Girl's Guide to Movies

I see a lot of movies with Peter. So I decided I'm going to start a new "segment" if you will on the blog. The first movie I'm going to review is one I saw last Sunday, "The Watchmen." I didn't have big expectations going into this movie. I usually enjoy the superhero movies (i.e. Spiderman, Iron Man, Dark Knight) so I thought I'd feel similar about The Watchmen. Peter gave me a quick re-cap that it's basically about real people that are act as superhero's. Other than the big naked blue guy (that's what I'll call him) none of them had any real super powers other than being good at fighting. The first scene is a musical montage introducing you to the Watchmen through the years was pretty awesome, I really enjoyed this part. The next 2 hours of the film, I did not enjoy quite as much. The love story between Ms. Jupiter and the big naked blue guy was awkward. And I mean, c'mon, does he really have to be naked? I never really understood who killed who and why. There was so much gore, parts that I wouldn't even want to type because thinking of it makes me queasy! Peter tells me this is a graphic novel so it's supposed to be kind of ridiculous, but it was too much! This was definitely my least favorite super hero movie of them all and doesn't compare to the ones I mentioned before.

Girl's Grade: D
Boy's Grade (courtesy of Peter): B-

Ellen Show Re-Cap

Ok, first things first.. I am a terrible, lazy, boring blogger right now! Here is my long-awaited re-cap of the Ellen show. Second thing.. Ellen is awesome! I can't wait to go back and see her again next season. Thanks to my friend MJ, who works for Ellen, we got VIP tickets to the show. We weren't sure what that meant but basically, we got priority seating, we were one of the first one's on set, and I don't know if this is one of the normal things VIP's get but we were on camera a lot! You can see me at least four times on the episode. There was a lot of dancing, yelling, and clapping.. by the end of the episode I was tired! The guests weren't all that great, I wish I would have known more about Carol Burnett, but I didn't know anything about her or her show (sorry!) Taylor Hicks sang his new song, and we saw a special taping of Anderson Cooper, I'm not sure when that one will air. We received a few gifts from Ellen; the "Rachel Getting Married" DVD and Taylor Hick's new CD. All in all, I had a great time at the Ellen show!

Oh yea, and if you've been wondering. I didn't win the trip to Hawaii. Bummer.

Ellen

I am going here today. The show will air tomorrow so make sure to set your DVR's! I am determined to win a trip to Hawaii so cross your fingers. I will post a full re-cap soon and you can feel like YOU went to Ellen too. Sadly, no cameras are allowed in the theater so no live pictures. Watch me on Wednesday!

Gettyin'

Saturday afternoon we visited the most beautiful place I've visited so far in Los Angeles, The Getty Museum. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but my friend Holland planned a picnic so Peter and I joined the group. (Which actually turned out to be quite a few people, so fun!) We parked in a parking structure and were then ushered to a line (much like at an amusement park) to wait for a tram. After waiting a few minutes we boarded the tram which took us to the top of a mountain and we were there. The view, oh my goodness, the view.

It. Is. Incredible.

You can see all the way to the snow capped mountains in the east, to downtown LA, Beverly Hills, all the way to the ocean! Not to mention, the weather on this particular Saturday was a clear, sunny, perfect, 75 degree February day. (Oh how I love you SoCal..) We enjoyed lunch, relaxing on a hill in the sun, climbing to the top of the museum to take in the view, and exploring famous paintings. As you can tell, I loved the Getty and I can't wait to go again!


My friend Parker took the photo below of the whole group that went to the Getty! (I'm not sure why I look so prego in this photo, don't worry.. I'm not!)

We Weren't Crazy

I'm not a huge fan of country music, but I do enjoy it sometimes! I heard this song yesterday (Thanks Alex!) and I had to share it with you. I love music and I always find myself reading lyrics and getting all sentimental and sappy but I swear, this song is written for me!

"We Weren't Crazy" - Josh Gracin (a former American Idol woo hoo!)

We headed out to California
everybody tried to warn us
said we wouldn’t make it any further
than that worn out Chevy would

we broke down a time or two
thought “maybe we didn’t think it through”
we were all we had to turn to
when it wasn’t lookin’ good

we’re lookin’ back laughin’
‘cause they called us crazy

we were young, we were wild, we were restless
had to go, had to fly - had to get away
took a chance on that feelin’ - baby
we were lovin’ blind - borderline reckless
we were livin’ for the minute we were spinnin’ in
maybe we were a lot of things
but we weren't crazy

911

We had a pretty crazy Friday night (Peter's birthday party) then Saturday we spent the entire day at the Getty Museum (more on that later) so Saturday night we were pretty spent and decided to stay in and have a few friends over for a cook-out. We have a brand new charcoal grill (thanks Matt & Jake!) that the boys went out to light. The boys congregated outside while Karla and I chatted on the couch. A few minutes went by when we heard a.. BAM! CRASH! Then some nervous laughter coming from all the boys. Karla and I weren't sure what happened so we ventured out to the back porch where I found my husband had been scorched by the fire.

Apparently, he opened the grill and at that time came shooting out onto Peter's hair, face, and right arm! He was pretty shaken up about it, and luckily not badly burned. After I realized that he was okay we all got a good laugh about Peter being burned by the grill. I don't know if he'll be cooking out any time too soon.

He's probably going to be pretty embarrassed that I shared this story, so I'll apologize in advance.. sorry!

I'm Baaaaack

My readers (read: my mom) has been complaining about my lack of blog posts. I just wanted to post that I'm alive and well and I will blog again tomorrow. I think I have a case of the writers block or the posting blah's or something along those lines. So I'll leave you with some thoughts..

1. I'm over the Bachelor drama.

2. I love American Idol this season and I'm excited to know who the top 12 are THIS week!

3. On that note, I really want to figure out where they all (read:Kris Allen) hang out and find it!

4. Our good friends Nick & Shannon are coming this weekend and I'm very excited.

5. We went to The Getty Museum on Saturday and it was amazing

6. Saturday night Peter caught on fire (don't worry, he's okay, it's a great story though!)

More on these topics later this week. (Sorry Mom!)