The Proposal

Yeah I saw it. What?

It was cute. As with most romantic comedies, it was utterly predictable, but I think that's why I go see those movies. I want something sweet that I don't have to think too hard about. And this one did the trick. I could complain that they didn't develop the romance enough, and they didn't develop the storyline with the ex-girlfriend enough, and they tried to take it too far with a couple silly scenes. But I won't complain. It is what it is. Although, it was a wee bit long (and I mean wee literally, as I had to, really badly, the last 20 minutes of the movie!) Oh, but the scenery - gorgeous!! I think it was filmed in Massachusetts. I want to go to there.

What was even more interesting than this movie was the fact that outside, there were hundreds of people lined up to watch the new Harry Potter premiere 10 hours before it opened!

Summer Vacation

Since I'm not technically employed, I don't get vacations. I don't NEED one, obviously. But when husband is on vacation, I feel like I am too! He finished up his last day of work on Friday and has 3 weeks off before starting the next show. I'm giddy as a schoolgirl to have him home for a little while. When he took 2 months off last summer, we were nervous to spend that much time together. I mean, what couple sits in their office together for two months straight? But we had an awesome time. So now I'm really looking forward to the next few weeks. In fact, the fun has already begun.

Friday night was a cousin's birthday party and the evening outdoor weather was beautiful. In P. Diddy fashion, it was a White Party, and even though I didn't know a lot of people, I took the opportunity to make the rounds and take pictures. On Saturday, we went to Venice. I wanted to do one of my photo walks and hubs agreed to go with. It was a great day. Too much traffic getting out there and back, but we both had fun seeing the area. We also grabbed dinner at the new Don Cuco's with our buddies and finished up the night at a going-away party for one of his co-workers. On Sunday, we attended a pool party at a friend's house and that was a blast. It was 95 degrees and being in the pool was probably the only way I could have tolerated being outside. It was just perfect. We took in a movie (see review below) and had In-N-Out for dinner.

A waterproof camera - gotta get myself one of these!!

I think I'm addicted to summer.

Brüno

REALLY?! Really. I don't know what to say about this movie. I'll start with "It wasn't good." Let me explain...

I'm totally the type of girl that can handle a raunchy movie. In fact, I love it when it's done right. (And I'm not talking about American Pie.) Even though Borat was extreme, I really liked that movie. And I'm a total fan of the Ali G. Show. That show was so funny because he shined a light on the types of people in America that are less accepting of those around us - by acting like a naive, ignorant fool. It was clever and evoked laughter. I usually think Sacha Baron Cohen is hilarious. And the Brüno character - well he was over the top, and I liked that. But honestly, this movie went to far.

The raunch wasn't for laughs, it was for shock value. It wasn't done in a funny way. It was like they didn't think about it, they just wanted to push the envelope as far as they could. That doesn't work for me. It sounds silly, but I want a little thought put into my dirty jokes! So this one left me really, really disappointed. I think I had a good laugh at 2 or 3 scenes (there were some REALLY FUNNY bits), but for 1/2 of the movie I had my eyes covered (and the shock overshadowed the funny). It made me really uncomfortable, and maybe that's what they were trying to accomplish with this movie? Even my husband (who is the king of dirty jokes) said he felt like a prude after watching it because it made him so uneasy too. So all in all, I'll just say this one is not for the faint of heart. If you plan on watching it, know what you're getting yourself into. I can't believe it was rated R and not NC-17.

And maybe the thing that bothered me the most was that it got resounding applause at the end of the movie. Is that what we've come to? If so, we need to raise our comedy standards quickly.

Year One

OK, so it wasn't the best movie of the year, but it had it's moments. I went in with really low expectations because of what I had heard on the streets. It wasn't that bad! Michael Cera has definitely mastered that awkward teenager thing. And Jack Black has definitely mastered the loud, boisterous comedian thing. This movie was no exception - the two played their usual tricks and it gave me a good chuckle here and there. I am still a fan of both these guys. And as with any good comedy these days, it had a few nice cameos as well.

I wasn't dying over it, but I found it fairly entertaining.

Coo-Coo For Nephew...

It's kind of hilarious the things I find myself doing when my nephew is here. Jumping up and down a lot, talking into fans like Darth Vader, dancing shamelessly in public, chasing cat toys, making a LOT of silly faces, singing Spongebob at the top of my lungs... I'll basically do anything for a laugh. I'm fairly certain I will one day be the most embarrassing mom on the planet.

But for now I am the most fun and crazy Aunt he will ever have. And I love every second of it.

My sister decided to take a spontaneous trip out here for the holiday weekend and we had so much fun! I'm so glad she got the wild hair and drove all the way here to spend a couple days with us. We watched movies and went to Downtown L.A. and had a BBQ with our friends and went to the beach and watched fireworks from the street. Its about as good of a 4th of July as it gets!