Category: Movies

So what did we do the last day of 2003? The usual …

Saw a movie – Paycheck. Joe didn’t like it as much as I did. Not that I thought it was fantastic, but it wasn’t too bad either.

Oh I almost forgot the best part! There were only three people, no exaggeration, in the theater besides us and one guy continuously made sniffing noises … like when your nose is running and you don’t have kleenex so you keep sucking it up. Yep … every 30 seconds for the ENTIRE movie. I wanted to kill him.

Afterwards we did some shopping at Target. We’ve been spending money like water lately … or at least it feels that way. Joe got Socom II for the PS2 and I picked up some more discounted Christmas items. Then we had lunch at Pompei because I love their bruschetta. After lunch we stopped at Hallmark and I picked up a cute tart warmer at 50% off and an American Girls tin for Joe’s daughter since she loves them.

Came home for awhile and made the mistake of going to Jewel. The place was completely packed with last minute shoppers, so we left without any yummy mint chocolate chip ice cream. We ended up getting frappachinos (yes, I realize it’s Winter) at Starbucks and came home. The rest of the evening has been spent reading blogs, watching tv, and just hanging out.

I am so hungry right now! Time for some shrimp and chinese food. Heehee!

Ever notice how in Adam Sandler’s films the character he plays is always motherless? Either she is dead, or isn’t mentioned at all. It makes me wonder if he grew up without a mother, or has issues with his mother. Think about all the movies he’s in and how the only parental figure in his life is a father or grandmother, and it makes you wonder …

Why is it that candles have a stronger scent when they aren’t burning? I’ve got a Christmas Cookie candle burning and can’t smell it. But I have an unopened Cinnamon candle that I can’t stop smelling. It’s so odd. Also, I can smell the Christmas Cookie the further away I get from the candle. I can barely smell it if I’m close to it.
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After that terrible “suspense” film, Wrong Turn, the other night, I didn’t want to take my chances seeing another suspense film. So instead of Gothika, we saw Bad Santa yesterday. I thought it was funny. Apparently three people did not as they left near the middle of the movie. I’m not sure what they were expecting … you could tell from the previews it was crude with lots of swearing. Plus I don’t care how bad a movie is, I’m sitting through the whole thing because I paid for my ticket. I sat through that god awful three hour disaster called Eyes Wide Shut, so everything else is good in comparison anyway. Of course, that was one movie where I was extremely tempted to walk out.

The thing I don’t get about going to the movies though is how people find it acceptable to eat an insane amount of food. We saw this couple who each had a large Coke, large popcorn, and order of nachos. Then the guy left and came back with pretzels. Oh I’m sorry, was the 1000+ grams of fat not enough for you? I feel disgusting if I just share a popcorn with Joe and we don’t even get to the bottom. And people wonder why we’re obese as a country. And please, it was an hour and a half movie, not 12 hours. You don’t need a week’s worth of fat to get you through it! Ick. I’m just glad they were halfway across the theatre because I’m tired of hearing people smack on their artery-clogging snacks. It grosses me out to listen to people eat.

We had a busy, but enjoyable weekend. Around 4:00 pm on a Sunday it almost feels like it’s over already. That’s why I call it the “bad time”. Good thing we only have three days of work this week! We took next Monday off too, so we’ve got five days off in a row. Sweeet!

Anyway, yesterday we spent two hours at the bank because I had my old 401k rolled over into an IRA Money Market account. Afterwards we did some shopping at Walmart for some Christmas decorations and Target for a lunchbag as mine ripped and leaked all over last week, then came home to take apart my car. We also rented Dumb and Dumberer which was ok. I rented a SpongeBob game for the PS1 which wasn’t any good. We both ended up crashing not long after SNL came on.

This morning we put my car back together and so far it’s running smoothly. We went to a matinee showing of Elf which I really enjoyed. I love Will Ferrell. He’s one of the few actors who could pull that movie off, I think. After the movie we went to Target again so Joe could get the Playstation 2. We got the package that comes with a network adapter and game and also picked up an extra controller, a memory card, and the Spyro game that was on sale for only $10. I got some snowman decorations that I’m itching to put up – a matching welcome mat, hand towels, and a tablecloth. I can’t wait until Thanksgiving is over so I can put up my Christmas decorations and change the bathroom decor back to something more winter-like.

Joe hooked up the PS2 while I did a massive cleaning on the bathroom (it really needed a thorough cleaning (read: it took over an hour)). He was playing Socom which looks really cool. We also tried Simpsons Road Rage and Spyro. I really love the graphics with this system. I was reading some negative reviews regarding the quality of graphics for the PS2, but I think those people are just never satisfied. Of course, I’m coming from the PS1, so anything is going to look fantastic in comparison. Hopefully my car won’t give me anymore problems since we dropped $300 at Target today. *Crosses fingers*

We’ve got our tickets to The Matrix, do you? Ok, so we’re not as cool as you die-hards that no doubt already saw the movie. Hey, who needs to go to work? Well I do …

We got tickets for Sunday. But the exciting part is that we decided to splurge a little and buy tickets to the IMAX showing of the movie. I am so pysched! I love the IMAX! This movie better kick ass. I purchased the tickets online which was pretty cool, except they only accept Visa and Mastercard, so I had to dig out my rarely used AT&T Universal Card.

Speaking of credit cards … remember how I wrote about getting the American Express Blue Cash card? Well I think my crush on them has worn off. I don’t have a really good reason, but I just don’t like American Express. I think it’s their horribly annoying customer service system. I have to navigate through endless menus to reach a person, unlike Discover. Plus, I asked them to change my due date and they said it would go into effect for the next billing cycle, which is what I’m in right now, and it didn’t. To add to that, they only gave me two weeks from the closing date to pay them! Screw them, I’m going back to using Discover as my main card. I missed them. I’m sorry for cheating on you, Discover. I hope you will forgive me.