Recent ramblings
Oops. There’s been a lot I’ve wanted to say and a lot that I’ve wanted to say but don’t at all feel like writing about…sorry for being e-loof (oh my god, did I make that up?!). Here is my life lately, presented in bullet points:
Things I did:
- The Parlor Mob came! Duh. I have a video that I have to upload.I brought them vegan German chocolate cupcakes. These cupcakes made people go crazy. Nearly everyone who had one said it was the best cupcake they had ever had. Nick even made Sam call me to tell me so! This was a fun night overall. My friends and I had a potluck beforehand and I ended up going to bed pretty early. My bud Jason’s back in town!
Paul from The Parlor Mob
- I was reunited with the old HBO show “Dream On.” I used to fall back on an anecdote about this show often when I was writing in college. I won’t go into it now in case I feel like using it again later.
- I saw Adventureland and Fast & Furious back to back. I highly recommend the first and highly do not recommend the latter, even just for yuks.
- I saw Bill Callahan at Paul’s CDs on 4/14. I talked to him awkwardly. Here’s a write up with a video on the City Paper FFW>> blog.
- I’ve been going to the gym for about a month! I have dubbed this stage of my life as Operation: Krang Body (previously called Operation: Top Model).
- I went to an open mic comedy night in the South Side. It forced me to consider being a comedian. Can someone please explain to me how you make a joke about having a GPS system that sounds like Samuel L. Jackson (SamSam instead of TomTom) and fail to even mention Changing Lanes?
Things I thought about:
- Someone remarked that I have a “type.” I’ve realized that this is actually kind of true. It seems that a trademark is the cleft chin. Let me take opportunity to post this picture of Aaron Eckhart that I love.
- I have been epically failing at the True Spies theme for the month, All-Literative April. I do have things I want to post, and I will hopefully get to them later this week.
- I’m going to see the hell out of 17 Again. I love all of these kids and adults switching places movies (or adults turning into kids and vice versa). Big, all incarnations of Freaky Friday, 13 Going on 30 – which I didn’t expect to like at all – all awesome. The only bad thing is I was hoping to keep Zac Ephron out of my pop culture radar for as long as possible, and now he’s totally in my sphere of knowledge. (Also, I have a soft spot for Matthew Perry. A few years ago, I had a dream that I was at a fancy cocktail party wearing a beautiful red dress, and he asked me if I wanted “to get out of here,” and I declined because I had a boyfriend. This only solidified my notion that I was also the best girlfriend in real life. I actively had a crush on Matthew Perry at the time. I’m not sure that I wouldn’t have gotten out of there with him if the opportunity presented itself.)
Uh….that’s it for now. What a bunch of nonsense.
I didn’t know Aaron Eckhart could be such a stud muffin. Geez.
My type (because I like to make everything about me) is: bearded, mumbly, flannel, tall, awkward.
I just came to my own blog to look at that picture again. Swoon. Here’s another!
I kind of thought Adventureland was a little “meh” is the best way I could describe it. It just kind of tried too hard to be something great and it really wasn’t I felt. That could be because I have seen Twilight and am predisposed to hating the girl because she acts by blinking, exhaling loudly and flipping her hair a lot. Anyway, I’m working on the other painting and am trying to have that done this weekend so I can send you them early next week. Thank you for entertaining me while I cover reception.
Julie! You’re reading this!
I only know that girl from Panic Room and the other worst movie ever (next to Twilight, I’m presuming), Into the Wild. I thought she was kind of a refreshing character.
I had low expectations for it at first because of the marketing of it. My opinion changed when the reviews came out. Also, it was shot in Pittsburgh, so that was extra exciting (and you could see my friend in the bad band at the bar!). I thought it was a strong, simple story for the most part. Things that fell flat for me were his dad and Kristin Wiig & Bill Hader’s characters (though I did enjoy his outburst with the bat). I felt really good coming out of that movie. Especially going into Fast & Furious directly after.
Thanks for the paintings! I am actually going to watch that movie soon.
I just need you to know this:
I love you. You.
And I miss you. A lot.
Aw hi honey <3 I miss you too! I will let you know the next time I’m in the city. I would like to take a pleasure trip.
The chin cleft is a curse. As I child I had a very pronounced chin cleft that led my fellow students to call me “butt-chin” for several years. Not awesome.
I’m sorry that the children were so intolerant of your butt chin. I didn’t think I knew any girls with butt chins. I will call you “butt chin” from now on.