Daniel and I had a lazy Saturday yesterday. We locked ourselves in the house and had a movie marathon.
We had 5 Netflix movies here, and we put them in random order. The first movie we watched was Over The Hedge. This movie is from the makers of Shrek. It was cute, but I ended up falling asleep about half way through the movie.
The sad thing about this movie is that there are a bunch of animals that are trapped in a little green patch when a new housing track builds around them while they are hibernating. And their #1 enemy is the H.O.A. president (played by the lovely Allison Janney). Ironically, the boyfriend just joined the HOA here and he’s a total HOA nazi. At one point, the HOA president in the movie says:
Gladys: [On phone] The homeowners charter, which you signed, says the grass is supposed to be two inches, and according to my measuring stick, yours is two-point-five.
Kind of close to home. He’s not that bad…but Daniel is close.
The second movie we watched was HBO’s Grey Gardens. Great movie about a movie. If you don’t know, HBO made this movie about the cult-classic Maysles brothers documentary. Big Edie and her daughter Little Edie were the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and they lived together in a mansion called Grey Gardens.
In 1971 their living conditions were exposed in a National Enquirer story and a New York Magazine story.
I first heard about the documentary in the Rufus Wainwright song Grey Gardens. And since I first saw the documentary, I was so curious about the lives of these women. And this HBO movie (staring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange) definitely scratched an itch. I’m pretty certain you’ll enjoy this movie more if you’re familiar with the documentary. I fell asleep about half way through the movie and woke up before the end.
Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale: This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don’t like women in skirts and the best thing is to wear pantyhose or some pants under a short skirt, I think. Then you have the pants under the skirt and then you can pull the stockings up over the pants underneath the skirt. And you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape. So I think this is the best costume for today.
Movie number 3 was Frozen River. Erin suggested this movie, and Dan Netflixed it (can I use netflix as a verb??). Set on some Canadian border town near an Indian Rezs., it’s the story of two working class women and how they start earning cash by smuggling people across the border.
I fell asleep right as the movie started, but woke up in time to get the gist of the story. It was sad and suspenseful. The lead actress Melissa Leo was nominated for an Oscar for this role.
After this movie, Daniel went and picked up our unhealthy dinner at KFC, and I did dishes and fed and pooped the puppy. Once dinner was ready, we popped in movie number 4.
The fourth movie in our movie marathon was Doubt. I can’t tell you too much about this movie because soon after I finished eating I fell asleep.
I guess I had a long week. Or I can’t help falling asleep in movies. Or that Nyquil was working.
Whatever.
So by the time Doubt was finished, I was ready to go to bed. But I wanted to eat strawberries, so I pretended that I was going to stay up for another movie and told Dan to put on movie number five.
The fifth movie, which I was surprised Daniel had never seen was The Adventures of Babysitting. Shocking, right? Well I only lasted about fifteen minutes. Then I went to bed.
All in all, it was a pretty enjoyable movie marathon night…from what I remember of it anyway.
Have any of you heard about the lady that some people are calling “The Sunday School Killer”? This lady allegedly kidnapped, raped, killed, and then stuffed an 8-year-old into a suitcase and dropped her into a pond.
The creepy part is that I totally went to High School with her.
In High School her name was Melissa Lawless, but after a marriage she is going by Melissa Huckaby. When I first saw her picture on the news I thought, “Oh, she looks like Melissa Lawless…but it can’t be her because she has a different last name and she is living in Northern California.”
Then I was watching Good Morning America and I saw an interview with her dad. And his last name was Lawless. Holy crap, right?
I wasn’t B.F.Fs with her or anything…but we definetly shared a few friends. And since her last name is so close to my last name, we often sat next to one another in classes where the teachers alphabitized us. And at graduation.
I’m not usually a complainer…but from time to time you get such cruddy coustomer service that you have to write a letter of complaint. I did so a few weeks ago after receiving NO service from a Lens Crafters. I got an email today that said:
“Thank you for contacting LensCrafters.
We are sorry to hear of your dissatisfaction with the service by our Chandler Fashion Center location. The management team has been advised of your concerns and should contact you within 24-48 hours. If you are not contacted within the time frame provided, feel free to contact the store at your convenience. The phone number of the LensCrafters located at Chandler Fashion Center is 480-726-9001.
Thank you for the opportunity to assist you. “
What, if anything would you predict will come from this?
Seriously, on the 12th, 13th and 14th of the month I see a wave of traffic sent to me from Chad’s site. And I get a bunch of comments and emails from really friendly people that have done their own 12 of 12s.
Last night we had a little game night…just me and Daniel and 2 other couples.
We kept it small because it was Olive’s first time having a group of people here at the house. We didn’t want her to totally freak out. And she only freaked at first when our guests arrived.
All-in-all it was a pretty fun evening. We started by playing a really fun game called Cranium Party Playoff, which requires players to debate and argue…which helped us get to know Sylvia’s boyfriend Michael.
The gist of Party Playoff is that you have a bunch of random People, Places, Things and Actions put into brackets, and you pick a Challenge Card that says something like “Which would you rather have as a limo driver?” and as a group you have to decide if you’d rather have George Clooney or Liberace as your limo driver. Majority rules.
Our final score on this game was: Daniel-12 points; Michael (not me)-7 points; Adam-7 points; Nick-4 points; Sylvia- 1 point; Me-0 points.
Zero freaking points…WTF?!?
I did much better at Catch Phrase. My team won two out of three games. Sylvia were really on the same page for this game. At one point my word was “revenge,” and all I had to say was, “I’m going to get…” and she shouted out the right word!
Next game night is going to be a bit bigger, because Olive did really well.
We had 5 Netflix movies here, and we put them in random order. The first movie we watched was Over The Hedge. This movie is from the makers of Shrek. It was cute, but I ended up falling asleep about half way through the movie.
The second movie we watched was HBO’s Grey Gardens. Great movie about a movie. If you don’t know, HBO made this movie about the cult-classic Maysles brothers documentary. Big Edie and her daughter Little Edie were the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and they lived together in a mansion called Grey Gardens.
Movie number 3 was Frozen River. Erin suggested this movie, and Dan Netflixed it (can I use netflix as a verb??). Set on some Canadian border town near an Indian Rezs., it’s the story of two working class women and how they start earning cash by smuggling people across the border.
The fourth movie in our movie marathon was Doubt. I can’t tell you too much about this movie because soon after I finished eating I fell asleep.
The fifth movie, which I was surprised Daniel had never seen was The Adventures of Babysitting. Shocking, right? Well I only lasted about fifteen minutes. Then I went to bed.
Have any of you heard about the lady that some people are calling “The Sunday School Killer”? This lady allegedly kidnapped, raped, killed, and then stuffed an 8-year-old into a suitcase and dropped her into a pond.
All-in-all it was a pretty fun evening. We started by playing a really fun game called 
