I was cleaning up more stuff in the tv room so I put this on. Christina Applegate, Cameron Diaz, and Selma Blair are women who like to go out and score with men. But then Christina (Cameron Diaz) meets a guy she actually likes and fails to follow through. So the rest of the movie is her chasing him down with funny mishaps happening along the way. I wasn’t surprised to find out it was written by a woman and I’m glad it wasn’t a ‘chick flick’, because comedy was more my mood. I found myself stopping to watch a and laughing a lot for this movie.
Oct 302005
Oct 302005
Did you know there was a “Jersey Girl” before Kevin Smith’s “Jersey Girl”? I didn’t, and neither did Tami when she got it for me (on-line). Anyway, I gave it a go on Saturday while I was goign through stuff piled in the tv room. It starts out with characters that are pretty irritating, but about 1/3 of the way though they start feeling more real and fun. It ended up being not such a bad movie, but I have to say that I like Kevin Smith’s version a more.
We went to the school for the normal game of frisbee with the dogs and after awhile I noticed that there was a hula hoop laying in the grass. After a few more minutes I picked it up and tried to get the dogs to go through it but they weren’t having any of that. Then I rolled it away and they thought that was totally great! They ran after it and stopped it with their mouths. You could hear it spin some in their mouths when they took hold of it. Then Grover figure out he would just run it over to stop it. Then they would pick it up and bring it back, well sometimes. Being as large as it was it wasn’t always easy to coordinate how to carry it but mostly it worked.
Try of hula hoop with your dog!
Oct 272005
Last night we watched Bride & Prejudice and I enjoyed it overall. There was a montage that made no sense at all and I think might be the worst one I’ve ever seen. It’s like they gave up on trying to make it make sense. Anyway, the songs and the dance numbers were fun and the story was well adapted to India. I’d watch it again.
Oct 262005
So now the hard-scaping is basically done. Paths, irrigation lines, big rocks, etc. The next phase is to get some plants in there. I think that starts next week, though it might start this week. Right now they are removing the excess dirt they did not use.
Last night we watched The Aquatic Life. I didn’t really have any expectations going into it except that it seemed Jacques Cousteau inspired and it might be funny. The first half mostly just reminded me of watch Cousteau shows in the 70s and then it started to get more and more rediculous (in a good way) to the point of feeling lik eyou are watching a parallel universe. I have great fondness for this movie.
Oct 242005
This weekend I decided to see The Amityville Horror again. The original, not the recent remake. I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid and I think it still holds up fairly well as a horror movie. I think the 70s were a great time for horror movies since they had to rely more on story. The 80s had a big increase in make-up which moved the focus to another being out there, and the 90s started showing too much as effects technology made that possible.
Now we have a new fence, and some irrigation starting to get put in place.
Oct 212005
Recently Dan posted a rant on interview puzzles. The other day I overheard someone a few cubes away telling the one about the 3 and 5 gallon jugs. I just figured he was talking to someone he knew like his kids or wife since he talks to them a lot.
Then I heard him say “That’s ok, you were on the right track. You almost had my solution.” I guess the person on the phone asked what his answer was because then I heard him describe a pouring or two followed by “And then I mark the level with a pen…” When he finished his telling I heard him say “You’re great! I’m going to send your info up to HR with my recommendation.”
If your’re going to ask those questions you should at least make sure you know what is considered the “correct” answer.
Oct 212005
Boulders of various size now inhabit our yard. Also some more flagstone paths have been laid down and a fence is gone.