i feel like the last person on earth to have spent an hour and a half with this movie, so imagine my surprise at how really wonderful it was. you know what its like when your expectations of some bit of entertainment have been raised to the point of "nothing could be THAT great?"
my hopes were not dashed.
it was really quite wonderful. Ellen Page wasn't too precious or precocious. she was spot on. Michael Cera? so sweet and fragile. Jennifer Garner was spectacular, as was everyone else in the cast.
loved loved loved it!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
helluva week
within the last week, there’s:
another star that possesses the mirror ball trophy…
a new “American Idol”
a new Indiana Jones movie
and…my dad, with his left arm in an immobilization sling.
Wednesday, he was working on a ladder, cleaning the gutters over the deck off the family room. (i know, i know...what in the hell is a 68 year old man doing on a ladder in the first place?? hah! you don't know my dad, huh?) anyway, the ladder failed…bent about three feet from the bottom…and he fell. i got a call from my mother as i was on my way to forge for lunch. a quick call to my boss and i was with them at the ER. he had been taken to a emergency room cubicle and was sitting in a wheelchair in a ridiculous amount of pain, convinced he had broken his upper arm near his shoulder.
two shots of dilaudid, an x-ray, a shot of morphine, a cat scan and a few hours later, the doc said he had dislocated his shoulder and fractured the bone at the top of the humorus bone…the ball bone that goes into that shoulder socket. ouch.
it took another 45 minutes for them to get a larger room open for what the doc called the “reduction” of his shoulder…which meant they were gonna put it back in place. eek. i’ve seen that on tv and it looks icky. they sedated him and popped it back into place. took another x-ray to make sure it was where it needed to be, and the fracture had moved back into place as well, exactly where it needed to be to heal.
they put him in an immobilization sling and sent him home with a prescription for the big V. he’s dealing with it as well as my father can deal with this stuff. he’s off the pain meds by now, which is a good thing. the emotional rollercoaster it had him on was just like mine was…an hour after taking it you’re happy for an hour, then wanna kill someone, then wanna cry your eyes out, and finally long to punch someone right in the face. then it’s time to take another pill and start the crazy cycle over again.
my poor mom is bearing the brunt of most of it.
oh, and if you read a little farther down the page, you'll see what Wednesday was. Mom’s birthday. if you remember, last year on her birthday, he was in the hospital with atrial fibrillation, and i was getting another neuroplasty injection in my spine. birthdays just aren’t any fun for her, huh?
another star that possesses the mirror ball trophy…
a new “American Idol”
a new Indiana Jones movie
and…my dad, with his left arm in an immobilization sling.
Wednesday, he was working on a ladder, cleaning the gutters over the deck off the family room. (i know, i know...what in the hell is a 68 year old man doing on a ladder in the first place?? hah! you don't know my dad, huh?) anyway, the ladder failed…bent about three feet from the bottom…and he fell. i got a call from my mother as i was on my way to forge for lunch. a quick call to my boss and i was with them at the ER. he had been taken to a emergency room cubicle and was sitting in a wheelchair in a ridiculous amount of pain, convinced he had broken his upper arm near his shoulder.
two shots of dilaudid, an x-ray, a shot of morphine, a cat scan and a few hours later, the doc said he had dislocated his shoulder and fractured the bone at the top of the humorus bone…the ball bone that goes into that shoulder socket. ouch.
it took another 45 minutes for them to get a larger room open for what the doc called the “reduction” of his shoulder…which meant they were gonna put it back in place. eek. i’ve seen that on tv and it looks icky. they sedated him and popped it back into place. took another x-ray to make sure it was where it needed to be, and the fracture had moved back into place as well, exactly where it needed to be to heal.
they put him in an immobilization sling and sent him home with a prescription for the big V. he’s dealing with it as well as my father can deal with this stuff. he’s off the pain meds by now, which is a good thing. the emotional rollercoaster it had him on was just like mine was…an hour after taking it you’re happy for an hour, then wanna kill someone, then wanna cry your eyes out, and finally long to punch someone right in the face. then it’s time to take another pill and start the crazy cycle over again.
my poor mom is bearing the brunt of most of it.
oh, and if you read a little farther down the page, you'll see what Wednesday was. Mom’s birthday. if you remember, last year on her birthday, he was in the hospital with atrial fibrillation, and i was getting another neuroplasty injection in my spine. birthdays just aren’t any fun for her, huh?
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Indy and the Crystal Skull
like half the world, i went to see the latest installment of the Indiana Jones series this weekend. while i'm hearing ickiness from some people, i must confess:
i had a good time. why?
-recognizing the sign at the entrance of area 51
-knowing the warehouse was where the government had hidden the Ark of the Covenant and then getting that glimpse
-the fedora
-the whip
-the quips
-recognizing the town from those atomic blast films
-Cate Blanchett was so much fun! a mix of Greta Garbo and the female russian spy that used to hit on Colonel Hogan...
i had a good time. why?
-recognizing the sign at the entrance of area 51
-knowing the warehouse was where the government had hidden the Ark of the Covenant and then getting that glimpse
-the fedora
-the whip
-the quips
-recognizing the town from those atomic blast films
-Cate Blanchett was so much fun! a mix of Greta Garbo and the female russian spy that used to hit on Colonel Hogan...
-this time it was ants
-the idea that extra-terrestrial skeletons are made of crystal...waaaay cool
-Shia's swagger
-Karen Allen wasn't screaming each time she was onscreen, and her face wasn't botoxed within an inch of its life
yes, there were problems with the story. yes, the ending was a bit, REALLY Steven Spielberg??? that's REALLY what you think we wanna see at the end of this movie??? and, later, as i thought about the film, i thought, REALLY Harrison Ford??? THIS was the script that FINALLY excited you after all these years?? the other ones must have REALLY sucked...
-the idea that extra-terrestrial skeletons are made of crystal...waaaay cool
-Shia's swagger
-Karen Allen wasn't screaming each time she was onscreen, and her face wasn't botoxed within an inch of its life
yes, there were problems with the story. yes, the ending was a bit, REALLY Steven Spielberg??? that's REALLY what you think we wanna see at the end of this movie??? and, later, as i thought about the film, i thought, REALLY Harrison Ford??? THIS was the script that FINALLY excited you after all these years?? the other ones must have REALLY sucked...
i had a conversation with Corey last week about this movie. i was kinda joking when i said i hoped it wasn't like the opposite of the Star Trek movies. i hoped it wasn't...the first one (Raiders) was sooo great, and the third one (Last Crusade) was sooo great, and i really didn't like the second one (Temple of Doom)...and, wouldn't it be cool if we could just skip the second and the fourth to get to the great one...the fifth and final installment of Indiana Jones? turns out for me that it wasn't THAT bad.
i had a good time spending time with Indy again. it was fun. it wasn't fantastic. i will definitely watch it again and have a good time, which is all you really want from two hours in a summer movie theater, isn't it?
i had a good time spending time with Indy again. it was fun. it wasn't fantastic. i will definitely watch it again and have a good time, which is all you really want from two hours in a summer movie theater, isn't it?
old2gold
Notre Dame has an annual Old2Gold sale, which is basically a garage sale of stuff the students have “donated” (read: don’t wanna lug home). it’s held inside the halls of hallowed Notre Dame stadium the Saturday after graduation.
Lisa and i went to it this year.
here’s the lowdown on how this thing works. there’s an early-bird sale from 7-9am, and then the “open” sale from 7-9. we decided to get there at 5, when the early-bird tickets (5 bucks) went on sale. if you’ve ever been to campus, here’s what the line looked like at 5. the ticket booth was set up on the west-side of the stadium, just past the pavement that cuts between the stadium and the Joyce Center.
the line at 5 am?
past the box office gate of the basketball side of the Joyce. in fact, the line stretched ¾ of the way along the side of the Joyce, and stayed that way til close to 7am.
after we purchased our way into the sale, we got in another line. the south gate was where we entered the stadium, so the line stretched back around the west side heading north. we were in line about ¼ of the way up the stadium at 5:15am…and the people just kept coming. there was a constant stream of people walkling by us and to the end of the line until 7am. the wndu website said there were one thousand people in line when the gate opened at 7. i can believe it!
we got in just after 7 and spent about a half an hour looking at everything that was available for sale. bikes, electronics (the big tv’s and ipods…yes, ipods!!... were gone by the time we got to the electronics section) and futons! futons! futons! there were clothes, dishes, mattress pads (???!?!?), comforters and pillows, shelves and so much stuff. i couldn’t believe all the stuff.
we walked out without finding any treasures, which was just fine with me. i had gone looking for a decent bike, but didn’t find one that wouldn’t take a ton of help to get back into riding shape. i already know if i don’t buy a bike that’s in riding shape, i won’t ride it. and i want to ride one this summer!!
Lisa and i went to breakfast…to feed our growling tummies and to warm our chilled bodies. did i mention it was 43 degrees while we were waiting?? we thawed out and laughed about the silliness of it all. the silliness of waking up at 4am on a HOLIDAY weekend to stand in line for two hours for the opportunity to buy someone's old stuff. it's too funny!
would i do it again?
you betcha!!
who knew?
Queen's Brian May, is apparently brilliant. he isn't just an incredible guitarist, he is also an ASTRO-PHYSICIST!!! Not only that, his new job is as Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.
suddenly the intricacies of "Bohemian Rhapsody" make sense :)
take a minute to look at his website:
http://brianmay.com/index.html
it’s fascinating stuff!
suddenly the intricacies of "Bohemian Rhapsody" make sense :)
take a minute to look at his website:
http://brianmay.com/index.html
it’s fascinating stuff!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
today
is my Momma's birthday.
don't know what the plan is today, whether we have dinner plans for her tonight or what. i'll need to check in with Dad to get that plan together. (i'll also need to remind my sweet brother to call her when he gets a second today)
we gave her cards this morning. i know she was pleased to be remembered EARLY in the morning this morning.
she is a great lady. she occasionally makes me crazy, which i am certain is karmic payback for all the times i have made her crazy, but i certainly do love her.
Happy Birfday Mom!
we gave her cards this morning. i know she was pleased to be remembered EARLY in the morning this morning.
she is a great lady. she occasionally makes me crazy, which i am certain is karmic payback for all the times i have made her crazy, but i certainly do love her.
Happy Birfday Mom!
grateful flush
courtesy of the Universe and my inbox this morning, a grateful flush moves thru my heart:
You know that dreamy look of deep, soulful love you've sometimes seen in the eyes of another as they gazed into your own, shelley?
thanks to Boris, i actually DO know that look...
i am soooooo appreciative!!!
You know that dreamy look of deep, soulful love you've sometimes seen in the eyes of another as they gazed into your own, shelley?
thanks to Boris, i actually DO know that look...
i am soooooo appreciative!!!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
the new X-Files movie campaign
i'm told this is the image that will start appearing everywhere, prior to the July 25th opening of X-Files 2.
can you believe how HOT he looks in this photo???!?!?!? holy cow...
can you believe how HOT he looks in this photo???!?!?!? holy cow...
Oregon
a few weeks ago, i spent four days with the family in Oregon.tim and debi have a beautiful house and even more beautiful children! Dru's confirmation ceremony was the night before i arr
ived. i stepped off the plane in Portland around 5:30 after an uneventful, upgraded to economy plus for 44 bucks, flight. on the short flight from SB to O'Hare, i sat next to the Chancellor of the Diocese of Portland, and we talked Pope's visit and all kindza spiritual stuff. Mary Jo and i hung out at O'Hare, too, waiting for the plane to PDX, grabbing a chicago dog between flights.
Caitlin was at PDX with Mom and Dad. it had been almost two years since i'd seen CaitiBug and couldn't believe how tall she is! she's almost as tall as Mom!
Nicholas is the sweetest boy. he was all about being cuddly and i loved that he was in my arms within 30 seconds of meeting me. the last time they visited here, it took Mikey about a day to decide i was okay enough to play with. it was instant "aunt shelley!!! come play with us!!!" this time. i adore the time i spent with these precious boys.
Friday was spent hanging out at the house until it was time to pick the girls up at school...we got ice cream, too! gotta love having Papa pick you up from school!! Friday night Debi made spaghetti and made me a whole bowl of gluten-free pasta...
Caitlin had a volleyball game early Saturday morning. we all packed into the van and went to the gym to cheer she and her team on!
then she and Dru and i went into Salem to cruise the malls...such a teenager-y thing to do!!...it was the greatest!! i made sure we got a memory card for the PS2, and then...racking up the songs on Guitar Hero was ON!! i was cracking up at the songs they knew just thru GH. Mikey loves the "Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright" song..."Surrender" by Cheap Trick!! that's my boy!!! 
dinner that night was at McGrath's, a really yummy seafood place. Tim and i ordered one of the specials...parmesan-crusted Halibut. holy crap it was moist and luscious!! and, completely gluten-free!
sunday we had a party for Dru at the house. her sponsor's family came over...her sponsor was her friend Gina's mom. Monday morning i spent the time with the boys, playing, while i packed up and readied myself for the trip east. i miss them all so much. i know there's a part of me that is always connected with them but being this far away is really tough.
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