Friday Night Lights (on a saturday)

I just watched like 14 hours of Friday Night Lights. How is it that I didn't know how awesome this show was????? Now I have to play catch up. Anyone else watch? I caught the new episode Friday and now am using netflix to watch season 1. Love it, do you?
P.S. Watching tv is not the only thing I have done today- I cleaned, did laundry, went shopping and worked on my christmas stocking!

In other news

Didn't much today except watch soap net (one tree hill, the oc, and b.h. 90210- guilty pleasure for the week) and work on my stocking. I am starting to get the tedious parts where you fill in the background. The only thing left on the major figures are the colors that need to be blended and I am hesitant to combine them ( I have enough trouble with knots already). But maybe in the next month or two it will be done. No doubt I will recruit mom to help me sew the backing on.

Friday Movie Review

Ok so I occasionally read a blog of a writer I really like and every Friday she does the Friday Five. I think she must be super similar to me, a lot of her posts have to do with pop culture and what she is watching on tv. But every Friday she makes quick posts about five different things, so I think I am going to try to keep up with weekly movie reviews. I recently got addicted to netflix so at least at this point I am watching one new movie a week. This week I watched Zach and Miri Make a Porno and Rent: Filmed live on Broadway. Not going to review Rent (because a lot of people have seen the theatrical version) but if you have never seen or heard all the songs in the stage musical it is pretty good. On to Zach and Miri. A couple of things about Zach and Miri- one- I a long time fan of Kevin Smith (but disappointed with some of his latest efforts- Jersey Girl anyone?) two- the cast seemed like a dream (Seth Rogen- so funny, Craig from the office (yes!) Some classics from other Kevin Smith films and Elizabeth Banks. The plot is basically the age old question- Can a guy and girl be friends - or is sex going to get in the way. And this movie handled it the same way they always do. The main characters spent the whole time telling everyone and themselves that they were just friends, which of course was obviously not true. There were some funny jokes, and surprisingly not as much gross out humor as you would think based on the title. But for me it all lost steam towards the end. On netflix i gave it 3 out of 5 stars. I like Kevin Smith films more when he had no money to make them. I feel like Craig R. was way under utilized - I love him in everything else, he just seemed boring in this one. And I felt that the end was just slapped together. ( I haven't checked out the special features yet- usually my favorite part of the movie- so if they improve my rated I will update everyone later.)

Wed. 11 March

That's how it goes sometimes... You lose everything, and everything falls apart, and eventually you die and no one remembers you. -Dwight

Ok so it nots that bad but- I am having an off day and Dwight has expressed it perfectly on my day to day calendar.

Invisible Car

I must have an invisible car. It isn't like my car is sky colored or camouflaged. It isn't like my car is small and compact. I have a Chevy Lumnia for goodness sake! Plus it is dark blue to boot! But somehow repeatedly other drivers seem not to see me at all. Twice this week I have almost been hit by other drivers. So what do you think? Is it.... A) My stealthily driving is blending in to well? B) My car had a past life as a super hero's sidekick? C) It is the world that isn't see me? Vote and let me know!

This I love- and you should too!

Ok I love movies, I love music, I love any combination thereof. Behold : Once. I stumbled upon

this little gem of a movie about a year and half ago. It completely rocks my world! Everyone needs to see this movie and here is why.

1) It is a musical without being annoying. ( It isn't over processed - no big dance numbers. It is all about the music)

2) Set in Dublin, Ireland we get to enjoy yummy accents!

3) Most of the movie was shot on the cheap (The director actually intended for it to be shot on a micro budget) Many of the shots were done illegally without permits.

4) THE MUSIC- probably don't need to say more but- really really awesome music. I have been listening to the soundtrack on my ipod all day.

5) The Music (again) Nominated and Won an Oscar in 2008 for Best original song (Falling slowly).

6) The Oscars (back when the actually let Oscar nominated songs be performed in their entirety Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova rocked the house with their performance) They managed to beat out a song from the movie August Rush and I think three (maybe only two) from Enchanted.

7) The Oscar speech, when Marketa was mistakenly cut off before she could make her acceptance speech Jon Stewart brought her back out and she gave a touching speech about always following your dreams.

8)The two stars Hansard and Irglova are actually musicians not actors (so the music is really really good as mentioned above! and the acting is not half bad either!)

9) During the press tour for the movie Hansard and Irglova fell in love and are still a couple. Who needs Brangelina? or Any other celebrity couple for that matter these two have it all! Plus their kids would be so freaking musically talented it would rock the world.

There are so many more reasons to watch and love this movie- so get to it!

lazy sunday

Today I am just planning on enjoying a lazy Sunday. Nothing much going on here. I caught up on my netflix and have done the laundry for the week. I really really need to do the dishes but can't quite bring myself to it yet. I will have to comfort myself with the fact the rest of the apartment is clean. Lately I have been working on my Christmas stocking (yes I know it is march- but I am cross stitching this one and it may take me until next Christmas to finish) I have most of the major figures done but the background is really colorful- so I am still a long way from finished!