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This Week With SmallChild
Jul 28th
I missed her little face over the weekend, what with my friend CJ constantly lamenting how she missed her kids while at #SDCC. So I went and stole her Monday afternoon. We decided to go see Despicable Me on Tuesday morning before I gave her back.
Cute story: We stopped for gas and drinks before the movie and Kira picked out a bottled juice drink. We were quietly standing in line to pay when she says, “Grammi, this is gonna make me kuh-razy!” She’s pointing at the bug-eyed creature on the label of her drink. “Kuh-raaaaaa-zy!” and a little butt wiggle.
I loved Despicable Me. Of course I laughed at inappropriate times, like when Gru pops some kid’s balloon and at the black smoke coming out of every one of his vehicles. I got a couple of dark looks from the other adults in the theater. I guess mine IS an evil laugh.
Then just as the movie climax was coming Kira decides she can’t wait (literally) seven frikking minutes to go to the bathroom, so I missed how they get the moon back into space.
I want a minion. Seriously.
After the movie (and some Cox business I’ll bitch about later) we wandered down to the splash pad and I let her get soaked in her clothes. I hadn’t thought that far ahead and brought a change or a towel. Oh well.
Fun day. Great kid.
Yes it was a happy birthday
Apr 30th
If you didn’t know (and how could you have missed it) yesterday was my 49th birthday. 
It was a back-and-forth day.
Took a shower with no conditioner because son had moved my shampoo/conditioner into the other bathroom to bath Kira the day before and didn’t put them back, and I didn’t bother to check before getting in the shower. Thankfully there was a mostly dead bottle of shampoo in the corner of the shower.
Met up with friends at Liberty Market for #evtm (east valley thursday morning) and got my breakfast for free because it was my birthday! And after a while Jana bought me a hot chocolate.
Went to get my hair colored and it cost me more than I really wanted to spend. Even though I just got my hair cut and thinned, I was charged extra for thickness and length. But it looks good and I didn’t have to do it myself.
Stopped to get a bottle of water. They had a 2 for $2 sale. Cashier charged me $3.64. I handed her $4 but mentioned SALE. She stared at me and said they were already discounted. I mentioned SALE sign and pointed it out to her. She mumbled something under her breath and rechecked the register and grudging admitted I was right, handing me back $3. I didn’t bother to correct her again.
Went to see Date Night using a free pass I’d earned through Moviewatchers.com. Loved it! I’m not much of a fan of the slapstick which Steve Carell (and Jim Carrey and Will Ferrell) tend towards, but this was just this side of that line and hilarious. Saw another preview for Knight and Day and I might like to see that. Not a fan of Tim Cruise either, but he’s pretty good when he gets a part with a sense of humor.
Then to the car wash and oil change. Again, paid more than I wanted but didn’t get upsold into anything more than I went for. Slid over to Gangplank to edit/post Evo @ 11 and got it almost done before I had to leave for dinner.
Met most of my family (and semi-adopted kids) at Joes Real BBQ for (mine was free!) dinner. People rave about this place and I wanted to try it, but other than the to-die-for ribs I didn’t find it all that amazing. Had fun though. Casey did in fact get me a camera for my birthday but it doesn’t work – the flash never flashed – so I’ll have to take it back. He felt bad but it wasn’t his fault. Casey’s luck just sucks.
Mother called to wish me happy birthday and managed to spoil my mood with complaints about stuff she decides to do.
Went to Max’s to play games and drink, but I can never manage to stay there long. Fucking cats. We always have fun but I always have to leave.
So… overall a day.
How to Tame Your Dragon
Apr 25th
But what the hell do you do about other people’s children?
Casey and I took Kira to her first real movie theater movie today. We decided How to Tame Your Dragon looked appropriate and Casey had free movie passes to Harkins so we headed up to AZ Mills. Along with every other human with children in the greater Tempe area apparently. The mall was packed.
We were standing in line and I moved around Casey in time to see the little girl ahead of us lean over and give Kira a mean bullying look. Poor Kira was confused and hurt. Casey and I looked at each other and he said the kid told Kira to shut up. Kira wasn’t even saying anything. What can you do? The parents were busy buying movie tickets and missed the exchange. I wanted to yank the little brat’s ponytail.
Anyway, we bought our tickets and wandered the mall for an hour. I don’t know who was worse, Kira asking for everything in sight or Casey buying stupid stuff every 10 feet. He’d blown 10 bucks before we hit the first corner. Carousels and squishy toys and cookies and icees.
Back in time for the movie and she seemed interested in the upcoming Shrek movie. After a little confusion (she thought we were seeing the Shrek movie) she settled down pretty quick.
I will say this, she didn’t act up. Pretty soon she was in my lap, then Daddy’s then a quick trip to the potty and then she crashed before the kid and dragon became friends. She missed the whole lesson of the movie and chatted about scary fire-breathing dragons attacking us all the way home.
I loved the movie, but we’ll have to rent it for her and skip the scary parts.
CopOut
Mar 7th
I decided to splurge and take in a movie today. I wanted something light and funny so opted for CopOut over the heavier Alice (and thank gawd I didn’t chose that one – every family in Tempe did) or Avatar.
Let me say, I love Bruce Willis. I’d watch him do anything, even change the oil in his car. I especially like him in things with a sense of humor. He smiles and I smile; he laughs and I laugh. He’s usually the star of my midnight fantasies, those not starring Nic Cage. Not that he’s bad at playing bad, mind you. Just, you know, mmmMMMmmm.
And I really like Kevin Smith. Maybe not so much his movies – yet I sort of watched some Jay and Silent Bob movie last night – but I never miss a SMODcast and I’d love to just hang out with the man. He’s damned explicitly funny. But this didn’t really feel like a Kevin Smith movie. Maybe because I just get sucked into anything Bruce Willis does, I dunno.
Anyway, I laughed my ass off at this movie. Tracy Morgan almost was too much for me. I’m a little old for slapstick overboard stupid comedy, but he pulled it back just enough when the story needed to be more serious. Just when I would get bored with his antics, the scene would change. Nice editing, Kevin. But overall the movie was funny as hell. Go for a good time.
The only problem I had with this movie was the casting of Poh Boy. Usually when there’s a bad guy, especially when he’s supposed to be the leader attempting to take over x-amount of someone else’s territory, he looks the part. This guy didn’t look the part. He wasn’t the least bit scary to me, a middle-aged chunky midwestern Mom. He put out a flunky vibe in a part that should have called for a more intimidating character. Much darker instead of what we got. I half expected his peons to roll their eyes behind his back. But the baseball torture cage was inventive!
Should I start using some sort of judging thing? Stars… nah, too bland. Hmmm, how about a four FuckYeah! rating?
New Moon
Nov 20th
I don’t want to see this movie because of it’s literary brilliance. I’ve no interest in that sparkly imitation of a vampire. I can’t stand the limp noodle of a lead actress. The entire movie is a waste of time except for one thing. I want to see it because of this:
From what I understand he’s shirtless quite a bit. His character Jacob is a werewolf. You know, animal attraction and all that. Heat. This kid is HOT.
Yes, kid. He’s only 17. I feel a little dirtier than usual.
Seriously, I’m betting that with this second movie the sweet young girl focus will shift from Edward the Emo Vampire to Wicked Hot Werewolf Jacob and Robert Pattinson will become the next has-been. Books are books but people are visual and Jacob is MUCH nicer to look at.
We’ll see.
Disjointed comments
Aug 21st
Went to a live (was it really live I wonder) nationwide show by the RiffTrax people last night. Met up with Dan and CJ, Dan and Michelle, and Jack and Oden. I don’t have an and. 
Anyway, there was a live showing of Plan 9 From Outer Space – they were in Memphis – and Jonathan Coulton opened with a couple of songs. It was great. I hope to see that HD performance on YouTube before long. He looked so adorable. The movie was classic Ed Wood with plenty of stuff for the Rifftrax guys to riff 
upon.
After that I went around the corner from my new apartment to a dive bar called either The Yucca Lounge (all pointers or reviews online call it thus) or The Yucca Tap Room. OMG this will be one of my new favorite hang outs. Imagine karaoke with an actual LIVE BAND. You get up and sing on stage with a BAND. And they’re not bad. One girl absolutely could not sing along. She was so off tempo we were all screaming the proper rhythm at her to no avail. Most of the singers weren’t half bad but it was fun cuz everyone was having such a good time. Tonia did a great job, though we sabotaged her by yelling Birthday just before she started her song, so they played They Say It’s Your Birthday and she had to stand up on the stage and enjoy that attention.
Casey called me a while ago, everyone he went out with last night got arrested except him. Is this a sign of growth? But one of the arrestees left his wife sans car now and she took Casey’s car to work, so now I have to go pick him and Kira up and take him to work. That I’m taking the time to write this first shows you how thrilled I am about that.
Tonight is #evfn at Geisha a Go Go so that should be fun. Sushi? No. I’ll eat before I go, thank you very much. Plus I’m broke again. I think I have enough cash for gas to get there and back. Should have money tomorrow.
Cavaticat, I mailed that package out to you day before yesterday so you should get it soonish. And I don’t care what you all decide to pay. Whatever, just have a good time at Dragon*Con and don’t get stuck in the Weyrfest room ALL the time.
Well, I suppose I should get dressed and get out there. Have a great day!
Tips for proper parenting
Jul 15th
Number 1. Don’t take your toddler to a midnight movie, opening night. Stupid stupid stupid parent. That kid should have been in bed. And had you actually sat in the seats in front of us I would have let you know exactly how I felt about your judgement.
Number 2. Don’t bully in front of other cars in the parking lot after a midnight movie. This teaches your child (and there were two small children in the back of this SUV) how to be rude and pushy and might just show them how to pass the time when the police arrive.
Seriously, after the Harry Potter thing last night (comments about that to follow) there was the mass exodus of people from maybe a dozen of the AMC Mesa Grand 24 theaters. I let four cars into the queue in front of me when across the parking lot comes some bitch in her SUV plowing her front end right in front of me! Her windows open, my windows open, I’m yelling “BITCH” “RUDE ASS FUCKTARD” and as she inches further into my space I see little children in the back so I’m yelling “Great Parenting Skills There You FUCKING COW” and the man in the passenger seat is completely ignoring me. Had we had any of Ginnie’s soda left I’d have chucked it at her goddam car. Had I still had that crappy Land Rover I’d have rammed the bitch. What is the fucking point of that?
So anyway, because I am the perfect parent *snicker* I took Ginnie to the midnight:20 viewing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Though I read this series a few years ago and have seen the previous movies I was left confused as hell. First, why call it the Half Blood Prince if you’re not going to fully explain the significance? Gee the potions book had all the answer written in and surprise, it’s THAT character. None of the background was there. And second (and neither Ginnie or I can ever remember the exact sequence of events) why have the death eaters show up at that time just to watch that one part and break a few things and leave? Wasn’t there more happening at that point? This movie was like eating a crappy pizza when you see really good ones just out of reach. I give it a 3 out of 5 stars.
War, Inc. – my review
May 24th
I finally got around to watching this DVD last night. I’m a fan of John Cusack, but I’m glad I waited to rent (netflix) this rather than paying full price at a theater.
War, Inc is Grosse Pointe Blank years later with Idiocracy slathered on top. Not the stupid people part (though there was a fair amount of stupid people) but the advertising part. They should have just reused the name Martin Blank and his assistant Marcella and wrote it as a sequel.
Because it’s a movie about a (corporate) hit-man who is burnt out and he meets a woman and shit happens and they end up together. And Dan Aykroyd is in it, too.
Remember the fight scene in the school hallway in GPB? Almost exactly duplicated including the killing the other guy with a non-weapon part. There he used a pen and here he used an air-injecting wine bottle opener. At least I think that’s what it was. AND “the girl” comes in at the end and sees it and runs away, then he has to save her from the bad guys… almost a GPB retread.
And I hate watching fight scenes with John Cusack. It’s like watching a Giraffe do slow-motion karate… poorly. He’s so much better at dialogue and humor.
Final verdict: don’t bother.
| Originally published at Spellwight. |
Star Trekkin!
May 7th
Not overly a fan of the original Star Trek but like anyone over the age of say, 30 I’ve seen an episode or 12. Enough that I understand about the general storyline and characters but not enough to know all the little geeky details. And I never could stand William Shatner.
I must say this new James Tiberious Kirk is much easier to handle. As is Spock. Yummy Spock. I want me some Spock.
*ahem*
No spoilers, but there are very few No Fucking Way moments for this average viewer. I’m sure more scientific people might find faults. Beautiful graphics, lots of shots of the Enterprise for the die-hards, and plenty of the old show’s catch phrases. And plenty of action.
I will say the guy (Ginnie calls him Ceasar from his old Xena role) playing Bones completely over hammed it. Almost cartoonish. Like he was doing a parady of Bones for some SNL skit. Every time they flashed on his goofy face it took me completely out of the movie.
We saw it at the Cine Capri, on Arizona’s largest screen, from about 5 rows back. Not the greatest thing when there’s a close-up of the characters’ dirty and bloody faces.
I still recommend everyone see it. It was a great movie.
——–
So Ginnie went with me to the movie. We met CJ and Dan, Steve, Heather, and Jack and Melanie for dinner before.
After the movie we were walking out the side door and there was a large crowd outside. I laughingly told Ginnie we should say really loud that the movie sucked, just for fun. A second later I’m tripping over something on the ground and to keep from sprawling face first on the pavement I do one of those weird flying flailing tumbles four whole steps before slamming right into her back. I’ll just bet the crowd was amused. I think I wrenched every muscle in my body but I didn’t hit the ground.
Oh, and as the Hummer parked next to us pulled out, I realized right on the other side of it was CJ’s car. How weird is that? This parking lot is HUGE and we’re parked two spaces apart. Freaky.
Star Trekkin!
May 7th
Not overly a fan of the original Star Trek but like anyone over the age of say, 30 I’ve seen an episode or 12. Enough that I understand about the general storyline and characters but not enough to know all the little geeky details. And I never could stand William Shatner.
I must say this new James Tiberious Kirk is much easier to handle. As is Spock. Yummy Spock. I want me some Spock.
*ahem*
No spoilers, but there are very few No Fucking Way moments for this average viewer. I’m sure more scientific people might find faults. Beautiful graphics, lots of shots of the Enterprise for the die-hards, and plenty of the old show’s catch phrases. And plenty of action.
I will say the guy (Ginnie calls him Ceasar from his old Xena role) playing Bones completely over hammed it. Almost cartoonish. Like he was doing a parady of Bones for some SNL skit. Every time they flashed on his goofy face it took me completely out of the movie.
We saw it at the Cine Capri, on Arizona’s largest screen, from about 5 rows back. Not the greatest thing when there’s a close-up of the characters’ dirty and bloody faces.
I still recommend everyone see it. It was a great movie.
——–
So Ginnie went with me to the movie. We met CJ and Dan, Steve, Heather, and Jack and Melanie for dinner before.
After the movie we were walking out the side door and there was a large crowd outside. I laughingly told Ginnie we should say really loud that the movie sucked, just for fun. A second later I’m tripping over something on the ground and to keep from sprawling face first on the pavement I do one of those weird flying flailing tumbles four whole steps before slamming right into her back. I’ll just bet the crowd was amused. I think I wrenched every muscle in my body but I didn’t hit the ground.
Oh, and as the Hummer parked next to us pulled out, I realized right on the other side of it was CJ’s car. How weird is that? This parking lot is HUGE and we’re parked two spaces apart. Freaky.
| Originally published at Spellwight. |
