FYI

For those of you who are an amazon prime member, they are now letting you stream 5,000 movies for free.

So I finally watched Social Network...

This is about my generation, right?  I should relate.  Oh wait, I'm a female--why would I relate to a tech-driven movie unless I'm there to take my clothes off?  F-you Fincher.  Yes, I've read your response to women hating your movie. Your response is weak (at best).

All that aside, why is this up for best movie? Fast dialogue + acceptable soundtrack + "of the time" topic = acadamy award nominee? I don't get it, somebody explain it to this stupid chick.

Update: It was a fine movie, I don't mean to sound so bitter.  Best picture though?

I just finished the series Freaks and Geeks.

This is Bill, my favorite character, in my favorite scene in the whole series:



His character is so sweet, I love him. I can't believe this show got canceled after one season.
*love* the Darth Vader cup.

Funding is about to be cut for Planned Parenthood:

Did you hear? The House voted to bar Planned Parenthood from federal funding. They cut funding for HIV tests, cancer screenings, birth control, and more, putting millions of women and families at risk. We can't let it go unanswered. It's time for you and me to stand with Planned Parenthood. Sign the open letter to the reps who voted for this bill — and to the senators who still have a chance to stop it.
http://www.ppaction.org/IStandWithPP

This is my favorite commercial right now.

I realize I'm lucky for having this be the first time, but...

I caught a student blatantly cheating for the first time today.  It was heartbreaking. No me gusta :(

image via: icanhazcheezburger.com

Chewbacchus

This is officially my favorite Mardi Gras Krewe:

link: http://www.razzamatazproductions.com/chewbacchus.html
Heh, their dues are $42. (Don't worry if you don't get this, but it is the answer to the question in the universe.)

On a side note, here's a conversation K-man and I had yesterday:
He was telling me something about Corvette Summer, a movie Mark Hammil did in between episode IV and V,

Me: "Was that before or after Mark's accident?"
K-man: "He had his accident during Corvette Summer."
Me: "Oh, ok"
pause
K-man: "Wait, how do you know about Mark Hammil's accident?"
Me: "Don't you know who you're married to?"
K-man: laughing--"My awesome Star Wars nerd wife."

Look at my new computer!

I'm really excited.  My friends out there that use Macs, expect some calls from me for tech support ;)

Happy Valentine's Day Everybody!

Tonight, K-man and I are going to see Sixteen Candles on the big screen.

It's been re-released in quite a few cities, so if you need something to do tonight, this might be a fun option.

Endymion

K-man and I splurged and got tickets to go to a party at one of our favorite restaurants for one of the biggest parades during Mardi Gras, Endymion.  The ticket includes an open bar, sidewalk seating during the parades, lunch, and dinner (it's an ALL DAY event). I'm so glad we got our tickets because guess who the Krewe of Endymion picked as one of the Grand Marshals? 

The Silver Fox!!

That's right, I'll get to see these baby blues in person!

Image via CNN.

OMG, I want this cat.

Hold me closer Tony Danza.

Until an embarrassing age I thought these were the lyrics to Tiny Dancer.  True story.  This may be due to me being raised in the "Who's the Boss" generation, but these being the lyrics totally made sense to me.  "I'd be OK with Tony Danza holding me close," I thought.  When I found out my mistake, I was completely embarrassed.  How many people heard me sing "Hold me closer Tony Danza"? 

Apparently, I'm not the only one:

Hold Me Closer Tony Danza - watch more funny videos

Another one?

K-man was a saint and agreed to watch Sex and the City 2 with me (disclaimer:  we got it with a free red box code--I would hate myself for spending money on it).  We turned it off after 20 minutes; I didn't want to ruin the series for myself.  Today I found out they are making an SATC prequel starring Blake Lively as Carrie.  A prequel? WTF? Did they not learn from getting a crazy number of Razzie nominations for SATC2?

 

Even Carrie is face-palming this one.

It happened again.

This happened again today-- with a different student.  Really.  (Really?)

Best pepper mills ever.

For months I had to use this POS when cooking:

It is a dual grinder that you put pepper in one side and salt in the other.  It's fine for table use, but for cooking it sucks the big one.  To get enough pepper/salt out, it felt like I was using one of these:

For months I kept wondering why my forearms were sore. I finally realized it was the pepper mill. As soon as I realized it I bought new mills:

Oh my lord, these are awesome. It's uber easy to set the grind size (there's a dial at the top) and it is, by far, the easiest grinder to fill I've used. The grinding mechanism is also very high quality.  I would recommend these to anyone.

For the record, I find all of OXO's products to be great.  I don't know their (environmental or political) policies--mainly because The Googler* doesn't find anything, but I do love their products.




*My cousin in Portland told me about a professor he had that called any computer  "The Googler".  I liked it so much I stole it.  I'm not proud. And yes, I wrote this comment in case he reads my blog, which I'm pretty positive he doesn't.  I didn't want him to call me out :)