Let's see. I have been thinking about what resolutions I'm going to make for 2008 and I think I'm going to keep my list short to minimize the chance of failing at too many things at one.
Resolution Number One: Remembering and recognizing people's birthdays a little better. I'm not terrible at this right now but it's something I want to take a tad more seriously.
Resolution Number Two: Get haircuts every eight weeks. This one sounds stupid but to me it's not because of how many times I finally get my hair to grow out but then end up having to cut it short again due to horrifying split ends.
Resolution Number Three: Read more books. I used to read a lot, but these last few years I've really gotten away from it.
Resolution Number Four: Being nicer. Being happier. Not bitching as much.
Not too ambitious and that's ok. I think having any answer for the question "What are your New Year's resolutions" is better than answering with "I'm not making any". But that's just me.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
I love the end of Holiday Seasons, Cookbooks and Zombie Movies.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm glad the holiday season is almost over. Things are getting back to normal now. The parking lot at my all favorite store (I live at Wal Mart) is thinning out, co-workers are coming back to work so I'm no longer the only one sitting there in my cubicle row having been too stupid to request the week off, Hickory Farms gift sets AND the holiday Coffee Mate flavors that I love so much are 50% off and my credit card is living back in the freezer frozen in a brick of ice. Life is good right now.
This weekend seemed pretty short. I was busy baking chocolate chip cookies, making rice pudding (actually, rice soup - i don't know what the hell went wrong) and Cheddar Corn Chowder. I got a few cookbooks for Christmas this year so I've really gotten in the mood to start cooking and baking. I absolutely love cookbooks. Even if I know I'll never make any of the recipes in some of them, I still enjoy reading over the ingredient lists and directions and looking at the pictures. I have 43 different cooking/baking blogs in my favorite links list that I read on a regular basis, if not daily, depending on how often the blogger updates. Cooking and baking is one subject I'm getting quite knowledgeable about. It's funny because I never really had an interest in it when I was growing up. My Mom was always in the kitchen making something and she would try to get me to help and I would say "naahhh". I enjoy baking much better than cooking, though. Cooking sometimes can really make your house smell and you have to usually cut up a lot of stuff and touch raw, gross things. Baking is only really messy and gross if you screw up cracking an egg or something like that.
I watched the movie 28 Weeks Later which I had been really wanting to see. Every time J and I went to the video store I'd walk by the movie and go "28 Weeks Later? Please?" and he wouldn't seem too thrilled about it so we would keep on walking. But I finally put it in my queue, got it in the mail yesterday and started watching it at 8:00 this morning. It wasn't as good as I remember the first one being, but it wasn't bad and it moved fast. I really like these zombie type movies. It's always very dramatic when one of the last few normal characters left gets attacked and infected with whatever zombie virus is going around. You start thinking "Noooo! Why? There's hope! Maybe they are immune! No... they look pretty scary now. Ok, maybe they will remember being human and feel bad about trying to eat their friends. No... they look pretty hungry now. Well, they have to be dealt with then. Bye Bye! And they were so nice and funny throughout the first hour of the movie... sad." So emotional.
This weekend seemed pretty short. I was busy baking chocolate chip cookies, making rice pudding (actually, rice soup - i don't know what the hell went wrong) and Cheddar Corn Chowder. I got a few cookbooks for Christmas this year so I've really gotten in the mood to start cooking and baking. I absolutely love cookbooks. Even if I know I'll never make any of the recipes in some of them, I still enjoy reading over the ingredient lists and directions and looking at the pictures. I have 43 different cooking/baking blogs in my favorite links list that I read on a regular basis, if not daily, depending on how often the blogger updates. Cooking and baking is one subject I'm getting quite knowledgeable about. It's funny because I never really had an interest in it when I was growing up. My Mom was always in the kitchen making something and she would try to get me to help and I would say "naahhh". I enjoy baking much better than cooking, though. Cooking sometimes can really make your house smell and you have to usually cut up a lot of stuff and touch raw, gross things. Baking is only really messy and gross if you screw up cracking an egg or something like that.
I watched the movie 28 Weeks Later which I had been really wanting to see. Every time J and I went to the video store I'd walk by the movie and go "28 Weeks Later? Please?" and he wouldn't seem too thrilled about it so we would keep on walking. But I finally put it in my queue, got it in the mail yesterday and started watching it at 8:00 this morning. It wasn't as good as I remember the first one being, but it wasn't bad and it moved fast. I really like these zombie type movies. It's always very dramatic when one of the last few normal characters left gets attacked and infected with whatever zombie virus is going around. You start thinking "Noooo! Why? There's hope! Maybe they are immune! No... they look pretty scary now. Ok, maybe they will remember being human and feel bad about trying to eat their friends. No... they look pretty hungry now. Well, they have to be dealt with then. Bye Bye! And they were so nice and funny throughout the first hour of the movie... sad." So emotional.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Happy Holidays and all that...
I feel happy this holiday season.
And my favorite gift that I got so far? Well, that's easy...
yesssss!
And my favorite gift that I got so far? Well, that's easy...
yesssss!
My 2007 Best Of Movies and TV List... in my humble and unimportant opinion.
So, here we are... at the end of 2007 already and hasn't time seemed to go by so fast this year?
I always find it interesting to read year in review type lists so I thought I would make my own. What will my lists be about? Well, my favorite movies and tv shows, of course!
2007 MOVIES
1. Waitress.
My number one favorite movie of 2007 was Waitress. I watched it twice in a row when I rented it and my boyfriend bought it for me for Christmas and I've already watched it two times since then. I love how quirky this movie is and Keri Russell does such a great job in it. Jeremy Sisto plays such a great jackass husband, too.
2. I Am Legend.
I loved this movie. This was one of those movies that after we left the theater, J and I discussed all the way home. The book is pretty much entirely different but that's ok. I really liked the direction they took in the film instead. A lot of people seemed to be disappointed by the end but I didn't mind it at all. I thought Will Smith was awesome in this, there aren't too many actors I would care to see as almost the only person in an entire movie.
3. The Bourne Ultimatum.
I wrote about this move on my blog previously. I'm sad these movies are over.
4. Ratatouille.
It's fun to say "ratatouille".
5. Superbad.
heehee. Who didn't love this movie?
Other 2007 movies I really enjoyed: The Number 23, Knocked Up, 1408, Meet the Robinsons.
2007 TV
What a great year for TV. And I sure did watch a lot of it. I have NEVER been involved with as many shows before. I didn't even have TV for two years at one point and at that time I didn't even miss it. I don't think I could do that now with all the good stuff that I know is on TV. My trusted Tivo was there to step in so I could manage to fit everything in and still have a life. I love you, Tivo.
My favorite new shows:
Samantha Who? Please don't let this one get cancelled!! I am so glad Christina Applegate put out a new show and it's actually pretty good. I like all of the supporting cast too.
Pushing Daisies. The premise is a neat idea and sometimes when I'm watching it I am so surprised they actually put something this interesting and quirky on the air. Please, please don't let this one get cancelled either.
Kitchen Nightmares. I have such a soft spot for Gordon Ramsay. I like everything about him. Depending on the week, this show was extremely entertaining at times.
Other shows I watched faithfully: Lost, Dexter, The Closer, Grey's Anatomy, My Name is Earl, Rob & Big, Top Chef, Project Runway, Psych, Heroes.
Man, making these lists is harder than it seems. I'm tired now.
I always find it interesting to read year in review type lists so I thought I would make my own. What will my lists be about? Well, my favorite movies and tv shows, of course!
2007 MOVIES
1. Waitress.
My number one favorite movie of 2007 was Waitress. I watched it twice in a row when I rented it and my boyfriend bought it for me for Christmas and I've already watched it two times since then. I love how quirky this movie is and Keri Russell does such a great job in it. Jeremy Sisto plays such a great jackass husband, too.
2. I Am Legend.
I loved this movie. This was one of those movies that after we left the theater, J and I discussed all the way home. The book is pretty much entirely different but that's ok. I really liked the direction they took in the film instead. A lot of people seemed to be disappointed by the end but I didn't mind it at all. I thought Will Smith was awesome in this, there aren't too many actors I would care to see as almost the only person in an entire movie.
3. The Bourne Ultimatum.
I wrote about this move on my blog previously. I'm sad these movies are over.
4. Ratatouille.
It's fun to say "ratatouille".
5. Superbad.
heehee. Who didn't love this movie?
Other 2007 movies I really enjoyed: The Number 23, Knocked Up, 1408, Meet the Robinsons.
2007 TV
What a great year for TV. And I sure did watch a lot of it. I have NEVER been involved with as many shows before. I didn't even have TV for two years at one point and at that time I didn't even miss it. I don't think I could do that now with all the good stuff that I know is on TV. My trusted Tivo was there to step in so I could manage to fit everything in and still have a life. I love you, Tivo.
My favorite new shows:
Samantha Who? Please don't let this one get cancelled!! I am so glad Christina Applegate put out a new show and it's actually pretty good. I like all of the supporting cast too.
Pushing Daisies. The premise is a neat idea and sometimes when I'm watching it I am so surprised they actually put something this interesting and quirky on the air. Please, please don't let this one get cancelled either.
Kitchen Nightmares. I have such a soft spot for Gordon Ramsay. I like everything about him. Depending on the week, this show was extremely entertaining at times.
Other shows I watched faithfully: Lost, Dexter, The Closer, Grey's Anatomy, My Name is Earl, Rob & Big, Top Chef, Project Runway, Psych, Heroes.
Man, making these lists is harder than it seems. I'm tired now.
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