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I keep coming home and turning on the TV and flipping from movie to movie for several hours before going to bed. This doesn't usually last too long with me, but I think it's been a couple of weeks already... actually maybe it's only been about a week, but it feels like a long time. I've watched more stupid romantic comedies in the last week than I've seen in the last few months. But while I'm talking about that, let me just say that Music and Lyrics was actually decent. Not the best one I've seen, but I think the first I've seen where Drew Barrymore plays a character I don't want to strangle. She was quirky and weird, but not idiotic like all her other roles. And you know what else? This just proves my theory that any romantic comedy with Hugh Grant in it -- despite NOT LIKING him much at all -- is pretty darn good. I don't know how or why this is true, but it is.
I also saw Because I Said So which made me want to murder Diane Keaton. It was pretty stupid, but overall it wasn't the worst I've seen either. There were a few really adorably funny parts, which were what made the movie worth watching. (Wow, what an alliteration.)
Before we got home, Maryann and I ate at the mall, and she was telling me about this article she read in Cosmopolitan magazine about how to... I dunno, something about communication with guys, who apparently prefer to talk about objects rather than people/feelings. Those articles are all bullshit and overly simplistic anyway, but they're sometimes pretty amusing to read. In this case, it was pretty funny because -- even without knowing the path the answer should or shouldn't take -- I was able to foil the point of the quiz! Yaye for me! So one of the questions was: "There are two fish in a fish bowl. What are their names?"
I paused for a second or two. And Maryann said, "just answer with whatever first comes to mind!" So my answer was "Black and White." I could totally see the huge sweatdrop that formed at her head. So I asked, what was the answer supposed to be? The point of this question is to determine whether the guy has his friends/hanging out on his mind, or your relationship. ::coughBULLSHITcough:: Two guys' names = friends, guy/girl names = relationship. I don't know what would happen should he pick two girls' names, or as in my case, more abstract "pet" names. ^^;
As for reading, I finished re-reading that first book in David Weber's Honor Harrington series, and have now moved on to the next one, Honor of the Queen. I'm not sure how long this sci-fi stint will last, but maybe I should look into what sci-fi books I may be interested in before the urge disappears. Even though I'm also still in the middle of Watchmen.
Oh! Speaking of Watchmen -- I really like those chapter interludes the best. You know, where you get to read various "non-fiction" articles written about and/or by the characters. I think sometimes I trudge through the "story" part to get to those. ^_~;
I also saw Because I Said So which made me want to murder Diane Keaton. It was pretty stupid, but overall it wasn't the worst I've seen either. There were a few really adorably funny parts, which were what made the movie worth watching. (Wow, what an alliteration.)
Before we got home, Maryann and I ate at the mall, and she was telling me about this article she read in Cosmopolitan magazine about how to... I dunno, something about communication with guys, who apparently prefer to talk about objects rather than people/feelings. Those articles are all bullshit and overly simplistic anyway, but they're sometimes pretty amusing to read. In this case, it was pretty funny because -- even without knowing the path the answer should or shouldn't take -- I was able to foil the point of the quiz! Yaye for me! So one of the questions was: "There are two fish in a fish bowl. What are their names?"
I paused for a second or two. And Maryann said, "just answer with whatever first comes to mind!" So my answer was "Black and White." I could totally see the huge sweatdrop that formed at her head. So I asked, what was the answer supposed to be? The point of this question is to determine whether the guy has his friends/hanging out on his mind, or your relationship. ::coughBULLSHITcough:: Two guys' names = friends, guy/girl names = relationship. I don't know what would happen should he pick two girls' names, or as in my case, more abstract "pet" names. ^^;
As for reading, I finished re-reading that first book in David Weber's Honor Harrington series, and have now moved on to the next one, Honor of the Queen. I'm not sure how long this sci-fi stint will last, but maybe I should look into what sci-fi books I may be interested in before the urge disappears. Even though I'm also still in the middle of Watchmen.
Oh! Speaking of Watchmen -- I really like those chapter interludes the best. You know, where you get to read various "non-fiction" articles written about and/or by the characters. I think sometimes I trudge through the "story" part to get to those. ^_~;
