A good day

Jun. 28th, 2008 05:54 pm
changeyourstars8: (Ralph Fiennes)
I should so not be allowed in bookstores alone.

Today I was working on pricing books-- specifically, historical romances-- and it was a really, really slow day. So after a while of sitting in there by myself I start reading the unbelievably corny cover quips aloud like Movie Announcer Guy.

Actually, it's probably a good thing no customers came in.

After work we stopped by our home away from home, the rental store, and got one of the new Futurama movies, something called Grizzly Park (both a serial killer and a grizzly bear after a bunch of campers. The best of high-culture cinema) and Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke. I know I should've left that one alone, but I'm a sucker for anything about Roanoke, even if it is a cheap horror movie.

The other night we rented In Bruges, which was a lot of fun. Must buy later.

Speaking of buying, I found He Was A Quiet Man on the sale rack. :-) Kaylee, proving once again that she's definitely my kid, squeaked happily and immediately reached for it. I told her she wasn't allowed to see that one for at least fifteen more years and she narrowed her eyes at me. This does not bode well.

Movies!

Jan. 18th, 2008 08:46 pm
changeyourstars8: (True Romance)
Went to the rental store with Chris and Devin for one of our monthly 'yay crappy horror movies' fests (today's selections-- some incredibly cheesy looking thing called The Slaughter, and Hatchet) and we rented Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door for Devin-- I'm not exactly up for something that grim right now, and neither is Chris, but my brother is carrying on my teenage tradition well. ;-)

Anyway, walked into the store and saw on their new releases list that they have both He Was a Quiet Man and Love Lies Bleeding.

So of course I make a beeline, only to find that the universe is pulling one of those conspiring-against-me things again and both movies are out.

Chris: "I know what you're thinking."
Me: *I certainly hope not*
Chris: "You cannot camp out in front of the movie drop box."
Me: "Just for a little while?"

I think that's one of the many things I love about being a fan-- mental time travel. I'm a 26-year old married mother now, and I can be having a blah day, but then I find out that I have a couple of new movies of his to watch very soon and I'm immediately right back to being fifteen and practically skipping down the street as I'm walking home with dad from seeing Broken Arrow, chattering on about 'that was such a fun movie and we have to rent that as soon as it's out so Jenny can see it too if she hasn't already and heeeey I wonder who that guy was', as my poor father was surely thinking 'oh god she's discovered hormones help'.

See? Massive run-on sentences. Proof right there. ;-)

Anyway, I'm going to go eat junk food and laugh at bad horror movies and zone out. My kind of evening.

Oy.

Jun. 21st, 2007 01:15 pm
changeyourstars8: (True Romance)
This morning, about 5:45--

I grab the cereal box, get the milk out of the fridge, find my vitamin and get a bowl out of the cupboard, and then open the fridge to get the milk. Not there. I turn, see it on the counter, and frown.

"Hey, Chris? When you got a glass of milk last night, did you leave the gallon out?"
"Hon, you just took that out a minute ago."
". . . oh."

This morning, about 8:00--

Customer hands me a bill, I give him change for a single.

"I gave you a five."
*realizes he's right*
"Oops."

This afternoon, about five minutes ago--

I make peanut butter crackers, and proceed to put the peanut butter in the fridge.

Kid, I'm only three months along. You are not big enough to be sucking out all my brain cells yet. Stop it.

And self, it might not be a good idea to browse around imdb. Because then you find out that the lead actress in the latest movie you really want to see is about a year younger than you, and random fits of, "You know, if I'd actually had the guts to head out to L.A. for even a little while after high school and try" are not fun things to have. So cut that out.

*goes back to writing*

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