I think this is So You!

Don't you hate it when people say that and then show you something that you would never be caught dead wearing/eating/doing/ect. ? Especially when said person is supposed to know you well, i.e. your mother. And sometimes it's something that would have suited you much better 5 years ago. Which just makes the whole situation more sad because either you haven't kept in good enough contact with your friend over the years, or your mother/family member hasn't noticed the changes in you over the past few years. Either scenario isn't pleasant. And then it puts you in such an awkward situation, at least if your me and not at all forthright on your emotional responses or opinions on things. Do you smile and just say "thanks", and then bury (either metaphorically or literally) whatever they give you? Or do you find some polite way to say, "sorry, that's so not me"? Oh the lose-lose situations we get ourselves into. Because who wants to turn away a gift? Especially when it's not for a special occasion. How often do those come around? And the person was thinking of you, you don't want to discourage that kind of behavior.

Anyway, these are the life dilemmas I think about. And this hasn't even happened to me in awhile.

I might have changed my mind

But hey, it's a woman's prerogative, right?

It's about the movie about my life, specifically the starring role and the casting thereof. While Joan Cusack is a good choice, and has beaten out the likes of Gweneth Paltrow, and Cate Blanchet both of whom would do a very good job, I think. But my new contender for Joan's job is Uma Thurman. Not only is she very like me physically, besides the blond hair (she's even my height) but she's done some quirky stuff. And she can do the Tara dance quite accurately. That's impressive. So I haven't made up my mind to change yet, but I could . . .

New Picture

There is now a new picture of me on my profile. . . . Okay, so it's not really me, but it's Joan Cusack who would play me in a movie about myself, so it's pretty much me.

P.S. That's a really good question to ask people, and to know yourself - "who would play you in a movie about yourself"

P.P.S. I'm still fielding awesome 80's favorites. Hint Hint. Any comment section will do.

80's Poll

So, I put together this awesome best-of 80's CD for my wedding, and now I'm ready to put together part 2, and I'm interested to know what all 5 of you readers think the best 80's songs are. I'll tell you what's on part 1 so I won't have to get tons of duplicates.

Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles --- (Sadly, I found out this song shouldn't really qualify since it came out in 1979 *sniff* so sad.)
Sweet Dreams - The Eurithmics
Take On Me - A-Ha
Material Girl - Madonna
Rosanna - Toto
Africa - Toto
Down Under - Men at Work
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
500 Miles - The Proclamers
Friday I'm in Love - The Cure
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes

There's probably one more, but I can't remember. Anyway, which 80's songs are your favorite?

My nemesis

My nemesis is American Fork. Maybe not the whole city, but definitely the court house. It's one of the big reasons why I have decided I can never live in Utah County. Every time I have to file something there for work, no matter what time I leave, I can barely make it down there by 5. In fact, sometimes I don't make it down in time at all, the court house taunts me as I show up at 5:05 and the doors are locked, and the night guards talk to me like I'm stupid when I ask about an after-hours drop box . . . Grrr. In fact, one time, I had to drive down to American Fork three days in a row because that's how long it takes to file ONE DOCUMENT.

Ask me to go to Provo, fine, no problem. I'll get there and back in no time at all, but mention American Fork and six people will get in major accidents in the freeway and the rest of the valley will decide to leave work early and cause the biggest traffic jam ever conceived by a perfectly malicious city court building. This building is clearly evil, and out to get me. And yet, there's no real way to avoid it. Don't worry, somehow I will stop the insanity.

New Addition to the bad movie list

As I forewarned, due to more experience and contemplation, I have an adjustment to the top 10 worst movies list--a new addition, if you will. The movie: Night of the Comet.

Now I know most of you have probably never heard of this movie, so before I rant, a history lesson. First, my history with this film. I heard about this movie from my morning radio show. They were talking about a Maxim top 10 best worst films ever. They agreed with the films on the list and were composing their own, but every caller that called in to help with this mentioned a different good bad movie. One of the ones mentioned was Night of the Comet. This means that before I saw this film I knew it would be bad. I just thought it'd be a better bad movie than it was. Second, some history of the film itself. It was made in 1984 (so was I!), and as we all know, some 80's movies age better than others. This one acutally didn't do so bad in that field. Not too many out of date jokes and the clothing's coming back in, I hear (which is just gross if you ask me). It was also the second PG-13 movie ever. (The first is Red Dawn, another bad one I hear.)Yes, they created the category just for bad films, it would seem. (Actually Steven Spielberg pushed for it because of the violence of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Gremlins.) So log that one away in case you're ever on Jeopardy. And now for the rant:

This film is bad. Really bad. As in, if I hadn't have been watching it with someone else, I would have either fallen asleep, which I never do while watching a movie unless I put the movie in expressly to do so, or turned it off, which I also rarely do. The main reason--other than the irrational fear and unexplainable science behind a comet vaporizing people--is the complete and utter lack of plot. It wants to have a plot, it even tries to twist the fragments of a storyline in the hopes of masking the lack of plot or creating a plot to twist (note: it is much better to create a plot before twisting it, as opposed to during or after). Several times during this movie random things happen that are completely unexplained, like why are there zombies in the mall, and why are they teenage boys? But as a redeeming quality, you do get to see two valley girls kick butt. And for those of you who are going to run out to Hollywood Video to see this film-and I know there will be some of you-if any of you are Trekkies, look for Chakotay from Star Trek Voyager.

This film is the new #9 on my list, ousting Fear Dot Com-which I don't really remember much anyway, but let's face it, is so bad that I'm not planning on remedying that. It's number 9 because unlike so many films on this list, it isn't really trying to be good and failing miserably, it just is what it is and doesn't take itself too seriously. In fact, for some of you, this movie could be deliciously bad, one that you can watch over and over again when you just need that bad movie fix, and we all do sometimes. So for those of you who don't like to click on links, the new list looks like this:

#1-Just a Walk in the Park
#2-I Love Trouble
#3-Star Wars II: Revenge of the Sith
#4-Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
#5-Autumn in New York
#6-Election
#7-The remake of The Music Man
#8-The Home Teachers
#9-Night of the Comet
#10-America's Sweethearts

As always, this list is subject to change with notice at any time.

TGIF

I know it's not Friday, but I had such a good Friday that I didn't have time to post this then.

I was really grateful for Friday this last week. Mostly because it came after 2 Wednesdays in a row. I know, the injustice of the world. And say what you will about Mondays, and they are bad, but Wednesdays are the worst day of the week, hands down. Not only do they have the I-don't-want-to-be-here feeling of Mondays and the this-should-really-be-a-weekend jive, but the reality of the fact that there are two whole days before you reach a weekend, and that you only have those two days to get done everything in the works for the week. It is on Wednesday that those Procrastination Bug bites really start to sting.

So the fact that I had two Wednesdays and a very real Monday last week made Friday pretty much the best day ever--although there was one damper . . . 2 pm traffic. 2PM traffic! People, what are you all doing driving at 2Pm on a Friday?! I hope you were all going home early. And as much as I hate traffic (and I do, it's the bane of my existance), even that was barely a damper on my day.