I just finished watching The Jane Austen Book Club, and I loved it. Say what you will if you think it's sappy or hokey, but I thought it was great. Of course, I'm sure no credit at all goes to the fact that I've been a reading nut lately (don't believe me? check out my progress!) and just finished two of the best books I've ever read. Anyways, the fact that these women identified so strongly with the characters and stories in Austen's books, as well as the fact that they were so invested in the stories, is something that hit home with me. That's one of the reasons I love to read. Identifying with and living vicariously through and wishing you were a part of it all. Hits the head of my nail dead on.
Not to mention the way they did their end credits was great. It sorta looked like a really finessed Power Point (in a good way, I mean), and was broken down by category (cast, electrics, sound, editing, direction, production, scenic, etc) and then had photos on each corresponding "slide". And the coolest part about these "slides" (if you will) was that they were all behind the scenes kind of photos...like you could see the crew and the rigging for lights and all that jazz. IMHO, that's way better than screen shots and stills.
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
3.09.2009
2.12.2009
wait for it--the hodgepodge edition
I've learned a lot about myself in the last week or so. Equal parts of the responsibility for this go to 1) the book I just finished (Eat, Pray, Love) and 2) the Summer Job Hunt.
One of the things I learned? Stepping back and letting things soak in is NOT a skill set that I in any way possess. Be the things good or bad, I tend to react with a sense of immediacy, no matter how unnecessary.
Something else I've learned? I will never, EVER be able to figure out why certain nine year old girls are so obscenely rude and hateful. Never. I have to accept this fact and continue working to make the impact of said rude/hatefulness on others as small as possible.
I watched Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist today after work. LOVED IT. Go and watch it.
In other news, did I mention I joined Twitter? Yes, I did. But I need to reiterate that I LOVE it.
Also, I think I'm going to keep a running log of the books I read. For some reason, this seems like a fun idea.
One of the things I learned? Stepping back and letting things soak in is NOT a skill set that I in any way possess. Be the things good or bad, I tend to react with a sense of immediacy, no matter how unnecessary.
Something else I've learned? I will never, EVER be able to figure out why certain nine year old girls are so obscenely rude and hateful. Never. I have to accept this fact and continue working to make the impact of said rude/hatefulness on others as small as possible.
I watched Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist today after work. LOVED IT. Go and watch it.
In other news, did I mention I joined Twitter? Yes, I did. But I need to reiterate that I LOVE it.
Also, I think I'm going to keep a running log of the books I read. For some reason, this seems like a fun idea.
2.08.2009
one of those facts of life....
Have you ever noticed that when you finally have a day off with nothing to do, and you need to do laundry, you don't end up actually doing it until the end of the day?
Yep. That's me every Monday (or Sunday as is my day off for this show).
In other news, my family and I are watching a movie on my dad's new 42" HD TV and Blu-Ray player, and the picture is so good that it looks like all (if this makes sense) of the backgrounds are digitally imposed (or whatever you call it)behind the real people. This is insane.
Yep. That's me every Monday (or Sunday as is my day off for this show).
In other news, my family and I are watching a movie on my dad's new 42" HD TV and Blu-Ray player, and the picture is so good that it looks like all (if this makes sense) of the backgrounds are digitally imposed (or whatever you call it)behind the real people. This is insane.
1.10.2009
Wii are up and running.
Reason #39480 why it's good to live at home for a little while after college:
My mom decided the weekend after New Years that she needed a Wii so that she could get a Wii Fit. This is the woman who barely knows how to use her email, and every time she wants to put a new CD on her iPod, I have to help her--despite her iTunes being set to update her iPod automatically...
Anyways, they finally got one yesterday. Although they haven't found a Wii Fit yet. I know my mom will use this thing for a month or so, and then never touch it again.
Even better? The one thing that makes the fact that my parents left for Florida for a week today and I couldn't go because of work? I now have a Wii all to myself for the next week.
Also, I love John Cusack.
My mom decided the weekend after New Years that she needed a Wii so that she could get a Wii Fit. This is the woman who barely knows how to use her email, and every time she wants to put a new CD on her iPod, I have to help her--despite her iTunes being set to update her iPod automatically...
Anyways, they finally got one yesterday. Although they haven't found a Wii Fit yet. I know my mom will use this thing for a month or so, and then never touch it again.
Even better? The one thing that makes the fact that my parents left for Florida for a week today and I couldn't go because of work? I now have a Wii all to myself for the next week.
Also, I love John Cusack.
11.09.2008
busy busy television?
I realize that I've gone from a 5+ posts a week, to like 1 every 2 weeks. I know this doesn't affect a lot of people, cuz I know of only (literally) 4 people who read this blog. And no, I'm not saying that in a self pitying, please read my shit way. Just in a realistic way. It doesn't bother me at all.
It's just that I kinda miss coming home from whatever I'm doing and typing up stupid, mundane thoughts or tidbits. But by the time I get home from rehearsal, tech, shows, whatever, I'm so unbelievably tired and spent that I pass out to Gilmore Girls or a book. I can't tell you how many times in the lat 2 weeks I've thought "I wish I could share that with someone." And writing it here was my way of "sharing", however weird that sounds. So hopefully I'll begin to get more of a stamina for this whole ordeal and get back on the horse. Plus, I had been planning since like December to do NaBloPoMo, but by the time this month rolled around, I knew it'd be near impossible, and I'm totally bummed.
Well here's my interesting tidbit for the day. I love it when I benefit from my mom's crazy ideas, and today I benefited quite nicely. Chalk this up to the "materialistic" side of me (and judge me if you want), but who wouldn't appreciate this. My mom told me yesterday that she'd been 'considering' getting rid of our 3 big (as in twice the size of a microwave) TVs. 2 of which are ours (one is like 12 years old, the other is probably 10), and 1 we got when my Grandma moved from her apartment to the nursing home. The 12 year old TV was serving as my TV in my room for my nightly movie/whatever TV show I am currently watching on DVD.
Now, when my mom says 'considering', it either means she's been thinking about it for a long time, or she just thought of it and is throwing it out there. The other part of what she was considering was replacing 2 of them (the third is never used, and just sits in our basement) with flat screen TVs. This idea was excellent to me, seeing as one of the replacable ones was mine.
Long story short, I benefited because today we went to CostCo, and we got a 22" flat screen, HD TV (something I could NEVER, EVER afford on my own). Of course, the only one of these 3 TVs that gets used is the one in my room, so of course it only makes sense that it should be the first one to be replaced. And it was.
My mom's logic?? Getting rid of these TVs will create a TON more space (which is true) and make rooms more easily accessible. So during my mom's flip flopping today, my dad was able to convince her that getting the first one would give them the incentive to actually call the guy who hauls away junk (and sells it, so we get some $$ from it), to come and get the TVs and other stuff, as opposed to just talking about doing it. Obviously, daddy was on my side.
Long story short, I got a fancy new TV today. :)
(and don't worry, I'm INCREDIBLY grateful and appreciative)
It's just that I kinda miss coming home from whatever I'm doing and typing up stupid, mundane thoughts or tidbits. But by the time I get home from rehearsal, tech, shows, whatever, I'm so unbelievably tired and spent that I pass out to Gilmore Girls or a book. I can't tell you how many times in the lat 2 weeks I've thought "I wish I could share that with someone." And writing it here was my way of "sharing", however weird that sounds. So hopefully I'll begin to get more of a stamina for this whole ordeal and get back on the horse. Plus, I had been planning since like December to do NaBloPoMo, but by the time this month rolled around, I knew it'd be near impossible, and I'm totally bummed.
Well here's my interesting tidbit for the day. I love it when I benefit from my mom's crazy ideas, and today I benefited quite nicely. Chalk this up to the "materialistic" side of me (and judge me if you want), but who wouldn't appreciate this. My mom told me yesterday that she'd been 'considering' getting rid of our 3 big (as in twice the size of a microwave) TVs. 2 of which are ours (one is like 12 years old, the other is probably 10), and 1 we got when my Grandma moved from her apartment to the nursing home. The 12 year old TV was serving as my TV in my room for my nightly movie/whatever TV show I am currently watching on DVD.
Now, when my mom says 'considering', it either means she's been thinking about it for a long time, or she just thought of it and is throwing it out there. The other part of what she was considering was replacing 2 of them (the third is never used, and just sits in our basement) with flat screen TVs. This idea was excellent to me, seeing as one of the replacable ones was mine.
Long story short, I benefited because today we went to CostCo, and we got a 22" flat screen, HD TV (something I could NEVER, EVER afford on my own). Of course, the only one of these 3 TVs that gets used is the one in my room, so of course it only makes sense that it should be the first one to be replaced. And it was.
My mom's logic?? Getting rid of these TVs will create a TON more space (which is true) and make rooms more easily accessible. So during my mom's flip flopping today, my dad was able to convince her that getting the first one would give them the incentive to actually call the guy who hauls away junk (and sells it, so we get some $$ from it), to come and get the TVs and other stuff, as opposed to just talking about doing it. Obviously, daddy was on my side.
Long story short, I got a fancy new TV today. :)
(and don't worry, I'm INCREDIBLY grateful and appreciative)
9.15.2008
its just what i do
I've gotten into two nice, new habits.
One involves my days off. Going to the library, the grocery store, and target in one fell swoop. In the middle of the afternoon, it's quite nice. Not too many people to make it a hassle, and it can be (I know this sounds weird) peaceful.
The other involves my Netflix-ing and library-ing. Every time I'm at any store, and I see a book or a movie I'm interested in, I take a picture of the title (and author) with my phone to keep my list of movies to add to my queue or books to pick up at the 'brary.
Plus, I'm reallllly hoping that next week, once we get into the run of our show, I will get to go to the new Central Library downtown. It was under renovations for like (literally) 6 to 8 years, and finally opened up this spring. I was too much of a bum (plus working at my Aunt's) this summer to check it out, and I haven't had time after work to hit it up yet. It's supposed to be absolutely incredible, and I can't wait!!!
One involves my days off. Going to the library, the grocery store, and target in one fell swoop. In the middle of the afternoon, it's quite nice. Not too many people to make it a hassle, and it can be (I know this sounds weird) peaceful.
The other involves my Netflix-ing and library-ing. Every time I'm at any store, and I see a book or a movie I'm interested in, I take a picture of the title (and author) with my phone to keep my list of movies to add to my queue or books to pick up at the 'brary.
Plus, I'm reallllly hoping that next week, once we get into the run of our show, I will get to go to the new Central Library downtown. It was under renovations for like (literally) 6 to 8 years, and finally opened up this spring. I was too much of a bum (plus working at my Aunt's) this summer to check it out, and I haven't had time after work to hit it up yet. It's supposed to be absolutely incredible, and I can't wait!!!
8.24.2008
One Down...Lots to Go
Wow. I made it through my first week in the big bad real world. And I loved it. I'm still getting used to the idea of working 6 days a week, my off day being Monday, but that will come in all due time. But, honestly, was there ever a month at SMC when I had more than 2 days when I had absolutely nothing to do? No, I don't think so. Never. So this should be more than doable. Plus, one of the best parts, I don't have to come home to homework/studying/papers/text books!!!
Anyways. My first show is Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. I'm super excited, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be amazing. If you're in the Indy area the last few weeks of September/first week or so of October, and wanna see it, let me know!!!
In other news, cousin Katie sent me a CD of her pictures from their trip up here. How cute is this kid?!?!
Today I had lunch with a girl from SMC who was in band at ND with me who just moved to Indy to be a nurse at Riley. It was great. I promised her I'd take her to Half-Price Books.
And tragedy fell on me today. I realized that I finished all of the Netflix that I currently have and tomorrow is my day off. That means no Gilmore Girls for me tomorrow because I haven't mailed any back yet. Boo. But I did finish Season One. And watched The Dead Poets Society with Ann and reminisced about 10th grade English when our teacher made us watch it.
Lastly, my bookshelves are done! Well, being built that is. I'm planning on painting them tomorrow, and then they'll really be done! Here they are pre-paint!!! Courtesy of Daddy Deeter.
Anyways. My first show is Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. I'm super excited, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be amazing. If you're in the Indy area the last few weeks of September/first week or so of October, and wanna see it, let me know!!!
In other news, cousin Katie sent me a CD of her pictures from their trip up here. How cute is this kid?!?!
Today I had lunch with a girl from SMC who was in band at ND with me who just moved to Indy to be a nurse at Riley. It was great. I promised her I'd take her to Half-Price Books.
And tragedy fell on me today. I realized that I finished all of the Netflix that I currently have and tomorrow is my day off. That means no Gilmore Girls for me tomorrow because I haven't mailed any back yet. Boo. But I did finish Season One. And watched The Dead Poets Society with Ann and reminisced about 10th grade English when our teacher made us watch it.
Lastly, my bookshelves are done! Well, being built that is. I'm planning on painting them tomorrow, and then they'll really be done! Here they are pre-paint!!! Courtesy of Daddy Deeter.
8.13.2008
Lots and Lots of Us
My cousins Katie (3 years younger) and Lily (10 years old, with the sense of humor of a 27 year old, she's awesome) have been in town this week. The got in Sunday night, super late, and Smiley went with me to pick them up from the train station. Good thing he did, cuz that is NOT a friendly place at midnight...
Plenty of jokes were made on the way home, and the first thing Katie asked me when I dropped him off was if we were dating. We aren't, at all, of course, but it's always really hard to answer that question because it is inevitably followed by something along the lines of "well you act like it" or "it seems like it" or something else--and I can see exactly why someone would THINK we are. Smiley has a theory/practice of not liking other people to know our/his business, so he would have told me why even answer the question? But I like to be open about things and talk about stuff.
And there is still one day to go :).
What do YOU do when YOUR cousins come into town?!?
Today, while they hung out with Aunt K, I vegged out marathon-ing Gilmore Girls, which has been my first endeavor on NetFlix. (Along with The Other Boleyn Girl, which I did not enjoy at all, which really surprised me.)
Plenty of jokes were made on the way home, and the first thing Katie asked me when I dropped him off was if we were dating. We aren't, at all, of course, but it's always really hard to answer that question because it is inevitably followed by something along the lines of "well you act like it" or "it seems like it" or something else--and I can see exactly why someone would THINK we are. Smiley has a theory/practice of not liking other people to know our/his business, so he would have told me why even answer the question? But I like to be open about things and talk about stuff.Needless to say, we've been having a good time.
- We had lunch at McAlister's, one of my faves, with Aunt K.
- Went to various stores.
- Went to Borders TWICE and then to Half-Price Books (at which I found something for $3 that I bought at Borders for $13. Exchange, anyone?!? I think so.).
- Baked an awesome cake with some awesome icing.
- Stopped at Fresh Market.
- Saw a baseball game with all 9 of our family members in town.
- Had multiple marathons of The Office.
- DVR'd and watched tons of the Olympics.
- Did Mad Libs with lots of potty humor.
- Had a running contest of who could make the most Office references.
- Stayed up all night playing hard core rounds of Disney Scene-It.
- Stuffed our faces with excellent stuff.
- Had hard core Staring Contests.
- Made lots and lots of fun of each other.
- Cooked out.
- Ate at Yats with my mom.
- Shopped on Mass. Ave.
And there is still one day to go :).
What do YOU do when YOUR cousins come into town?!?
Today, while they hung out with Aunt K, I vegged out marathon-ing Gilmore Girls, which has been my first endeavor on NetFlix. (Along with The Other Boleyn Girl, which I did not enjoy at all, which really surprised me.)
8.08.2008
It's Banana Boat
I just got home from seeing Pineapple Express. It was pretty baller. Oh Snap. (Snoop, if you're stalking me/reading this, that was for you.) A lot more violence than I expected, but it was definitely awesome. I totally recommend it if you enjoy that sort of humor.
And I'm still totally in love with Seth Rogen.Lastly, I am a little disappointed in myself for seeing that on its first weekend in theatres when I haven't seen Mamma Mia yet. Theatre Gods, wreak your havoc on me; I know I deserve it.
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, I don't mind when people don't pull their own weight in something, but it really blows my mind/drives me crazy when they even don't pull a small fraction of it or at least take an ounce of responsibility.
And I continue with the including of random pictures from my old phone that I recently emptied onto my computer. Maggie Moo and Bailey Dog.
And I'm still totally in love with Seth Rogen.Lastly, I am a little disappointed in myself for seeing that on its first weekend in theatres when I haven't seen Mamma Mia yet. Theatre Gods, wreak your havoc on me; I know I deserve it.
Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, I don't mind when people don't pull their own weight in something, but it really blows my mind/drives me crazy when they even don't pull a small fraction of it or at least take an ounce of responsibility.
And I continue with the including of random pictures from my old phone that I recently emptied onto my computer. Maggie Moo and Bailey Dog.
8.03.2008
really? they said "REALLY?!?"
I babysat tonight. While not quite as exciting as the idea of going to see Mamma Mia, I haven't started working yet, and that means I haven't started getting paid yet.
Anyways, there was nothing on TV, as usual. Finally I found Something's Gotta Give. I thought I had never seen it, but I think I have. And it's a cute movie. I love Jack Nicholson, and I generally like Diane Keaton. However, I remembered why I didn't thoroughly enjoy this movie the first time through...the scenes when Diane Keaton's character is back in her beach house and is sobbing and finally writing something are painful to get through. It's incredibly over the top, and not in the 'making a statement' or 'make it a choice, not a mistake' kind of way. If it had been one of those two options, and had been done well, I would have appreciate it, but this was just outrageously stupid. Of course, you may disagree and think that I'm a snot, so I'll step off my high horse now.
After that I turned on Saturday Night Live, which I rarely watch, although I wish I watched it more often. It was the Weekend Update part (of a re-run I think), and Amy Poehler and whoever the guy is did a "Weekend Update: Really? with Amy and Ryan". And they went through and said statements mocking whatever b.s. politician they had just reported on by repeating something and adding "really?!?" at the end.
Of course normally you'd think 'I know deet is a terrible blogger, but why would she recap SNL for us?!?", and I agree, however this is interesting to me because adding "really?!?!?!" to the end of things when I'm in complete shock, awe, disgust, or something of a situation or person or action is something I've been doing for at least 18 months. Man, I wish I had been the one to present it to SNL...then I wouldn't be resorting to babysitting to have spending money...
Anyways, there was nothing on TV, as usual. Finally I found Something's Gotta Give. I thought I had never seen it, but I think I have. And it's a cute movie. I love Jack Nicholson, and I generally like Diane Keaton. However, I remembered why I didn't thoroughly enjoy this movie the first time through...the scenes when Diane Keaton's character is back in her beach house and is sobbing and finally writing something are painful to get through. It's incredibly over the top, and not in the 'making a statement' or 'make it a choice, not a mistake' kind of way. If it had been one of those two options, and had been done well, I would have appreciate it, but this was just outrageously stupid. Of course, you may disagree and think that I'm a snot, so I'll step off my high horse now.
After that I turned on Saturday Night Live, which I rarely watch, although I wish I watched it more often. It was the Weekend Update part (of a re-run I think), and Amy Poehler and whoever the guy is did a "Weekend Update: Really? with Amy and Ryan". And they went through and said statements mocking whatever b.s. politician they had just reported on by repeating something and adding "really?!?" at the end.
Of course normally you'd think 'I know deet is a terrible blogger, but why would she recap SNL for us?!?", and I agree, however this is interesting to me because adding "really?!?!?!" to the end of things when I'm in complete shock, awe, disgust, or something of a situation or person or action is something I've been doing for at least 18 months. Man, I wish I had been the one to present it to SNL...then I wouldn't be resorting to babysitting to have spending money...
8.01.2008
too much fun!
Oh.My.Goodness.
I have tooooo many exciting things to post about. I'll try to be concise...but yeah right.
Last night Smiley asked me to be his partner for Latin Night at The Jazz Kitchen. I was abso-freakin-lutely terrified, but it was abso-f*ckin-lutely amAAAzing. Seriously. I worked out yesterday evening, hardcore too, and
that plus the salsa-ing and meringue-ing kicked my butt. My hips, thighs, knees, hamstrings, did I say hips, were SO sore today. Still are. We both got dressed up. And he was nice enough to remember that my fave color-combo is "chocolate and blue" :). This is us at the very end of the night. It's the only picture that was taken last night--we were out celebrating a friend's birthday, but it ended up just being us two and her.
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This morning my dad woke me up at 7:00--in crazy pain of course--to take my car in to get fixed. The "emissions" part of the "check engine" light came on a week or so ago. I also decided to ask the car guys if they could make a new clicker for my car since mine got stolen. Turns out my car ended up needing just over $1,000 worth of "repairs". Dad said the people at this dealership (where we got this car) are always really expensive, and he thinks the intentionally look for stuff to be wrong. Yikes. But I got my new clicker!!
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The most exciting news is that I got a new phone. I'll save you the blah-die blah story about getting it just to tell you I got a BlackBerry Curve tonight!!! With a super cute blue case. I'm crazy excited! I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm usually that girl who figures out phones super quickly, but this is a little more complicated than everything else I've ever had. If anyone has any BlackBerry advice or tips, I'd more than welcome/appreciate them!
It is kind of sad though. Not only did I love my previous phone-the LG Chocolate, which got a bad rap, but I lurv'd it-but this marks the end of an era. This is the first official adult thing I've done since graduating. We've decided I'm living at home for the next year while I work at IRT, so I haven't had to apartment hunt, and I'm so incredibly blessed to be rent-free; I don't start work until August 19th, so I haven't had any real responsibility. So, switching the phone into my name and on my tab was the first (of many) responsible/adult-like thing I've done. (Should I be admitting that? Is that pathetic??)
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In addition to taking over my phone, I signed up for NetFlix today. WooHoo!!! Should get my first DVDs on Monday or Tuesday. I've been saying I'm gonna do this for a while now. It's about time.
Watch out real world, here comes deeter (arriving on the proverbial responsibility short bus).
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Oh, and I took the card out of my old phone and put all 250ish pictures I had taken on there in 20 months onto my computer today. I think I'll start adding a picture or two from there onto posts for a while.
I have tooooo many exciting things to post about. I'll try to be concise...but yeah right.
Last night Smiley asked me to be his partner for Latin Night at The Jazz Kitchen. I was abso-freakin-lutely terrified, but it was abso-f*ckin-lutely amAAAzing. Seriously. I worked out yesterday evening, hardcore too, and
that plus the salsa-ing and meringue-ing kicked my butt. My hips, thighs, knees, hamstrings, did I say hips, were SO sore today. Still are. We both got dressed up. And he was nice enough to remember that my fave color-combo is "chocolate and blue" :). This is us at the very end of the night. It's the only picture that was taken last night--we were out celebrating a friend's birthday, but it ended up just being us two and her.-----
This morning my dad woke me up at 7:00--in crazy pain of course--to take my car in to get fixed. The "emissions" part of the "check engine" light came on a week or so ago. I also decided to ask the car guys if they could make a new clicker for my car since mine got stolen. Turns out my car ended up needing just over $1,000 worth of "repairs". Dad said the people at this dealership (where we got this car) are always really expensive, and he thinks the intentionally look for stuff to be wrong. Yikes. But I got my new clicker!!
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The most exciting news is that I got a new phone. I'll save you the blah-die blah story about getting it just to tell you I got a BlackBerry Curve tonight!!! With a super cute blue case. I'm crazy excited! I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm usually that girl who figures out phones super quickly, but this is a little more complicated than everything else I've ever had. If anyone has any BlackBerry advice or tips, I'd more than welcome/appreciate them!It is kind of sad though. Not only did I love my previous phone-the LG Chocolate, which got a bad rap, but I lurv'd it-but this marks the end of an era. This is the first official adult thing I've done since graduating. We've decided I'm living at home for the next year while I work at IRT, so I haven't had to apartment hunt, and I'm so incredibly blessed to be rent-free; I don't start work until August 19th, so I haven't had any real responsibility. So, switching the phone into my name and on my tab was the first (of many) responsible/adult-like thing I've done. (Should I be admitting that? Is that pathetic??)
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In addition to taking over my phone, I signed up for NetFlix today. WooHoo!!! Should get my first DVDs on Monday or Tuesday. I've been saying I'm gonna do this for a while now. It's about time.
Watch out real world, here comes deeter (arriving on the proverbial responsibility short bus).
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Oh, and I took the card out of my old phone and put all 250ish pictures I had taken on there in 20 months onto my computer today. I think I'll start adding a picture or two from there onto posts for a while.
7.26.2008
I've got a theory...
So I was driving home from Frankie's tonight around 12:30am, and a woman was walking along the side of the road, going with traffic mind you, pulling a carry on sized suitcase. Weird. What are your theories on where she was going/what she was doing??? By the time I got home (a 10 minute drive), I had fashioned a very dramatic story about her leaving a dirt bag boyfriend and what not. Very exciting stuff to compliment my very boring life.I arrived home to a super hyper Bailey at the front door who ran all around downstairs. Then I turned off the lights and walked up stairs to be scared half to death by MooMoo standing on the landing. In the dark, all you can see of her is her eyes and the white stripe on her chest. To many, it would be scary, but she was wagging her tail and hammin it up for me.
We watched Kate & Leopold tonight. It was adorable, and I'm surprised I've never seen it.
Hopefully tomorrow mom and I are will go (back) down to the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. I've been with my Aunt K (twice), but not with the mom.
The top picture is 4 out of 5 of "the girls" at our senior band camp in high school. The bottom is the 4 of us last night for Crabs' going away. That's a five year difference, but we've been together for 8. Nostalgia anyone???
7.01.2008
I cant really explain it
Here is a list of things that I consider to be facts:
1. Cake made with Diet Coke is Amazing. It seems that maybe I can be domesticated. Big Maybe still, though.
2. Funfetti icing is the best.
3. The fare for babysitting has soared since I was the neighborhood resident babysitter. For 2 girls (aged 3 and 5.5) from 6:30-11:30, who were incredibly easy to sit, I got $50 last weekend. When I was in junior high, or even early high school, I would have gotten no more than $30 for that. Probably $25. A few weeks ago, for 3 year old triplets, for 7 hours, I got $80. If people keep calling me to sit this summer, I will make a living off of it!
4. My dad is adorable. For many reasons. Most recently: Mom was cleaning the dining room and going through stuff on shelves. Dad found a "Class of 2008" photo album that matches my other photo albums that I prefer and gave it to me saying "Hey, I got this for you, and had planned on printing all the photos from graduation etc while you were still at the Civic, but we got really busy." It was super cute. Even cuter was tonight, while printing pictures to put in it he picked it up and said "I was gonna print pictures for you for when I gave it to you. I'm sorry." 5 minutes later, he says "You know I ordered this specially for you...from Target." It was funny. Trust me.
5. Also on my dad, there are many things he is and isn't. One of the things he is is incredibly protective of me. Which is awesome. It's like he loves me so much, he gets really heated when he hears of someone fucking with me, even slightly. We had a very to moderately minor event at our gym last week that brought that out in him.
6. Sitting on my porch at night, drinking wine, eating diet coke cake, talking about sex and sex toys with Ann and Frankie is the best.
7. Big production numbers in musicals make the world go round. This includes movie musicals, even bad ones.
8. The book The Emperor's Children was amazing. I highly suggest it, especially for transitioning adults/college students. Possible "review" to come.
9. I am going to Michigan for Fourth of July. We're going to visit my Aunt and Uncle/God Parents, their daughters, and their daughter's new baby Morgan. There is an outlet mall near them with, literally, 500+ stores. Hopefully we go.
10. My Aunt Kathy has this beautiful "secretary" (like the piece of furniture) that she is giving me. It used to belong to her Grandma Deeter, meaning my great grandma. How cool is that. Now I have much, much more incentive to get my rear in gear to finish redoing my room so I can put it in there. I saw it last week and its gorgeous. As soon as I get it, I will post a picture.
11. Who makes a list of 11 things? I do. Number 11? I miss my friends from school too much :(.
Update: 12. Getting a manicure from a 3 year old always makes you prettier. For reals.
13. Smiley and Snoop told me I was the strongest girl they know. Heckya!
ReUpdate: 14. My family and I are terrible at doing things on time. My mom and I finally stuffed and addressed my graduation announcements. I graduated on May 17. In case you didn't realize, today was June 30th. Yikes. Good news is I was able to include thank you notes in the envelopes. They turned out quite nicely.
15. I have a disgusting and embarrassing addiction to Living Lohan. Don't judge me. Yes, I realize it's a terrible, terrible show and that I'm only supporting them by watching, but I can't help it. (hey there terrible grammar/punctuation!) I hate myself for it. One of the upsides of watching? One of my fave blogs, Defamer, does an excellent mock write up of it each week giving the reader/watcher 3 lessons they should have learned from Mother of the Year Dina Lohan. These articles are hilarious.
1. Cake made with Diet Coke is Amazing. It seems that maybe I can be domesticated. Big Maybe still, though.
2. Funfetti icing is the best.
3. The fare for babysitting has soared since I was the neighborhood resident babysitter. For 2 girls (aged 3 and 5.5) from 6:30-11:30, who were incredibly easy to sit, I got $50 last weekend. When I was in junior high, or even early high school, I would have gotten no more than $30 for that. Probably $25. A few weeks ago, for 3 year old triplets, for 7 hours, I got $80. If people keep calling me to sit this summer, I will make a living off of it!
4. My dad is adorable. For many reasons. Most recently: Mom was cleaning the dining room and going through stuff on shelves. Dad found a "Class of 2008" photo album that matches my other photo albums that I prefer and gave it to me saying "Hey, I got this for you, and had planned on printing all the photos from graduation etc while you were still at the Civic, but we got really busy." It was super cute. Even cuter was tonight, while printing pictures to put in it he picked it up and said "I was gonna print pictures for you for when I gave it to you. I'm sorry." 5 minutes later, he says "You know I ordered this specially for you...from Target." It was funny. Trust me.
5. Also on my dad, there are many things he is and isn't. One of the things he is is incredibly protective of me. Which is awesome. It's like he loves me so much, he gets really heated when he hears of someone fucking with me, even slightly. We had a very to moderately minor event at our gym last week that brought that out in him.
6. Sitting on my porch at night, drinking wine, eating diet coke cake, talking about sex and sex toys with Ann and Frankie is the best.
7. Big production numbers in musicals make the world go round. This includes movie musicals, even bad ones.
8. The book The Emperor's Children was amazing. I highly suggest it, especially for transitioning adults/college students. Possible "review" to come.
9. I am going to Michigan for Fourth of July. We're going to visit my Aunt and Uncle/God Parents, their daughters, and their daughter's new baby Morgan. There is an outlet mall near them with, literally, 500+ stores. Hopefully we go.
10. My Aunt Kathy has this beautiful "secretary" (like the piece of furniture) that she is giving me. It used to belong to her Grandma Deeter, meaning my great grandma. How cool is that. Now I have much, much more incentive to get my rear in gear to finish redoing my room so I can put it in there. I saw it last week and its gorgeous. As soon as I get it, I will post a picture.
11. Who makes a list of 11 things? I do. Number 11? I miss my friends from school too much :(.
Update: 12. Getting a manicure from a 3 year old always makes you prettier. For reals.
13. Smiley and Snoop told me I was the strongest girl they know. Heckya!
ReUpdate: 14. My family and I are terrible at doing things on time. My mom and I finally stuffed and addressed my graduation announcements. I graduated on May 17. In case you didn't realize, today was June 30th. Yikes. Good news is I was able to include thank you notes in the envelopes. They turned out quite nicely.
15. I have a disgusting and embarrassing addiction to Living Lohan. Don't judge me. Yes, I realize it's a terrible, terrible show and that I'm only supporting them by watching, but I can't help it. (hey there terrible grammar/punctuation!) I hate myself for it. One of the upsides of watching? One of my fave blogs, Defamer, does an excellent mock write up of it each week giving the reader/watcher 3 lessons they should have learned from Mother of the Year Dina Lohan. These articles are hilarious.
4.08.2008
that i'd see you again
Today was a depressing day. It started at 4am when I woke up with the serious type of stomach cramps when I accidentally eat something with eggs or milk in it. And again at 6am. Then at 7/7:30am the fire alarm went off AGAIN in Le Mans. Second time in two days. Sickness continued all morning. I had to perform in Voice and Movement today. Voice and Movement is never fun, but it is especially unfun when you are feeling miserable (read: hating your body) and have to perform.
I didn't go to the Civic today cuz of how I was feeling. I slept for a while, then had to go to "Federal Student Loan Exit Counseling". Yeah, that shit is depressing. They told us exactly how much debt we were each in. Actually no, not exactly. The figures they gave us didn't include the interest that had been adding up since we started college. Also, just Federal loans. Private ones not included.
That on top of not having heard back yet on jobs was a REAL bummer.
Then, while at opera rehearsal tonight, I heard girls talking about someone who had gotten food poisoning from the DH. And I thought "hm...it's NEVER this bad when I've eaten something I'm allergic to. Never." And so I drew the conclusion that this sickness is not allergy born, but rather a mild food poisoning. Fuck.
Now I'm watching Remember The Titans and thinking about editing my comp reflection.
I didn't go to the Civic today cuz of how I was feeling. I slept for a while, then had to go to "Federal Student Loan Exit Counseling". Yeah, that shit is depressing. They told us exactly how much debt we were each in. Actually no, not exactly. The figures they gave us didn't include the interest that had been adding up since we started college. Also, just Federal loans. Private ones not included.
That on top of not having heard back yet on jobs was a REAL bummer.
Then, while at opera rehearsal tonight, I heard girls talking about someone who had gotten food poisoning from the DH. And I thought "hm...it's NEVER this bad when I've eaten something I'm allergic to. Never." And so I drew the conclusion that this sickness is not allergy born, but rather a mild food poisoning. Fuck.
Now I'm watching Remember The Titans and thinking about editing my comp reflection.
4.07.2008
ring me on the alexander grahm bell
Man o man has it been an eventful last few days. Here's a partial list of tag lines for stories to be told. If you're interested in any of it, let me know and I'll be happy to excite/bore you with the details:
1. reuniting with a a certain friend
2. almost killing someone
3. sharpie-ing someone's enTIRE leg and arm.
4. fire and flowers
5. almost killing someone
6. 6 shows at the civic, including stellar jokes from myself and my spot op during the last show :)
7. almost killing someone
8. seeing my boyfriend, John Krasinski, in Leatherheads
9. choosing to keep the back up dvd player
10. almost killing someone
11. changed first impressions from snot nosed shits to really fun to talk to
12. almost killing someone
13. closing the show at the civic and people there
and now i sleep.
1. reuniting with a a certain friend
2. almost killing someone
3. sharpie-ing someone's enTIRE leg and arm.
4. fire and flowers
5. almost killing someone
6. 6 shows at the civic, including stellar jokes from myself and my spot op during the last show :)
7. almost killing someone
8. seeing my boyfriend, John Krasinski, in Leatherheads
9. choosing to keep the back up dvd player
10. almost killing someone
11. changed first impressions from snot nosed shits to really fun to talk to
12. almost killing someone
13. closing the show at the civic and people there
and now i sleep.
3.31.2008
the great american...
One last post before bed.
There is this stop light near campus here in South Bend that if you EVER want to drive ANYWHERE you have to stop at it. Well, at least I always have. For those of you who know Suck Bend, or who live here, or go to school here, it's the one on 31/933 just north of campus for the Toll Road. ANYTIME I want to drive north of campus (i.e. to Castle Point, etc) or am coming from north of campus I have to stop. NEVER.FAILS. Well, tonight I was driving home from Castle Point after eating ham and watching License to Wed with Ays, I was on track to NOT HAVE TO STOP at said stop light. BUT (there's always a but) I was in the right lane, and in the left lane a few yards in front of me are two cop cars. Two DIFFERENT cop cars. Different styles of cars, and different groups (what do you call that?) of policemen. Then, one gets over into my lane and sloooooows the fuck down. Like to 15mph. And puts on his blinker, and ever so slowly eventually turns into the Perkins. And the other one? As soon as first cop turns into Perkins, he makes a U turn right there to then drive north. Weird, huh? Yeah. So because of the 3+ city blocks I had to drive behind said cop car going no greater than 20mph I had to stop again. Man.
Also (and I've started noticing that almost all of my posts have an "also"...), another little interesting tidbit about me. We all know I'm a movie addict. A movie freak, if you will. Whatever. I'll watch ALMOST ANY movie. With a few exceptions. And one of the things that makes me the most insane and frustrated when watching a movie? Conflicts that arise out of simply not communicating. There are so many movies when the whole thing could just be resolved with some simple back and forth honest talking. So the whole time I'm thinking "Seriously? All you have to say is _______, and get her/him to understand and it'll be FINE!!!" in addition to "Seriously? the weakest type of conflict, and therefore movie, is one based off of miscommunicating or failure to communicate. Seriously, you got paid to write this?" Sorry. It's a pet peeve of mine. And License to Wed was just that. Also, I can't take Mandy Moore seriously, and despite my LOOOVE of John Krasinski and Robin Williams, I refused to see it til now cuz I can't stand her.
Other movies that have the same problem? All the Meet The... movies (Parents, Faulkers, etc). While parts are funny, why can't they just communicate. There are others, but I'm too lazy and tired to list them. Do YOU have any pet peeves about movies or anything?
There is this stop light near campus here in South Bend that if you EVER want to drive ANYWHERE you have to stop at it. Well, at least I always have. For those of you who know Suck Bend, or who live here, or go to school here, it's the one on 31/933 just north of campus for the Toll Road. ANYTIME I want to drive north of campus (i.e. to Castle Point, etc) or am coming from north of campus I have to stop. NEVER.FAILS. Well, tonight I was driving home from Castle Point after eating ham and watching License to Wed with Ays, I was on track to NOT HAVE TO STOP at said stop light. BUT (there's always a but) I was in the right lane, and in the left lane a few yards in front of me are two cop cars. Two DIFFERENT cop cars. Different styles of cars, and different groups (what do you call that?) of policemen. Then, one gets over into my lane and sloooooows the fuck down. Like to 15mph. And puts on his blinker, and ever so slowly eventually turns into the Perkins. And the other one? As soon as first cop turns into Perkins, he makes a U turn right there to then drive north. Weird, huh? Yeah. So because of the 3+ city blocks I had to drive behind said cop car going no greater than 20mph I had to stop again. Man.
Also (and I've started noticing that almost all of my posts have an "also"...), another little interesting tidbit about me. We all know I'm a movie addict. A movie freak, if you will. Whatever. I'll watch ALMOST ANY movie. With a few exceptions. And one of the things that makes me the most insane and frustrated when watching a movie? Conflicts that arise out of simply not communicating. There are so many movies when the whole thing could just be resolved with some simple back and forth honest talking. So the whole time I'm thinking "Seriously? All you have to say is _______, and get her/him to understand and it'll be FINE!!!" in addition to "Seriously? the weakest type of conflict, and therefore movie, is one based off of miscommunicating or failure to communicate. Seriously, you got paid to write this?" Sorry. It's a pet peeve of mine. And License to Wed was just that. Also, I can't take Mandy Moore seriously, and despite my LOOOVE of John Krasinski and Robin Williams, I refused to see it til now cuz I can't stand her.
Other movies that have the same problem? All the Meet The... movies (Parents, Faulkers, etc). While parts are funny, why can't they just communicate. There are others, but I'm too lazy and tired to list them. Do YOU have any pet peeves about movies or anything?
3.30.2008
do i still need to make another?
My DVD player may or may not have been given a second life. After my post last night detailing its gruesome death, I tried it again and it worked. Keep your fingers crossed for my fantastic little super DVD player. I am going to keep the $40 one I got at Target for a week or so JUST IN CASE it looses its life support.
Also, I was hoping that the DH would have really awesome food at brunch today since it's Meet Me At The Avenue day. Well...it was good, but I couldn't eat any of it. Every single damned thing had milk in it. Jerks.
Also, I was hoping that the DH would have really awesome food at brunch today since it's Meet Me At The Avenue day. Well...it was good, but I couldn't eat any of it. Every single damned thing had milk in it. Jerks.
3.29.2008
ill be comin hooome
RIP awesome awesome awesome DVD player :(
Today marks the death of my 4th DVD player since August 2004. I. Kid. You. Not.
It's not like I do anything stupid to them, other than watch movies ALL the time. After the last one, my dad said I was ridiculous and then said no more DVD players for you. Then we ended up getting this one, well, the now dead one, at Costco. Cuz it was different. It was one of those portable DVD players. And it played videos and what not from and IPod, and pictures from a camera memory card. AND it hooks up to the TV to be used as a DVD player. Awesome right? Exactly. And now the DVD part won't work anymore and I am really upset. It just spins and the screen says loading and thats that. The other DVD players I wasn't so broken up over, but this one is amazing, and so useful and practical and I'm just really angry cuz it cost a fair amount of money. Maybe I'm feeling like I'm wasting good things and feeling guilty. Yeah, I think that's it. But movies are a HUGE part of my life. I have like 225 or something DVDs.
I went to Target today and got one of those lens cleaning things to try and fix it. No such luck. My dad said he would look in the Sunday adds tomorrow for cheap DVD players. But while at Target with doobs we found one for $40. So I called dad and he said just get it. Cuz $40 is pretty cheap for a name brand DVD player. So I did. I'm holding out on taking it out and setting it up in case the old one miraculously works again. But I'm still really upset about this. Stupid Deeter. Stupid DVD player. Stupid Deeter.
Also, I do realize how materialistic this makes me sound.
Today marks the death of my 4th DVD player since August 2004. I. Kid. You. Not.
It's not like I do anything stupid to them, other than watch movies ALL the time. After the last one, my dad said I was ridiculous and then said no more DVD players for you. Then we ended up getting this one, well, the now dead one, at Costco. Cuz it was different. It was one of those portable DVD players. And it played videos and what not from and IPod, and pictures from a camera memory card. AND it hooks up to the TV to be used as a DVD player. Awesome right? Exactly. And now the DVD part won't work anymore and I am really upset. It just spins and the screen says loading and thats that. The other DVD players I wasn't so broken up over, but this one is amazing, and so useful and practical and I'm just really angry cuz it cost a fair amount of money. Maybe I'm feeling like I'm wasting good things and feeling guilty. Yeah, I think that's it. But movies are a HUGE part of my life. I have like 225 or something DVDs.
I went to Target today and got one of those lens cleaning things to try and fix it. No such luck. My dad said he would look in the Sunday adds tomorrow for cheap DVD players. But while at Target with doobs we found one for $40. So I called dad and he said just get it. Cuz $40 is pretty cheap for a name brand DVD player. So I did. I'm holding out on taking it out and setting it up in case the old one miraculously works again. But I'm still really upset about this. Stupid Deeter. Stupid DVD player. Stupid Deeter.
Also, I do realize how materialistic this makes me sound.
Only Have Til Dawn
I had 3 moments today.
The third (and least important) was when I was in the elevator headed back up to my room after a day full of tech at the Civic and it smelled like sweaty beer. Gross.
The second was at the Civic tonight. Greta and I were writing cues after rehearsal was over. More like working on cue notes and what not. I was sitting at the board fixing some programming, and she was leaning back in a seat in the house and announced that there was a bat in the theatre. Which, apparently, is a sign of good luck for a show. The Civic is in a converted Masonic Temple building, so its creepy. But the best part of this moment was that I felt like I was in an episode of the Office. You know which one I mean. The one with the bat. I'm pretty sure I reacted like a cross between Angela/Pam/Kelly. It was classy. I was scared shitless, not gonna lie. It was my first REAL experience with something like that, and I am NOT a nature person...
The first, and obviously better, moment was as I was walking from my car to Le Mans tonight. Every once in a while I have a moment like this. I get into this weird content state when I just KNOW I've made the right choice of what to do with my life. And tonight, it couldn't have come at a better time. This whole job search thing is taking a toll on me, and making me question things I have been so certain of for so long. I needed this moment.
What caused said moment, you might ask? A long day of tech, which included lots of cue writing and lighting work. And being given responsibility. The lighting designer left me, her assistant, with stuff to do while she had an appointment. And I did it. And when we both came back after dinner, she said it was done well. The cue writing thing was big too. I haven't done much SMing recently, and I miss it (despite it's cons). And I'm not SMing Schoolhouse Rock Live! per se, but there is no SM so I have to lay all the cues out in a book, and keep the spot light op on her mark. So that is a nice SM fix until the opera hits. Call me crazy, but I love it. This is one of the few things that makes me feel like I'm doing purposeful work.
Also, I may or may not have worn out my DVD player. Usually I say may or may not and I mean that I did something I shouldn't or didn't do something that I should. In this case, I'm not quite sure. I'll be sure to keep you posted. But it really pisses me off, cuz I haven't had this one a year yet. Yeah, I use it a LOT, but it's a NICE one. Portable. Plays iPod videos and off of a memory card. Yeah. Pissed. Any advice for getting a DVD player to work again?
The third (and least important) was when I was in the elevator headed back up to my room after a day full of tech at the Civic and it smelled like sweaty beer. Gross.
The second was at the Civic tonight. Greta and I were writing cues after rehearsal was over. More like working on cue notes and what not. I was sitting at the board fixing some programming, and she was leaning back in a seat in the house and announced that there was a bat in the theatre. Which, apparently, is a sign of good luck for a show. The Civic is in a converted Masonic Temple building, so its creepy. But the best part of this moment was that I felt like I was in an episode of the Office. You know which one I mean. The one with the bat. I'm pretty sure I reacted like a cross between Angela/Pam/Kelly. It was classy. I was scared shitless, not gonna lie. It was my first REAL experience with something like that, and I am NOT a nature person...
The first, and obviously better, moment was as I was walking from my car to Le Mans tonight. Every once in a while I have a moment like this. I get into this weird content state when I just KNOW I've made the right choice of what to do with my life. And tonight, it couldn't have come at a better time. This whole job search thing is taking a toll on me, and making me question things I have been so certain of for so long. I needed this moment.
What caused said moment, you might ask? A long day of tech, which included lots of cue writing and lighting work. And being given responsibility. The lighting designer left me, her assistant, with stuff to do while she had an appointment. And I did it. And when we both came back after dinner, she said it was done well. The cue writing thing was big too. I haven't done much SMing recently, and I miss it (despite it's cons). And I'm not SMing Schoolhouse Rock Live! per se, but there is no SM so I have to lay all the cues out in a book, and keep the spot light op on her mark. So that is a nice SM fix until the opera hits. Call me crazy, but I love it. This is one of the few things that makes me feel like I'm doing purposeful work.
Also, I may or may not have worn out my DVD player. Usually I say may or may not and I mean that I did something I shouldn't or didn't do something that I should. In this case, I'm not quite sure. I'll be sure to keep you posted. But it really pisses me off, cuz I haven't had this one a year yet. Yeah, I use it a LOT, but it's a NICE one. Portable. Plays iPod videos and off of a memory card. Yeah. Pissed. Any advice for getting a DVD player to work again?
3.21.2008
found the kid
Just watched August Rush with the fam. While it was totally unrealistic and pretty hokey, it was FANTASTIC. Seriously. Beautiful. Go out and get it.
I have this slight problem of COMPLETELY over analyzing things. Something will happen and I will play parts of it over and over and over it my mind and dissect every aspect of it. Not only is it extremely frustrating, but it makes me really stressed. I wish I didn't do it. I had been getting better at it. Ironically the end of the crap with Smiley made me start getting over a lifetime of overanalysis, however I think this job search/waiting to hear thing is bringing it back out in me. It would be fantastic if I didn't do this. Any advice?
I have this slight problem of COMPLETELY over analyzing things. Something will happen and I will play parts of it over and over and over it my mind and dissect every aspect of it. Not only is it extremely frustrating, but it makes me really stressed. I wish I didn't do it. I had been getting better at it. Ironically the end of the crap with Smiley made me start getting over a lifetime of overanalysis, however I think this job search/waiting to hear thing is bringing it back out in me. It would be fantastic if I didn't do this. Any advice?
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