It's time to rant again...

The day after Labor Day makes me lazy.  Well actually every day so far has made me lazy.  I think pregnancy has made me develop a mild form of narcolepsy.  I first thought I was just tired from working on the baby's room because that was when I noticed it more.  But even after working on the baby's room I was still tired all the time.  Falling asleep while checking facebook on my phone for a couple seconds.  Or reading an email at work, I'd find myself nodding off.  Ugh...whatever.

Anyway...point of blog is to complain about other people.  So office pet peeves.  An email is sent to me and it should have gone to another buyer.  No biggie right...I'll just forward to the correct buyer.  I'm done and out of it....right??? Nope...not here.  The buyer that should just take care of it instead emails me back and tells me what to tell the end user.  Um.....really....you couldn't have just sent it the original person?  It infuriates me! The other scenario is that I tell the right buyer "hey look this should go to you". Again I think I'm done. Nope...the new buyer instead CC's me on all correspondence. I don't care anymore.

Also, one of my lovely coworkers likes to ask how you are doing in the morning.  Usually I don't get asked because I sneak into work like a ninja and people never know when I've showed up or not.  But I hear it.

"Hey Stacey...how you doing this morning?"

waits for response....

Literally 10 minutes later....

"Hey Stacey, how are you doing?"

One morning "Stacey" was asked this same question 3 times within a 20 minute time span.

So annoying!

And now I hope I have annoyed you all.

LOOK AT IT!

28 Weeks Later

Isn't 28 Weeks Later a horror movie or something?

Well I'm not exactly in a horror movie at this point in the pregnancy but some parts of my day feel like it.  Like when Princess Preggo Rockstar keeps rubbing her belly fat in front of me.  Today I almost lost it.  I went over to her cubicle to ask her a quick question and I began by asking her how she felt, she's been complaining about a stabbing pain on her right side and went to her doctor yesterday.  She's gone to the ER probably 3 times this pregnancy when something out of the ordinary happens (which to me is everything is out of the ordinary).  Anyway,  when she was telling me she still had some pains but not as bad as yesterday her hand went right to underneath her lower belly and really it looked like she was going for her crotch.  I closed my eyes and for a split second I wanted to scream at her.  I quickly asked my work questions and walked away.  I don't get why she does this in front of me. I honestly haven't seen her do it in front of anyone else unless she's somewhat hidden by a table or something but with me she just doesn't care if it's decent or anything.  Last Friday I was talking to another coworker and Princess Preggo Rockstar walked in to start gossiping.  She decides that is the perfect time to adjust her maternity pants and flips her shirt up to do the adjusting and from my vantage point I got a free show of her boobs/bra and stomach.  Geez Louise!  Do your adjustments in the privacy of the bathroom stall or your own cubicle if you can get away with it.

So over her and her belly rubbing!

Other than going nuts when stuff bugs me it's been ok.  So far my biggest complaint is that my regular carpal tunnel pains seem to have gotten worse.  My hands go numb a lot.  Yes I asked the doctor about it.

Well I suppose I should go back to work.  And listen to my coworkers complain about everything.  The latest drama was that our front receptionist (who is notoriously absent) said she was bit by a spider while at work and was needing to file for workman's comp.  So while this may all be true I'm still skeptical.  But now our offices will get sprayed for bugs at some point next week and I'll be here to smell in the fumes.  Thanks people!  That's ok baby  needs to get used to it anyways.  

My adventure!

Around 1:30 pm yesterday I was fed up with sitting in my cubicle.  Time felt like it just stopped.  So feeling a little lonely and bored I went up to my old desk in the front of the office and I chatted with the assistant and the two clerks.  I probably spent a good hour talking with them when one of the clerks said she really wanted chocolate and was going next door to get some.  Well next door is a smoke shop and I've considered going there to see if they have soda, candy and/or ice cream but since I'm not a smoker I never wanted to go by myself.  So I told the clerk I'd go with her.

We walked past the smokers of our building and they asked us where we were going and we told them to the smoke shop and they asked if we were going for the brownies.  We laughed them off.  They are so silly.

Not even a minute later we are in the smoke shop, the tiny aromatic smoke shop, and to my immediate left is the soda cooler with regular cans and 2 liters.  Next to the soda cooler was the stand with a poor selection of chocolate/candies.  While my coworker paid we found the homemade brownies.  They were tempting but we stuck with our chocolates and left.

My suggestion to the smokeshop-get rid of some of those hookahs and pipes and put in a soda fountain and an ice cream freezer. 

Things that annoy me today....

Chatty Cathy over here that complains about other people talking too much when she can out talk everyone. After coming in 20 minutes late this morning she announces to whoever listens "I was stuck down stairs by Mrs. Y,  she's a nice lady but my gosh she talks so much".....REALLY?  She talks too much?  WOW!

This same person also does an annoying whistle when something good happens or good news is shared.  ANNOYING!

This same person has recently developed a little cough so after she actually coughs she says "Cough, cough!" In a whiny voice.  IRRITATING!  Like we didn't know you just coughed.  

Princess Prego Rockstar has also been annoying me with some choice phrases she uses constantly.  

Boss man will come over and say " I think we should include this page in the TPS report."  

Her response will be without a doubt...."DEFINITELY!"

OR......"I AGREE!"

You should all know I abhor the words BASICALLY and ACTUALLY!  Well Definitely is on the list now!  

Wouldn't you all agree! 

I think I might be in a bit of a grumpy mood.

20 weeks

It seems like these past 20 weeks have flown by...but it didn't seem like that in February when we first found out about our life changing news.  I don't look very different yet.  Most of the time I don't feel different either.    We'll see how much longer I'm still saying this! This coming Thursday is our anatomy scan perhaps then we'll do the big facebook reveal. I would like to do something a little clever rather than just say "Hey we're expecting....Baby (Boy/Girl) Chapman" and post the ultrasound.  I want something original.

Like an ultrasound with a top hat and mustache for boy/ big bow and something else for a girl, similar to this picture:

Or how about an ultrasound with a baby dinosaur?

Or perhaps we'll announce in a very natural way.

I've always thought this was a cute idea...but it's so overdone...but I could get a new pair of chucks.

We'll see maybe it'll just the be the boring ol' ultrasound because we'll be too lazy to come up with anything clever.

Did you turn it off and on again?

Question I just overheard...


Question Asker:
A vendor is coming in tomorrow to give a presentation in the blah blah room.  The vendor wants to know if they have to bring a Mac or a PC to do the presentation?

Question Answerer:

They can bring whatever they have their presentation on, there is only a screen in the room.

Question Asker:
So they can bring either one to hook up for the presentation?

Question Answerer:
There is only a screen in there, there isn't a projector, so unless they don't have a projector we can provide one for them.

Question Asker:
So they can bring either Mac or PC to hook up in that room?

Question Answerer:
Yes...

Stuff to do but no energy to do anything...

So the other  Preggo Princess around here likes to rub/touch her belly.  Now I had one coworker/friend in the past that would rub her belly after she ate and I would make fun of her but at least she was rubbing her belly.  This Preggo Princess rubs her uterus belly or for those of you that are familiar with the term FUPA.  It completely and totally grosses me out.  When I talk to her she rubs and touches in front of me. In fact she just did it to me right now.  I feel like I'm interrupting a tender moment between her and her belly.  The baby is only what 3-4 inches at this point in her pregnancy so all she's doing is rubbing her fat around.  I equate this to men rubbing/grabbing their crotches.  I don't want to see it.  Gross! Gross! Gross!  Just because I'm pregnant too doesn't mean you can sit in my office and start rubbing away and think I'm compassionate that you might feel some pain here and there.  Suck it up you big cry baby and stop rubbing in front of me!

Shoes off!

I've never understood the "Shoes Off!" rule when walking into some homes.  My first encounter was when I was in college and we went to a friend's house (she still lived with her parents)  and they had just put in new white carpet.  Why white carpet?  I have no idea.   We had to take our shoes off and then we had to walk on these plastic sheets to get to her room or the backyard or something ridiculous.  I just remember thinking why in the hell buy white carpet to have plastic walkways everywhere in your house to protect stuff.  I didn't get it then and I don't get it now.  I've thought long and hard about this.

Is it because they don't want you to track dirt in?  Is your house covered in light colored carpet that any trace of wearing shoes will show up immediately?  Is it a cultural/traditional  thing like with the Japanese? Any way I look at it, it all seems to come down to keeping your carpet/floors clean.

While I am guilty of kicking my shoes off as soon as I walk into my house and walking around barefoot I would never expect guests to do the same.  It's probably safer for you to wear your shoes in our house since getting a goathead stuck in your foot isn't a pleasant surprise.  And that isn't me tracking them in it's usually Daisy.  My mom was a big stickler for wearing shoes, she hated seeing any of us walk around barefoot. She was positive that our hot bodies mixing with a cold floor would cause cold sores and/or make us sick.  My other main motivation for wearing shoes in the house is never knowing what critter is lurking around the corner.  Growing up in Marana in the mobile home we always had a nice variety of critters.  Scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, snakes, ants, and spiders would somehow find their way into the house.  Even in my Mom's new house they still get scorpions and spiders come through the backdoor somewhere. So when waking up at midnight to grab some water you better believe I'm wearing some sturdy flip flops or good shoes to walk to the kitchen. I'd rather hear a crunch than feel the sting!

My other thing is what happens if you refuse to take your shoes off?  Would you tell your guest to leave? What if they didn't want to take off their shoes because they have horrible holes in their socks or their shoes make their feet smell like popcorn or moldy cheese? What if they have athlete's foot? EWWWW!  What if they have diabetes and need their special shoes? What if you aren't wearing socks and your feet are all disgusting and sweaty and you have the most horrible toe nails in the world?

The last place I went to that had the implied no shoes rule was at a professor's house.  No carpet in the kitchen dining area that opened up to the patio where the little shin dig was to happen.  There was an area to the immediate right of the sliding door where a pile of shoes/flip flops were placed.  I think I walked in 5 feet into the room, grabbed a plate of food and walked back outside.  No way in hell I was taking my shoes off to walk in 5 feet.  The shoes I wore make my feet sweat and I wasn't wearing socks and the area they lived in I was immediately on alert for those little critters that I imagine lust for sweaty feet. The professor's husband would take his shoes and socks off and on when going into and leaving the house.  I was amazed each time I watched this guy do this.

On Monday while at my mom's house the kids were all running in and out, the little one you have to run after her to make sure she is wearing her shoes when she goes outside.  You could see the path the kids were leaving from the front door to the computer room and I know my mom gets pissed about that but have you seen how dirty little kids feet get?  It's disgusting.  I remember having to ask my niece to change into her pajamas or something and she took off her shoes and socks and I was horrified! The smell, the dirtiness, the dampness! These are the things horror movies are made of!  So while my mom just sweeps and mops the tracks away I'm pretty sure she'd rather have the kids wear their shoes then have slimy kid feet run around  her house besides she sweeps on a daily basis and mops on a weekly basis so the extra tracks aren't exactly going to ruin her life.

The other thing that bugs me is ok it's one thing if you have the rule for friends and family that are familiar with your home.  It's a comfort thing too but what about parties....if I'm invited over for a party and then you make me take my shoes off...you just ruined half my outfit! I wore those cute shoes for a reason and to just have them look cute in the entryway, not cool!

And does this apply to people working on your house?  Would you tell the plumber to take his work shoes off?  Where does this insanity stop?

Perhaps the next time I'm asked to take my shoes off, I'll run around in mud in my barefeet or socks and then take my shoes off.

Let me finish!

I have coworker that talks a mile a minute.  I swear I don't know when she breathes when talking sometimes.  Today the big cheese was talking to her about something, kind of sounded important and she interrupted him to start one of her long explanations.  He then said "Let me finish".  He says this to her quite often and she hates it. So I could just imagine her getting really red with frustration.

It's fun when two people that like to hear themselves talk have to talk to each other.

genius!

Just saw this on Reddit and it made me laugh.

Updates (well the boring ones)

I already blogged about our big update.

So what else is new over here?

-Work-work is work.  I like being a buyer again but it would be nice to know all the rules.  It's different from anywhere I've worked before but it's totally different when you work for a school district that is constantly in the news for interesting stuff.  I have managed to get one of my coworkers to push me around in an office chair so i can reenact the cat on the roomba scene.  It's quite fun.  The coworkers I try to swipe aren't so amused.

The negative side of work is that IT has blocked everything that is fun and good in this world.  I can't get onto reddit, pinterest, or facebook.  I can't stream music and I can't even play any games like solitaire.  That sucks.   Also since I moved to a cubicle I sit directly behind the housecoat lady.  I don't know if I mentioned her before but she is 75 years of I don't give a shit!  She's an office clerk and mainly processes requisitions into purchase orders but the rest of her time in the office is spend reading articles on the internet.  She has a bit of an aroma and when she is in the office the back corner to enter my cubicle seems to  be the collector of said aroma.  I have had to invest in glade air fresheners to keep me from barfing.

-Family-We'll be nearing the year and a half anniversary of my Dad's passing.  We went to a memorial mass on Palm Sunday for him and have gone to a few of the ceremonies that the cemetery has put on for the families.  There still isn't a day I don't think of him but I think we are all doing ok here.

-Social life- Does Netflix count?

Cat on Roomba

Baby on Board!

So those that still read this already know but yeah so this is happening.

I never had any set plans that I needed to be a mom and I was beginning to think that maybe we would just be the couple down the street that had the dogs the crazy lady dressed up for Halloween every year. 

But plans change. 

While this is all very exciting it's also kind of weird and exhausting.  I'm not exactly shouting this news from the rooftops and sometimes I think there might be something wrong with me but while I want people to know I don't at the same time.  Does that make any sense? 

At work there happens to be another girl that is pregnant too.  She is about 6 weeks behind me and she's been wanting to get pregnant for the past 5 years.  I think we are the opposite of the spectrum when it comes to pregnancy.  She keeps asking if the baby's room is started yet.  I look at her with a blank expression like "seriously?"  I also get the do's and can't do's from her and it's irritating.

While I'd love to be the type of person that is all gung ho about this stuff like decking the baby's room out, having a gender reveal party, doing those 3D ultrasound things, and letting everyone know my weekly progress...well I'm not that type of person at all!

Don't get me wrong...I pin the hell out of all these ideas on Pinterest but ask how many things I've actually done off of Pinterest!

I'll probably give in and do the facebook reveal within the next couple of weeks and hopefully I won't turn into the annoying pregnant girl that posts how tired she is all the time and remind you all how far along I am.  I'll leave all that annoying whining to Zac!

So while the time gets closer to welcome our little bundle of joy and poop into the world we'll be waiting patiently coming up with weird baby names and figuring out how to raise our kid to think it's growing up in the 80's (Zac's idea).

Equality for the gays

This pic took over facebook today.  While I wholeheartedly support  gay marriage I couldn't change my picture. 

I have this weird thing about me that while I completely support this cause I haven't really done much in any other way to support gay marriage other than boycott certain businesses like Chick Fila. Even though it's just a picture I just would feel like I'm joining the bandwagon without having anything to really back it up.

All I know is that homosexuals and heterosexuals should marry as they please.  I don't know how people can base this solely on religion and be ok with that decision.  I don't know how people can say "because it says so in the bible"....well there's a lot of stuff in that bible...and people seem ok with themselves to pick and choose what they want to follow. The Catholic Church is against gay marriage while priests are taking advantage of little boys or have gay lovers on the side.  How is this just?  How is it just to say that marriage is for procreation when gay couples are more than willing to raise the children straight people put up for adoption?  How is it just to say we don't know the outcome of gay couples on children because we only have 5 or so years of data when straight couples have been fucking up children for centuries (and I'm pretty sure there is a ton of data to support that)?

And for the religious that feel that they are being pressured to change their beliefs, guess what...shit changes...you don't follow everything in the bible word for word, each church and person decides what they should follow and as time goes by beliefs change because it just isn't feasible anymore. But yet religious scholars say that interpretations have changed instead of saying they changed their mind and decided something was ok.

All I know is that if I were gay and in a committed relationship I would want to get married to my partner not only because I feel marriage is a special bond between people but also so that I can receive the rights that go along with it.  Face it....insurance benefits and taxes...are all perks (or downfalls) of being married and it's not fair to deny gay couples from these right either. 

No more romance!

I'm done with the 28 days of heartsy farts.  I only made it to 20 and then I gave up.

All I know is that the movies I enjoyed the most were the ones that did not involve cheating.

It's on to watching Charmed!

I did finish Numbers!  And I got my wish Diane Farr left! 

Day 20-Conception (2011)

This is another one of those films where you follow different couples around and learn their story but this one was much better than Playing By Heart.  It was all about the different ways these couples lead up to the night/moment they first conceive.

It was actually pretty funny and heartwarming and eventually there is a lot of sex....even the passing of man juice into lady parts via turkey baster or something a little more scientific.

I enjoyed this movie a lot and the romance of it is seen more in a few couples.

I even think men might enjoy watching this one.



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Day 19--Funny Face (1957)

I decided to try another Audrey Hepburn movie, this time one I hadn't seen before. Funny Face also stars Fred Astaire which means singing and dancing! It wasn't so bad, in fact I enjoyed it much more than Breakfast At Tiffany's. 

I especially enjoyed the whole beatnik scene, picture hipsters wearing all black, snapping their fingers like in West Side Story along to some poetry and bongo beats.

But in the end there was a love story between Astaire and Hepburn and it was sweet.


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Day 18--My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)

Damn it! I forgot Cameron Diaz was in this one! Although she's pretty young in this film and not as annoying as she is in her later films when she supposedly developed her craft.

Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney are long time best pals that had a pact that if neither of them got married by the time they turned 30 or some junk they would marry each other.  Well shit just got real and to Julia's surprise Dermot is about to get married soon to Diaz.  Julia is determined to break up this wedding so that she can have Dermot all to herself.

You got to give it to Julia though she's pretty deceitful in this movie and only she can bring those little half shirts to the big screen like no other. 

I need time to get the songs out of my head...Wishin' and Hopin...and...I'll Say A Little Prayer.

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Day 17--Comes a Bright Day (2012)

This is one of those British films where a proper young gentleman tries to woo the local shop girl but in the mean time he gets caught in a jewelry heist where he has ample time to get to know the girl.

The robber has a horrible stutter, the shopkeeper is Peter Pettigrew (for you HP nerds) and the young man in love is cute as a button.

Other than the occasional killing during the jewelry heist it wasn't very action packed.  I think it was just very British.  I liked the movie probably a little more than I needed to after watching all the shit I've been watching.


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Day 16--Tyler Perry's Good Deeds (2012)

This is the first Tyler Perry movie I have watched.  I've never had a desire to watch any before and probably won't ever need to watch any other ones because I'm pretty sure they all follow the same formula.  There was a lot of anger in this movie.  Anger against the man, anger against the establishment and anger for being oppressed.

Yet the characters all created their own shitty drama so I didn't feel sorry for any of them.  Not even the sob story the poor single mother, and also the janitor at Deeds Corporation, gives to Mr. Deeds (Tyler Perry).  It all made me want to throw a shoe at the TV. 

But there was a blast from the past with Phylicia Rashad playing the mom. I haven't seen her since The Cosby Show days.

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Day 15--The Wedding Planner (2001)

Oh Jennifer Lopez.....

Yes these type of movies are my guilty pleasure. Girl is unlucky in love, has a chance meeting with the man of her dreams and then finds out he's not exactly available.

Mary (Jennifer Lopez) is a wedding planner with the chance to work with a high profile client.  Of course as a wedding planner you'd want to know every single detail about the couple getting married.  So the fact that you don't even know who the groom is....well that just makes you a bad wedding planner.

Matthew McConaughey is a little too sweet in this role.  I like him more when he's a bit pervy like his role in Dazed and Confused.


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Day 14--A Charlie Brown Valentine (2002)

Oh Charlie Brown!  It's Valentine's Day and all the little girls are after Charlie Brown but good ol' Charlie Brown only has eyes for that little red haired girl.  He tries to scrounge up some courage to ask the little red haired girl to be his valentine but something always gets in his way.

In the meantime, Snoopy is sending out Valentines left and right because naturally he's a ladies man.



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Day 13--Take This Waltz (2011)

Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen star in this film.  They live a lovely little life as husband and wife of 5 years.  Margot (Michelle) and Lou (Rogen) are a freelance writer and a chicken cookbook writer.  Guess which is which?

Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby) on a business trip and they are immediately attracted to each other. Turns out they actually live across the street from one another.  This attraction leads Margot to think twice about her marriage and she eventually leaves Lou for Daniel.

Highlights of this film include Sarah Silverman as Lou's sister and resident alcoholic and the 5 minute sex montage of Margot and Daniel when they finally hook up.

This could have been a better movie if Michelle Williams wasn't super annoying.

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Day 12--Like Crazy (2011)

Chekov from Star Trek stars in this movie along with some British girl. These two crazy young kids fall in love in college somewhere in LA but then British girl overstays her visa and when she has to go back to England to her family she finds out the hard way that she can't come back into the US.  The movie follows the struggle as these two sassy young kids try to make a long distance relationship work. They try to make it work, they give each other space and see other people, but somehow they keep going back to each other.

It was a nice little film.  Nothing extraordinary except how these two pipsqueaks can afford to fly back and forth to see each other and how they have amazing jobs right after graduating.



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Day 11--Heartburn (1986)

As you can tell by now...I'm not very good at keeping up with this.

Heartburn stars a young Meryl Steep as Rachel and an already old as fudge Jack Nicholson as Mark. The story is an autobiographical account of Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron's marriage, something I didn't know until I read it on IMDB and then promptly didn't care.

The story follows these two meeting, getting married, having a kid,  and then Rachel finds out her husband is cheating on her.  That bastard. They try to make it work while Rachel is about to explode with another baby.  Eventually, Rachel figures out things won't ever be the same between her and Mark and she finally decides to leave him. End of Story.

I got a kick seeing Meryl Streep and Jeff Daniels so young but other than that all the characters were pretentious New York elite snobs that I could care less about.  And really a movie with Jack Nicholson can't be that romantic. 




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Day 10--A Little Bit of Heaven (2011)

This one stars Kate Hudson as a fun loving gal that finds out she has terminal cancer.  In the mean time she falls in love with her doctor played by the very handsome and wonderful Gael Garcia Bernal.

This movie has it all....big name actors, a midget, Whoopi Goldberg as God, the whole cancer thing, and falling in love.

Rotten tomatoes gave this movie a whopping 4%.

While I did cry...I mean come on the movie revolves around terminal cancer how could I not cry, the only thing that kept me watching was the superb and beautiful Gael Garcia Bernal.

I'm pretty sure  the best scenes of the movie are the ones with the amazing and talented Gael Garcia Bernal. 

This gets the three hearts for having Mr. Gael Garcia Bernal.

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Day 9--The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)

I kept seeing this pop up on the Netflix but nothing in the short description really moved me to want to watch it.  I thought it was going to be one of those super indie films with the really dry humor that yes I enjoy watching after a while but is never my first choice to start watching.  But I was in for a treat when this film was everything that I look for in a good romantic funny movie.  It starred Jenna Fischer, a young woman kind of lost in knowing what she wants in life, drifting from temp job to temp job she becomes fascinated by a street performer as a giant mechanical man.  Chris Messina plays the mechanical man and another lost soul that just wants to make people happy.  Break ups, getting evicted, and applying for a job at the local zoo brings these two lost people together. 

And as an extra treat, Topher Grace is a long haired self-help guru that is annoying as you'd expect him to be.  

All in all it’s a very simple movie that made me cry and got everything right.


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Day 8--The African Queen (1951)

I've always known that this classic was out there but never watched it until now.  And I always knew that this movie had some big name actors in it. What I didn't know was the story.  My version of the story went like this-Young beautiful woman is stuck in Africa, perhaps part of some royal missionary trip or something.  While deep in the Serengeti the young woman is separated from her companions and is taken in by a local tribe.  The tribe takes to her and she is somehow elevated to queen status and then the rescue mission comes in and the dashing headstrong young man comes to save her.  But by this point she doesn't need any saving and while trying to resist being saved they fall in love with each other, get married, stay with the tribe as queen and king and have kids. The end.

What really happened was Old Maid Katherine Hepburn is a missionary along with her brother in some African town.  World War I has started and the Germans invade the African town which ultimately kills Hepburn's brother.  Humphrey Bogart is a good natured man but rather rude in his mannerisms.  Charlie (Bogart) runs The African Queen,  a boat, and somehow Rose (Hepburn) manages to make her way on it with a crazy plan to launch handmade torpedoes into the Queen Louisa (a German vessel). The rest of the movie is the adventure Rose and Charlie have getting out to the lake where they can launch the torpedoes.

Now this movie was more like it.  While Bogart and Hepburn were older in age they were pros and what they did.  Hepburn pulls off the spinster old maid role while Bogart plays the rough and tough captain well.  The scenes of politeness and modesty towards each other is amusing but when things get hot between the two well things get hot in a very modest 1950's type of way.  My favorite part was Charlie calling Rose "my old girl".  Now what lady would like to be called old girl!  The only thing missing was me crying like a baby. 


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Day 7--White on Rice (2009)

The first question I asked Mr. Katohater was if this was one of those foreign films where I have to read and actually pay attention.  Reading subtitles means I can't look at all those funny cat and dog pics on the internets.

He told me it was in English so I said "ok fine...put it on".  Opening scene subtitles...what!  While the movie had subtitles on and off throughout the movie it really was a funny movie and yes I paid attention to it. 

The movie centers around 40 year old divorcee named Jimmy.  He lives with his sister, sleeps on the top bunk of his nephew's bed and he tries to hit on his brother in law's niece.   Jimmy thinks he's in love with this girl and fails miserably trying to get her attention.  In the end, he finally realizes he has to go on with his life and then he meets a girl (that he actually ignored earlier in the movie) that will tolerate his weirdness.

While it was a good movie I didn't like that this poor schmuck only has eyes for his brother in law's niece.  Kind of creepy and gross.  The girl that is actually interested in him is another 20 something and all I could think of is why would this girl want a 40 year old schmuck.


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Day 6--Mad Dog and Glory (1993)

I am way too sleepy to actually pay attention to this movie.  Mad Dog is played by Robert DeNiro and he plays a quiet/shy cop that saves  mob boss Bill Murray from getting killed.  To return the favor Bill sends one of his girls to "be friends" with DeNiro.

David Caruso plays buddy cop and isn't annoying in this movie like he is in CSI: Miami. Bill Murray is kind of a bad ass as a mob boss.

Not a bad movie but not girly enough for me.


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Day 5--Playing by Heart (1998)

This is one of those films that has a bunch of little stories that turns out every story is connected one way or another.  You have everyone from Jon Stewart to Angelina Jolie.  You have the classic story-lines of people cheating on each other to a man that is dying from AIDS.  

All stories are heart wrenching and I almost cried.

This movie brought back how big of a storyline AIDS was back then.  I instantly remembered how for the longest time every dramatic movie had someone dying of AIDS, every other commercial was about protecting oneself from HIV and AIDS and then somewhere along the way that all disappeared.  I just thought it was weird that I thought of that.

I kind of didn't expect the ending when everything gets tied up and you figure out all the connections so that was a pleasant surprise. The only thing is that this movie left me confused.  I'm pretty sure I didn't hear some of the things Ryan Phillipe or Sean Connery said so I think I added some extra drama to their story lines in my head.

I give it a better than average rating.  It was a better movie than the romcoms I adore but it was kind of depressing.  I didn't quite agree that it was Seductively Funny or Hilarious....


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Day 4--Serious Moonlight (2009)

Tonight's movie was a fun find.  I never heard of it before and it was an enjoyable experience.

Psycho Louise (Meg Ryan) finds out her husband is going to leave her and go off to Paris with a 24 year old strumpet.  So instead of crying and letting her husband go she duct tapes him up and keeps him hostage until he falls back in love with her or until something else happens.  Best part is Justin Long's performance.

The movie gets a better than average rating.  I cheered for Meg Ryan when she gets her husband back and stupid (but pretty) Kristen Bell gets the boot but at the same time why would a woman want a man back that has been cheating on her for over a year?  What a scumbag.

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I suppose I could give hearts as ratings.  Just thought of that right now.  I'll have to go revise my other posts now.

Day 3--The Sweetest Thing (2002)

When this came out I think Danielle and I went to go see it or we rented it for a girls night in.  I remember thinking this movie was so in your face about how some women might talk with their girlfriends about sex.  It was cool to a then 22 year old. Watching it last night I realized how much this movie sucks.

All I really have to say is that it has Cameron Diaz in it. And she sucks.

The whole movie follows Christina Walters (Cameron Diaz) and her friends as they move from that awkward transition time of being party girls to wanting to settle down but not before they go through as many men as they can. This movie has it all...like dancing and singing numbers and a scene where Selma Blair's character gets something stuck in her throat.  While a ton of people are trying to help poor Jane (Selma Blair) and her boyfriend get free from each other her friends try to make her relax her throat by singing. Eventually all the onlookers burst into "I don't want to miss a thing".

This movie gets a bleh.


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Day 2--Career Opportunities (1991)

I decided to watch the movie while ManFriend was at school for his studygroup. This movie should really be called Jennifer Connelly's Boobs.  No wonder Mr. Katohater applauded her role in this film.  For the last half of the movie Jennifer is running around in a tight tank top with no bra underneath.

While this movie follows the nerd getting the pretty rich popular girl romance story it isn't my favorite John Hughes movie. That title will forever go to Sixteen Candles.

Standout performances go to Dermot Mulroney as a sleazy scumbag thief. Kudos should also go to Jennifer Connelly's boobs and eyebrows.

Since there wasn't any overall feeling of joy that the guy got the girl or any crying on my behalf this film gets an average rating.



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Day 1--Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

I don't know what Shoot The Hostage is watching but I didn't see that Career Opportunities movie. Maybe I'll watch it later. Nope, instead I was busy snoozing away.

My 28 days started this morning with watching Breakfast at Tiffany's.  I've seen it a couple times before and never really understood why it is such a classic.  It centers around Holly Golightly, a young society girl living in New York that is only interested in meeting a rich guy and marrying him. The new handsome upstairs neighbor starts a friendly relationship with Holly and they fall in love, eventually. A bunch of other stuff happens in between like Holly Golightly's real past, her connection to a druglord, and a lot of smoking in practically every scene.

While the whole movie has a ridiculously stylish Audrey Hepburn there are a few things that upstage her. The cat for one was the only thing I felt bad for.  There was a scene where she shoos her cat out of the cab onto the cold heartless streets of New York to set it free.  The cat is drenched in the rain looking pathetic and sad.  Heartbreaking I tell you.  The only other thing I felt bad for in a "OMG how RACIST!" way was Mickey Rooney's character Mr. Yunioshi.  Because it must have been really hard to get a real Japanese character to play the comic relief guy.  Oh 1960's racism.

While being a classic romance based on a novella by Truman Capote I give the movie an "Eh..." If a movie makes me angry because the girl thinks happiness can only come by being married to a rich guy then it doesn't deserve a higher rating.


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End of Season 3

The last 10 or so episodes of Season 3 of Numbers is actually pretty good. Why you  don't ask?

Diane Farr's character has mysteriously gone on assignment that she couldn't turn down!

Yeah!

She probably had a baby or something during this time. 

Whatevs....show is much better now. 

you irritate me so.....

Diane Farr.....

I can't stand your face.

The fact that your character falls in love with Mr. Geek-a-saurus makes me want to vom.

I was hoping you'd meet your end in Season 2 or that you would disappear and "go on assignment" in FBI land or better yet go on the space shuttle with your geek-a-licious boyfriend the beginning of Season 3.

The things I find on Pinterest

BumChums....go get some

28 Days of Love and Laughs

February is right around the corner. That means Valentine's Day, sweetheart candies, and chocolate!  Last night I had a brilliant idea....28 days of RomCom/Romance movies! Brilliant I say!!!!!!

I think I'll have to start with my own vast collection of movies...let's see....I have um 8 movies.

-Pride and Prejudice (new version)
-Pride and Prejudice (miniseries version)
-Sense and Sensibility
-Before Sunrise
-Before Sunset
-Once
-Knocked Up
-Jewel of the Nile

I can picture what Zac's reviews would be like:

RomCom 1
-Stupid, boring and predictable.

That would be it for every movie.

I'm doing it!  I need to work on my list!

Life, Numb3rs, and Boners

This Christmas Break I've been busy on Netflix. I finished up the newer episodes of Bones then I started watching Life.  Life was ok, I got sucked into the main storyline and now need to know what will happen next. Earlier in the week I had started watching Numb3rs on Netflix.  I had gotten as far as half of Season 1 and I didn't care for it.  Friday I told myself I'd finish out the season and see if it gets any better.  I shouldn't have done that. While it's not really any better I know the characters and now I have to finish it.  I have to. I owe it to Netflix. Season 2 the main FBI girl changed and the spot was given to Diane Farr. I don't like her. She has a weird looking face and a high whiny voice.  Her character is supposed to be some sort of behavioral specialist but she just babbles psychology text to make her sound like she knows what she's talking about.  At least Sabrina Lloyd was not annoying.

My biggest beef with shows like this is not the same story line from every other cop show, no, it's when girls wear tank tops in the office.  Every cop/FBI show, every cop/FBI movie you'll see the female lead wearing the "wife beater" tank top.  She'll have her hair in a messy ponytail, her aviator glasses on and if done the right way her skin will be glistening with what some might mistake for sweat.  Do women in these professions really wear cheap ribbed tank tops to work as their shirts?  I can understand the prettier tank tops to wear when wearing suits but even then I'm pretty sure the FBI has a dress code.  I also love when these female leads go out on the street to do some "invetigating" wearing their tight shirts, tight jeans and 4 inch heels.  Totally believable when running after a suspect that her boobs won't be flying all over the place and that she can actually run in high heels without looking like a priss. I think these shows should get more girls that can just kick ass and have their wardrobe be normal.