3 posts tagged “steve”
before my recap, i just want to say that since i've been back, mia's told me no fewer than 20 times (in different ways) that she loves me.
"mama, i just LOVE you!"
"i love you, mama!"
"i looooove you!"
yeah. all last night and this morning she's been telling me... boy, make her feel abandoned and she'll be a good little girl and tell me she loves me. woohoo! best.mom.ever. she hasn't told me that she loves me since... i don't even remember! it's been MONTHS. and she only told me that once!
oh, and she started getting sick at grandma's. :( she's not too bad, but last night, she had a pretty high fever. i didn't measure it, but she hasn't had a fever in a long time. poor baby. she takes after me, i guess. up until high school, i used to get sick anytime i spent the night away from home. :( literally homesick, i guess. weird, huh? hopefully she gets better soon. i had to tell conner's mom to keep conner home. i didn't want him to get sick.
anyway, back to the con. there weren't very many freebies this year so i don't really have anything to send out to anyone. but, i do have some Doctor Who and Spaced postcards, so if you want one, PM me and i'll mail one out to you. :D
there's a long post ahead... and/or peep my pics. they're not that impressive. i didn't take any pics on the floor (too many people and it was nuts) and in some panels, i wasn't at a good angle to take pics of the big screens... so yeah.
THURSDAY
i was fully packed and ready to go. packed the car up while the kids were sleeping so that when conner's mom came to pick him up, i could just stick mia in the car and take off. i was trying to make the 5pm train and i knew it would be tight. so mia and i ran to the car and we were gone before conner's mom was even finished getting conner in his car seat. haha! i raced back and got to the train station with maybe 40 or so minutes to spare, but i was still nervous because there were a TON of people trying to get on the train. i finally got on, but it was basically standing room only. which sucked. i ended up sitting on the ground. and that REALLY sucked. but i just started a book and in no time at all, i was in san diego.
there was a HUGE accident going southbound on the 5 so steve's friends who left at 7:30 AM didn't end up getting to the con until 1:30. that's a 1.5 hour trip that took 6 hours. i'd be PISSED. steve and co. left around... 9ish? and they took the long way (without traffic, maybe a 2 or so hour drive?) and it took them 3 hours because there was an accident there, too. but that's WAY better than 6 hours. but i am SO glad i took the train. only 2 hours and i didn't have to be stressed out during the drive or finding parking or driving down those stupid one-way streets in SD. woohoo!
anyway, the train got there after 7, so i couldn't pick up my badge. boo. steve came to the station to pick me up and we walked to the hotel (quick maaaaybe 10 min walk) and we dropped my stuff off, we went to the food court at horton plaza to grab a bite and meet everyone else. i think all i did was drink on thursday night. haha!
FRIDAY
i wanted to go to ralph's to pick up a sandwich and i had to get registered, so i sent steve to stand in line. while i was (speed)walking to the con by myself, some dudes totally whistled at me. haha! i laughed. oddly enough, they were pretty normal looking dudes. they weren't all nerded out. woohoo! i still got it! sort of. anyway, moving on.
it was already a zoo. soooo many people there. the first panel i went to go see was Watchmen. seriously? Watchmen looks so awesome, i don't even know what to tell you. they showed us some extra footage and i don't know how i'm going to wait until march 6 to watch it. (coincidentally, the watchmen release date is also steve's 40th birthday. that is ALL he wants to do for his birthday. haha!) i literally got chills watching the extra footage. anyway, not only did the footage look amazing, but all the actors in the Watchmen showed up to promote the film.
after that panel was done, we decided that we were going to get into joss whedon's panel with the actors of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. (if you haven't watched that yet, DO it. it's awesome.) anyway, for those of you who have never been to a con, joss whedon's panels are pretty hard to get into just because he is SO popular. there is usually a looong line and sometimes you don't even get in. soooo... steve and i snuck in. haha! we were able to get in without anyone noticing. phew. steve is so slick, i swear. hehe. i think it's because he just looks like he's not doing anything wrong. i always look guilty. hehe.
anyway, after we were in, i stood against the wall to charge steve's camera and after a few minutes of standing there, neil patrick harris walked RIGHT BY ME. i could've reached out and touched him... well, except for the security around him. haha. i seriously had a mini-heart attack.
the panel was awesome. nathan fillion, felicia day, NPH and the other guy (whose name escapes me) were all there along with joss and the writers. it was a great panel. joss definitely has one of the more entertaining panels around. and it was a lot of fun. and they were all funny. nathan fillion is such a ham. i love him. no really. i love him.
so after that, i ended up walking the floor... picked up a bunch of cute stuff. i spent a bunch of money. heh. OH! and i ran into patrick wilson on the floor. (well, he was surrounded by security.) he is a seriously good-looking man. *meow* hehe. oh, and they were having a Watchmen signing or something and jeffrey dean morgan was standing up waving and we locked eyes and he pointed at me. haha! i looked around as if to say, "are you looking at me?" and then i looked back at him and he nodded and pointed again. haha! so i waved. i didn't know know what else to do. haha. it was a total teeny bopper moment.
and at some point in the day (wait. i'm not sure if it was friday or saturday. might've been saturday. the days are running together.) i saw joe mcqueen. he is in the documentary Confessions of a Superhero. (btw, that is an awesome documentary. you should watch it.) i talked to him for a bit and he was really sweet. :)
after that was just dinner and more drinks. hehe. then we went to go watch the World's Worst Cartoons. no, seriously. they literally ARE the world's worst cartoons. they weren't purposely made bad. they are old and there was no budget. so yeah. they're just bad. and funny. especially when you're drinking. heh.
SATURDAY
saturday was a heavier panel day for me (since friday i only went to two)... the line to get into the Heroes panel was INSANE. get this... people started lining up THE NIGHT BEFORE. that's 12 hours of sitting out on concrete. people are nuts. the line snaked back and forth and then like a mile back. yeah. i know. it was crazy. we thought about not going in to that panel. but steve thought we'd get in (Hall H fits like, 6500 people or something) so he just went ahead and got in line. our friend gave up and went to a different panel. and i went to go get my SWEET SWEET Watchmen shirt (exclusive for the con)... and i walked on the floor... got myself a super cute belt... and i made an asshole of myself by singing "happy birthday" to Astroboy so i could get a big ass bag. (if you've never been to a con, this probably doesn't make a whole lotta sense. hehe.) i saw lena headey in person. when you see her in movies or tv, she is a pretty woman. but in person? she's BEAUTIFUL. seriously? she is like, one of the top 10 most beautiful people i've ever seen.
and then steve called me and he's like, "the line's starting to move. call [our friend] and you guys get over here." so i start RUNNING off the floor and i call her and tell her to GET OVER HERE. so she starts running and we got there RIGHT in time to get into Hall H. dude, we were so elated. it was awesome. hehe.
and it was SO worth it because they showed us the entire first episode of season 3. YOU GUYS, IT'S SO GOOD. i was kinda starting to lose interest in Heroes during the second season... i just didn't think it was that good and i thought they were introducing too many new characters. but... man. this episode has renewed my faith in them. hehe. it was REALLY good (i'm sure it's up on youtube somewhere)... and yeah. it was just awesome. i didn't get any pics because the Hall was so packed that we weren't at a good angle for picture taking. but everyone was there and it ruled.
OH. during the Q&A portion of it, this little kid gets up to tell zachary quinto (Sylar) how awesome he is so he's like, "SILO, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE AWESOME!!!!" hehehe. that "silo" seriously made EVERYONE laugh. it was SO cute.
after Heroes was LOST. we stayed until the Q&A portion. i wish we stayed a little bit longer because apparently, matthew fox showed up. GAH. i love him.
we ran to get into line to see the Dollhouse panel. (another joss whedon panel) it was a long, long line. steve went to check out the sitch and what happens? he sneaks in again. and leaves me and [our friend] to fend for ourselves. haha. it was okay cuz we got in, but that place was PACKED. whether we made it in or not, i would've been okay. i would've liked to see the Dollhouse panel, but if i missed it, i didn't really care cuz i was REALLY wanting to see the Battlestar Galactica panel.
anyway, the Dollhouse panel didn't disappoint. i missed the show's trailer, but i'm interested in watching it when it comes out. eliza dushku is a little spitfire. hehe. she's so cute and funny. and tahmoh penikett (helo on BSG) was there. he was looking a little clammy and pale. i thought he was going to pass out... oddly enough, he didn't show up for the BSG panel even though it was RIGHT after the Dollhouse panel.
BSG had tricia helfer (six), katee sackhoff (starbuck), jamie bamber (apollo), james callis (baltar), michael trucco (anders) and ronald d. moore and david eick (executive producers) were there. i was just happy to be in there. seriously. i thought i wasn't going to make it to any of the panels and i got into them all. i was stoked.
on the way down to check out the panel for the new Pixar, i saw felicia day (dr horrible) so that was cool. so, the new Pixar called Up is really cute. they showed some footage and it looks pretty amazing, as well. i'm looking forward to that one.
and the floor was so crazy that i couldn't get a picture of the enormous Castle Grayskull on the floor, but i'm sure if you really want to see it, someone will have a picture of the Mattel booth online. sometime during this time, i got to see LE and her boyfriend... it was just for a few minutes. and turns out that she and i bought the exact same super cute belt for ourselves. hehehe. i gave them the astroboy bag i got (he's a big fan, i'm not) so yeah... that was about it. then it was time for us to separate and keep on doing stuff. good lord, we were busy. hehe.
after the floor, we went back to the big hall to see the Sony panel. they showed a trailer of Quarantine, which kind of scared me. heh. i probably won't watch it... although, jennifer carpenter (who plays Dexter's sister in ... Dexter. heh.) is in the movie. and i really like her. we'll see. that movie looked scary. what? i'm kind of a wuss. the 3rd installment of Underworld (which is supposed to be a prequel) looks like a whole lotta SUCK, but i'll probably still watch it. haha! and then it was Pineapple Express. i think it's gonna be pretty funny. i mean, it's a buddy-action-comedy-weed flick. how can it NOT be funny????
by then it was about 7. we went back to the food court at horton plaza to grab a bite. i had one of my worst ideas ever. i had mongolian bbq... and then followed it up with chili cheese fries... mmm, salty dessert. hehe. oh! and i saw jon heder. he just picked up some food and was looking for a place to sit and went upstairs to the second floor seating. hehe. it was funny cuz he was slowly walking by looking around and i was like, "dude! he looks JUST like jon heder! weird!) and then i caught a glimpse of his badge and it read "jon heder." hehe. i was like, "OH! it IS him!" hehe.
after that, i was just TIRED. went back to the hotel to relax a bit. we must've walked at least 10 miles each day (steve's friend had a pedometer and it told him that he had walked 11 miles on saturday) and yeah. well, that was mostly it. sunday we just woke up, had breakfast and came home. this year i saw so many more celebs and stuff in person. usually i don't run into anyone. so it was interesting. i usually don't give a crap, but during the con, i turn into this crazy teeny bopper. hehe.
i was happy to see mia, she was happy to see me and that was that. hehe. we went to souplantation last night and mia and i ate a ton of food. and dude, can anyone tell me why it took me like, 3 weeks to lose 6 lbs, but only 3 days to gain 2.5lbs BACK?! jeez.
after a two year hiatus, we were back. and i had an awesome-good time.
seriously. i'm tired, though. i just woke up from a two hour nap. haha! TWO HOURS. dude. and i have no idea where my child and husband are. haha! they must've gone for a walk. or to the pool. it's a hot day out there today, yo.
this year we decided we'd take it easy. usually we're out of the house by 12 getting to the venue around 2. getting in no later than 3. what with mia and my dad and sis babysitting and stuff we just decided we'd take our time and we'd get there when we got there...
12:30PM - we pick my dad up.
1:00 - he proceeds to wake mia up. (fine, dad. it's your funeral. she's gonna be super cranky all day! heh.)
1:30 - we pick katie up.
2:00 - we hit some traffic. oh, hey, look, there's a little brushfire. and lots of firefighters. oh, you just KNOW that there was some douche who threw a cigarette out their window. i mean, COME ON. it's HOT. it's the DESERT. are you RETARDED? *rolls eyes* people are SO dumb.
3:00 - hit my parents' home. my dad mentioned something about going to costco. oh, why the heck not? we're in no rush.
3:30 - home, unpacked, and ready to hit coachella. wait. but i'm starving... not sure if i can make it to the food courts at coachella without getting hangry.
3:35 - decide to eat at Thai Smile. a thai place SUPER close to my parents' place that we like.
4:30 - after a delicious meal, back in the car to get to coachella. (apparently, the locals call it coachellafest. because there's an actual town called coachella. and apparently, it's not a good area. or something. whatever. the rest of the world just calls it coachella. so suck it, locals.)
5:00 - car's parked. but it's gonna take us at least 15 minutes to walk to the entrance. WHAT? i have short legs and it's kinduva big ass lot. luckily, we're not parked too far away.
5:15 - at security. she glances at my stuff and lets us through.
5:30 - walk in and check out the merch. sometime around here LE and i were texting about meeting up. i'm not sure when. i could check my text log, but i am too lazy for that.
5:45 - look for LE and her booooyfriend. realize cafe tacvba (or cafe tacUba. heh.) is on. huzzah! have i mentioned that i love rock en espanol? i'm not joking. i do. i have NO idea what they're saying. but 99% of the time they make me wanna dance.
6ish - meet up with LE and boy. chat a little. boy says something about how MGMT was so awesome, he could go home now. heh. we meet up with one of steve's friends (thank god for texting. how else would we ever ever ever meet up with people when there are like tens of thousands of people on a HUGE FIELD?) and we head over to one of the tents to see Hot Chip.
after this, the time's basically a blur. we hung out in the tent for a while, steve's friend didn't even stay for Hot Chip. they came on a little late and he had other things he wanted to check out. LE and boy stayed for a few. and we stayed for maybe another song or two.
then we walked around, checked out some of their freaky art installations. saw some freak show, went to a bunch of the other places to go shopping, check out video games, whatevah. i'll be honest, this coachella for me was actually less about the music. in the past, steve and i have gone hopping from stage to stage to tent to tent fitting in as much good music as possible. but this time i just wanted to relax and enjoy myself. so we did!
oooh, and they had a SingStar tent up. guess who ROCKED the mic? hehehe. that's right. ME. hehe. i got SingStar (the highest rank) and i basically totally ruled. ;P steve sang with me (since i picked duran duran's rio and he can rock those 80's songs like nobody's business). he was SO close to getting SingStar. i kicked everyone's asses. i was all competitive. haha! we got drink tickets for kicking ass. unfortunately, no one takes those drink tickets. oh well. i guess it's the thought that counts? heh.
hrm... what else... oh, we caught part of M.I.A. she was rockin' it, of course. she must feel good. just a few years ago she was in a smaller tent in the heat of the day and now she's in the biggest tent and in a pretty sweet nighttime slot. and there were just people POURING out of that tent. we just saw her in november so we just stayed for a few songs and left.
we hung out just a little more, traded in our empty bottles for free water! (why is it that free water tastes the best? hehe) and checked out the food court. oddly enough i wasn't hungry yet. and it was 9ish. on second thought, we should've just picked up some food even though i wasn't hungry because the next two sets were PORTISHEAD and PRINCE and i knew we wouldn't leave those sets for food... but i digress.
we met up with steve's friend at one of the freaky art installations and headed over to portishead. right when we hit the crowd everyone started screaming and cheering. beth gibbons had hit the stage. that woman is a goddess. she doesn't have much in the stage presence arena. HOWEVER, they sounded amazing. and her voice is beautiful and haunting. i'm fairly certain that while recording albums in the studio, she could probably lay down a track in one take. the portishead fans were pretty chill. we were able to secure a fairly good spot in the middle of the crowd where i had a great view of the screen.
my favorite song that she played was Wandering Star. OH MY GOSH. i totally got chills... it was just her and a guitar.
and dude, he totally played with a needle nosed plier. interesting.
if you love portishead, just do a search on youtube for portishead + coachella and you'll be able to find a bunch of their songs. SO worth it. i loved every minute of their set.
portishead and prince are two of the best concerts i've gone to. and i got to see them back to back. they were so different. beth gibbons doesn't interact with the crowd at ALL. she just sings. she might've said one or two things (along the lines of "good evening" and "thank you").
but prince sure knows how to rile up a crowd. he can get 50,000 people to get up and move. after portishead got off the stage, people started pushing to get closer to the stage. i get claustrophobic, but i figured i'd just go with it. i ended up getting stuck next to a nice kid. he said they'd been camping since thursday. holy cow. 5 days out in the desert heat would be enough to drive anyone crazy. young kids just have more stamina than i do. heh. i've done 2 days before, but i don't think i could do all 3. ufff.
ANYWAY, PRINCE! he was supposed to be on at 10:45. at 10:30 steve said something about it not happening. (i can't remember his exact words but he said something like, "mr. prince doesn't start when the set time says he should start. he starts when he FEELS like starting." haha!) i figured he'd be a little late, but i was afraid the set would get cut short because everything's supposed to be done by midnight. 10:45 hits and nothing. every minute is just DRAGGING. around 11:05 or 11:10 or so PRINCE comes on. and morris day and jerome are there doing Jungle Love and The Bird. and the crowd is chaos. and i'm dancing like a fool. heh. and he brings out Sheila E! and she performed The Glamorous Life and continued to back him up for a bit. and he played just a ton of stuff... little red corvette, controversy, cream, purple rain, let's go crazy, 1999, that's just a sampling. he was jamming away on his guitar... holy crap does he put on a good show. during one of his encores (or what i THOUGHT was an encore... heh.) he covered Radiohead's Creep. i don't even think Radiohead plays that at their own concerts. all i know is that it was awesome with a little extra Prince flair. heh.
oh my gosh, around 11:50 or so i start getting nervous because they're usually pretty anal about the midnight quit-time. so i showed my phone to steve and he knew i was nervous about them cutting the set short and he says as a bookend remark to prince's start time, "prince also ends when prince feels like ending." haha! i love steve. he makes me laugh so hard.
prince played for just about TWO HOURS. yes. a two-hour set by prince. we left around 1:00ish. i just had the best time. funny that the most opposite music can be playing back-to-back... that's one of the things i love about coachella. they have a pretty eclectic selection of music. and it's always a good time.
prince definitely knows how to work the crowd, but honestly, i can't get portishead's performance out of my head. we didn't check out much music this time around, but seeing prince and portishead more than made up for the $90 ticket price.
and in a new twist, we didn't have much trouble getting out of the parking lot due to some fancy maneuvering by steve. unfortunately i was starving and the ONLY place open was jack in the box. and there was a line about 5 cars deep. i didn't feel like waiting so we just went back to my parents and foraged for food there. and then i showered and stuff and then we peeked into the room where we were gonna sleep and mia's sleeping on the floor there and she looked so darn cute!
apparently, she was quite naughty and didn't go to bed until 10:30PM! it's cuz my dad's got a soft heart. mia would cry and say, "why do i go sleep?" (or something to that effect. basically, asking him why does she have to go to sleep.) and my dad just couldn't stand it so he kept going in to get her. thank god katie was there with him. hehe... and of course mia wakes up at 6:30 this morning. *grunt* hehe. poor thing. she woke up kinda confused, looking around, like, "where AM i?!" and then when she and i made eye contact she cried. i think it was a cry of relief. heh. poor thing.
i'm kinda glad we hit coachella on the late-ish side this year... it was nice not having to worry about the heat as much. and not having to use the portapotties. hehe... anyway, it was a fun weekend... tiring, but fun. and i think i'm babysitting mia's friend tomorrow... so i need to get rested up tonight!
*side note... dude, this post took almost 2 hours to finish! i kept getting interrupted! MAKE YOUR OWN DINNER, LITTLE GIRL! hehe. oh. also, they went to the pool. even though it was evening and steve kept her in the shade, she still got a tan. it's those quarter mexican genes, i think. hehehe.*
*EDIT - check out el bicho's recaps on each day. better than my recap...
day one
day two
day three
.:What I'm Watching:.
3:10 to Yuma. [Rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) agrees to transport the captured outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to the nearest town with a rail station, where they'll wait for a train to court in Yuma. Holed up in the hotel near the station, Wade wreaks psychological havoc on Evans, while Wade's henchmen plan their next move. Director James Mangold's suspense-filled Western is a remake of the 1957 classic starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. ~netflix] the end of the remake makes less sense than the original. while the original seemed hokey, it kinda made sense. not so much with the remake. that's okay. christian bale and russell crowe were both really good in it. while the remake looked better and the acting is better, as far as the actual storyline and flow of the movie goes, i liked the original better. hey, isn't it funny that in this western, neither of the two male leads were american? heh :P
Dune. [Frank Herbert's wildly popular sci-fi novel gets a mesmerizing treatment from director David Lynch. It's the year 10,191, and the world is fighting for control of the desert planet Dune -- the only place where Spice, a time-travel substance, can be found. When one leader relinquishes control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some very unsavory characters. Fans of rock musician Sting will love his turn as the villain Feyd. ~netflix] 3 hours of sci-fi goodness. i really liked it. and dude, kyle maclachlan looks SO young. and how is it that patrick stewart looks the same now as he did 20 years ago?! it's crazy. sting is awesome in it. man, he looks so young, too... oh! and toto does the music in it. how freaking AWESOME is that?! god bless the 80s.
Eagle vs Shark. [Lily (Loren Horsley) is reserved and awkward. Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) is an introspective oddball completely oblivious to Lily's affection for him. A celebration mixed with a strange plan to exact revenge on Jarrod's high school foe brings the two raging misfits together to face their mutual life challenges. Academy Award-nominated director Taika Cohen also penned this dark romantic comedy, a 2007 Sundance Film Festival entry. ~netflix] jemaine [from flight of the conchords] is the lead. :) the main character really reminded me of napoleon dynamite. if you didn't like napoleon dynamite, you should probably stay away from this movie. please read steve's review :D i agree with everything he says in it. it's the review i would've written if i were half as articulate as steve. hehe.
The Ex. [Thirtysomething slacker Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) is somewhat of a career underachiever. When his pregnant wife, Sofia (Amanda Peet), decides to quit her demanding career as a well-paid, high-profile attorney and become a stay-at-home mother, Tom is forced to step up to the plate and become the family breadwinner. Unfortunately, Tom's employer fires him, and his only option is to accept a job from his backbreaking father-in-law (Charles Grodin). ~netflix] not great, but better than i thought it'd be. there were some entertaining moments. all of the characters are really one-dimensional. but jason bateman steals the scene every time he's on screen. really. he is SO awesome.
Nighty Night. [Boasting a noteworthy cast of English comedians, this popular BBC series stars Julia Davis as Jill Tyrrell, the self-absorbed proprietor of a small-town beauty salon. Fixated on neighbor Don Cole (Angus Deayton), the incorrigible Jill will stop at nothing -- even pretending that her spouse is dead -- to steal Don away from his ailing wife (Rebecca Front). The collection includes all six debut season episodes, plus outtakes and deleted scenes. ~netflix] funny and uncomfortable. really. you just want to hate her, but you just can't. she's just too funny. hehe. and you know you know someone like this. someone who is just so supremely selfish and self-centered but thinks s/he is a giver... this character is just an exaggeration of that person you know. and it's just really funny to watch...
Once. [In this charming contemporary musical helmed by John Carney, a street musician (Glen Hansard) in Dublin, Ireland, strikes up a friendship with a migrant street hawker (Markéta Irglová). Over the course of a busy week, they compose, rehearse and record a series of songs that mirror the duo's burgeoning romance -- and help the young busker release his musical passions. The actors wrote the tunes they perform in this film that was recognized at Sundance 2007. ~netflix] this was my review from a couple of weeks back: i thought it was charming and interesting. and i really liked the songs in the movie. they are actually quite catchy... and something you could sing along to. here's steve's review to the movie. hehe.
Resident Evil: Extinction. [Milla Jovovich returns as zombie-killing soldier Alice, who's obsessed with bringing down the Umbrella Corp. When a series of viral outbreaks nearly wipes out all of mankind, Alice and a small band of survivors are left to roam the ruins of Las Vegas, battling the undead … and their own extinction. Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter and R&B singer Ashanti co-star in this final installment of the sci-fi trilogy. ~netflix] i haven't watched the first two movies in the series, but i will. it's kinda fun in a turn-your-brain-off sorta way.
Stage Beauty. [Edward "Ned" Kynaston (Billy Crudup) is England's most celebrated leading "lady" (circa 1660), using his beauty and skill to make the great female roles his own. But when Charles II tires of seeing the same old performers, the ruler allows women to tread the boards and decrees that men may no longer play women's parts. Overnight, Ned becomes a nonentity -- that is, until his ex-dresser, Maria (Claire Danes), helps him become a real man again. ~netflix] i don't know about this movie... i think i just was not in the mood to watch a romantic drama period piece. in fact, i very rarely am. i don't even know why this was in my queue. i really have got to be more selective about what i add to my queue. and i should be paying more attention to the movies that get to the top. i didn't like it... but that's not to say that it's not a good movie. maybe it is. i don't know. it was all right, i guess. i just didn't really feel like watching it, i guess.
.:What I'm Reading:.
Owly, Volume 4: A Time to Be Brave - Andy Runton. i can not say enough good things about this series. you may not really think that it's a REAL book because there are hardly any words in it at all, but that's part of its charm. it really is all ages, but it's not just for kids. it's sweet without being saccharine. the art is simple, but really good. and andy runton is one of the nicest guys around. i met him at his booth at comic-con a few years back and he's just super nice. also, he loves morrissey. he is awesome. hehe.
.:What I'm Playing:.
Magical Starsign. [DS] i gotta be honest... the whole starsign thing is a tad confusing. then they have the whole planets aligning thing and all that. i was like, "whaaaa???" but i do love me some RPG action. so i guess i'll play this for a bit...
March of the Penguins.
[DS] yes. there is a game based off the movie. and it's actually
surprisingly kinda fun. i was expecting it to suck, but so far i'm
having fun. don't get me wrong. it can be as frustrating as all hell.
and the graphics aren't exactly good. but it's educational! they give
you little factoids about penguins. and lawd knows i can't get enough
of penguins. :D so, you have to figure out how to get penguins from
point A to point B. and there are time limits. GAH! i hate time limits.
it says it's for everyone, but damn, it's kinda hard. hehe. uhm, let's
call it challenging. i don't want to sound stupid. :P
