parties, but we weren't dressed for it... it was just interesting to see so many people dressed up... i'm definitely not used to it... while we were in fred meyer, we saw a bunch of costumed-capers... my favorites for the night were probably the trekkie and the body from operation (the game)... he was just wearing this nude-colored suit and then he had the bone-shapes from the game, outlined in red all over him... it took us a while to figure out what he was... it looked kind of creepy...
sometimes i wish i liked halloween more... but it usually just passes without a second thought... maybe if i had something to do, it would be more fun...
Oct 28, 2005
Oct 27, 2005
m-t-s - thursday movie trivia - "my gosh... will i ever get this done?"
Okay, so a few friends have been posting this list on their sites… it’s like a list that says all these things that you’re supposed to fill in about how you’re feeling… but I thought it would be fun to fill them in with movie quotes… so we’ll try it out… see if you can figure out what movies they’re from… most of the time, the "I's" are part of the quote... other times, the quote follows - if the quote follows, it's in ""'s... no cheating... each correct answer worth 500 points - because they're pretty easy this week... sorry for the lack of movie trivia... it's been a crazy couple of weeks... there's one that is a tv quote - i just couldn't resist... oh - some of the time the quote starts in the middle of a sentence... but you're smart... you'll figure them out...
1. I AM: Jack’s broken heart ~ fight club - chris
2. I WANT: you. I need you. Oh baby. Oh baby ~ 10 things i hate about you - andrea
3. I HAVE: to go finish cleaning those 'droids. ~ star wars - chris
4. I WISH: I had a guardian angel to tell me what to do. You know, like Debbie Reynolds had in "Tammy." What do you think? ~ grease - andrea
5. I HATE: Baptists almost as much as I hate Democrats. ~ runaway jury - andrea
6. I MISS: her throat. ~ a knight's tale - robyn
7. I FEAR: da sewer may have backed up durin' da night. ~ newsies - chris
8. I HEAR: words like "handsomness" and "incredibly chiseled features" and for me that's like a vanity that I don't buy into. ~ zoolander - chris
9. I SEARCH: “I object! My client has never held a diary! And even if she did, this would be... invasion of privacy, and violation of the fourth amendment, and... and illegal search without a warrant!” ~ chicago - andrea
10. I WONDER: if my opponent is basing her opinion on the Prince's politics or how cute she thinks his butt is? ~ ella enchanted - andrea
11. I REGRET: to say, no such island. I've looked for it in every chart. The Isle of Naboombu does not exist. ~ bedknobs and broomsticks - chris
12. I LOVE: her. She breaks my heart again and again. But I love her. ~ reality bites - chris
13. I ACHE: for Grace. ~ return to me - chris
14. I ALWAYS: say, "if it's not Baroque, don't fix it!" ~ beauty and the beast - andrea
15. I AM NOT: baby, I'm a MAN, I am an ANCHORMAN! ~ anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy - andrea
16. I DANCE: “I can tap-dance. You wanna see me tap-dance?" ~ garden state - chris
17. I SING: and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will. ~ working girl - andrea
18. I CRY: ? NO. NO. And do you know why? Because there’s no crying in baseball. ~ a league of their own - andrea
19. I WRITE: “You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?".” ~ serendipity - chris
20. I WIN: this roll I will save the place that I work from being sold, and the jobs of my friends that work there. Thus striking a blow at all that is evil and making this world a better place to be in. ~ empire records - chris
21. I LOSE: my temper you're totaled, man ~ the breakfast club - chris
22. I CONFUSE: him till he loses his train of thought and then he moves on. Hot dog? ~ gilmore girls - andrea
23. I NEED: “One question: do you need someone or do you need me? - I don't care.” ~ say anything - chris
24. I SHOULD: have an assistant, because if I had an assistant, she would be out milking a COW and I would never run out of butter! ~ america's sweethearts - andrea
and one more to make it an even 25... correctly identify the movie that my last post title is a quote from... ~ grosse pointe blank - chris
have fun!
1. I AM: Jack’s broken heart ~ fight club - chris
2. I WANT: you. I need you. Oh baby. Oh baby ~ 10 things i hate about you - andrea
3. I HAVE: to go finish cleaning those 'droids. ~ star wars - chris
4. I WISH: I had a guardian angel to tell me what to do. You know, like Debbie Reynolds had in "Tammy." What do you think? ~ grease - andrea
5. I HATE: Baptists almost as much as I hate Democrats. ~ runaway jury - andrea
6. I MISS: her throat. ~ a knight's tale - robyn
7. I FEAR: da sewer may have backed up durin' da night. ~ newsies - chris
8. I HEAR: words like "handsomness" and "incredibly chiseled features" and for me that's like a vanity that I don't buy into. ~ zoolander - chris
9. I SEARCH: “I object! My client has never held a diary! And even if she did, this would be... invasion of privacy, and violation of the fourth amendment, and... and illegal search without a warrant!” ~ chicago - andrea
10. I WONDER: if my opponent is basing her opinion on the Prince's politics or how cute she thinks his butt is? ~ ella enchanted - andrea
11. I REGRET: to say, no such island. I've looked for it in every chart. The Isle of Naboombu does not exist. ~ bedknobs and broomsticks - chris
12. I LOVE: her. She breaks my heart again and again. But I love her. ~ reality bites - chris
13. I ACHE: for Grace. ~ return to me - chris
14. I ALWAYS: say, "if it's not Baroque, don't fix it!" ~ beauty and the beast - andrea
15. I AM NOT: baby, I'm a MAN, I am an ANCHORMAN! ~ anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy - andrea
16. I DANCE: “I can tap-dance. You wanna see me tap-dance?" ~ garden state - chris
17. I SING: and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will. ~ working girl - andrea
18. I CRY: ? NO. NO. And do you know why? Because there’s no crying in baseball. ~ a league of their own - andrea
19. I WRITE: “You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?".” ~ serendipity - chris
20. I WIN: this roll I will save the place that I work from being sold, and the jobs of my friends that work there. Thus striking a blow at all that is evil and making this world a better place to be in. ~ empire records - chris
21. I LOSE: my temper you're totaled, man ~ the breakfast club - chris
22. I CONFUSE: him till he loses his train of thought and then he moves on. Hot dog? ~ gilmore girls - andrea
23. I NEED: “One question: do you need someone or do you need me? - I don't care.” ~ say anything - chris
24. I SHOULD: have an assistant, because if I had an assistant, she would be out milking a COW and I would never run out of butter! ~ america's sweethearts - andrea
and one more to make it an even 25... correctly identify the movie that my last post title is a quote from... ~ grosse pointe blank - chris
have fun!
you can never go home again, oatman... but i guess you can shop there...
i apologize for my absence... i took the red-eye to arkansas wednesday night/thursday morning and have been on the move (with little sleep) since then... i didn't get movie trivia done because i was trying to get everything ready... but i'm trying to get it ready for today... just late - and it will be a short one...
it was a great trip home... it was good to see family and friends, as well as drive over to nashville to see my roommates and the apartment i'll be moving to in late december. i was going to try and post some pictures, but i haven't had a chance yet...
i feel like there is much to write, but it's hard to sort through it all... so i'll put some highlights and maybe some lowlights and expand on them later if i feel the need...
here's a rundown of the trip:
thursday - friday morning: hanging out with family
friday afternoon - sunday afternoon: hanging out at asu with college friends for homecoming
sunday evening - monday morning: hanging out in nashville at my apartment
monday afternoon: back to the airport
what i didn't include was all the time spent in the car... about 750 miles of highway driving...
saturday i went to the worst football game ever... i mean, the crowd/energy part was great, but the actual game was pretty bad... going into overtime with a score of 0-0 says a lot... we kicked a field goal to win 3-0... but it was still a bad game...
but i haven't had a chance to sing the asu fight song in a long time... the asu fight song instantly brings joy and excitement to my heart when i hear it... keep in mind that the fight song on the website sounds like it was recorded in the 40's or 50's... we don't necessarily sound that way these days... and when it says, "fight, fight, fight" - we don't sing melodically, we scream it... and at the end when it says, "so that the world may see... that i-n-d-i-a-n-s means victory," we scream "STATE" right after that... okay... i need to move on... i'm getting a bit sentimental...
going to nashville was a good choice... i not only got to see my fabulous roommates, but i got to take part in the first placement of all our dvd's and movies on the shelf... the shelf is an interesting addition to the apartment... i'll have to post a picture of it soon... but it's so awesome... and kind of out of control... having 3 copies of 13 going on 30 between the three of us screams excessive... but it's wonderful...
i also got to have a more realistic picture of the move in december... i think so far it's been a bit too "rose-colored glasses..." and getting to see everything, i'm more aware of the challenges that will face me... but with that comes a new excitement with more confidence. it's different, but good...
for the last couple of years (since moving to the nw), i've thought that it would be impossible for me to go home... things are too weird, people change... it's just different... or so i thought... but honestly, going home this time felt good... it felt good to see old friends and feel the embrace of friendship that doesn't really die... it may change somewhat, but is not gone... it felt natural and right... i've had a fear of moving too close to home... but to be honest, i look forward to being closer to my friends from college... a 4-hour drive rather than a 6 hour flight... i'm not sure how much i'll get over there or if they'll come to visit me at all... but i have great friends... i'll post pictures when i get home tonight... but for now, i need to get some movie trivia done so that i'm not hated!!!
i totally haven't done justice to the experience with my words...
it was a great trip home... it was good to see family and friends, as well as drive over to nashville to see my roommates and the apartment i'll be moving to in late december. i was going to try and post some pictures, but i haven't had a chance yet...
i feel like there is much to write, but it's hard to sort through it all... so i'll put some highlights and maybe some lowlights and expand on them later if i feel the need...
here's a rundown of the trip:
thursday - friday morning: hanging out with family
friday afternoon - sunday afternoon: hanging out at asu with college friends for homecoming
sunday evening - monday morning: hanging out in nashville at my apartment
monday afternoon: back to the airport
what i didn't include was all the time spent in the car... about 750 miles of highway driving...
saturday i went to the worst football game ever... i mean, the crowd/energy part was great, but the actual game was pretty bad... going into overtime with a score of 0-0 says a lot... we kicked a field goal to win 3-0... but it was still a bad game...
but i haven't had a chance to sing the asu fight song in a long time... the asu fight song instantly brings joy and excitement to my heart when i hear it... keep in mind that the fight song on the website sounds like it was recorded in the 40's or 50's... we don't necessarily sound that way these days... and when it says, "fight, fight, fight" - we don't sing melodically, we scream it... and at the end when it says, "so that the world may see... that i-n-d-i-a-n-s means victory," we scream "STATE" right after that... okay... i need to move on... i'm getting a bit sentimental...
going to nashville was a good choice... i not only got to see my fabulous roommates, but i got to take part in the first placement of all our dvd's and movies on the shelf... the shelf is an interesting addition to the apartment... i'll have to post a picture of it soon... but it's so awesome... and kind of out of control... having 3 copies of 13 going on 30 between the three of us screams excessive... but it's wonderful...
i also got to have a more realistic picture of the move in december... i think so far it's been a bit too "rose-colored glasses..." and getting to see everything, i'm more aware of the challenges that will face me... but with that comes a new excitement with more confidence. it's different, but good...
for the last couple of years (since moving to the nw), i've thought that it would be impossible for me to go home... things are too weird, people change... it's just different... or so i thought... but honestly, going home this time felt good... it felt good to see old friends and feel the embrace of friendship that doesn't really die... it may change somewhat, but is not gone... it felt natural and right... i've had a fear of moving too close to home... but to be honest, i look forward to being closer to my friends from college... a 4-hour drive rather than a 6 hour flight... i'm not sure how much i'll get over there or if they'll come to visit me at all... but i have great friends... i'll post pictures when i get home tonight... but for now, i need to get some movie trivia done so that i'm not hated!!!
i totally haven't done justice to the experience with my words...
Oct 20, 2005
picture from milan...
this is a picture from milan that my dad took... just playing around with blogger...
Oct 19, 2005
moon river...
i've had this song (melody) stuck in my head all day... i've known this tune for a while, but i never really knew all the words... i've known about half of them... so i decided to look them up... (and post them)
i can honestly say as i read them today, i got a little teary-eyed... i'm not sure why... but i think it's seriously a beautiful song...
thank you, elizabethtown (the movie), for bringing this old song back into my life...
Moon river wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
You dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever you’re going I’m going your way
Two drifters off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the bend
My huckleberry friend,
moon river and me
i can honestly say as i read them today, i got a little teary-eyed... i'm not sure why... but i think it's seriously a beautiful song...
thank you, elizabethtown (the movie), for bringing this old song back into my life...
Moon river wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
You dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever you’re going I’m going your way
Two drifters off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the bend
My huckleberry friend,
moon river and me
Oct 17, 2005
meat... on top of meat... on top of meat...
the new burger king commercials with that creepy king crack me up... everytime the newest one comes on, my friend erin and i laugh and laugh... then we say the line "meat... on top of meat... on top of meat..." over and over... and erin decided that she wants to dress up like the king... and we found on bk.com where you can buy a king mask... so she may actually be able to pull it off... how funny would that be? i'll answer... totally funny...
all she would have to get would be aspects of the outfit - which she could totally do... or we could make it up... she'd just need the creepy mask... and now that it's available, victory could be hers... she could be the creepy burger king... what could be better?i don't know if i'll have any plans for halloween... no parties scheduled... we won't dress up at work or anything like that... as far as i'm concerned, i guess it will just be a normal day to me... but it's fun to dress up - but i have to figure something to dress up as...
i've joked around about it for a while... and i think it would be funny to dress up as jo from supernanny... i kind of look like her and it would be funny to do... there is just one problem... a purple suit... i don't own a purple suit... and i feel like it is really silly to buy a purple suit just for a halloween costume... and what are the chances of me finding a purple suit that fits at goodwill or value village... not likely... unless i found a different (lighter) color and dyed it purple... but that's still a lot of hassle for a halloween costume... even if it would be funny... i just don't know if it would work...
so i thought that maybe i could go the "casual jo" route... she only shows up in the purple suit at the beginning... the next day or two she wears a button-down shirt and pants... which is close to what i wear to work... so i would totally have the outfit... but then it wouldn't look like i was dressing up at all... only my normal clothes... in order to dress up like jo, i'd have to do the purple suit... which would be expensive... and without even really having a reason to dress up other than for my own personal benefit, it seems dumb...
so i don't know what to say about the whole dressing up issue... i just thought it would be funny to throw the ideas out there... and i wanted to have an entry called, "meat... on top of meat... on top of meat..." if i had more time, i'd photoshop erin's picture onto the creepy king's body - or the other way around - or both... but i don't have that kind of time...
Oct 13, 2005
m-t-s-thursday, part 3 ~ your high school english teacher would be proud...
once again, i apologize for my absence last week. but this week's return gives a little bit of a twist on the movie trivia. This week's trivia is related to literature. Most (not all) of the questions have to do with literature I read in high school. 1000 points for each correct answer. (Some questions have multiple answers.) the rules are simple... have fun and no cheating... (at some point i'll change the color of the correctly guessed questions - and i'll update the points soon... any remaining points go to me!)
1. What novel was referenced in two John Cusack movies (one very prominently)? Love in the Time of Cholera {andrea} - it was mentioned in high fidelity when he says, "Hey, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I've read books like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", and I think I've understood them. They're about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash's autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash." - and in Serendipity, it's the book that Sara writes her name in... (to give you the references...)
2. In the movie Bounce, Greg writes a play that is based on a Walt Whitman poem. Name the poem (or the name of the play he writes). - "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and Lilacs in the Dooryard {robyn}
3. What actress plays Georgie Darcy in the bollywood version of a Jane Austen novel? - Alexis Bledel (bride and prejudice) {chris}
4. The title of what film is quoted from the poem "Eloisa to Abelard" by Alexander Pope? This poem was also used in what earlier project by the same director? (name the other work and director for additional points) - eternal sunshine of the spotless mind {chris}, being john malkovich, charlie kaufman {andrea}
5. Wuthering Heights and King Kong were the two major literary and cinematic influences for what film? - the village {robyn}
6. In Dead Poets Society, professor Keating asks his students to address him in what manner? For additional points, name the poet who penned the poem. "O Captain, My Captain," Walt Whitman {amy}
7. About a Boy is a movie that starts out with the main character flaunting the idea that he is an island. This is contrary to what writer's statement that "No Man is an Island."? - John Donne {amy}
8. 10 Things I Hate About You has many references and is based around the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew. However one of the main taglines of the film is "How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways." which is a reference to what poet's work? - Elizabeth Barrett Browning {amy}
9. The 1974 version of this classic novel was referenced in Up Close in Personal, My Best Friend's Wedding, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. (One of the stars of the film was also a star of one of the movies that references it.) - The Great Gatsby {chris}
10. She's All That is loosely based on what classic novel? - Pygmalion {amy}
11. Two tv versions of this novel were created in 1954 and 1965. Two major motion pictures versions of the novel were created in 1956 and ironically enough, 1984. 1984 {amy}
12. While there are 11 film versions of Louisa May Alcott's classic story Little Women, only one version was made of what Louisa May Alcott "sequel?" For an added twist... "Marmee's" ex-husband in real life plays her daughter Jo's husband in the sequel. Name that actor for extra points. - Little Men {amy} chris sarandon {robyn}
13. Apocalypse Now is based on what Joseph Conrad novel? Heart of Darkness {marie}
14. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a remake of what classic poem? Homer's Odyssey {marie}
15. What (fairly) recent movie is based on the events of Ernest Hemingway's life, including using his name as the main character's name? in love and war {andrea}
1. What novel was referenced in two John Cusack movies (one very prominently)? Love in the Time of Cholera {andrea} - it was mentioned in high fidelity when he says, "Hey, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I've read books like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", and I think I've understood them. They're about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash's autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash." - and in Serendipity, it's the book that Sara writes her name in... (to give you the references...)
2. In the movie Bounce, Greg writes a play that is based on a Walt Whitman poem. Name the poem (or the name of the play he writes). - "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and Lilacs in the Dooryard {robyn}
3. What actress plays Georgie Darcy in the bollywood version of a Jane Austen novel? - Alexis Bledel (bride and prejudice) {chris}
4. The title of what film is quoted from the poem "Eloisa to Abelard" by Alexander Pope? This poem was also used in what earlier project by the same director? (name the other work and director for additional points) - eternal sunshine of the spotless mind {chris}, being john malkovich, charlie kaufman {andrea}
5. Wuthering Heights and King Kong were the two major literary and cinematic influences for what film? - the village {robyn}
6. In Dead Poets Society, professor Keating asks his students to address him in what manner? For additional points, name the poet who penned the poem. "O Captain, My Captain," Walt Whitman {amy}
7. About a Boy is a movie that starts out with the main character flaunting the idea that he is an island. This is contrary to what writer's statement that "No Man is an Island."? - John Donne {amy}
8. 10 Things I Hate About You has many references and is based around the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew. However one of the main taglines of the film is "How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways." which is a reference to what poet's work? - Elizabeth Barrett Browning {amy}
9. The 1974 version of this classic novel was referenced in Up Close in Personal, My Best Friend's Wedding, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. (One of the stars of the film was also a star of one of the movies that references it.) - The Great Gatsby {chris}
10. She's All That is loosely based on what classic novel? - Pygmalion {amy}
11. Two tv versions of this novel were created in 1954 and 1965. Two major motion pictures versions of the novel were created in 1956 and ironically enough, 1984. 1984 {amy}
12. While there are 11 film versions of Louisa May Alcott's classic story Little Women, only one version was made of what Louisa May Alcott "sequel?" For an added twist... "Marmee's" ex-husband in real life plays her daughter Jo's husband in the sequel. Name that actor for extra points. - Little Men {amy} chris sarandon {robyn}
13. Apocalypse Now is based on what Joseph Conrad novel? Heart of Darkness {marie}
14. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a remake of what classic poem? Homer's Odyssey {marie}
15. What (fairly) recent movie is based on the events of Ernest Hemingway's life, including using his name as the main character's name? in love and war {andrea}
Oct 12, 2005
new dvds...
i got an email from deepdiscountdvd.com - they're having a buy 2, get 1 free sale on certain titles - over 450 of them... that are all $8.97... and they don't have tax and shipping can be free... so i'm thinking, "depending on what movies they're offering, $5.98 per dvd is not that bad..." so i look on the site and start checking boxes of movies that i think i'd want and there are obviously some dumb movies and a bunch of kids' movies... but i ended up checking about 10-15 movies... maybe more... but i know i can't spend that kind of money... but there's one movie that i want so bad and i've never seen it for sale anywhere else... ever... so i chisel my selection down to a precious three... and i don't need any criticism for my choices... i have weird movie tastes... but these are the three that made the cut...
*cinderella (rogers and hammerstein, featuring brandy) - i've rented this multiple times... i really just love the music a whole lot... and i like this version of it better than others...
*emma - i've really only seen it once or twice, but i'm a sucker for jane austen movies... and i remember really liking it... and i love the story...
and the really important one that i HAD to have is:
*the journey of natty gann (movie with john cusack - 1985)... i loved this movie when i was a kid and saw it again a year or year and a half ago... a friend had it on vhs... i've never seen it on dvd for sale or rent... and very few people have even heard of it...
so in 5-10 business days, my new dvds will be sitting in my mailbox... yea!!!
*cinderella (rogers and hammerstein, featuring brandy) - i've rented this multiple times... i really just love the music a whole lot... and i like this version of it better than others...
*emma - i've really only seen it once or twice, but i'm a sucker for jane austen movies... and i remember really liking it... and i love the story...
and the really important one that i HAD to have is:
*the journey of natty gann (movie with john cusack - 1985)... i loved this movie when i was a kid and saw it again a year or year and a half ago... a friend had it on vhs... i've never seen it on dvd for sale or rent... and very few people have even heard of it...
so in 5-10 business days, my new dvds will be sitting in my mailbox... yea!!!
Oct 10, 2005
m.i.a.
i apologize for the lack of movie trivia on my blog on thursday... i just didn't get it done... that's all i'll say about it... hopefully i can get it done before this thursday... we'll see...
i'm just a slacker...
i'm just a slacker...
Oct 5, 2005
a little slice of random on a quiet wednesday morning...
the office is quiet... more quiet than usual on a first-wednesday-of-the-month... everyone is in meetings and the press isn't running because richard is at the doctor's office... i love these mornings, if for no other reason, because they're quiet... in a minute, i will put on some music louder than i would normally have it and sing as loud as i want to...
the picture is the most random picture i've ever seen... it's my friend erin's physics professor... this is the picture i pulled off his website... evidently, his hair is white now, instead... but that's what he looks like... i'm pretty sure it's the most random thing i've seen this week... but it seems to fit the flow of the randomness on my blog this week...
we had a "welcome to our team" party today at work... we have two new employees (sort of)... they've been around for at least a month, but we celebrated today because it is staff day where we have staff chapel... and everyone is here... to celebrate, they had pies... i really like pie... on my diet plan i'm totally not supposed to have any... and if it had just been banana cream pies or apple pies, i totally would have been able to walk away... but i was super hungry this morning from not having any sort of breakfast... and they had pecan pie... my favorite... i guess i could have resisted, but rather than resist, i opted for a half of a piece... that way i could still have the pie i wanted without feeling as guilty about it as i normally would have...
but it's left me wanting milk... so i may just have to make a starbucks run and get an iced latte... not quite the same as milk, but it will fill a void that water just won't fill... i am going to try and slip out unnoticed and head to starbucks for a good little treat... and then i'll come back and resume the music and singing...
i love the first wednesdays of the month!
Oct 4, 2005
tap... tap...
yea!!! i finally got it to upload... i changed the color back to rgb from cmyk - i'm guessing that's why it wouldn't load, which just seems strange... but there you go...
i think it's so funny... oh - and my "aunt" is the blond haired model...
and for only $12.95 plus $2.95 shipping and handling, you can have your own set of tap teasers!!
and here's my favorite part of the ad... "TAP, TAP, TAP - soft gets spikey! TAP, TAP, TAP - flat gets fat!"
star wars... nothing but star wars... those cooky star wars... sta-a-ar wars...
in the last entry i was mentioned some stuff about high school and my youth group... i wanted to post this yesterday, but didn't have time to scan it... so this morning, i made a special effort to scan it...
when we were in high school, we had this thing about star wars... not that we liked it at all... marie and i had to watch it for school - for our ap english class, but our youth group had all these jokes about star wars... i had a little yoda action figure in my car... and we would save every piece of star wars paraphernalia that we came across... this comic strip was one of those things... i found it when i was digging through my stuff... and it is still pretty funny...
i wanted to post the tap teaser ad, but i can't get it to upload... i may keep trying... it's just so funny to see it... scarier that it wasn't even 10 years ago when they would make it and people would buy it...
hope this is a fun little "happy" on a random wednesday!!!
Oct 3, 2005
and we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost
i'm moving in about 12 weeks... usually i would wait another 11 weeks to start packing... but this time, i'm trying to be a little more productive... i am going to arkansas in a few weeks and thought i'd be good and take some stuff then to leave there leaving less here to try and get to tennessee in 12 weeks...
but i figured i'd go through everything first - see what i have, what i can get rid of and what i need to keep... so friday night, i was at home, going through old boxes, trying to decide which memories were worth keeping and which ones should be tossed out in the name of saving space and money in a cross-country move...
i had 4 boxes in my storage room... so i thought i'd start there... i feel like everytime i move, i throw away more stuff, knowing i'll accumulate the same amount that i throw out within a few months... so i wasn't sure how much stuff i'd actually want to get rid of...
4 boxes... all pretty full... by the time i finished, i had 2 boxes instead... pretty good for a first attempt...
as i sat there, looking through boxes of my history, it was hard to not get emotional... i wasn't crying, but as i pulled out one thing after another, it would have been easy to tell which emotion went with the memory...
smiling while me head is shaking as i pulled out my picture of rain from kindergarten... it's one of my favorite things from my childhood... i'm pretty sure i was a stubborn kid (you'd never know it now... :)...) and there were a few things that in my mind made complete sense and i was sure that i was absolutely right... one was skipping... in my head, i knew how to skip... but i really just gallopped... for some reason, i couldn't put my left foot out so my right foot always led... another one was my rain picture... my rain picture is a piece of dark blue construction paper with clouds at the top and flowers at the bottom (little pieces of tissue paper wadded up and glued on) with rain drops covering much of the page... my rain drops look a little different... i was sure that a rain drop should point at the ground... i mean, wouldn't it make sense in my 5-year-old mind? it looks like an arrow and arrows point in the direction they're going in... so there's my picture, complete with 25 upside-down rain drops...
a frown as i pulled out a jr. high yearbook... i let one of my friends use a permanent marker to x out people she didn't like... and now, i don't even remember which friend it was... i was so impressionable at 13 and 14 and 15... letting other people determine who i should like and be friends with and who i should dislike completely... how embarassing to see crossed out faces... i don't even want to keep it because i don't want other people to see it... i don't want a record of it, and yet, i feel i have to... if only as a reminder that i'm my own person and no one else has the right to tell me who i should like/dislike...
a smile (with a strong sense of pride) as i pulled out certificates and awards and newspaper clippings... at the time they didn't seem to mean so much... but reading judge's notes from piano competitions and reading the articles where i was interviewed about my involvement with true love waits and acteens, seeing my 5th grade math award and the 212/215 that i got on my term paper from my senior year of ap english... it made me feel good to see some stuff i've actually done right...
and then complete laughter as i pulled out a few things from high school... at some point during high school, we were at a restaurant (i'm pretty sure) and someone (i think it was my friend melanie) said something about a lady - with big hair - and a tap teaser... which was one of the fad-y infomercial things at the time... (around the same time as a flowbee) and i said, "that's my aunt..." and i was joking, but she didn't know that... so she thought she had offended me and it was funny... in fact, i think she still thinks i was being honest... so one of our big jokes in high school was about tap teasers... and we would say, "tap tap..." - and now i have no idea why it was funny really... because it doesn't sound funny... but marie cut a tap teaser ad out of the paper and gave it to me... at the bottom, she wrote, "IT'S HER!!!" under one of the "models," implying that it was the lady we saw at the restaurant... my "aunt"... it was funny to think about old times and laugh knowing that i had been a kid, too... having fun with friends whose friendship has suffered its share of bruises, but is still alive today...
after i finished going through, sorting and cleaning, discarding some markers of my history and holding onto some a little more tightly... i felt good... i remembered that i had "come from somewhere..." i have a personal history... i can see these instances that have shaped who i have become (and who i could have become, both positively and negatively)... and it was an experience that i needed... i've been struggling with ideas of home for so long that it was good to feel that sense of history...
my thoughts are random, but i wanted to get it out... i'm trying to put pictures of the ad and a comic strip that i found while cleaning up, but they wouldn't upload on this entry... so maybe in the next one... but soon...
but i figured i'd go through everything first - see what i have, what i can get rid of and what i need to keep... so friday night, i was at home, going through old boxes, trying to decide which memories were worth keeping and which ones should be tossed out in the name of saving space and money in a cross-country move...
i had 4 boxes in my storage room... so i thought i'd start there... i feel like everytime i move, i throw away more stuff, knowing i'll accumulate the same amount that i throw out within a few months... so i wasn't sure how much stuff i'd actually want to get rid of...
4 boxes... all pretty full... by the time i finished, i had 2 boxes instead... pretty good for a first attempt...
as i sat there, looking through boxes of my history, it was hard to not get emotional... i wasn't crying, but as i pulled out one thing after another, it would have been easy to tell which emotion went with the memory...
smiling while me head is shaking as i pulled out my picture of rain from kindergarten... it's one of my favorite things from my childhood... i'm pretty sure i was a stubborn kid (you'd never know it now... :)...) and there were a few things that in my mind made complete sense and i was sure that i was absolutely right... one was skipping... in my head, i knew how to skip... but i really just gallopped... for some reason, i couldn't put my left foot out so my right foot always led... another one was my rain picture... my rain picture is a piece of dark blue construction paper with clouds at the top and flowers at the bottom (little pieces of tissue paper wadded up and glued on) with rain drops covering much of the page... my rain drops look a little different... i was sure that a rain drop should point at the ground... i mean, wouldn't it make sense in my 5-year-old mind? it looks like an arrow and arrows point in the direction they're going in... so there's my picture, complete with 25 upside-down rain drops...
a frown as i pulled out a jr. high yearbook... i let one of my friends use a permanent marker to x out people she didn't like... and now, i don't even remember which friend it was... i was so impressionable at 13 and 14 and 15... letting other people determine who i should like and be friends with and who i should dislike completely... how embarassing to see crossed out faces... i don't even want to keep it because i don't want other people to see it... i don't want a record of it, and yet, i feel i have to... if only as a reminder that i'm my own person and no one else has the right to tell me who i should like/dislike...
a smile (with a strong sense of pride) as i pulled out certificates and awards and newspaper clippings... at the time they didn't seem to mean so much... but reading judge's notes from piano competitions and reading the articles where i was interviewed about my involvement with true love waits and acteens, seeing my 5th grade math award and the 212/215 that i got on my term paper from my senior year of ap english... it made me feel good to see some stuff i've actually done right...
and then complete laughter as i pulled out a few things from high school... at some point during high school, we were at a restaurant (i'm pretty sure) and someone (i think it was my friend melanie) said something about a lady - with big hair - and a tap teaser... which was one of the fad-y infomercial things at the time... (around the same time as a flowbee) and i said, "that's my aunt..." and i was joking, but she didn't know that... so she thought she had offended me and it was funny... in fact, i think she still thinks i was being honest... so one of our big jokes in high school was about tap teasers... and we would say, "tap tap..." - and now i have no idea why it was funny really... because it doesn't sound funny... but marie cut a tap teaser ad out of the paper and gave it to me... at the bottom, she wrote, "IT'S HER!!!" under one of the "models," implying that it was the lady we saw at the restaurant... my "aunt"... it was funny to think about old times and laugh knowing that i had been a kid, too... having fun with friends whose friendship has suffered its share of bruises, but is still alive today...
after i finished going through, sorting and cleaning, discarding some markers of my history and holding onto some a little more tightly... i felt good... i remembered that i had "come from somewhere..." i have a personal history... i can see these instances that have shaped who i have become (and who i could have become, both positively and negatively)... and it was an experience that i needed... i've been struggling with ideas of home for so long that it was good to feel that sense of history...
my thoughts are random, but i wanted to get it out... i'm trying to put pictures of the ad and a comic strip that i found while cleaning up, but they wouldn't upload on this entry... so maybe in the next one... but soon...
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