If The Good Shepherd was the most confusing movie I’ve ever watched, then Running with Scissors was the oddest movie I’ve ever seen. That was one weird movie. Or I should say one odd life that guy led. I felt so bad for him and hardly wanted to watch someone have to go through all that. I can’t really recommend it although the writing and acting were great. It’s just too depressing.
Archives for 2007
AI
Good-bye, legs! I really wanted Phil to go, but I’ll take Haley. Not surprised at the bottom 3 although unless Sanjaya steps up his game like he did last night, I’ll be sad to see Chris leave before Sanjaya.
Country week next week should be interesting. I think Blake should pull out some Rascal Flatts. I expect Phil to do well with a country ballad. Someone will pull out some Faith…probably would have been Haley if she had made it. Not sure how Lakisha, Melinda and Sanjaya will fair.
Day 4
So last night’s spaghetti dinner was a complete flop. We only made $60 and hardly anyone came. Probably due to spring break and the rain. I think we are doing a car wash to raise some more money for youth camp. But every student costs $270 to go so we better have a GREAT car wash.
The girls spent the afternoon at MIL’s. Which was nice. It was odd after they left I actually smiled. Not because they were gone but because it was sort of the middle of the week and I was so proud of myself for taking good care of the girls, the house and even getting the trash taken out yesterday. That’s sounds stupid, but I was.
We haven’t heard anything since yesterday morning from the guys. I knew they’d be horrible at checking in with us. They need a woman delivering all the details!
AI Top 8
Seems to be mixed feelings about performances last night. What I thought…
Blake – best of the night, hands down. he’s just so COOL
Phil – bad, didn’t enjoy it at all. hurt my ears and i wanted to fast forward
Haley – legs, unimpressive singing, she can go any time
Jordin – very impressed. she actually sounded good compared to some of the others last night. she keeps getting better and better.
Melinda – i didn’t get the sexy thing last night although her vocals were good
Lakisha – she’s going downhill quickly. just nothing different. not improving.
Sanjaya – wow, i actually thought he did well last night. improvement like that every week and he might make top 5 after all
Chris – eh, he’s never been one of my favorites and he looks great and all but his vocals just don’t match the others.
Dialidol has Lakisha at the bottom and I’m not surprised. I really want Phil to go though.
The Good Shepherd
This movie might be the most confusing movie I have ever seen. I love Matt Damon and I enjoyed him in this. But he didn’t speak much, which was a quality of this lead character. He looks good without speaking so no complaints here. Which has nothing to do with the actual movie..so moving on…This movie, I later found out, was about the start of the CIA. Everything about this movie was about codes and secrets and information and disinformation and make you go crazy kind of thing. Most of the movie was tied together by finding out two things…one, who around him had alerted the Russians before the Bay of Pigs and two, who or what or where was the picture that was left under his door at the beginning of the movie. It turns out the two are tied together. But anyway. I ended up “getting” that part of the movie but there were several things you just knew were important and had hidden meaning but you just couldnt’ figure out the double-speak or codes. I read some things online that explained a few things. I’d like to watch it again to see if it’s easier to watch but it’s 3 hours so I’m not sure I want to spend another 3 hours of my life watching this ultra-detailed movie. I’m very surprised they cast Angelina Jolie in this movie. Ignored housewife doesn’t seem to fit her. I’m not sure whether to recommend this movie it is so much work. It seems worth checking out just to see if you “get it” and it does spawn some good conversation. Much kuddos to the writers and other makers of the movie though. Wow, couldn’t have thought of all that.
Day 3
I think this is Day 3 anyway…depends how you count it. Anyway, we are doing well so far. I made dinner last night and we headed back to the gym. A fabulous distraction for all 3 of us. Heather was at the house when we got back and stayed through American Idol and House. M showed up halfway through AI and then she stayed also through The Good Shepherd until 1am. More on the shows/movie later. The kids were quite rambunctious after more Easter candy and finally were out around 9. The kids are handling being home without school quite well this week. They are both sleeping in until almost 9 and are happy to play around the house. I even offered for them to go outside to play yesterday when it was warm enough to go out and they didn’t want to go. So I guess that’s good they’re not whiny about going places. Which they can do that sometimes. And today, they actually do go somewhere. And I’m helping with the youth spaghetti dinner tonight so my afternoon and evening are mapped out as well.
Update: I talked to S and she said she heard from S this morning so they are all good.
No word
OK, so no word from them since they landed. And since then, they have flown from Istanbul to Van. Or, I think they have. Or they are right now. lol. I can’t tell from these time zones. If the flights for today were in Turkey time, they are already there…and it’d be nice to hear from them.
Arrival
Just got an email from Scott saying they have been in Turkey for a few hours, it is nice and there’s good food (all-important). Yay!