After much anticipation (not to mention juggling our schedules to accommodate a 5:00 show), the Lump and I finally saw Pacific Rim. I went in with very low expectations (need I mention Transformers 2: Revenge of the WHAT IS THIS CRAP?), but emerged pretty dang pleased with it. (I also found myself saying things like, "Did you see that robot? Did ( Read more... )

So Dad and I ran a metric ton of errands today, got home, looked at each other, and realized it was Saturday night. The Lump was working and wouldn't need a ride until late. The homestead did not require our attention. We were, to put it kindly, bored.

I said, "Let's go to a movie."

And he agreed. Ideally we would have seen Man of Steel, but I ( Read more... )

Mike had to go out of town, so he asked if I would like to take his place at the Man of Steel pre-screening. (Is the sky blue? Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear defecate in the woods?) But I just couldn't go without the Lump (who was even more excited about MoS than I was), so Mike got me two seats ( Read more... )

After a year of working on a chicken coup, Dad has finally acquired chickens. He and Mom left early this morning and went to a garden sale, bake sale, and Starbucks (my three favorite things, whaaaaat!) before picking up six hens. Well, we hope they're hens. Though they're older than chicks, they still aren't old enough for us to bet our lives on ( Read more... )

Tuesday the 14th: civic band holiday concert, which was awesome in both its cheesiness (the conductor's jokes! The sing-a-longs!) and the fact puddingsworth was there to play clarinet, and that I had dinner with her and her mom, who loved to tell her that she was a complete slob, all while puddingsworth tried pointing out that I was a hundred times worse. Her mom didn't ( Read more... )

Once again, I have skipped many days of posting thanks to a lack of noteworthy events. (Want to talk weather? Lawn mowers? The nature of glitter? Other mundane topics? Let's discuss!)

Sculpture: Our current project required us to pick a partner. I chose a random boy named Chris, because his foam sculpture turned out pretty well (plus he had the ( Read more... )

At last! History of Documentary Film is over! That 6-week-long grueling test in patience has finally ended, and I think (think being the key word, because not only is our teacher computer-illiterate, but insists on using eLearning) my final grade is a B. And you know what? Good riddance. It's not like Dr. K wasn't a nice man, but he wandered so ( Read more... )

Yesterday, as I was heaving a forty pound box of litter into my PetSmart cart, a man looked over at me and said, "You must have more than one cat."

Yes. Yes, I do.

Anyway, baby bro and moi saw Inception Sunday night, and it was everything we hoped for. For those who've already seen the movie, I'm sure we can write a freaking thesis on reality ( Read more... )

Today was the definition of awesome. Mom and I went to a craft show at the Hadji Shrine. I picked up some really neat things!


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On Saturday afternoon, at exactly 12:20, the impossible occurred: Mom went to a movie. She hasn't been to the theater since the first Harry Potter film, but she decided to see Julie and Julia after I posted the preview on her Facebook wall. So we went, bought the tickets, paid ridiculous amounts of money for food, and totally enjoyed ourselves. ( Read more... )