Who is Your Ideal TV Boyfriend?
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Woo hoo! He’s my new boyfriend!
What? You say I’m married?? Well after Tate’s insistence on being the LOUDEST man ever and waking up Ella at 1 AM and again at 5:30 AM, he is on THE LIST. Oh you KNOW what list I’m talking about.
I think Jim will be a great and QUIET boyfriend.
(Thanks to Puntabulous for giving me the idea to take this fun quiz…now YOU go take it and tell me who your TV boyfriend is!)
Wha? Uh. Where did that come from???? That’s not mine! Nooooo.
Boy bands? Ugh. I don’t even like boys bands.
*nervous laughter*
Oh my goodness! Another one???!!! Why I never!
*nervous laughter*
Just shut up okay. Like you don’t have three Backstreet Boys CD’s.
Uh, hi! Me, again, talking about movies! Playgroups are No Place for Children where it’s all movies all the time!
It’s not a blog. It’s HBO.
So I made the huge mistake of showing Carson The Polar Express this weekend and we therefore ended up watching it 37.5 times as a result. (In all actuality it was only four times, but who’s counting? Oh wait. I’m counting.) “Watch black steam engine? Watch black steam engine? Watch black steam engine?” Shoot me.
In our discussion the other day of Christmas movies, I noticed that none of you mentioned The Polar Express. I suspect that this is because it is a creepy-ass movie. Am I right? While I do think it’s a cute story, there are a lot of things about the movie that are just….ick. Let’s analyze, shall we? I’ve compiled my thoughts in handy outline form for easy studying.
I. The animation
A. The character’s teeth.
1. Bluish (Does anyone have naturally bluish teeth or am I missing something?)
2. At one point the little girl’s teeth look as if they aren’t even a part of her mouth, like they’re dentures.
B. The character’s awkward movements
1. They look really scary
II. The old-timey Christmas music
A. Sounds like something out of a horror flick, not something suitable for a kids movie
B. The part where the kid finally hears the bell, a demonic version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town is playing.
III. The weird hobo guy on the top of the train
A. What the f*ck?
B. Who was he and why the hell did this character even exist?
IV. The conductor
A. He’s sort of mean and intimidating.
B. Luckily softens and becomes slightly more likeable as the movie goes on.
V. The train ride
A. Like a roller coaster
B. Only not fun AT ALL.
VI. The elves
A. One of them looks like Steven Tyler from Aerosmith.
1. This is not at all how I picture elves.
B. They have creepy voices and seem shady
1. One of them says, “Trust me,” and all I can think is that this elf’s name must be Chester Molester.
Feel free to use my notes.
Pop quiz this week.
Okay, so I’m pretty sure I’ve completed my transition over here to my new digs. Thanks to Sara and Sam, I was able to figure out plugins and get my header centered (centred for all you Canadian readers, thanks Teri!) in all browsers. If my header is still on the left, try refreshing your browser.
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Also, if you are a subscriber, let me know if my new address didn’t update for you. I tried to fix it so that you didn’t have to re-subscribe.
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I was shocked by the number of you who mentioned how quickly this new site loaded. My old site loaded just fine on my computer so I was unaware that this problem was rampant. Only tommiehad let me know that she had trouble accessing my site. The rest of you never told me! How can we have a relationship if you’re not honest with me and tell me your troubles??!! Please tell me if you ever have trouble again. I’m trying to keep my sidebars a little less “junky” so that should help.
Thanks for sticking with me, even when my site was loading slowly for you.
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So now that I’m all moved, would you all mind updating your blogrolls? I know it’s a huge pain in the arse, but when I see my technorati rank is 0, I get hives.
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One of the reasons I wanted to switch to Wordpress was so that I could respond to all of your comments. Apparently I didn’t think this through sufficiently, as I didn’t realize the amount of time it would take to respond to EVERY. SINGLE. COMMENT. Oy. I’ve only made it through about half of the comments on my last post. Soooooo, I’ll respond as I can, but it won’t be to EVERY. SINGLE. COMMENT.
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What’s that saying about beating a dead horse? Anyway, I guess I’m going to have to break down and watch The Sound of Music and Braveheart. You all have made me feel like I’m missing something. I hate the thought that I’m somehow out of the loop. Also, I couldn’t believe the number of you who said you hated/despised/loathed It’s a Wonderful Life! Wow. Just wow. It’s one of my favorite Christmas movies, “every time a bell rings an angel gets it’s wings!” Ahhh.
So here’s the pressing question of the day, What is your favorite Christmas movie? Mine is not technically a Christmas movie, I suppose, but it’s set at Christmas time…Love Actually. Not only is this my favorite “Christmas” movie, it’s my favorite movie of all time and eternity. If you don’t like this movie, I think we should reconsider our friendship. Just kidding. Sort of. Not really.
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I promise that one of these days I’ll be back to posting with real content. Not just movie discussions. Thanks for playing along, though.
Welcome! So glad you found your way here! Have a seat, make yourself comfy.
Hey you! Don’t put your drink down in my sidebars! You’ll leave a ring.
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I read this post by kellyo75 last week and she admitted to having never seen Say Anything.
I’ll pause for a moment while you regain your composure. Breathe deeply. Deeeeeply. In. And out. In. And out. Atta girl. I’m not certain how that’s possible either to not have seen Say Anything.
Feeling better now? Good.
While I can’t imagine life not knowing the quirkiness that is Lloyd Dobler, I can appreciate that not all people have seen the movies that I find to be quite enjoyable. With that said, I hope that I won’t cause more hyperventilation when I confess that I’ve never seen The Sound of Music. Really. In fact, I have very little desire to see it. I’m just not that into musicals.
“The hills are alive with the sound of music….” blah, blah, blah.
Also, I’ve never seen Braveheart. You know, the bloody painted faces and Mel Gibson flick. I assume that this won’t cause you to lose sleep, but I just thought I’d mention it since my husband finds it unbelievable that this is a movie I’ve never seen.
Thinking about these movies I haven’t seen made me start reflecting on overrated movies. *stares inquisitively while tapping chin with index finger* Here is my pick for the most overrated movie ever…and the award goes to….
There’s Something About Mary.
*uses index finger to fake gagging*
“There’s something about paying hard earned money to sit and watch that turd of a movie” is more like it.
*more gagging*
I remember sitting in the theatre, after having heard that it was THE FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER!, and thinking to myself that I wanted to leave or gouge my eyes out. But since I’d paid, I stayed (and left my eyes alone), hoping against hope that the movie would improve. It didn’t.
I feel the same way about those Meet the Parents movie.
*barforama*
I guess I’m just not that into Ben Stiller.
So let’s get to the discussion, what movies haven’t you seen that everyone else in the entire world (including Lichtenstein) has seen? OR!!! Even better…what movies have you seen and wish that you hadn’t? (I hear Knocked Up is as good as There’s Something About Mary…anyone? Anyone??)
Discuss.
I really enjoyed reading all of your comments in relation to my post about my name being Jen/Jenny/Jennifer. Apparently name posts were big while I was gone. Swistle and Shelly Overlook had a really fun posts about names also. Swistle’s post was about regretting the name you chose for your child. I commented that I LOVE my children’s names and do not have any regrets for the names Tate and I chose. Shelly Overlook wrote about whether or not you like your own name and if not, would you change it. I jokingly commented that if I weren’t Jen/Jenny/Jennifer, I wouldn’t mind being called Trixie LaRue.
All of these posts got me thinking about what my name would have been had I been a boy. I’m pretty sure I would have been Shawn Scott. Blech. Not the greatest combination of names in my opinion. I like the names individually, but not paired together. Also, I prefer Shawn to be spelled S-E-A-N. My brother, had he been a girl, would have been Elizabeth Lane, Beth for short. I think it’s interesting that my parents didn’t keep the name Shawn Scott and bestow it upon my brother. Of course, when Ella was born, I didn’t keep the girl name we’d chosen if Carson would have been a girl (Emeline Siobhan).
What would your name have been had you been the other gender? What names would your children have been had they been the other gender? Did you use the other name chosen for your first child when your second (or third, fourth….) was born?
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By the way this is my 301st post and sometime in November was my one year blogiversary. It’s hard to say the exact date since I deleted lots of my original posts and pre-dated others.
I appreciate all of you out there in BlogLand and credit you with helping me feel like “me” again.
I guess Google Reader can’t count past 1000. For the first time since last the Friday before Thanksgiving, I checked Google Reader to find 1000+ unread items.
In between laundry, house cleaning, going through a weeks worth of emails, and deprogramming my children’s new found belief that there is always someone available to play with them, I’ll do my best to read a few blogs and attempt to catch up.
In the event that in the past week you’ve written an unbelievable, earth-shattering post that you are certain I can’t live without reading, leave me the link in the comments so it doesn’t feel the wrath of the “Mark all as read” button.
Thank you and good day.
