Category Archives: media madness

Someone’s been watching The American President

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Lewis Rothschild: People want leadership. And in the absence of genuine leadership, they will listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership, Mr. President. They’re so thirsty for it, they’ll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there’s no water, they’ll drink the sand.

President Andrew Shepherd: Lewis, we’ve had Presidents who were beloved who couldn’t find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don’t drink the sand ’cause they’re thirsty. They drink the sand ’cause they don’t know the difference.

I need to watch that movie again…

Tidbits

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Well, my general blogging malaise is still with me, but I’m poking in to share a few brief things.

Don’t forget to stop by this post and let me know who you are!

I’ve tried to deal with the sluggish loading problem by removing some things from my sidebar. It seems to have helped a bit. If I ever get the energy, I might try a new theme and clean things up even more. Or, I might just move the whole thing over to wordpress so I don’t have to deal with all of the pain-in-the-butt issues that come withh hosting my own blog. Meh, I don’t know.

I’ve been baking a lot lately. It seems to be my current way of dealing with stress/creative outlet. I’ve taken a bunch of pictures, which I will one day upload. I’ll post recipes, too. My most recent successes have been breads. I made a pumpkin bread last week that was yummy, but for the fact that it got a teeny bit overcooked around the edges. And yesterday, I made a (white) batter bread that is also pretty tasty.

I’m a little bummed out about this whole Channel 4/Time Warner thing because of How I Met Your Mother. Thank goodness for the Internet, eh? I’m not likely to hop ship to a satellite service, because our cable comes with our condo association membership. Maybe this whole thing will be settled soon. Until then, iTunes will be my best friend.

I have watched none of Heroes (we watched 10 minutes into the premiere and got a little bored) or Chuck. Rand and I did watch Dirty Sexy Money last week, which we both continue to love.

I’ve now read most of A Raisin in the Sun, but have not yet started Of Mice and Men. I’d better get on that, as my class will be starting it later this week. (has anyone seen the recent version of A Raisin in the Sun w/Sean Combs aka Puffy or Puff Daddy or Diddy, or whatever name he’s using these days? I haven’t. Just curious.)

Okay, I need to step away from the computer now. Hope everyone’s having a happy Monday!

What I’ve been up to

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It’s clear that I’m never going to get around to writing about all of the things I’ve been up to recently, so here is a bullet-point list in no particular order:

  • Went to see The Dark Knight. I didn’t like it as much as the rest of the world did, but neither did I dislike it. Rand thought Heath Ledger’s Joker voice was a little too Al Franken, and Christian Bale’s Batman voice drove me, um…batty. I thought the ending monologue was kind of stupid.
  • Visited with the Huths in Houghton, which was lovely. You can see my most recent flickr photos, which are of their yard/garden, and their adorable daughter.
  • Attended the wedding of Rand’s cousin.
  • Went to a family anniversary party out near Syracuse.
  • Watched some movies (and other fun stuff) with the nifty new Roku, from Netflix.
  • Survived a whole week of school, including schedule changes out the wazoo, broken copiers, and other mishaps.
  • Added a bunch of books to my “to-read” pile, but made little progress.
  • Also saw Tropic Thunder–hardly brilliant, but quite amusing.

There’s probably more, but that’s all I’ve got for now…

Not that different

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Recently,  a conversation I had with Rand reminded me of this song, and this video, which makes me cry and cry. Admittedly, I’m an easy mark…but still. Here’s “Not That Different” by Collin Raye.

*sniff*

Music, sweet music

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I put up a post about music at the wedding blog. There will probably be another music post to come!

And speaking of music, the Great Big Sea concert was a blast! I will get around to posting, but in the meantime, photos are here. 🙂

Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!

As an aside–thanks to all who chimed in on the private post topic. I’ve made my decision, and all will be revealed very soon. 😉

(edited–fixed link to wedding blog)

Reminder-Broadway Joe’s tonight!

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Greg Klyma, Tom Bianchi, Ookla the Mok at Broadway Joe’s.

Doors at 7:30

$10 cover

Later! 🙂

Lyrics posted

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I posted the lyrics to Greg Klyma’s wedding song for us over at the wedding blog. I never did find them…I had to email Greg and ask him to send them to me. He happily obliged.

Speaking of Greg, don’t forget…show at Broadway Joe’s this Friday w/Tom Bianchi and Ookla! 🙂 Details a few posts back.

Stuff we’ve been watching

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Movies:

While on our honeymoon, we veged out in the room a couple of evenings and watched some DVDs we brought along. We watched The Muppets Take Manhattan, which was timely, what with the wedding and all. That one always makes me cry. 😉

We also watched Never Been Kissed, which is one of my favorite cheesy girly flicks. I, of course, have seen it numerous times. Rand had never seen it, though.

And finally, we watched Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby, courtesy of Netflix. Silly movie, of course, but I laughed quite a bit. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are hilarious together…so I am a bit interested in seeing Step Brothers. Oh, and Amy Adams is utterly adorable. Of course. 😉

This past week, we went out to the movies a couple of times. We saw Hancock, which was not even remotely the movie I thought it was going to be, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. It was nice to see Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron together again. (by the way, I barely recognized Charlize Theron through most of the movie, except as a pretty blonde woman I *knew* I was supposed to recognize. She’s sort of chameleonlike.)

*Mistah efff*

Moving on, for those of you who didn’t watch Arrested Development. 😉

We also saw Wall-E, which was every bit as good as everyone says it was.

TV:

Oh, VH1, you will be the death of me yet…I can walk away from the reality/dating shows, but I simply cannot get enough of your lists/I love the (insert decade of choice here), with your snarky comedians and actors. So yeah, a lot of that. We also watched VH1 Rock Honors–The Who (of course. You all know who I live with, right?), which was quite enjoyable.

Last night, we got sucked into Bender’s Big Score (the first Futurama movie) on Comedy Central, despite having seen it already.

On DVD, we’ve been watching Sex and The City (which you know already if you follow me on Twitter). Season 3, how I hate you. We finished it. Gah. Stupid Carrie. Stupid Big. Anyway.

We also got Spaced, and we watched the first episode. Looks fun. Very funny. Very British. I like.

Things I still want to see:

Mamma Mia. Oh, how I love love loved this cheesy stage show. Loved. And every time I see a preview for the movie, I grin like an idiot. Must see. Must see in theater.

Kung Fu Panda. This will probably be in the cheap theater soon. That’s okay with me.

Step Brothers. Already mentioned.

I kind of want to see Get Smart, but I can wait for DVD.

I’m not sure I want to see The Dark Knight, but I have a feeling I will.

See, here’s the thing…I liked the first Batman movie. I liked that it wasn’t overly dark and serious. I don’t like dark crime movies. They depress me. I’m sure it’s every bit as good as everyone says, but…eh.

So, what have you been watching?

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Ookla/Greg Klyma show August 1

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Text stolen from an email Rand sent his friends:

Sixteen years ago, Ookla the Mok performed their first live show at a bar in Buffalo called Broadway Joe’s. Ten years ago, Greg Klyma left the security of a day job and began the life of a professional touring musician. Ookla and Greg (along with friends Tom Bianchi and Sick) will celebrate these variant anniversaries by performing a show together at Broadway Joe’s on August 1.

This show will serve as CD release party for Greg’s new album, “Rust Belt Vagabond,” as well as a return for Ookla to the venue that started it all.

The Place: Broadway Joe’s
3051 Main Street (Buffalo)
http://bjoes. com/

The Date: Friday, August 1, 2008

The Time: Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00

The Price: Ten dollars at the door.

Please help us spread the word — let anyone you know who loves Greg Klyma or Ookla the Mok know about this show. While you’re at it, let anyone you know who you *think* might love Ookla the Mok or Greg Klyma know about the show as well.

And as always, thanks for the support!

A funny

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I have not seen Wanted, the new comic book movie based on the book by Mark Millar, starring Angelina Jolie and James MacAvoy, but Rand and John went to see it Friday night.

When they picked me up after the bachelorette festivities, they told me a little bit about the movie. Rand had filled me in a tiny bit on the source material, so they were telling me about some of the changes to the story.

There was one particular story element that I wasn’t quite sure I had remembered correctly. I thought perhaps I had dreamed it. So Saturday morning, I asked Rand…

Me: I can’t quite remember what you were telling me about the movie last night. There was something about a loom of…what?

Rand: Loom of Destiny.

Me: So I didn’t dream that.

😉