| Wednesday Stuff |
[Oct. 15th, 2009|01:05 am] |
Jenny has a mandatory library "Staff Day" on Friday (her usual day off), so she took today off from the law firm, which worked out well. We both had haircut appointments this morning, and then headed over to The Comic Book Shop to buy some comics. We actually didn't get this week's comics, as we got to the shop before they officially opened and they were still sorting through the new books out today. But we left our subscriptions pile up for almost 2 months, so we had quite the sizable stack waiting for us. Maybe we should get back into the habit of actually picking up our comics each week again.... After some time at The Comic Book Shop, it was off to lunch, and then some much needed grocery shopping. Then back to the apartment so we could meet with the office and sign our new lease. We're locked in for another full year - so we've got 12 months to get some more income coming in and find a better place to live, so we don't have to stay here any more. We eventually got a hold of our friend Jamie, picked him up, grabbed some dinner, and came back here to watch a couple of movies. We saw Meet the Robinsons, which was hilarious and highly recommended; and Illegal, a classic Edward G. Robinson courtroom drama, which was also quite good! |
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| What's Happening... |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|01:53 pm] |
Yesterday was Jenny's father's birthday, and we spent most of the day over in Coeur d'Alene with her parents. We went to see the Surrogates with him - which was a pretty awesome sci-fi flick (based on an equally cool indy comic). Glad we got to see it in the theatre, though I think it could've been a bit longer. Then after the movie the four of us went out for Thai food at the local Thai Bamboo (which was, of course, delicious), and then caught up on a bunch of recorded TV from the past week. A very fun and relaxing day! The library is doing sort of an "employee exchange" program, where they're moving some people to different branches so they can see how things might be run differently and meet other co-workers. So now Jenny is working up at the North Spokane branch once a month. Her first day was this last Thursday, and she really enjoyed it, although it does mean a much longer commute (like 45 minutes instead of 15).
Otherwise things are going OK. Jenny had her year review at the library, which went well and got her a raise (yay!). The temperature is dropping, and even dipping to freezing occasionally, but the apartment seems to be holding the heat pretty well. Maybe those new energy-efficient windows they installed actually work. I've been working on some commissions and tinkering with one of my comic ideas. Doing the 24 Hour Comic Challenge has definitely been an inspiration to get back to work on it - hopefully I'll have more concrete news on that relatively soon... Jenny's been working on a bunch of cool crocheting projects, which we really need to take some pictures of and post up. It would probably help if we had a decent digital camera, since right now we have 3 old ones that all only work about half the time. Local Arts & Crafts People: The next Spokane Comicsmiths' Guild is on Sunday the 18th at Merlyns, from 3-6 pm. The next Crafty Club meeting is on Friday the 23rd at the Spokane Valley Library, and starts at 7 pm. Feel free to leave a comment if you're interested in more information.
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| Happy Anniversary! |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|06:16 pm] |
Yesterday was the 2 year wedding anniversary for Jenny and I, and also marked 6 years since we started dating! Jenny took the day off from work and we slept in for most of the morning. We'd originally planned on going out for dinner, walking around downtown and seeing the new Harry Potter, but it was back to being stupidly hot again, and neither of us really wanted to go outside. So we cranked up the A/C, cooked a nice big dinner and watched a movie we hadn't seen yet. Not too exciting, but much cooler, more relaxing, and a lot cheaper than going out... The movie we watched was Defiance, which I'd highly recommend. Set during World War II, it's based on a fascinating true story about Jewish brothers who end up becoming resistance fighters. They protect other Jews from the Nazis and build a secret community for refugees in the forest. This Sunday is the monthly meeting of the Spokane Comicsmiths Guild, 3pm at Merlyns. Friday the 31st is the next Crafty Club, which Jenny organizes through the Spokane County Library. Any locals who are interested in either group, please leave a comment and we can provide more information! |
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| Blogging Catch Up |
[May. 23rd, 2009|03:12 pm] |
I haven't blogged (or even Twittered) in a while, so just wanted to start remedying that:
Jenny and I have both been sick off and on the past few days - sinus stuff and head aches, but thankfully no real flu. I also did something to my back last week which I'm still slowly working out. Probably wouldn't have seemed as bad if I hadn't got sick at the same time.
It seems Summer has arrived. It's been blue skies and sunny, and in the 70s the past few days. Still pleasant and not horribly hot yet. Just a matter of time, though...
I might have some temp work lined up at Borders next month. They're apparently doing a big re-organization of the store and will need some people to do overnight work for a while, moving stuff around, which would be perfect. I'd love to get back on with them, if even part-time, but they haven't had any regular hours to spare. I'm friends with the store manager, though, so if something opens up I'm sure I'll hear about it (which is how the temp job came up).
In the meantime, I've been trying to throw myself into art and also starting to write again. I want to get my superhero comic back on track soon, so I can start it up as a web-comic. I'm also working on a second, completely separate, project which I'm hoping to do something similar with.
We're still way behind on TV shows from this season, with the last few episodes of a few of our favorite shows still taped and waiting to be watched. We have been watching a lot more movies than normal, as Jenny's dad has been taking us out to see some of the big summer blockbusters he also wants to see. Besides Wolverine and Star Trek, we saw Angels & Demons last wednesday and are looking forward to the new Terminator movie this week. I wasn't really impressed by The Da Vinci Code, and mainly just wanted to see Angels & Demons for all the art and architecture that's shown, but I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. It was incredibly rediculous, but entertaining.
Also, both of our birthdays are coming up relatively soon, although we don't really have any plans or ideas for what to do. Probably nothing too exciting, due to lack of money, but I'm sure there will be cake involved. :) |
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| Wolverine Re-Design |
[May. 16th, 2009|01:36 pm] |
Here's my entry for the current contest running over at Project: Rooftop. This one was to design a new costume for Wolverine, to go along with the release of his recent movie. 
I tried to make a somewhat "realistic" outfit for him, inspired somewhat by the X-Men movie costumes and those designed by Frank Quitely during his and Grant Morrison's run on the New X-Men comic. This was actually the second design I came up with. My first attempt can be seen over at my deviantArt page: Discarded Wolverine Design Speaking of Wolverine, I did see his new movie last week and it was... OK. Not great, but still entertaining. Some good action scenes, with a couple of CGI bits that could have been improved. But I did like it more than the last X-Men movie, so I guess that's something. We also saw the new Star Trek, and it was excellent! JJ Abrams did a great job of re-starting the series for a new generation, while not erasing or stepping on any of the stories that came before. Well worth seeing in the theatre - I hope the inevitable sequels will be just as good. |
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| Misc. - health, Watchmen, social networking |
[Mar. 7th, 2009|02:27 am] |
I've been cleaning the apartment over the last couple of days, which was dearly needed, although I've been dragging due to still getting over this cold thing, so it's taking longer than planned. But apparently there's some nasty flu going around, so we're just happy we haven't come down with that.
My wisdom teeth have been in bad shape for years, but I've never really been able to afford to do anything about them. But now that Jenny's got health/dental/vision insurance through the library, we're going to try to get me in and see what all they'll cover. One of the teeth is obviously cracked, and needs to get pulled - though I'd really like to have all 4 of them out. I should also go ahead and get a new pair of glasses while I'm at it, as I got my current pair while I was at Borders, so about 4 years ago.
The Watchmen movie came out today, which I do want to see, but don't know if I really want to sit in a theatre for 3 hours. May just wait for the 4 hour DVD version to come out and watch it at home, where I can pause it whenever I want (really, I'm all for getting my money's worth, but I still would like them to bring back intermissions at the cinema for anything over 2 1/2 hours). And I've read the book enough times (and have heard about the changed ending), so it's not like I'm worried about the movie being spoiled if I wait.
Oh, and I also deleted my Facebook account. There were a variety of reasons for this, which I'm not going to bother going into. Anybody I was friends with on there I'm also in contact with through other channels, so no great loss. |
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| Christmas Sketch Cards, etc. |
[Jan. 3rd, 2009|01:26 am] |
I always enjoy Christmas more when I'm actually able to give people presents.This year, due to my serious lack of cash and desire to still give something to my friends, I decided to include original sketch cards with my Christmas cards. Unfortunately I waited too long to get started, and didn't get near as many done as I'd like, but was still able to get a fair amount out (relatively) on time.
Most of these should have reached their recipients by now, so it should be safe to post them. One card needs to get re-sent due to an address error, and one didn't get sent out till after Christmas. Hopefully I'll be a little more organized next year and get more done, and out in the mail earlier.
This was my first time doing more than a couple of sketch cards at a time, and I think it was a good learning experience for me. Some cards definitely came out better than others, but overall I'm pretty happy with them. I also got an opportunity to draw some subjects I probably wouldn't normally draw, and that's always good.
Each card is 2.5" x 3.5", and all art was done with markers, colored pencils and water color.
( Cards are behind the cut )
The apartment is now in it's Christmas Clutter stage - decorations need to come down and be re-boxed and the whole place needs a serious cleaning. So I guess that'll have to be done in the next few days (because if I don't do it now, who knows how long I'll wait...).
We went over to CdA today (Friday) to visit Jenny's folks. Finally watched Wall-E, which was hilarious (of course) and Wanted, which was kinda just "OK" story-wise but had some amazing effects. Will probably watch both of them again, though. |
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| Movie Meme |
[Dec. 7th, 2008|11:58 pm] |
1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times:
Clerks - there was a time, for about a year, when I'd watch that at least once a week....
2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theatre:
X-Men (the first one) - Atleast 3 or 4 times, but I think I only paid for the first. Then I kept running into friends who hadn't seen it yet, and wanted me to go with them.
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie: Christian Bale
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: Kevin Costner
5. Name a movie that you can quote from:
High Fidelity
6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs:
Hm... Probably Moulin Rouge
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with:
Velvet Goldmine
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see:
The Incredibles
9. Name a movie that you own:
Just one? ...Aliens.
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: Mark Wahlberg
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in?:
Nope. There was still a drive-in in one of the towns where I lived in elementary school, but I never went.
12. Ever made out in a movie?:
Not since high school, but yeah.
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it:
The Godfather. Yeah, I know, it's a classic. And I even like gangster movies... just still haven't seen it yet.
14. Ever walked out of a movie?:
Yeah, a couple. 2 Days in the Valley, which seemed like it was trying too hard to be a Tarantino film, but ended up with too many unlikeable characters. They introduced what seemed like a dozen characters in the first 15 minutes and they were all so horrible, I wanted them all to die. So I left.
There was also some stupid wacky romantic comedy, also from the '90s. I can't even remember the title. It might have had Billy Crystal in it. It was that bad and forgettable - again, I left about 10-15 minutes in.
15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theatre:
Not positive on one in particular, but they're usually stupid overly dramatic action movies, when the hero's about to sacrifice himself. Possibly Armageddon or Independence Day, that sort of thing. The serious dramas or romance types never have any effect, which I suppose is wierd...
16. Popcorn?
Usually not - everything's too expensive. If I'm hungry I'll eat before, or buy some candy at the store and bring it in.
17. How often do you go to the movies?
Not very often nowadays. It's got to be a big, epic, special effect laden film to be worth spending money on. I'd rather wait for video for most anything else.
18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?:
Quantum of Solace
19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie?:
Rediculous Giant Hollywood Action Blockbuster (i.e. anything made by Bay, Bruckheimer, Scott, etc.)
20 What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?:
Star Trek the Motion Picture - I was 3, and fell asleep because it was so boring....
This meme courtesy of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) netizenron |
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| Another Way To Die |
[Nov. 20th, 2008|03:05 am] |
Quantum of Solace rocked - in fact I think I even liked it better than Casino Royale (but I'll have to see it a couple more times to be sure...). It definately had a Bourne feel to it sometimes, but that's fine; the Bourne films were better Bond movies than most of the last few pre-Craig films anyway (though I did enjoy Goldeneye). And I've also had the new theme song stuck in my head since we left the theatre (hence the post title). I've got to be honest, I wasn't crazy about it when I first heard it, but it grew on me quickly. I'm just glad they went with Jack White and Alicia Keys (two real musicians), instead of who was supposedly their first choice - Amy Winehouse.... yeesh. Not much to the video (and barely any Bond), but here's the song: |
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| Science Fiction |
[Aug. 12th, 2008|02:47 am] |
We caught the new X-Files flick ("I Want To Believe") on Sunday, thanks to Jenny's dad who took us to see it. Jenny and I both consider ourselves pretty big fans of the series, so we definately wanted to see this one in the theatre - gotta support it, in hopes of a sequel. Good thing we went when we did, as it's already down to one showing in the local cinema, and will probably be gone by the weekend....
I really enjoyed it - it was closer in tone to the early "mystery-of-the-week" episodes, and had none of the grand alien conspiracy overtones of the later seasons. The first movie was all about the aliens, and I did enjoy it (more than a lot of those later episodes), but the new movie really stood up on it's own as a solid mystery/suspense/thriller.
Unfortunately, I think they made a mistake releasing it when they did, as there was no way it was going to compete with some of the big summer blockbusters in the theatre right now (e.g. Dark Knight, Mummy 3), especially since it really could be watched on the small screen without losing anything from the experience. All in all though, it was still a great film which was definately worth my money - which is getting harder and harder to say nowadays.
In other sci-fi entertainment news, we've been watching the DVDs of the Sci-Fi channel's Eureka TV series. Jenny borrowed the first season from her parents, just to give it a shot (since we don't have cable, we'd only seen ads, but no episodes), and it ended up being really funny. The special effects can be a bit iffy at times (that's the Sci-Fi channel for you), but the wacky storylines and great cast chemistry more than makes up for it. Season 2 just came out, and luckily Jenny's dad bought it and watched the whole thing already. So now we're borrowing it and quickly burning through the discs. |
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| Miscellania - weather, movies |
[Aug. 5th, 2008|12:53 pm] |
It's warmed back up again, but there's a possibility of thundershowers this weekend, so my fingers are crossed for that. Just have to make it to the end of the week without dying from heat stroke. I've been trying to avoid turning the A/C back on (it's been over a week now), since our electric bill doubled last month (most likely) from having it on 24/7.
Since we've been trying to cut down on our spending, we've been checking out a lot of books from the library (convenient, since Jenny works there), and also DVDs. Just watched Little Miss Sunshine, which had been on our to-see list for a while. It was... OK. Parts were really funny, and then it would flip flop to more of a so-serious-it's-painful type of film. I'm glad I saw it, but I'm also glad it was free.
We checked out 3:10 to Yuma as well, but haven't got a chance to watch it. |
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| The Dark Knight |
[Jul. 20th, 2008|01:51 am] |
Is Awesome. Honestly, that's probably all that really needs to be said. That, and you must go see it, atleast once.
It was that good. All the media frenzy around it, all the fervor about Ledger's performance as The Joker, all the hoopla about it being the greatest super-hero movie? It's all true. It's 2 and a half hours long - and I just didn't want it to end... Really, why are you still reading this? Just go see it. Now.
Well, if you are still reading this, there's also the inevitable question (atleast amongst those on the internet) of what they can possible do for a sequel now. It's going to be hard to come up with an individual performance that can top Ledger's, but I believe they can still rise to the occasion. The third act (since I'm looking at this "franchise" as a trilogy, and am not holding my breath for any additional sequels) has got to be even bigger and more epic than the first two, while still tying together the elements introduced before.
I envision the return of the League of Shadows, the Chinese mob making a play for power in Gotham and the introduction of two new characters: a deadly assassin known as Lady Shiva (preferably played by Michelle Yeoh) and a beautiful, cunning and mysterious woman named Talia....
"As an international gang war erupts in Gotham's streets and Batman feels his grip on his city slipping away, he's faced with an offer for help from a dangerous and unpredictable ally. Will the light ever dawn on Gotham City, or is it trapped in The Shadow of the Bat?"
I figure that'd be the best title for the movie anyway, and it'd conveniently mesh with having the LoS included. But yeah, just go see The Dark Knight already.... :) |
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| Geeks In Love + Movies |
[Jul. 18th, 2008|12:24 pm] |
Tuesday was Jenny and I's 1 year wedding anniversary. It's been a great year - unfortunately we didn't really do anything exciting on the day, since she worked pretty much all day and got home late. We cooked up some yummy Mexican food and watched some TV and that was about it...
However, today is the premiere of The Dark Knight! So we'll be hopefully going to see that tonight after she gets off work (assuming we can get tickets - may need to see the late show). From all reports, this one looks like it surpasses Batman Begins in awesomeness. :D
In addition, there's a good chance we'll be able to see (on the big screen) the trailer for what is probably the most anticipated comic-geek movie ever: Watchmen! The trailer was leaked online yesterday, so I've already watched it a few times... I still don't know if they'll be able to capture all of the subtle storytelling nuances of the comic, but at this point the trailer looks great and my hopes are raised.
If you haven't seen it yet, you can check it out here: Watchmen Trailer in HD |
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| Weekend Update |
[May. 27th, 2008|01:20 pm] |
We headed over to Jenny's folks' place yesterday for a Memorial Day family barbeque. Mostly just sat around and ate and relaxed. Jenny's dad had just come back from a rock hunting trip to Oregon and had lots of stuff to show off, and Aunt Joan came over so we got to see her as well. Then Jamie came over in the evening and we rented the new Beowulf movie, which could have been pretty good, but the CGI animation looked too much like Shrek, so I couldn't really take it seriously.
We also rented Shoot 'Em Up and War and watched those on Saturday. Shoot 'Em Up was entertaining but rediculously silly and over the top (which I guess was the point - I suppose it was as much a parody of action movies as it was one itself). War was good, but not really what I was expecting. I assumed it was just going to be a typical martial arts action movie, and it ended up trying too hard to be a serious cop drama. Still pretty good, but not my favorite Jet Li movie by a long shot.
Dragged myself out of bed later than I wanted today, but the plan is to get some (much needed) cleaning done on the apartment, or atleast started. Probably do some job hunting in the paper and on-line, and hopefully some art in there somewhere as well. |
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| Update - Been a While.... |
[Feb. 21st, 2008|12:29 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | cleaning, movies | ] |
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| | LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver | ] |
Hmm.... apparently I haven't blogged yet this month. Time flies when, well, we haven't really been doing much actually. Just working for the most part. Jenny's job is great. even if it's only (very) part-time. I've started taking a different bus up to her job some nights, so I can meet her when she gets off work. It's a lot more convenient - I don't have to rush to catch the bus after work, and I don't have to switch lines three times. And the ride's shorter too. The library she works at is little, and really cute, and it seems like all the people she works with are really nice. I hope she can get some more hours there and maybe move up the ladder a bit. Seems like a keeper of a job.
We haven't got a good chance to really look around the area where the library is; but what we've seen of it and the surrounding neighborhoods seems really promising. If she sticks with this job, we might try to find a place up there (on the South Hill). We did do some looking through the classifieds this week to see what the range of prices are for the area. We haven't gone and looked at any places yet, but we really can't move until June anyway...
Our new-ish neighbors are definately gone now (hooray?). Seems they didn't even tell the management they were leaving either - they might have been here a month and then just up and left on the 1st. So no pounding bass (or anything else) on that side of the apartment, which is a nice change. Now if we could just get rid of the neighbors below us who are always slamming their door hard enough to make the building shake. Also, since we've rearranged the apartment, our "living room" is now above their master bedroom, so we try to be considerate and not be too noisy (no watching TV loud up late, that sort of thing). It'd sure be nice if they would return the favor.
I took Monday and Tuesday off from work - I just needed some down time to relax and also so Jenny and I could actually spend some time hanging out together. We went out to see the new monster movie Cloverfield on Monday. It was... good, however it was shot in a "real world" handi-cam style, from the perspective of the people trying to escape New York while a giant Godzilla type monster is destroying the city. So between the shaky camera, the heat in the theatre being turned up way too high and possibly being still a bit sick, both Jenny and I were actually nauseous by the time the film was over. I'm glad it was a short movie, because I don't think I could have taken much more. I think I'd like to see it again, but not until it's out on DVD and I can pause it whenever I want.
Started deep-cleaning the apartment on Tuesday night, and it's about half done right now. My hope/plan is to have the whole apartment thoroughly cleaned by the end of the week so I can have the weekend free to work on other stuff: art, catching up on TV, various work I need to do on the computer, maybe even break out my miniatures and do some painting.
Jenny's sister's birthday is tomorrow, and I think the plan is for Jenny to go over tomorrow for cake and presents. I'll probably stay home - I'm not really sure when she's even heading over. And then she's got another jewelry making class on Saturday and Sunday, although she'll have to skip out early on Saturday since she's got to work that afternoon. Should be fun!
So yeah, not a whole lot going on, but still more than enough to keep us busy. Hope everyone else out there is doing well, and maybe the next blog post won't be such a long time coming.... |
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| I'm So Sick of Being Sick.... |
[Aug. 21st, 2007|08:54 pm] |
Just a cold or something like it, maybe the flu, whatever's been going around, but it was enough to knock me out for the day. Took off from work and slept most of the day away, except when I was in front of the computer or the TV. Yay for productivity... Did watch the recent Zodiac movie on DVD, which was really good - highly recommended. Although there's apparently a special edition with deleted scenes and what-not coming out relatively soon, so folks might want to wait for that.
I started posting up pictures from our Fairbanks trip on My MySpace Page - mostly pics of our friends and family. I attempted to keep them in vaguely chronological order...
Jenny's on the job hunt right now - she's got some prospects, but no real bites yet. There's a job at the museum that she's qualified for and really wants, so we've got our fingers crossed for that one. Otherwise, I'm just plodding away at my job... I decided I was going to wait until she was actually hired somewhere before putting in my notice, so we're not jobless for any stretch of time. |
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| Monday, Monday.... |
[Jul. 23rd, 2007|09:05 pm] |
Our weekend was actually pretty good, although it was (as usual) painfully short when I realized I had to go back to work today...
Friday was the big Harry Potter release night. The final book (#7) officially came out on Saturday, but we had preordered it and we drove into CdA around 10 to pick it up at Borders at midnight. Actually didn't end up getting it till almost 1am after standing around in line outside for a while. Jenny just finished re-reading book 6 and is now furiously plowing through the new one (about half way at last count). I'm still a little ways into book 5, and haven't read book 6 at all, so I've still got a while to catch up. But I did sneak a peek at the end of the new one, and read the last chapter, so I know kinda how it ends. ;)
On Saturday our friend Jamie came over and watched some more bad movies (The Hills Have Eyes 2 and Crank) together. We also got some lunch in there somewhere, and just hung out and caught up, since it'd been a while since we'd seen him.
Sunday was a party over at Angel and Alana's place. Our friends Lucky and Erin were in town for the weekend and staying with them, so they had a BBQ in their honor. It was a whole lot of fun, we met a bunch of interesting people, and we even got to unload our extra napkins, plates and stuff from the wedding. :)
Jenny headed back over to CdA today to get her mom to sign off on the title for the cruiser, so it's officially ours now! She's been busy all week, running around taking care of changing her name with various institutions. Her new license just got here in the mail today. I think the only thing that's left is getting a new passport, and I need to apply for one as well, especially with all the changes in the rules for traveling through Canada... |
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| Quick Update |
[Jun. 17th, 2007|06:49 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | dayjob, movies | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight | ] |
Not a whole lot going on, really - mainly just work-work-working with a little bit of wedding stuff on the side. We did go over to Tigger's place yesterday and hung out for a while and helped her with some of her landscaping projects. Also got to meet her new puppy, Geo, who's absolutely adorable. Held off on going into CdA this weekend, as Jenny's folks are out of town, visiting her Aunt's family in Portland. Jenny did finally get her dress in, and had her fitting today, so they can do the needed alterations.
Otherwise, just catching up on DVDs, and we got out to see Shrek 3 on Friday. I think it was actually funnier than the last one, which was kinda surprising. Fantastic Four 2 also came out this week, which we'll get around to seeing soon, even though all the reviewers seem to hate it (judging by the various article headlines I see online - but I haven't read the articles...). There's far too many summer blockbusters coming out this year to keep up with, so I fear we're going to be a couple of week's behind for quite a while.
In work news, the "new girl" has already left - Friday was her last day. And now Brian has 2 weeks remaining before he's gone as well, which will drop the main staff down to just Derek and myself. Originally, the boss had toyed with the idea of not hiring a new 3rd person, but luckily he changed his mind and put an ad in the paper. Hopefully we'll have a better pool of applicants this time around....
Oh yeah, and we finally got our garage. Only took them, what... 8 months? :) |
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| T-minus 2 Months |
[May. 16th, 2007|12:10 am] |
Today (yesterday, I guess technically) was the 15th, which is our anniversary and means it's exactly 2 months till the big day. We had originally planned on going out to the movies, since we had a free ticket thanks to our Regal Crown Club card, but there really wasn't anything playing at the Valley theater (except Spiderman...). So instead we headed over to Hastings after I got off work and rented a couple of movies and picked up some Chinese food from our favorite place before heading home.
We watched Music & Lyrics tonight, which was a very cute romantic comedy which was incredibly silly but surprisingly funny. I was kinda amazed at how much comedic talent Hugh Grant has, but that might be because I don't normally see his movies, as they're usually silly romantic comedies... He also did all his own singing, which was equally impressive.
Marina (my manager) surpised me today by giving us a bottle of wine as an engagement present. We aren't really much of wine drinkers, but this was actually pretty good. It was also a nice finishing touch to our rather low key romantic evening. |
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| Happy Monday! |
[May. 14th, 2007|11:42 pm] |
And another week commences....
Jenny got a call today from the framing shop she'd applied at back before she quit Michaels, and has an interview set up for this Thursday. This was the job she was the most interested in, really, as it was a non-corporate framing position and she wouldn't have to deal with all the other unrelated retail mess that she had to put up with at Michaels.
( Cut for Excessive Wordiness )
Since we're going to be sticking around this apartment for a while longer (probably atleast a year), the plan now is to do some serious rearranging of the furniture to make things more comfortable. The TV, couch, gaming stuff, and all the bookcases are going into what is now the office, to make a sort of den/cozy entertainment room. We'll end up with a much more open atmosphere to the living room (which will turn into our studio space), and we'll be able to expand our kitchen/dining room space a bit. A lot of this process will mean purchasing some more/new furniture, but that's something we've needed to do for a while - like a pantry for the kitchen, and some more shelves for all of our ever growing library.
I've been using a very cool room planner tool I found online that's part of a furniture store's website. It lets you customize the rooms and furniture, save and print your designs, and sure beats constantly redrawing the same room over and over on paper. You can find it here: Jordan's Furniture Room Planner
We did get out to see Spiderman 3 last week - I think the 2nd one was the better over all, but this one was definately a fun movie. I believe (as apparently many others do) that they tried to cram too much into it, and there was easily enough material to make two good movies from what they had. I'd say the bad guys, specifically Harry, were the real stars of this one. It's got a fair share of corny bits, and would probably be easier to watch on DVD (being excessively long), but is still well worth the price of admission just for the special effects and action sequences.
The TV season is winding down over the next week or two, so I suppose that'll free up some of our time when most of our shows go into reruns for a while. I'm thinking I'll do a finale wrap up post - maybe do a little mini-review of all the stuff we're currently watching.... as soon as I find the time. :)
I was planning on burning through all of the Harry Potter novels, so I'd be all caught up when the last one came out, but I kinda got slowed down and stalled out in the middle of the 4th book. I'm trying to get back into it and get finished so I can move on. From what Jenny says, of the series, it's the one to get stuck on - Rowling really tried to put too much in and it goes on forever. But once I get through it, the next two books are supposed to be back to being entertaining. Jenny just finished the 4th book, as well as the 4th book in the David Farland fantasy series ("The Runelords") she's simultaneously reading. |
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