Up! (Spoilers)

LK and I took our sunburned selves to see Up today, and it was fantastic! You should see it.

Six months ago, I was very "meh" on this movie, because the concept wasn't appealing and it was Yet Another Boy Movie from Pixar. Then con season started up, and I saw extended clips, and WOW, they were hilarious! So it was with high anticipation that I went into the theatre, and even though I was battling a pretty crappy physical state, it did not disappoint!

Up is both laugh-out-loud funny and boy-I'm-glad-this-theatre-is-dark tear-jerky, with a lot more of the former than the latter. If the previews made you smile or giggle, you'll really enjoy the full thing. And yeah, the movie is almost entirely boys, but I enjoyed it so much - and the female characters that did exist were so awesome - that I could forgive it. (Although next time, please Pixar, give us a female protagonist?)

Other things! Everything about the kid is funny. Almost everything about the dog is funny. Actually, Dug is kind of a brilliant concept. He's not really anthropomorphic in the classic Disney way; everything he "says" really is a translation of simple dog thought. Stylistically, the film is gorgeous, of course. And if the battle at the end is a little less great than the rest, as I have seen said elsewhere, I was so into it that I couldn't bring myself to care.

Due to me mis-reading the schedule, we didn't see it in 3-D, but I would absolutely go again to get the full experience.

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED TODAY

ITEM: Expired soda doesn't just taste gross; it also pops holes in the aluminum and leaks out all the frell over your cabinet.

Next time someone who's moving asks me to take their party stash, remind me to say HELL TO THE NO. Ugh. I am sticky, and quite sure the old-ass, crappy wood cabinet will never be the same.

I guess it was motivational. Not like I had anything else to do tonight, like Az stuff, Ireland reservations, or work I'm pretending I'm not doing at home. Asphyxiating on cleaning fumes is a much better use of my time.

*squelches back to it*

A friend and I emerged from our respective homes today (success!) to go see Angels & Demons. I read the book but had forgotten all but a few plot points, but even if I hadn't, I think I still would've been almost literally on the edge of my seat. I caught myself with tense fists a number of times. They did a really nice job of driving the show forward, even with all the exposition dumping necessary in these movies. And! They got rid of the most ridiculous plot point, so yay for that. Random Carmen Argenziano made us giggle (she knew he was in it, I did not). The spectacle was quite well done, too, so despite a few idiot character moments, I enjoyed it.

Also, Ewan McGregor was hot. :-D

I was in severe danger of spending the entire weekend on my couch, so I am extra glad we went. I've got plans this evening, too, so maybe I'll just watch one movie today, instead of the (oh god) four? five? plus some regular television I did yesterday. Activity fail, slugginess win.

I tried to come up with a list of movies to see this summer, but it turns out a lot of the ones I'm interested in don't come out till the fall. Up is next up - my months-ago mehness about this movie was totally dispelled by the clips I've seen at cons. It is some damn fine comedy, and I will see it opening weekend.

I did theatre, not choir, but...

GLEE BRINGS ME GLEE.

...which probably means it's going to get cancelled halfway through the season. Sorry.

IN THE MEANTIME. GLEE.

Niffler

This weekend, I contributed to our struggling economy by supporting small business. Or, in other words, I went to the local craft fair event three times and bought a bunch of stuf. Three of those purchases were in the interest of not dying, as it hit the 90s this week (smoothie, water, shaved ice).

I also bought a necklace. 

From Drop Box

The picture doesn't do the color justice, but eh. I don't wear much jewelry, but I really like looking at it. I like shells, and I felt my relatively meager necklace collection was lacking green. Along with the purchase is a promise to start wearing them more; it's not like I get dressed up with any regularity, and it's kind of a waste to have shiny, dangly things sitting in a box all the time.

Then today, I got bookmark jewelry!

From Drop Box

How cool is that? Except that I got seven. -_- I wanted one, and I thought my sister and mom would like them, and also my other sister, and my dad might think they're nifty, and well, I couldn't just leave the last sister out, right? The seventh is because they had a "buy six, get one free" deal. Would that it had been one less!

Darn it. I'm usually so good at not buying things.

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Going to try posting things here and see if it sticks. :-)