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guess i should talk about the oscars

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I don’t really like award shows while they’re going on…but I do like the dresses and finding out who the winners are.

And sometimes I like the speeches–but most times, I don’t.

I didn’t watch the Oscars last night all the way through. Frankly, I wanted JUNO to sweep the awards, it should have. Not that the other movies weren’t great, I’m sure they were. But JUNO was just so special and it touched so many people. Even my boys (ages 10 and 14) loved this movie. And that’s saying alot, since there wasn’t one gun or car chase in the movie. For that reason alone, it deserved to win. BIG.

I was thrilled for Diablo Cody. Seriously. You rock the house. What a great script. I wanna be you when I grow up. Anyone who can write a movie that can reach across the generations like JUNO has, deserved those awesome million dollar shoes–and that pretty gold trophy. Rock on sista-girl.

I did get to see Daniel Day Lewis’s speech, and can I just say, I have a major crush on Mr. Humble Pie? I mean, how sexy is he? I’ve always liked him (Last of the Mohicans, anyone?) but his speech last night just really put me over the edge for him. Yum.

I didn’t see any truly unfortunate dresses, which was, unfortunate. Most of the women were glamorous and beautiful. And am I the only one who thought Helen Mirren looked like a million-billion-trillion dollars?

So, while most of the world was watching the Oscars, I was flipping back and forth between the Law and Order marathon on USA and the Oscars. I got to see all the pretty people without having to endure all the boring stuff in between. Except for Jon Stewart–he isn’t boring.

how was your weekend?

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Mine was all good. Saturday, Fishdog and I took the boys to the local microbrewery, Vino’s for pizza (and of course, beer us “adults.”) Then we headed over to the school to watch the 7th and 8th grade girls play basketball. That was a lot of fun.

What was even more fun was watching my son crush hard on this girl. He really likes her. They’re “dating” now. Not that you can really date in 8th grade, but what else can you call it? Anyway, when he looks at her or talks about her, his ears turn red.

Cutest. Thing. Ever.

Saturday night, Fishdog and I took Rader to see the Spiderwick Chronicles. I haven’t read the books, but the movie was very cute. I’m betting the books are loads better. I hated the cheesy way they filmed the ending of the movie. I’m sure that in the books it was less melodramatic and super cheesy. It almost ruined a perfectly lovely film for me. Rader enjoyed it.

We would’ve gone to see Jumper, but Ian and his girlfriend went and I didn’t want them to feel like I was watching over them. (though I totally wanted to spy)

Today is a holiday, so the kids are out of school. I’m going to get them out of the house at some point. But until then, I’ve got to get back to work on my new proposal.

Check you later, bitches.

dirty dancing

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I’ve admitted over and over that Dirty Dancing is my favorite movie ever. I know, how low brow of me…whatever. I love that movie. I love the chemistry between Baby and Johnny, I love the dancing, I love the campy dialogue, I love the movie.

Last night, I flipped on the tv as I was going to bed, and low and behold, Baby and Johnny were steaming it up in my favorite scene.

Don’t judge me. Join me.

a rant.

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I apologize in advance for this, but this is a hot topic for me. You can thank Maria for getting me riled up.

There is an email being distributed about The Golden Compass and its anti-religious propaganda. (don’t even get me started on the forwarding of emails. That is NOT what this rant is about, but that is a subject I could go on about for days…) This email warns Christians away from this movie because it will basically brainwash the kids. It’s BAAAAD. It’s against God.

FW: Heads up: The Golden Compass

There will be a new Children’s movie coming out December 7th called “The Golden Compass.” It is written by Phillip Pullman, a proud athiest who belongs to secular humanist societies. He hates C.S. Lewis’s Chronical’s of Narnia and has written a trilogy to show the other side. The movie has been dumbed down to fool kids and thie parents in the hope that they will buy his trilogy where in the end the children kill God and everyone can do as they please. Nicole Kidman stars in the movie so it will most likely be advertised a lot.

First of all, if you’re gonna send out a mass email warning people away, please at least spell check it….

Now, onto the real rant of the day.

Main Entry:
science fiction
Function:
noun
Date:
1851
: fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component

The first thing I’m going to say here is, PEOPLE IT’S FICTION. You do get that, right? Just like Narnia was fiction?

Okay, so Phillip Pullman is an atheist. Good for him, that’s his right. If I’m a Christian and I’m writing vampire books, what does that mean? Nothing. My personal beliefs have zero to do with my fictional writing.

Here’s the thing that gets my goat. These mass emails are being sent around in a panic warning people away from taking their kids to the movie or letting them read the books. Well, whatever happened to having faith in what you teach your kids? Are you that threatened by the possibility that your children might be introduced to a different idea? Do you really have so little faith in the way you’ve taught your child and in your own belief system that they can be that easily swayed by a movie? Seriously?

This is just like the Harry Potter thing. Get over it. Have some faith in what you teach your kids. Give them credit for having a mind of their own and the ability to know what is right for them and what isn’t. If you are that insecure about your own religious choice and how you’ve taught your children, maybe you should do a little spiritual reexamination.

Honestly. It’s a movie. It’s fiction. Quit believing and forwarding the propaganda emails. Let your kids decide for themselves. Talk to them. Don’t “ban” them from something you haven’t even read or seen. And please, for the love of your God, have some faith in your own teachings.

I’ve decided that each time I get one of those emails, I’m replying to all with this message. And I think I’ll put at the bottom, if you are one of th 93% of the people who will delete this message, just remember, you emailed me first. The other 7% who will pass this on will find great success in life because they use the brain God gave them.

dirty bitch

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I’m a dirty bitch right now.

I’ve come back to Oxford to dust and mop for our Open House this weekend and I am filthy.

Who knew there could be so much dust in one house…especially in the blinds? (probably everyone knew but me since I apparently never dust. Hey Mel, if you dusted more, this wouldn’t be a problem!)

So, anyway, that’s not the only thing that makes me dirty…I discovered yesterday that something really is wrong with me.

It’s not a secret that I’m not right in the head. Not long ago, I confessed my lust for Steve from Blue’s Clues. I opened up my heart and let it bleed on my blog. And now I’m about to do it again.

Remember the country boy from Sling Blade? You know, little Lucas Black? Well, I’ve been watching this boy grow up and finding my thoughts turning toward the impure as he became a teenager. Friday Night Lights was a great movie (and a great TV show, too) and Lucas was extremely hot. But too young for me to call hot, so I just ignored the naughtiness that meandered inside me. But then last night, I finally watched The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Oh how my naughty river flowed once again.

Thank God he’s 25 years old now. At least I’m not as dirty as I first thought. Which I think is a good thing…

no spoilers here…

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This is a Harry Potter weekend.

I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Friday and am impatiently waiting for Fishdog to finish reading so we can discuss. If you’ve read the book, please don’t post spoilers in the comments because then I’ll be forced to edit/delete/moderate and frankly that’s just too much damn work. If you do force me into that position, I shall curse you with a pox. And trust me, after reading Deathly Hallows, I can soooooo curse you. Okay, that’s a spoiler, but it’s the only one…

So while I’m waiting for Fishdog to finish reading I’m going to go to the noon showing of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This is the first time I haven’t seen a HP movie on opening day. But this year, I was otherwise engaged when HP opened. Fishdog took the kids while I was in Dallas. He was a bad, bad boy. He broke the rules by going to see the movie without me and he was punished…

I’m really looking forward to O of the P because, even though it was my least favorite of the books (could Harry have been any whinier?) I’ve heard it’s the best of the movies. And all the trailers and previews I’ve seen look fantastic. Plus, we meet mean ol’ Dolores Umbridge. What a deliciously awful character!

Actually, I’ll be doing a double feature today because the family is going to join me for the 3:00 showing of The Simpson’s.

Today is gonna rock like a landslide.

what’s going on?

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How was your 4th? Mine was fun, but fairly uneventful. We went to the movies and to a pool party.

I’ve seen two movies this week. Both were fun, action packed summer flicks, but I have to say, Live Free or Die Hard kicked Transformers‘ butt.

*there are some spoilers below…so if you don’t wanna know, go here.

First of all, I’m a huge Die Hard fan so I was skeptical about the fourth movie. Even with the ridiculous stunts (fighter jet anyone?) it was a fun, totally fast paced flick. John McClane is an awesome character and this time he had an awesome geeky side-kick played by Justin Long (you know “Hi, I’m a Mac.”) I’ve always had a wee crush on Justin but now it’s full blown. They worked well together and the dialogue was never stilted. I could (and probably will) go see that movie again in the theater.

Now, Transformers was another movie filled with action. But it also had so many more eye-rolling moments for me than Die Hard. The graphics were absolutely phenomenal and worth seeing the movie for. It also had a great cast. The Whitwicky parents were perfect and so was Sam. Sector 7 (the government agency that didn’t exist) was fun and very Area 51. But for me, the movie ranked a B…maybe even a B-.

First of all, there was this ridiculous comic-relief evil robot that I called the Jar-Jar-Binks-Bot. I wanted to stick a fork in my eye every time that metallic bug came on the screen. And as amazing as the graphics were, there are only so many times you can watch the cars transform. It was phenomenal–the first 6 times. But after that, it got to be a little redundant. Oh, and can anyone tell me why Optimus Prime always transformed from Rig to Robot and landed in the Ninja stance? Totally corny.

The dialogue was sometimes so cheesy it had me craving crackers. Now I’m a huge fan of the cartoon…I loved watching the original Transformers and I loved watching the newer shows when my boys were young. And I know that sometimes the cartoon dialogue is so cheesy and preachy and over the top…But they really didn’t have to go there with the movie. Many eye-rolling moments during some of the big speeches.

This movie coulda been an A if they would’ve cut it by about 30 mins. They could’ve easily done that. Hell, they coulda just cut 10 mins from one of the last fight scenes and I would’ve been happy.

Oh, and if there had been more Josh Duhamel, then it would’ve been an A+.

You guys see any movies this summer that you’ve loved, hated or could care less about?