More dresses, more movies.

Despite this weekend being a COMPLETE

disaster and over all waste of a four day

weekend, I managed to have a few highlights.

The move went smoothly and

the house is clean.

Woot.

Friday night I went drunk shopping with

my lobster and even though she didn't get

drunk, I had a grand time. Ha.

I also discovered that I like the incredible

hulk drink and that if I haven't eaten all

day, I get plastered from one shot.

Here are some of the dresses I almost

ripped trying on.

The girl running the fitting rooms

was wearing this dress and I asked

her wear she got it cause it was so cute.

She pointed to the front of the store

and took my clothes to put in the dressing

room.

Apparently I already had the dress

in my pile and was so drunk I

completely forget.

She held it up and looked at me like

I was retarded.

But I bought it so screw her.

Cute in the picture but was too poofy for me.

Cute on the hanger, hideous on.

Still no lead on a dress for the weddings yet.

In other news, I bought a coffee table and

made my house look all pretty.

Had a nice cook out at the rents yesterday,

and went to the ledges with Eric.

This weekend was also filled with Eric

type movies.

I'm such a nice girlfriend.

In this horror remake, young writer Jennifer finds life

at her rented retreat perfect for

working on her first novel.

But her enthusiasm is shattered by her vicious rape.

Now, the local thugs responsible

will face an excruciating fate.

Jennifer's attackers command developmentally

disabled Matthew to kill her,

 but he fakes the murder,

leaving the scarred writer to

carry out a gruesome plot for revenge.

Genre: Cult horror, Slasher

Stars: Three

After getting through the ridiculously

uncomfortable rape scenes

the movie wasn't all that bad.

All about woman empowerment movies

and the way this woman destroys

all the sexist men was pretty

damn sweet.

The way she killed everyone was

pretty creative.

Over all it was a pretty ok horror flick.

A group of Norwegian friends get the scariest

history lesson of their lives during a weekend getaway

to the snowy town of Øksfjord,

where the party is interrupted by throngs

of Nazi zombies who once occupied the area.

Armed with a machine-gun-equipped snowmobile,

the gang fights for survival in director Tommy

Wirkola's quirky horror, shot on location in the

mountains of Norway. The film had its U.S.

premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Genre: Zombies, Foreign Horror

Stars: Two

I'm pretty picky about movies I have to

read and let me tell you, white subtitles

in snow, not good movie making.

The acting was sketchy, the effects

were pretty bad, an it started off

some what slow.

It was more comedic than scary but

I expected that.

I fell asleep near the end but I can

rarely watch a whole movie anymore.

It was "ok".

I have to throw some old horror movies

in the mix if I'm going to rent movies

like Legend of the Guardians:

The owls of Gahool and

other kids movies, romantic comedies

etc. etc.



Movie Mondays

This is actually over a span of a month,

and next Monday there won't be

nearly this many.

"Depressed over his breakup with girlfriend Desiree,

Zia slits his wrists, only to find himself sent to

a bleak corner of the afterlife reserved for

those who kill themselves in Goran Dukic's dark comic fantasy.

When he learns that Desiree also commits suicide, he's joined by a pair

of fellow lost souls on a quest to find her and see if love

and happiness can exist even in death."

Genre: Indie romance, Dark comedy

Stars: Four

This movie was so imaginative.
The idea of just going to hell when you kill
yourself is painfully boring.
In Wristcutters, as a punishment,
you basically have to live in a shittier
version of life.
Everything is grey, the jobs are worse,
the people are all messed up,
and it is impossible to smile.
Of course, this wouldn't be a romance
movie if there wasn't a love story,
but it's not at all cheesy and guys can definitely
watch it without complaining.
Over all : Must see

A young American Jewish man begins an exhausting quest

aided by a naïve Ukranian translator to find the righteous gentile

woman who saved his grandfather when his small Ukranian village

(along with most of the populace) was obliterated during the Nazi invasion

of Russia in 1941. Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Genre: Drama based on literature

Stars: Four

Great movie.
It was interesting mixed with
comedy and emotion.
Not a lot of movies can make me laugh
out loud the first half and be tearing up
the second half.
The directing was exceptional and it was
a beautiful interpretation of a dark time in
history.
Over all: A movie you have to be in the mood
for, but definitely watch it.

When Mr. Fox's nightly raids on three nearby farms

raise the ire of the selfish farmers,

he must outwit the men's increasingly outrageous plans to

 catch him in this animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl book.

As the farmers' schemes take a toll on his hungry family,

Mr. Fox must find a new way to get his paws on the bounty.

Genre: Family based on literature

Stars: Five

Fantastic Mr. Fox was to say the least
"fantastic".
It was so funny and uplifting.
There really isn't too much to say except
that everyone should see this movie.

When a traveling carnival sets up shop in town,

Justin discovers the girl of his dreams, a shrewd carnie named Galaxy.

But to win over this sexy con artist's heart, Justin must get his life

in order and deal with her scary boyfriend, Reggie.

Genre: Indie romance, Comedy

Stars: Three

I feel like maybe if I watch this movie again
I would like it a lot better the second time.
It was a nice romantic comedy but I think
it missed it's potential a little bit.
Over all: Good if there's nothing else on.

In this comedic fantasy, science has facilitated the search for a soul mate

via biotechnological implants that count down to the moment

one is supposed to meet his or her match.

But Oona is worried: She's nearly 30, and her TiMER isn't ticking yet.

Will her dream guy get snatched up by someone else?

Genre: Indie romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Stars: Four

Such a different spin on love.
Basically you can go into a store
that looks similar to a cell phone store and
get a timer installed on your wrist that will tell
you the exact moment you meet your soul
mate.
But your soul mate also has to have a timer.
If they don't, your timer stays blank until they
purchase their own.
This movie is what I love about indie romantic
comedies.
Over all: Great for girls night in.

"Psychomania" is a pre-punk, British horror cult classic featuring trashy violence,

suburban witchcraft and some amazing motorcycle stunt sequences.

Led by Tom, The Living Dead motorcycle gang wreaks

havoc in their small English town. But Tom wants more:

Namely, to kill himself and return from the dead, with the help of a

frog-worshipping cult and his seance-conducting mother.

He's in for quite a ride!

Genre: Zombies, Cult horror

Stars: Two...if that

I really only rented this for Eric and his love for
old horror movies.
It was just what you expected from a cheesy 60's
flick.
I fell asleep.
So unless you have a taste for these kinds
of movies like my man friend,
don't watch this movie.

Say yes to the dress?

So I have a couple of weddings to go to this year.

Congratulations to:

Nina and Jordan

&

Jay and April

Obviously this is a good opportunity

to go shopping

aaannnddd

some quality Ceci time!

Parmatown may be "oh so" trashy,

but it does have a pretty sweet USA Fame

dress shop.

Maybe if I was going to walk the red carpet,

I would have found something to wear.

Since I am going to weddings and I'm a

size x-small,

I found a whole lot of nothing.

I did however find a pretty cute club dress.

I didn't buy it, but I did model it before

rejecting it completely.

Although I didn't find a dress the evening

wasn't a total loss.

We decided it would be pretty funny to try

on wedding dresses and send them to the men.

Davids Bridal apparently frowns upon

trying on wedding dresses when you're not

engaged, but I was very convincing.

Not to push it, I didn't try on a dress,

and Ceci had to try on one of the dresses

on sale.

She looked so very pretty in her "off the rack"

dress :)

Over all a fun night, but I still don't have a dress.

For another day.

I have time before I really need it,

and that just leaves for more fun adventures.



Insprirational Inexactitude

It has been a week-ish since my last blog entry

and the only reason I'm writing this one is to

talk about how little inspiration I have to write a

blog entry.

I have done nothing blog worthy in so

long that I'm starting to feel like I'm in an

inspirational funk.

The past week or so I have worked,

gone out to a few bars, and applied

for a best buy credit card so I can get a laptop.

Needless to say it has been wildly uneventful.

Work. Bar. Sleep.

Ordinary.

Occasional Musing #5

It's been hard to stay positive lately.

With all these things I'm going to have to do

to my house soon, I just wish I could

get it all over with.

I'll be so happy when it's all done but

it's pretty frustrating having to wait

around while your house is under

construction.

So I've given myself little projects

to do while I wait to help keep my mind

off everything.

Sometimes you need little victories to

keep your spirit up.

Last night I started to work on an old

roll top desk with my dad that I

had thrifted a couple weeks ago.

It had some nasty water rings on the top

and on the desk part so we stripped

the finished stain and we'll re-stain it today

sometime.

I'll post pictures when I'm done.

Even something as simple as fixing up an

old piece of furniture helps me feel

like I'm getting something accomplished.

I can just picture it in my new little

office when the room is finished.

Stay hopeful. Stay positive. Stay thankful.

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my blog likes to make pictures really small...

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