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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
well that was fun!
jeremy called me aound noon and said hey tim and miranda are in town. wanna hang out with them tonight? of course they picked the one night of this week we didnt have anything already planned so it was perfect!!!
after work i came home and started watching last nights american idol - the tryouts from salt lake city. man those producers are SO emotionally manipulative. they already know who they want you to vote for. sheesh. so far no one has really struck my fancy. i havent started watching tonights episode yet.
so, after jeremy got home we drove down to universal citywalk and tried to eat at hard rock but it was loud and had poor service so we would up at buco di beppos which had great service and was delicious. and quiet enough so that we could have actual conversation. the last time we saw them miranda was still pregnant so it has been a while.
we had a great time catching up and i enjoyed just watching adessa, who, like me, missed her nap today, but she was SO well behaved. and funny. she can say "meaghan" and "jeremy" really well. it is pretty cute. i love kids. other peoples kids. for now. someday i hope i love my own kids.
the night ended too soon but they had to drive home and we had to pack or our ski trip so it couldnt be helped. for a random phone call on a thursday, our night was pretty fantastic. my only regret is that i forgot i had my camera in my purse. we could have taken some fun pictures.
after work i came home and started watching last nights american idol - the tryouts from salt lake city. man those producers are SO emotionally manipulative. they already know who they want you to vote for. sheesh. so far no one has really struck my fancy. i havent started watching tonights episode yet.
so, after jeremy got home we drove down to universal citywalk and tried to eat at hard rock but it was loud and had poor service so we would up at buco di beppos which had great service and was delicious. and quiet enough so that we could have actual conversation. the last time we saw them miranda was still pregnant so it has been a while.
we had a great time catching up and i enjoyed just watching adessa, who, like me, missed her nap today, but she was SO well behaved. and funny. she can say "meaghan" and "jeremy" really well. it is pretty cute. i love kids. other peoples kids. for now. someday i hope i love my own kids.
the night ended too soon but they had to drive home and we had to pack or our ski trip so it couldnt be helped. for a random phone call on a thursday, our night was pretty fantastic. my only regret is that i forgot i had my camera in my purse. we could have taken some fun pictures.
i thought of more!
26. the #1 fashion crime, in my ever so humble opinion, is wearing a blue shirt with blue jeans. especially when they are both light or both dark. ick! #2 would be wearing a jean jacket with jeans. especially the same wash. suits made of demin are ugly. just remember that.
27. i got to help the vets at the vet school at k-state operate on an 8 foot long boa constrictor with a mouth tumor. it took about 15 of us to hold it down even though it was also drugged.
28. i am paralyzingly afraid of earthquakes. if the big one hits while we still live in california i will be dead because i wont remember to get under the table or into a doorway. however, if i live, kris has an earthquake kit.
29. my best friend lives exactly 2013 miles away. (good one anna!)
30. even though i am almost always the tallest woman in the room, and usually taller than most of the men (except when i am with the kocis - jeremy, shane, and ryan... i really love you guys) i LOVE wearing high heels. mostly stilettos, mostly 3 in high. if i am goig to be taller anyways might as well enjoy it!
31. i love magnetic poetry. my fridge at home and filing cabinets at work are covered with it.
32. i know every single word to every single dc talk song ever. including the raps. i used to play the tapes one word at a time (play! pause! play! pause!) to write down all the words to the raps so i could follow along until i learned them.
33. along the lines of memorization, no need to rent princess bride OR youve got mail. i can just recite them for you.
34. my favorite movies ever are star wars. we even exited the church on our wedding day to the star wars main title. john williams is a hero of mine. so is george lucas. and this might be a good time to re-mention that i have been in love with harrison ford since i was like 4.
35. i HATE checking voice mail at work but it drives me crazy when people call my cell phone and dont leave a message, especially when it is a number i dont recognize.
36. i have owned a car from each of the decades i have lived in. turbo the volvo was born in 1982 and cost $800 (and was older than me!), walter the achieva was born in 1996, and rex the yaris was born in 2007. i love my yaris!
37. i have lived in three states, five cities, and thirteen (possibly more) addresses.
38. the only thin hampering my dream of being a famous singer is that fact that while ive got rhythm, i dont got pitch.
39. i was born in the year of the rat. ive always hated that. i wanted to be the year of the horse. or dog. anything but a rat!
40. for the amount and volume of my talking, my mouth is really quite small. ask uncle mark. he was shocked.
41. my small mouth contributes to this: one food i cannot abide even touching is marshmallows. they slowly have gotten more and more disgusting to me. it all started with a tragic game of chubby bunny in 4th grade and slowly progressed from there. i think the last time i touched one was in college when mandy and i deocrated shane and jeremys dorm room and trucks with them. when we campi usually eat just graham crackers and chocolate. (or skip dessert altogether and just enjoy my mixie drink)
last night i was laying in bed trying to sleep and kep tthinking of more things to add. so if i think of more i will let you know.
27. i got to help the vets at the vet school at k-state operate on an 8 foot long boa constrictor with a mouth tumor. it took about 15 of us to hold it down even though it was also drugged.
28. i am paralyzingly afraid of earthquakes. if the big one hits while we still live in california i will be dead because i wont remember to get under the table or into a doorway. however, if i live, kris has an earthquake kit.
29. my best friend lives exactly 2013 miles away. (good one anna!)
30. even though i am almost always the tallest woman in the room, and usually taller than most of the men (except when i am with the kocis - jeremy, shane, and ryan... i really love you guys) i LOVE wearing high heels. mostly stilettos, mostly 3 in high. if i am goig to be taller anyways might as well enjoy it!
31. i love magnetic poetry. my fridge at home and filing cabinets at work are covered with it.
32. i know every single word to every single dc talk song ever. including the raps. i used to play the tapes one word at a time (play! pause! play! pause!) to write down all the words to the raps so i could follow along until i learned them.
33. along the lines of memorization, no need to rent princess bride OR youve got mail. i can just recite them for you.
34. my favorite movies ever are star wars. we even exited the church on our wedding day to the star wars main title. john williams is a hero of mine. so is george lucas. and this might be a good time to re-mention that i have been in love with harrison ford since i was like 4.
35. i HATE checking voice mail at work but it drives me crazy when people call my cell phone and dont leave a message, especially when it is a number i dont recognize.
36. i have owned a car from each of the decades i have lived in. turbo the volvo was born in 1982 and cost $800 (and was older than me!), walter the achieva was born in 1996, and rex the yaris was born in 2007. i love my yaris!
37. i have lived in three states, five cities, and thirteen (possibly more) addresses.
38. the only thin hampering my dream of being a famous singer is that fact that while ive got rhythm, i dont got pitch.
39. i was born in the year of the rat. ive always hated that. i wanted to be the year of the horse. or dog. anything but a rat!
40. for the amount and volume of my talking, my mouth is really quite small. ask uncle mark. he was shocked.
41. my small mouth contributes to this: one food i cannot abide even touching is marshmallows. they slowly have gotten more and more disgusting to me. it all started with a tragic game of chubby bunny in 4th grade and slowly progressed from there. i think the last time i touched one was in college when mandy and i deocrated shane and jeremys dorm room and trucks with them. when we campi usually eat just graham crackers and chocolate. (or skip dessert altogether and just enjoy my mixie drink)
last night i was laying in bed trying to sleep and kep tthinking of more things to add. so if i think of more i will let you know.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
jessie, this one's for you
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
so everyone has been doing it, and enough people have tagged me that i guess it is time to fall victim to peer pressure and jump on the bandwagon and all that stuff. it is hard to think of 25 completely unique random things about myself so if you think hey i wrote that too dont hate.
1. i wouldnt go as far as saying i love it, but i really dont mind being poked with needles. a month of going to the doctor every day freshman year of high school will do that for a person i guess. so now i love giving blood (and make jeremy give too!) as you may have noticed from previous posts.
2. in high school (and growing up) i HATED running. now, i do it for fun. i pay to run. i get up an hour early to run. im still not fast and i dont run very far but im doing it dammit!
3. our marriage has gone through some reversals. when we started dating, jeremy loved country music and used to torture me by making me listen to it. now, the country station is on my set of presets in the car and not his at all. (anyone who knew me in high school and college is laughing pretty hard right now)
4. anna and i have made a pact that after we have kids if we get fat we are going on the biggest loser. we love that show!
5. speaking of tv, jeremy thought getting me a dvr would help us watch less tv. boy was he wrong!
6. i am about to do something i have never done this weekend (skiing) and next weekend (not telling, but it is RANDOM).
7. one time in high school we tp-ed matts house and he caught us and cleaned it up. we went back a couple hours later and dug the tp out of the trash bag and used it again on him. one of my shining moments.
8. in high school i was voted "most opinionated" for our academy awards themed prom. i guess if you know me, that fact isnt all that random.
9. speaking of the academy awards, i get to go again this year. (yeah again - i went last year too!)
10. my cat, cricket, thinks she is a dog. it is pretty adorable.
11. my degree is in business management and gerontology, but i work with kids. sort of.
12. if you add them all up, i have had 10 grandparents in my life. thats a lot. never all at the same time though.
13. i am taking a cake decorating class. it starts next weekend. two of my friends from work are taking it too. those poor people arent going to know what hit them!
14. i basically got my entire department at work to read the twilight series. we trade the books back and forth like they are crack. just cant get enough!
15. i have two tattoos and 6 piercings (if you add of each one in my ears separately). also my hair was blue for a while.
16. everyone that works at the valley plaza branch of the los angeles public library knows me by sight.
17. if i could go on a date with any celebrity, i would have a hard time choosing between stephen colbert, joel mchale and ewan mcgregor. that is if harrison was unavailable.
18. jeremy was my first kiss.
19. matthew perry goes to my gym. on chandler st. if thats not random i dont know what is.
20. everything i know about politics i learned from watching west wing. season 7 of that show is why/how obama got elected. i would vote for matt santos if i was given the option. or for jed bartlett for that matter.
21. i havent had any soda for two years now.
22. or pig or shellfish. or white bread.
23. things that make me crazy: people who double park, people with words written across the butts of their pants, women at the gym who arent wearing a sports bra or in some cases a bra at all, people who ask the same questions over and over, especially at work, the fact that the number of buns never matches the number of hotdogs, selfishness, excess, smoking, intolerance. among other things. dont you worry. i wont list them all here.
24. i am a rules person. if we are playing a game, or driving, or doing anything else, i like to follow the rules. i am also somewhat of a hallway monitor. i cant break the rules and neither can you! it follows that i understand gods justice a lot better than his mercy.
25. i used to play monopoly by myself for hours at a time. no one else would play with me. strange as it may seem coming on the heels of my last entry, but i made up my own rules so it became a single player game, me against the bank, playing until i had all the money and all the property. when i would land on a property that i owned, the bank would pay me rent. somehow, i never lost. please keep in mind i was about 9 at the time. dont judge me.
it is really hard to think of all these things right in a row. best of luck to those i tag.
so everyone has been doing it, and enough people have tagged me that i guess it is time to fall victim to peer pressure and jump on the bandwagon and all that stuff. it is hard to think of 25 completely unique random things about myself so if you think hey i wrote that too dont hate.
1. i wouldnt go as far as saying i love it, but i really dont mind being poked with needles. a month of going to the doctor every day freshman year of high school will do that for a person i guess. so now i love giving blood (and make jeremy give too!) as you may have noticed from previous posts.
2. in high school (and growing up) i HATED running. now, i do it for fun. i pay to run. i get up an hour early to run. im still not fast and i dont run very far but im doing it dammit!
3. our marriage has gone through some reversals. when we started dating, jeremy loved country music and used to torture me by making me listen to it. now, the country station is on my set of presets in the car and not his at all. (anyone who knew me in high school and college is laughing pretty hard right now)
4. anna and i have made a pact that after we have kids if we get fat we are going on the biggest loser. we love that show!
5. speaking of tv, jeremy thought getting me a dvr would help us watch less tv. boy was he wrong!
6. i am about to do something i have never done this weekend (skiing) and next weekend (not telling, but it is RANDOM).
7. one time in high school we tp-ed matts house and he caught us and cleaned it up. we went back a couple hours later and dug the tp out of the trash bag and used it again on him. one of my shining moments.
8. in high school i was voted "most opinionated" for our academy awards themed prom. i guess if you know me, that fact isnt all that random.
9. speaking of the academy awards, i get to go again this year. (yeah again - i went last year too!)
10. my cat, cricket, thinks she is a dog. it is pretty adorable.
11. my degree is in business management and gerontology, but i work with kids. sort of.
12. if you add them all up, i have had 10 grandparents in my life. thats a lot. never all at the same time though.
13. i am taking a cake decorating class. it starts next weekend. two of my friends from work are taking it too. those poor people arent going to know what hit them!
14. i basically got my entire department at work to read the twilight series. we trade the books back and forth like they are crack. just cant get enough!
15. i have two tattoos and 6 piercings (if you add of each one in my ears separately). also my hair was blue for a while.
16. everyone that works at the valley plaza branch of the los angeles public library knows me by sight.
17. if i could go on a date with any celebrity, i would have a hard time choosing between stephen colbert, joel mchale and ewan mcgregor. that is if harrison was unavailable.
18. jeremy was my first kiss.
19. matthew perry goes to my gym. on chandler st. if thats not random i dont know what is.
20. everything i know about politics i learned from watching west wing. season 7 of that show is why/how obama got elected. i would vote for matt santos if i was given the option. or for jed bartlett for that matter.
21. i havent had any soda for two years now.
22. or pig or shellfish. or white bread.
23. things that make me crazy: people who double park, people with words written across the butts of their pants, women at the gym who arent wearing a sports bra or in some cases a bra at all, people who ask the same questions over and over, especially at work, the fact that the number of buns never matches the number of hotdogs, selfishness, excess, smoking, intolerance. among other things. dont you worry. i wont list them all here.
24. i am a rules person. if we are playing a game, or driving, or doing anything else, i like to follow the rules. i am also somewhat of a hallway monitor. i cant break the rules and neither can you! it follows that i understand gods justice a lot better than his mercy.
25. i used to play monopoly by myself for hours at a time. no one else would play with me. strange as it may seem coming on the heels of my last entry, but i made up my own rules so it became a single player game, me against the bank, playing until i had all the money and all the property. when i would land on a property that i owned, the bank would pay me rent. somehow, i never lost. please keep in mind i was about 9 at the time. dont judge me.
it is really hard to think of all these things right in a row. best of luck to those i tag.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
book challenge
i am venturing into the new territory of book challenges. basically, people all over host them and they all have different parameters and timelines.
the first one i am trying out is the banned book challenge 2009. i have challenged myself to read 15 books from the banned or challenged list between feb 22 and june 30. i have already picked the books i am interested in reading but a lot will depend on the library's availability during that time period. some are classics and some are newer. part of the challenge is to post book reviews on my blog so you all will get to hear which books i am reading and what i thought about them. i know you can barely control yourselves until feb 22. well me either (but mostly because thats oscar day!)
the first one i am trying out is the banned book challenge 2009. i have challenged myself to read 15 books from the banned or challenged list between feb 22 and june 30. i have already picked the books i am interested in reading but a lot will depend on the library's availability during that time period. some are classics and some are newer. part of the challenge is to post book reviews on my blog so you all will get to hear which books i am reading and what i thought about them. i know you can barely control yourselves until feb 22. well me either (but mostly because thats oscar day!)
Monday, January 26, 2009
started bad, ended pretty good
when i got to work this morning the alarm (the one to tell kids when to change classes and start/end school; sounds like an old fashioned alarm clock) was going off. apparently it had been going off since at least sunday. it continued to go off for at least the first 45 minutes that i was trying to work. finally our maintenance guy fixed it. during this time i realized that the server was down and i couldnt check my emails or access the shared drives that i store all my important documents on. great. thats okay - the internet was working so i facebooked and yahooed the morning away.
shortly after the school alarm went off, the server room alarm went off. this one is more of a high pitched whine. that continued for about 2 hours. lovely. i was almost ready to quit when our (mostly worthless) it guy showed up and fixed both the alarm and the server. finally i could get some work done. oh yay.
my day took a turn for the better when ellen gave me a bottle of nail polish that she found at home and didnt want and thought i would like. it is named "skin tight denim" so of course i like it. dark blue - so hot right now. so i painted my nails at work this afternoon. layoffs? what layoffs?
i was able to go to my favorite class with my favorite teacher at the gyym tonight.
then, when i got home, i got a facebook message from my "son" russ, who informed me that i needed to drink some beer in honor of his home country. apparently, jan 26 is australia day. (in completely unrelated news, australia was the word that lost me the spelling bee in 3rd grade. i still get nervous and sweaty when i have to spell it. it was between me and another kid and i lost!) so jeremy ran right out and bought some fosters (australian for beer!) and boddingtons ( i know it is an english beer but it is the only kind of beer i will actually drink and arent australians all english criminals if you trace their roots back far enough anyways?) and we watched west wing and drank beer. so the crappy monday wound up alright after all.
this ones for you russell murphy! we miss you!
shortly after the school alarm went off, the server room alarm went off. this one is more of a high pitched whine. that continued for about 2 hours. lovely. i was almost ready to quit when our (mostly worthless) it guy showed up and fixed both the alarm and the server. finally i could get some work done. oh yay.
my day took a turn for the better when ellen gave me a bottle of nail polish that she found at home and didnt want and thought i would like. it is named "skin tight denim" so of course i like it. dark blue - so hot right now. so i painted my nails at work this afternoon. layoffs? what layoffs?
i was able to go to my favorite class with my favorite teacher at the gyym tonight.
then, when i got home, i got a facebook message from my "son" russ, who informed me that i needed to drink some beer in honor of his home country. apparently, jan 26 is australia day. (in completely unrelated news, australia was the word that lost me the spelling bee in 3rd grade. i still get nervous and sweaty when i have to spell it. it was between me and another kid and i lost!) so jeremy ran right out and bought some fosters (australian for beer!) and boddingtons ( i know it is an english beer but it is the only kind of beer i will actually drink and arent australians all english criminals if you trace their roots back far enough anyways?) and we watched west wing and drank beer. so the crappy monday wound up alright after all.
this ones for you russell murphy! we miss you!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Chicken stuffed with goat cheese and basil
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Sex on Fire
Have you ever had the experience of hearing a song on the radio as you arrive home and then hearing the same song as you leave the house the next morning? We heard the kings of leon song "sex of fire" last night and this morning. Kinda makes me feel like I never left the car.
Also, I am firmly convinced that the kings of leon are a reincarnation of kenny loggins (and I'm pretty sure he isn't even dead yet). Also, the lyric "whoa your sex is on fire" confuses me. Is he talking about some kind of std? Or is someone's special place actually on fire? That's even more disturbing.
Yet catchy.
Hmm. This requires more pondering.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Running the day away
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
american idol what?
yesterday afternoon after i go thome from work i turned on the tv to watch the dvr-ed episode of american idol from tuesday night. as it is still audition time, there was the usual mix of freaks, earnestly bad singers, and pretty good singers, psychos, and sad stories. the very last contestnat they showed was kai, who is a devoted son to his ailing mother blah blah good tv blah blah. he was a pretty good singer and made it to hollywood. yay for him. call your mom and tell her. wait! first, let the producers cue "i can only imagine" to play in the background. wait... what???
weirdest outro music on american idol ever. didnt even really fit his story, especially since they played the entire song and all the lyrics.
weirdest outro music on american idol ever. didnt even really fit his story, especially since they played the entire song and all the lyrics.
81st annual academy award nominees announced
1. Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire."
2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"; Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"; Sean Penn, "Milk"; Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler."
3. Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"; Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"; Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"; Meryl Streep, "Doubt"; Kate Winslet, "The Reader."
4. Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk"; Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"; Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"; Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road."
5. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "Doubt"; Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"; Viola Davis, "Doubt"; Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler."
6. Director: David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"; Gus Van Sant, "Milk"; Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"; Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."
7. Foreign Film: "The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany; "The Class," France; "Departures," Japan; "Revanche," Austria; "Waltz With Bashir," Israel.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"; Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"; David Hare, "The Reader"; Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire."
9. Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"; Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"; Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"; Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Bolt"; "Kung Fu Panda"; "WALL-E."
11. Art Direction: "Changeling," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "The Duchess," "Revolutionary Road."
12. Cinematography: "Changeling," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire."
13. Sound Mixing: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "WALL-E," "Wanted."
14. Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Slumdog Millionaire," "WALL-E," "Wanted."
15. Original Score: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat; "Defiance," James Newton Howard; "Milk," Danny Elfman; "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman; "WALL-E," Thomas Newman.
16. Original Song: "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.
17. Costume: "Australia," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Duchess," "Milk," "Revolutionary Road."
18. Documentary Feature: "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)," "Encounters at the End of the World," "The Garden," "Man on Wire," "Trouble the Water."
19. Documentary (short subject): "The Conscience of Nhem En," "The Final Inch," "Smile Pinki," "The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306."
20. Film Editing: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "Slumdog Millionaire."
21. Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
22. Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes," "Lavatory — Lovestory," "Oktapodi," "Presto," "This Way Up."
23. Live Action Short Film: "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)," "Manon on the Asphalt," "New Boy," "The Pig," "Spielzeugland (Toyland)."
24. Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man."
i think the only thing that would make this list more exciting for me would be if the following names somehow magically appeared on it: john williams, george lucas, ewan mcgregor.
but it is still pretty amazing that i will get to see all these people from about 3 feet away. yep.
2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"; Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon"; Sean Penn, "Milk"; Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler."
3. Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"; Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"; Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"; Meryl Streep, "Doubt"; Kate Winslet, "The Reader."
4. Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk"; Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"; Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"; Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road."
5. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, "Doubt"; Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"; Viola Davis, "Doubt"; Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler."
6. Director: David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"; Gus Van Sant, "Milk"; Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"; Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire."
7. Foreign Film: "The Baader Meinhof Complex," Germany; "The Class," France; "Departures," Japan; "Revanche," Austria; "Waltz With Bashir," Israel.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"; Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"; David Hare, "The Reader"; Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire."
9. Original Screenplay: Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"; Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"; Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"; Dustin Lance Black, "Milk"; Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter, "WALL-E."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Bolt"; "Kung Fu Panda"; "WALL-E."
11. Art Direction: "Changeling," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "The Duchess," "Revolutionary Road."
12. Cinematography: "Changeling," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire."
13. Sound Mixing: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Slumdog Millionaire," "WALL-E," "Wanted."
14. Sound Editing: "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man," "Slumdog Millionaire," "WALL-E," "Wanted."
15. Original Score: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat; "Defiance," James Newton Howard; "Milk," Danny Elfman; "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman; "WALL-E," Thomas Newman.
16. Original Song: "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam.
17. Costume: "Australia," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Duchess," "Milk," "Revolutionary Road."
18. Documentary Feature: "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)," "Encounters at the End of the World," "The Garden," "Man on Wire," "Trouble the Water."
19. Documentary (short subject): "The Conscience of Nhem En," "The Final Inch," "Smile Pinki," "The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306."
20. Film Editing: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "Slumdog Millionaire."
21. Makeup: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
22. Animated Short Film: "La Maison en Petits Cubes," "Lavatory — Lovestory," "Oktapodi," "Presto," "This Way Up."
23. Live Action Short Film: "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)," "Manon on the Asphalt," "New Boy," "The Pig," "Spielzeugland (Toyland)."
24. Visual Effects: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Iron Man."
i think the only thing that would make this list more exciting for me would be if the following names somehow magically appeared on it: john williams, george lucas, ewan mcgregor.
but it is still pretty amazing that i will get to see all these people from about 3 feet away. yep.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
the best part of my day
stealing an idea from beka... she often posts about the best part of her day. the best part of my yesterday was getting a competely unexpected package at work from american eagle containing a pair of man pants and this sweater. i really love my honey bunny. he has good taste in clothes. also he is going to look good in his new pinstripe pants that he picked out.
i got up an hour early, ate breakfast, and went running with a friend from work and her roommate. it felt really good and it was cool enough to not be sweating like a pig but not cold. we were super safe (safety in numbers AND i was armed with pepper spray AND no one else is awake and out at 6:30am). ny adreneline is fading and around lunchtime i am going to crash. the good news is now i dont have to anything when i get home except cook dinner and drink. :) no driving to the gym and fighting for a treadmill, no getting there early so i can get my spot for a class. so yay for that. we are running again in the morning. hopefully this is something that becomes a part of my regular routine.
i have another new years resolution that i didnt think of right at the beginning of the year but that i have been keeping so far. i want to cook something new at least once a week. i am bored with the same old food (seriously my cart at tjs was the exact same every week - all healthy and tasty stuff but cmon.) so we have been trying new stuff. tonight i am making tabbouleh with roast beef. super excited. i get to use some herbs from my garden for it. yay! last night we had lemon garlic chicken and cauiflower, both new recipes. and i found this great recipe for a vegetable soup that makes a giant batch then i froze it in four parts and thaw, add a few new ingredients, reheat, bam dinners ready and healthy and easy. love it!!!!
i have another new years resolution that i didnt think of right at the beginning of the year but that i have been keeping so far. i want to cook something new at least once a week. i am bored with the same old food (seriously my cart at tjs was the exact same every week - all healthy and tasty stuff but cmon.) so we have been trying new stuff. tonight i am making tabbouleh with roast beef. super excited. i get to use some herbs from my garden for it. yay! last night we had lemon garlic chicken and cauiflower, both new recipes. and i found this great recipe for a vegetable soup that makes a giant batch then i froze it in four parts and thaw, add a few new ingredients, reheat, bam dinners ready and healthy and easy. love it!!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Day 20
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television advertising at its finest
on the way home from the gym tonight i was channel surfing and landed on the easy listening station (hey i love michael bolton and celine dion just as much as the next girl). the song that was playing was "baby come back (you can blame it all on me)" and i wanted to go buy a swiffer even though i already have one.
hey advertising guys... its working.
hey advertising guys... its working.
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