6 posts tagged “movie posters”
I had therapy yesterday and we talked about something that I am starting to feel terribly bad about and it's not very funny although for a while I was laughing about it. Dr. Moore made me realize how wrong I was to share the thought and now I just don't know how to take off the table. I think I'm going to avoid it and see if it won't go away. She'd be really proud of me taking that route too. Damn, what a mess.
Thursday night D and I are going to the Staples Center to see the Ducks play the Kings. Go Anze and Raitis. I would like to be able to stay up the entire game. We'll have to try it out as a new thing. There is just something embarassing about falling asleep at a sporting event. A year ago I would have been all for the Ducks but then they traded Andy. I have man-loyality. And Teemu and Beauchmin aren't playing. It leaves little to be excited about. Hell, they don't even have Bertuzzi for me to be excited about someone hitting. But it will be a good game. We will have fun.
So after having a fabulous week, I crashed and spent two horrible days in bed. I even slept until 5:30 yesterday afternoon. So I took the new meds last night to make sure I'd sleep and I woke up today with joint aches like I'm crippled or something. Again, horrible. Not even Dr. Horrible, just regular horrible. I feel so off and I really hate it and I kind of hate myself for feeling it. I really wish that being bipolar didn't mean that the ups and downs were so guaranteed. I'd really like to just feel the elevation. The depressed cycle is not even a little fun. Lying all day in bed feels a whole lot like lying in a coffin. I don't want my life to be over yet. So, yeah--tons to share in therapy tomorrow. If I'm not so incapacitated that I can't go.
The other day I went to work with David he works in Santa Monica in the MTV Networks location and around the corner from it is Summit Entertainment. The fangirl in me was all it excited. I had to go by it. I had the typical fangirl delusion that I would see Rob Pattinson in front of the building standing around just waiting to meet an overzealous fan. Yeah, that did not happen. I know your surprised that my very unlikely fantasy didn't pan out. That kind of thing happens to obsessed fangirls every day. It will be enough that I will see him at Comic Con. It will have to be enough since I just don't have the kind of life that would put me in his path. How much of a chance do I have when I'm depressed and in bed?
As for books. I have been devouring Harlequin Blaze books. I have about twenty of them that I ordered from
I am so many days behind and have so much to muse on that I am bouncing off the walls to write this. I'll start by saying that I did go to the Results Show for So You Think You Can Dance. I am really proud of Belle and I for correctly guessing the bottom three and who would be voted off the show. Although the later wasn't much of a stretch of the imagination. I had a great time though, even though we had the world's most annoying guy in front of us. I would love to go and do it again. Without the sunburn though. My arm is still an alarming scarlet color.
This week Entertainment Weekly released a cover with Robert Pattinson and
The Promo to Penelope has been leaked and it's a cute minute long thing of behind the scenes action. There was another with them doing a scene where he is bringing her to the Cullen's home and then where he is dancing with her in his room and they were more "pay-dirt" than this one but they have been pulled from YouTube by Summit for copyright infringement. I got this one though and uploaded to my own server so no one would yank it on me down the line.
Also in line was Adam Goldberg and he was taking pictures with people in line near him but we weren't in the same line so that never became an option. He looks exactly as he does in the movies.
So, I've had SYTYCD shows, movies, new iPhones, movie star sightings and tons of things on the internet to entertain me. Not to mention I have been reading romance novels one after another again. So is it surprising it took me a few days to post?
First thing first, Susan turned my eye to a James McAvoy interview with Ann Curry on Today that totally made me feel ashamed and dirty all at once. I can't get the embed button to work right but go here and watch it. The thing is as creepy as Curry is... I kind of see her point. It make me realize things about myself, as a woman and a predator, that I clearly need pointed out so that I can work on it. James McAvoy, I promise never to jump you, no matter how appealing the idea may seem when we cross paths. I'll take up bird watching or some other stalking based hobby that will work these kinks out in no time. ***SIGH***
Tonight D and I went to see Hancock at the Grove. I wasn't sure what to expect but I knew it would be entertaining and I wasn't disappointed. I give the film some high marks, I laughed quite a bit. Will Smith can act the panties off a part and he was perfect as Hancock. I almost think that after his steamy hot performance in Bad Boys, this may be "my favorite Will Smith movie". He's clearly not riding the hot and sexy train in this that he was in the Bad Boys franchise. On to other points on this film... I LOVED JASON BATEMAN. I don't know if I just never stopped loving him from Family Ties or if he just reiterates that every time I see him in something new. I thought he was perfect in this though. Charlize Theron kind of confuses me. I never know who she is supposed to be doing the warm cuddly scenes with because I kind of get that vibe from every scene she is with another actor. Maybe in this movie that was a good thing. I think I still liked her in Aeon Flux more than this movie though. I'm not saying she wasn't servicable and good... I'm just sayin'. I think the ending of the film is a bit to hollywood happily ever after. I would have liked them to do the sacrificing bit. I am happy to say that the overall story wasn't hurt or hindered by the lore and the history. I didn't care enough to point fingers and bitch. I say it again, I liked the movie. They could even do sequels with the set-up in the end. ??millions will see to that I'm sure.
I have been on a Harlequin Blaze kick the last few days and in the last two days alone I have read No Stopping Now by Dawn Atkins, One for the Road by Crystal Green, Swept Away, also by Dawn Atkins and now I'm reading French Kissing by Nancy Warren. I don't know how to describe the act of reading them but they are popcorn books. They are really small and straight forward, no real hooks, no calories. They are easy to devour. I only have maybe 3 or 4 left on the shelf though because I've read the little stockpile I had, so tonight I went on BookMooch and ordered 10 more. I will probably go through another period where I don't read them at all and that is fine. It really isn't like they take up any space if they sit on the shelf and await another lull. I just know that it would be hell if I did hit a low point and then didn't have any there to fill in the blues.
I was looking for another Sarah Dessen novel while I was at the bookstore and I was disappointed in their selection. I think I will probably give in and make an Amazon order sometime in the near future. I would love Someone Like You and Dreamland and they aren't usually stocked at the B&N at the Grove. I could also get Little Grrl Lost then as well, and no one can ever bitch about Amazon's prices. I will see how the week turns out.
Oh and books that I've started and then lost my interest in... Not that I had that as a topic at all, but it needed to be a subject of it's own. I started Victoria Alexander's The Perfect Wife and I read chapter 1 and then put it down and got something else. I really hate being like this. I loved her Effington books and her Last Man Standing trilogy, although the most interesting man was the last one who didn't get his story told. *harumpf* I am hoping that it is just a touch of my common first-thirty-page-irritation. I really hate introductions. I like books that are action from the get go and little character building in the typical refrain is done. I find the repeating of information annoying. It's my biggest pet peeve with Dark-Hunter books. I know the tale of the Apollite history like I know my own. We need a new way to tell it. //rant
As I mentioned earlier, Susan, Heather, D and I are going to see the Angels and the Blue Jays in Anaheim tomorrow. I like the fireworks so the last few years D and Belle and I have been going to see Dodgers games for the 4th. This year they aren't playing a home game so we all are going afield. I'm very happy to see Belle and Susan. The day should be good. I plan to take pictures, of course. Lots of pictures so I can spam this Vox with every color of the rainbow fireworks.
You know those days that just leave you feeling like you are on the chopping block? Today was one of them. I didn't know the international language for small talk, I laughed inappropriately at things that weren't funny and just generally felt out of place. Today felt very out of sorts. As I write this I am in bed and feel like it's the first correct situation of the day. Thank the gods for bed.
Today I saw two movies, Jumper, from Netflix, and Get Smart in the theater. I didn't hate Jumper and to it's credit it seemed to fly right by. I think Jamie Bell played my favorite character. I'm not a Hayden Christensen fan. I generally like his movies more when his character dies at the end. I know, my bad. Rachel Bilson didn't do much for me either way. She just didn't move me. I didn't feel it, like it was a soulless performance. Just there to collect the check. All in all, I am happy I didn't pay $14.00 to see it in the theater.
As for Get Smart... it was rather predictable. Wind up Steve Carell and let him do his schtick. Personally, I am bored with his character. I'd like for him to branch out to something else. Leave Michael on The Office set. But looking passed that Anne Hathaway was pretty good with her brand of physical comedy and Dwayne Johnson stole a lot of the scenes he was in. I would like to mention Masi Oka was adorable. I am still holding over from Heroes. I hope he gets more recognition and lands even bigger roles in blockbuster movies. I am a Masi Oka fan.
After we watched the movie, we went to Pinkberry. Neither Connie nor myself had ever tried it before. I know we are woefully behind the times. I thoroughly enjoyed mine which I had with kiwi and raspberries. I wanted seconds and that was not a good idea. I had already blown my WW points for the day in the theater when I ate a box of Junior Mints. I have been really bad with my points the last few days. Bad, bad me.
It's supposed to be rather warm the next few days. Today was in the nineties and tomorrow should reach well into the hundreds. We haven't made any plans of yet... knowing that I sleep the day away leaves it to be even harder to plan for things. I am sure we won't want to spend the entire day in the apartment. We will have to see where the day takes us.
I have so many things I want to write about today that I just don't even know where to start. I finished Rebel Angels this afternoon. What can I say, I really love Kartik. I loved how his character was developed in book two of the trilogy, although I was a bit disappointed about how things end between him and Gemma. The action was great in this book. The twists and turns were diabolical. All those things you sort of thought you were right about you find out you are, but you no longer think you are. It's tricky. I liked Gemma more in this book than in A Great and Terrible Beauty. She was still terribly immature at times but she isn't as blindly naive. I was ambivalent up to a certain point about Simon Middleton and then flat out didn't like him. Not to mention I measured him up to Kartik the entire time and he doesn't compare. I think Bray is doing an excellent job of defining the taboo and the expectation of the society. I just wish that Kartik wasn't taboo. I'll take him if Gemma can't make it work.
I went and bought The Host and A Sweet Far Thing today. I am currently torn because I don't know if I should read either one of those or Stardust. Stardust, I could probable read by tomorrow. Okay I have to study so maybe not. But I could read it quickly. The Host is 600+ pages and A Sweet Far Thing is 800+. Those are real commitments. With how fuzzy my head is at the moment I just don't know which is the better book to start. And I'm reading Twilight again with Jason and I told him I would be ready to discuss chapter 5 by Thursday. So many books and so little time.
While at the bookstore I took note of the display for Twilight. It is so big and always in flux. Sometimes stocked, sometimes not so much. The woman who checked us out gave me a small happy when she noticed that I was buying The Host and asked me if I was waiting for Breaking Dawn to come out. I admitted, shyly, that I was and told her how many days until 2 August. I mentioned the movie coming out in December and she surmised that it was going to be huge. She thinks the sequels won't be a problem. It made me feel good about the whole situation. Random bookstore clerk who sees popularity of the books, thinking that the franchise is a go. *sigh* Happy thoughts.
Speaking of Twilight, today is Twilight Tuesday and MTV released the official movie poster. I'm not that excited about it. I think it could have been better. Edward looks disjointed to me, not like he's looking over her. I think she looks soft and he looks too dead. Maybe he should look dead, but it just makes me not like it. I do like one thing. His eye looks topaz. Score points there. There was a fan poster made by Loleia that I liked, I'll post that too. If I had my choice between this and the cast photo I would pick the cast photo. I think the teaser trumps them both. Although with some time and space I can recognize that the teaser caters too much to those who already know and love the books and were going to see the movie anyway. It could have been catered more toward a more diversified audience.
Tomorrow is my second exam in Art History and I am not, exactly, looking forward to it. I am sort of dreading it. But to save me from real dread, the class is at the Getty. I hope to go in early and be able to look at one statue in particular. I want to do my paper on it. It's called the Venus Genetrix. She's very much in the style of the Winged Victory of Samothrace. I hope to compare them to one another. It will also give me time to study a bit before the exam. Of course I don't think we will have a tour tomorrow. Since we have so much to make up after last weeks class fiasco.
After class it will be a comic book day. Angel: After the Fall, Buffy and Lords of Avalon are all coming out tomorrow. It will be a nice reward after the exam. LOA left off at the place where Seren is stabbed by Kerrigan. It's one of my favorite parts of the book and I loved seeing it done in comic. D told me that after Angel: After the Fall that they are going to do a Spike: After the Fall. I am interested in that. I still can't get into the Buffy comics. I don't like the legions of slayers. It was hard enough for me when there was Faith. I hope that there could be a Twilight Manga. That would make for good adaptation.
