Yesterday marked Miranda's first month as a whole, if tiny, human person. Our sleep schedule is still a bit of a disaster, and we've had to blow off a few plans, but on the whole, things seem to be going well. Ray has been on leave from work for the past two weeks, which has been wonderful -- not only because a second set of hands has made things ( Read more... )

I had a fantastic weekend. Friday night we stayed in, took it easy. I made a couple of recipes from my new Rick Bayless cookbook, drank some micheladas, and watched one of my favorite movies, The Departed ( Read more... )

One of the best books I read last year was The Secret Life of BeesI just saw an ad for a movie version of it, and at first, I was horrified. It's starring Dakota Fanning. I don't know if anything good could star Dakota Fanning, but it seems pretty unlikely. Even if it starts with great material. Then I noted the rest of the cast: Queen Latifah ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!

I got this from tiaralynn. It looked like fun...

1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.

(1) Come on at me, if you want, Hash-head. I've got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up against the lot of you. Brick -- Go Kevin!(2) Hey, you created me. I ( Read more... )

My vacation starts tomorrow night, and I CAN NOT WAIT. One of my biggest complaints about being a grown up and having a real job and all that is this: You can't just go on vacation. The amount of work you have to do before you can go on vacation so that, when you get back, you still have a job, makes the vacation a necessity just to recover ( Read more... )

Ray and I went out on Saturday night to catch a movie. Because we both loved Juno so much the first time we saw it, and because it was playing at the Big Picture, where we'd both been eager check out, we headed down to Belltown. By the time we found a parking spot and walked to the theater, the last showing of Juno was sold out! And so, since we ( Read more... )

It was a wonderful weekend ( Read more... )

Last night I went to a phenomenal concert at a phenomenal venue. If you live in or plan to visit Seattle, find a reason to go to The Triple Door. It's an old theater that they've turned into a very classy dinner and music venue. There are tiers of tables and one-sided booths where you can sit and watch a concert while eating a five star meal and ( Read more... )

I finally went and saw the Superman movie on Monday. My impression was pretty good. It was probably about as good as a Superman movie could be, but Superman is just such a boring character. I would have given the movie a 3 out of 5, except for one thing ( Read more... )