schindler vs. voldemort

hi friends.

i just finished watching Schindler's List. i had never seen it before!! i know, i know. i probably deserve to have all my movie reviews burned in front of me.

anyways. i watched it. i only too 2 breaks! one to go check in with Courtney and the other to switch the disc over! that's not too bad!!!! at first i was really worried. how was i supposed to watch an 'over 3-hour movie' that didn't have Kate and Leo in it?!?! this was worrying me. but i did it!!!!

man, the second half of that movie is pretty grim. and i definitely cried really hard at the end. when all the real people were putting rocks on his grave!? yeah. buckets.

anyways. what was the deal with that guy? he was a Nazi. but he was a good guy. he hung around with jerks. but he was a good guy! he hung around with Voldemort, but he was a good guy. what!?

so, i liked this movie for a couple reasons:

1. John Williams.
2. i feel like we're supposed to have this idea that Nazi = terrible. but this was about a Nazi who = awesome! this makes me think that there must have been more Nazi's who weren't so bad.
3. it was really about how one guy can make a super huge difference. he saved almost 1200 people.

i didn't like this movie for a couple reasons:

1. voldemort
2. all the writing. like, to explain stuff. it made me more confused.
3. voldemort
4. "

let's talk about voldemort. MAN he was a jerk. he's someone who doesn't get hugged enough. and there's that one scene where you're like, "aw, wow, he really loves that lady." and you think this until he pretty much beats her to death. that was unpleasant. ugh, what was his problem? i just didn't understand him. i just don't understand these bad people.

but voldemort was the worst. this was not a movie where i wanted to reach out and touch his face. like in The Reader.

person whose face i DID want to reach out and touch?? LIAM NEESON. yes please. what a sweetheart.

ok, so Schlinder's List = ****

moving on.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist = **

UGH.

1. First of all - this movie should have been rated R. I DON'T KNOW what has gotten into the heads of the MPAA when they rate some of these movies. i would not let my 13 year old see this movie. it was DIRTY. super dirty language. dirty unnecessary "sex" scene in the end. dirty slutty drunk girl. dirty slutty non-drunk girl. PG-13? i think not.

2. i hated these kids. i hated his stupid yellow car. well, actually, i thought the parts with his yellow car were kind of funny. there were lots of parts where i laughed pretty hard. but overall - UGH UGH UGH. it was all these "we're so uncool we're actually cooler than you" kids running around looking for this mystery hipster band at 4 in the morning.

3. i think with music you can either be a cool, "hey, you've probably never heard of this band, but i think you'll like them" person. OR, you can be a "um, what? you've never heard of this band? wow, they are my favorite band and you are a loser" person. this movie was FULL of the second. i automatically hated all these bands just because these kids liked them!*

*except for Bishop Allen. i really do like them. and i was happy they were featured in the movie.

4. i think Kat Dennings is a snob. and she was in pretty much every single outtake acting all snobby and trying to be funny. again with the "we're so uncool" image.

5. TOO MUCH EMO. enough said.

6. "um, what? who wrote this movie? what?! NOT Diablo Cody?? oh no. you mean there's another one out there LIKE her???!!!"

7. trying to be Juno. now, i liked Juno the first time i saw it. i have not seen it again. i don't really want to see it again. i know by saying this you all will probably hate me and burn my movie reviews anyways. but yeah - i'm sick of Juno. not as good as i thought it was going to be. i'm over it.

8. un-cool opening credits. i don't like when they have the opening credits playing over the beginning of the movie. because then you can't appreciate all the people who were involved in the making. either have a separate opening credit sequence, or save it all for the end. NO MIXING. and yeah, tons of movies do this, i figured with all my other complaining, 'why not complain about that too!!?"

9. k. i think that's it.

save your money during the recession = Nick and Norah.
spend your money during the recession = Schlinder's List.

wow! what a great new segment.

sooo....yeah.

OH OH OH!!! i went into Rite Aid this afternoon to buy more hair dye and i saw the toothpaste aisle and i thought to myself, "hm, i'll just go see if they have my orange mango toothpaste" which i can't find ANYWHERE. and they had it!!!!! ONE left!!!!! so, duh, i had to purchase. i was so excited. oh how i miss the soothing taste of orange mango in my mouth. those peppermint toothpastes burn like heck.

AND. the hairdye i bought was called Havana Brown. kind of sounds like a porn star name or something, but it immediately drew me in.

and this lady on the front was really pretty. and then i saw another pretty lady who was also modeling for Havana Brown. and i thought, "hm, that's strange. two different ladies modeling the same color?" so, i picked up the second box and it said on the top, "New model. Same great color!"

and i was outraged!!!!! were they saying that the first lady outgrew the prettiness of the haircolor?!?! i didn't like it. it just rubbed me the wrong way how it said that on the box.

so, i was going to buy the first lady on the box, when i saw this other section of "chocolate colors." and the color was just like, "medium brown" or something, but on the front of the box it said, "part of our decadent chocolate collection". and i was like, "what?! delicious!!!"

so, then i put back Havana Brown and picked up the chocolate collection. because clearly i wanted chocolate. and, the two colors looked pretty much the same. but then as i was walking away with the chocolate collection in my hands, something came over me. and i turned around and picked up Havana Brown again.

and Havana Brown it was. it just sounds tropical. and illegal.

so, i dyed my hair Havana Brown. and, it kind of came out Havana Reddish-Brown. lame. i'm sick of this red. i've had virtually every semi-natural looking haircolor. i just can't grasp the red this time.

there's no star on the mountain tonight. i've gone to every single window in my apartment multiple times looking for the star. and it's nowhere. i have very strong feelings about this. that star was a beacon of comfort and hope. a motivational symbol of beauty. a gentle reminder that you too, can be great. and now it's gone. i'm hoping they are just changing the batteries or something. maybe they had to take it down for the day due to landscaping issues. oh man, i hope it's back tomorrow.

so, i was talking to Courtney tonight, and she asked me if i could work from after staff meeting on tuesday until around 6:30. and i said,

JULIE: Well, I'm already working for Cheryl that night...
COURTNEY: Uhh...what?
JULIE: I'm working for Cheryl tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday.
COURTNEY: Oh...I don't think so...
JULIE: Um....
COURTNEY: I thought Cheryl just needed you for one of those days? Didn't she get back to you?
JULIE: No, I haven't talked to her since Wednesday. I assumed I was just working for her all those days.
COURTNEY: Hmmm....I don't think so.

soooo. apparently i'm not working all those days. i have no idea now. i guess cheryl was supposed to get back to me. and she never did. Courtney was pretty certain that Cheryl was coming in tomorrow. i guess i have to call her tomorrow.

we'll see.

oh, we have a new resident here! she arrived on Tuesday afternoon. i haven't had much time to hang out with her. i see her in the mornings. i like her because she comes downstairs wearing a bathrobe. very regal. and apparently her and another one of the girls are making plans to go to a club next weekend. Courtney was telling me this friday night. and i said,

JULIE: Um, Courtney, will you have to chaperone this trip?
COURTNEY: OH GOD I hope not.
JULIE: Haha!
COURTNEY: Yeah, the girls would just loove that.
JULIE: Yeah they would.
COURTNEY: Actually, I think Charlene is working with me next Friday night.
JULIE: Oh good. Make her go.
COURTNEY: Haha, yeah.

it was funny. but, we were both kind of confused at this "girls going to a club" plan. we don't know the rules about these things yet.

there's this underage nightclub attached to a family restaurant in west lebanon. located behind the Shaw's! i don't know. sounds like bad news to me.

i was learning about my new hampshire towns and villages yesterday. GET THIS: so, Lebanon, NH is a CITY. but, West Lebanon, NH is a VILLAGE inside Lebanon. confusing? yes.

AND THEN - there is the TOWNSHIP of Livermore, NH. remember we were talking about townships recently? and how they confused the heck out of me? i believe they were in reference to Upper and Lower Providence, Pennsylvania. anyways.

Livemore, NH. as of the 2000 census the population was 3. THREE. two men and a lady. um, why is there not a sitcom about this?!? two men and a lady running their own township!! that's like, prime material.

Judd Apatow and Seth Rogan tell us the two men will of course be the lighthearted, funny ones. while the lady will naturally be the serious, boring one. she eventually hooks up with one of the guys. blahdy blah. then maybe she hooks up with the other one during a drunken late night of Law Making. because remember - they're running their own goverment here. and the story continues. lots of "what is this place? a town? or a ship??" jokes. they eventually realize they need to leave New Hampshire for bigger and better things. and in the series finale we see them sailing away aboard a giant ship they built and affectionately named, "Township."

the show will also be called, Township and will probably air just before one of those CSI shows.

oh, and i'm copyrighting all this. yes!

ANYWAYS. i couldn't believe there was a township right here among us!! i could probably drive there! i wonder if those three people live together. and like, at the bottom of their driveway there is a sign that says, "Welcome to Scenic Livermore, NH! Population: 3."

and then! i was learning all about villages. and there is the village of Etna, NH which is inside Hanover. and it was the site of the 2001 "Dartmouth Murders." and i vaguely remember this! when those two professers at Dartmouth were murdered by some high school kids. it was in the village of Etna. in the town of Hanover. author Jodi Picoult also lives there.

so, yeah. this new area continues to fascinate me.

and with that, i think i'm off to go to sleep. i'm getting sleepy. i think Ruby Tuesday is already in bed asleep. she brought her leopard print toy into my room today because she was going in there too. and before that, she had somehow managed to get a box on top of it.

i've had my chandelier on all night. i need a comforting light since there's no star. although, now whenever i turn on the chandelier all i will think about will be vampires. yikes. i shouldn't have said that. maybe all i will think about will be Robert Pattinson. maybe he misses that chandelier. i should write him an open letter.

Dear Mr. Robert Pattinson:

I bet you miss that chandelier featured in your new movie, Twilight. I bet you miss it a lot. Well, I'm here to inform you that I have the very same chandelier hanging in my bedroom. If you ever miss that chandelier so much that you can't stand it, please, consider this your invitation into my bedroom. Really, you don't even need to call to say you're coming over. Anytime, night or day, really. I don't mind. And we can, ya know, hang around in my bedroom and "look at the chandelier" together.

Fondly,
Julie

i think that went well. hope he gets the message.

SO !!! i'm going to go use my orange mango toothpaste now!!!!! i'm so excited.

hey, have nice, relaxing sundays. or, have delicious chocolate covered sundaes. whichever - i hope it's great.

i'll talk to you again soon.

loveyouloveyou,
.Jacuzzi.Jacuzzi.


post script: have i used that 'sunday/sundae' joke before?!! man, that's a classic!


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