like valentine's day only not as pretty.

you all better be wearing red, white and or blue today. i'm wearing blue and white. i almost wore my red earrings from the wedding, but i decided that might be over kill on the patriotism. we don't want people to get the wrong idea.

no, i'm kidding. i celebrated today by watching Entourage, tending to my seasonal and pet allergies, and drinking Argentinian tea.

happy fourth. i am half-american, after all. and since i posted a picture on Canada Day of me in Canada, i thought that today i would post a picture of me in the United States.


this is me and my bestest friend Maria in Rockefeller Center. New York City. the center of the universe. what a great city! this was during my blonde hair phase.

oh, this is silly. hope you all have a great day. today is a great day because it means the entire country will smell like a barbeque.

if you go see fireworks tonight, please enjoy them and be safe.

happy independence day.

<3

is that a wand in your pocket?

OK. i just read an article about sexuality in the Harry Potter movies. it asks the question, "does anyone want this?" meaning, sex. in the HARRY POTTER MOVIES.

let me use my powers as a master blogger to speak for the entire world.

NO. NO NO NO.

notice how i even put the first 'no' in bold. and i hate using bold. it's only for extreme situations.

this next HP movie is rated PG. why are we even asking ourselves this question?!?! these Hogwarts kids ARE STILL KIDS. kids will go see this movie. there is no need to sex up the plot.

there is no need to sex up ANY PG movie. COME ON ratings board!!! get it together! the way that films are being rated nowadays is seriously upsetting me.

just given the content in the sixth Harry Potter book the movie should have been rated PG-13.

there is a DEATH in this book. a serious death of a beloved character. if we look back to the fourth movie (which was rated pg-13) there was a death of a student. that was upsetting. a kid died. to be more specific, it was the hottie from Twilight, so that made it even worse.

the past two HP's have been pg-13. the plot only gets darker and scarier. yet this movie is rated pg. what?! how does this make sense?? Harry is angry in this one. he gets all emotional and angsty on us. he's what like, 16 in this one? 16 or 17?

i don't know why these film ratings really bother me. i've been bothered all year. and once in a while it just really gets to me. like now. take us back to last summer, when The Dark Knight was released. man, that should've been R. that was an intense psychologically disturbing film. violent and dark. and yet it was rated the same as Mamma Mia!? really? does this not make sense to anyone else??

i remember writing an essay my sophomore year in high school called something like, "is there too much violence in children's movies?" and the answer was YES. and i thought this when i was a sophomore. i believe i used Sleeping Beauty and The Lion King as examples. and this was like, 8 years ago!

clearly i need to be the president of the ratings board pronto.

let's even think about our TV shows. since i'm currently re-watching Heroes, let's take that one. what the heck would that be rated if it was in movie-form?? i vote R. the ep i watched last night included an image of a woman hanging upside down, her skull ripped open and blood pouring down her arm onto the floor. great! let's put that on tv so everyone can watch!!!

terrific.

even language. this also bothers me. violent language in movies. swearing all over the place for everyone to hear. i try, try, try my best not to swear at all because i really don't like the way it makes me feel. i always feel like i'm letting myself down when i swear. i guess that's more personal.

but still.

dear ratings board: smarten up.
dear parents: pay attention.


love to you and everyone because there's not enough of it,
julie

SPACE!!! the final frontier

some kind of phenomenon was happening in my living room this afternoon. i was cleaning my kitchen and i went into the living room to change the song that was playing on my laptop. and i stepped into the living room and didn't even notice it at first glace.......

BUT THEN!!! i saw it. and i actually jumped back and gasped. it was like Star Trek in my living room. for realz.

and then, i reached for my camera. i actually reached for it quite sneakily, like the phenomenon would go away if it saw me moving. and i captured quite a few pictures which i could not wait to show to you. this happened like, maybe 20 minutes ago. it got me so excited. i seriously just basked in the phenomenon for quite a while.

ok, here we go.

Julie's Phenomenal Phenomenon








isn't that beautiful?!??! oh, i just loved it. it was such a nice surprise phenom. i love it when those happen.

so, these pictures were all taken on my ceiling. it was like a SUPERNOVA!!!!!! it was like the sun in the middle of the star cluster was experiencing a supernova and the rainbow is the beautiful remnants of what once was....

what? no i don't know what i'm talking about. so, i had this cd on my coffee table and the bottom was facing up. and the sun was coming through the window at just the right moment. it's completely gone now.

but. i really had myself tricked for a few moments until i realized what was causing it. i mean, i don't know what i thought it was. i didn't really think it was some space phenomenon. (for too long). i was kind of let down by the CD on the coffee table. ah well.

it was exciting while it lasted.

i should go back to cleaning my spaceship. um, i mean apartment.

what else could i call this? a time warp? moving at warp speed? i could say that it was an effect of my apartment moving at warp speed. i guess that doesn't really make sense seeing that apartments are usually stationary.

anyways. i'm reorganizing my kitchen. it's like a totally new place. i mopped the floor again. it actually looks pretty awesome.

next up will be the living room. and then bedroom. and then front room. and then lastly, will be the tiny room. because i have a feeling that i will throw all the extra stuff into the tiny room. so, i will go through it last.

i also need to get out at some point and run some errands. but ever since i got this new furniture i just don't want to leave the house. everything is so comfortable.

i just want to sit on my couch in front of the air conditioner and watch Heroes. i just watched the ep where Sylar terrorized Claire's mom. ooo that was scary. and she was making fajitas for dinner!!! i thought of kara. at first i thought, "ooo she should invite kara over for dinner too!" but then i thought, "actually no, because Sylar will be there."

but, i thought of something that i remember thinking while watching Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight. it was in the scene where the Joker and his entourage terrorize the party fundraiser for Harvey Dent. and i remember thinking, "what would he do if someone just went up to him and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek?"

and i also thought of that last night while watching Sylar be horrible to Claire's mother. would he really cut your skull off if you were making out with him? i kind of remember reading something that was like, "i wouldn't mind if Sylar killed me because at least the last thing i saw would be totally hott." and i was like, "hm. valid point."

ookk. hope you enjoyed my afternoon phenomenon. i feel like i call it something different each time. it has many names.


have a lovely evening!!!


*Jacuzzi*Jacuzzi*

mcadams loves gosling?

OK. i'm a tad upset about this.

i was just reading Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 Best Movie Tearjerkers. now, i'm not saying that Titanic needs to be number one on every "best" movie list ever created.....but, it at least needs to be higher than THE NOTEBOOK.

on this list, Titanic ranked #16, while the notebook was like, #11. COME ON. who cried during The Notebook? did you? i didn't. lame movie. although, Rachel McAdams has nice hair in that movie and also James Marsden is in it and he's a charmer.

Brokeback Mountain was in the top 5, i think. along with Bambi. both movies which i approve of. movie not on the list? A Little Princess. that's the only movie i am guaranteed to cry at every time. EVERYTIME.


in other, more exciting news, i got to hear an unborn baby's heartbeat for the first time today!! it was really awesome. like, really awesome. it's a little boy.

in re-watching heroes news, i decided that i like Nathan a lot better the second time around. and, as much as i really, really try to hate the cheerleader, she's just so freaking adorable.

but, i'm dreading watching the next episode because i think it's the homecoming one where she almost gets her head cut open. and then the bizarre love story between her and Peter begins. which, isn't really a love story, because, they're actually related, right?

i just remember that when i thought they should have been hooking up on the show, they were actually hooking up in real life. and yeah, i was a little sad when they broke up.

anyways. that's all for now. just a little update. it's very dark and blustery out today. i approve.

OH!!! HAPPY CANADA DAY!


Ahhh....what i wouldn't give for some TimBits right now.....and an iced raspberry cappuccino.


And this is me, Kara and my dad in front of Lake Louise. taken while on our great canadian adventure. if i'm correct, that water is so blue because it's glacier fed.

man, that's a good looking canadian (and half canadian) family right there.

ALRIGHT. i just had a really nice phone conversation with my mom. on our new cell phones. it was exciting. i'm really excited for her because she's getting into the show House. i should let her borrow Sense and Sensibility so she can see some vintage Huge Laurie as Mr. Palmer.

alright. i have a glass of iced tea and a chocolate chip cookie to try and distract me from the scaryness that is about to be the next episode of Heroes. i can't tell if it will be more scary this time because i know it's coming, or less scary this time because i know it's coming.

i'll probably let you know.

have a great evening!!! so nice talking to you.

<3

the coolest

i don't know if you were made aware of this, but i am now the coolest person in the country. nay, the planet. i got a new cell phone on monday that totally blows all other cell phones out of the water. ok, maybe not. but it definitely blows my old cell phone out of the water. i'll do a photo comparison soon. maybe like, tomorrow. ish. but, i don't know if i told you that my old cell phone died? oh wait, i'm getting a memory. yes, i think i did tell you. so, anyways, got a new one, got a new phone number. i'll send it to you all eventually. i just added you all in my new phone tonight. perhaps i'll send text messages. those are lovely.

in other news, i am also the coolest person on the planet because i now have furniture in my apartment. repeat: FURNITURE in my APARTMENT. yes, i have had this apartment since November of 2008 and it is now June of 2009 and i finally have furniture. and it looks freaking amazing. it actually looks like an apartment as opposed to some rooms with stuff in them. i am very happy. and comfortable. because i no longer have to sit on the floor. although, the addition of the rocks made everything more comfortable. kitty is happy too. it makes reaching the moths on the ceiling a bit more closer.

my laptop crashed twice today. actually, twice in about 15 minutes. i turned it on, checked my email, left to go get some water, came back = CRASHED. reboot. CRASHES IMMEDIATELY. like, it wasn't even all the way turned on. i was scared at that point.

and also, my check engine light in my car came on yesterday. right after i had bought my super expensive new phone.

so, remember my joke about my phone, computer and car all dying in the same summer??? yeah. i wonder if there's a painting about that.

that was a Heroes reference. because there's a guy who can paint the future while he's using heroin. i think it'd be cooler if he didn't have to take heroin to paint the future. but, whatever. i'm not a writer on Heroes. or, any tv show, actually.

but, i started watching Heroes again. did you know i had watched it before? i guess you would know if you read my livejournal a few years back. it was my third year in college. this was also the year that i watched like, 2 entire seasons of Lost in like, 20 days, or something insane. where did i get all this time to watch tv shows? i was finishing div 2. ah well.

anyways, i had to stop watching Heroes at the very beginning of the second season because i was just getting too scared and it was too violent and too bloody. the last thing i remember is Peter Petrelli in a warehouse. was the warehouse on fire? i can't remember. maybe.

BUT ANYWAYS, i had Kara explain the rest of it to me last week after seeing Star Trek, and, i actually thought it kinda sounded good. (she also explained the rest of the season on Lost, but, i'm over it. i'm through with Lost. sorry, everybody.) and, this was brought about because the hottie from Star Trek is on Heroes. zachary quinto. the new mr. spock.

YEAH, he plays Sylar on Heroes. and he was definitely the reason that i STOPPED watching the show. because i was so scared of him. and i remember just absolutely freaking DREADING seeing him come onscreen. because he is so evil. so evil. and i remember first seeing him on Heroes and being like, "wait a sec, who is this not-Jason Schwartzman guy?" because he looks a ton like J.Schwartz.

SO THEN, i saw him in Star Trek and was like, "wow, he looks a lot more nicer and approachable when he doesn't have people's brains coming out of his mouth." and then realized a bit later that he is, in fact, a super hottie. and he graduated from Carnegie Mellon which was where our three new friends from Ireland just graduated from, and also my prom date in high school.

SO, i decided to start rewatching Heroes. now, i do realize that i'm starting to watch it again for the exact reason why i stopped watching it. which, doesn't really make sense. but, now i have more of a character separation. whereas before, i could only think of Sylar. now i can also think of Mr. Spock.

so that's my story. that's what i've been doing since last night. starting heroes again. and, to prepare myself, i kind of re-read my livejournal to remember a little bit more about the plot. but all i got was my made up story-line where Mohinder and Sylar make out in the hotel room. i do remember them being kind of BFF and thinking that they were totally into each other.

anyways. enough about that.

OH, wait. one more thing. Matt Parkman. now, i must be in some frame of mind where i cannot remember where i've seen people in other things. like this guy. Matt Parkman. he's a Hero who can hear people's thoughts. and he comes onscreen and i'm like, "where have i seen this guy before?!!?" and then rereading my LJ tonight, i wrote something that was like, "...and the pilot from Lost is on Heroes!" and i was like, "RIGHT. that's it."

but, when we went to see Star Trek, it got really bad:

(during the film)
KARA: (whispers) Is that Winona Ryder?
JULIE: .....OMG you're right!!

(during the credits)
JULIE: Simon Pegg? Who was he?
KARA: What!? The funny guy....
JULIE: OOHHHHH yeah! Wait, he's the guy who jumps over the fence, right?
KARA: YES.

(because in the Hot Fuzz trailer, he jumps over all those fences.)

(after the film)
JULIE: Hey, who was that Russian kid? What else has he been in?
KARA: Um, you mean CHARLIE BARTLETT???
JULIE: OH YEAH!! Wow.
KARA: Did you recognize the guy from Lord of the Rings?
JULIE: What?? Who???
KARA: Kirk's friend....the doctor..
JULIE: He was from Lord of the Rings??
KARA: Yeah, he was Eowyn's brother....
JULIE: OH YEAH!!!!
(a minute passes)
JULIE: Hey, you know who I liked, was Captain Nero.
KARA: Yeah, Eric Bana.
JULIE: WHAT?!?!!? THAT WAS HIM????
KARA: OH MY GOD are you kidding me????

it has never been that bad before. EVER. i don't know what was happening to me.

BUT - you can also see now that Star Trek had an all-star cast. it was out of this world. wow, great joke.

so, i'm going to end this now. i just want to remind you all that i am still the coolest person on the planet. even though i have referenced Star Trek, Heroes, Lost and Lord of the Rings. i still own the super cool amazing cell phone, and i still have furniture in my apartment. so = coolest.

i will talk to you all later. i am working wednesday 8:30 until we get back from the doctor's. maybe like, 11ish. i am taking a resident to her doctor's appointment. today i worked 12:30 - 2pm and then 3:30 - 10. we went to Wendy's tonight. it was only one girl and one baby. super quiet. i basically texted kara the entire night.

OK. it was nice talking to you. i have been wanting and wanting to update, but have been really tired the last few nights.

also, did i tell you that i have decided i want to become a celebrity? yeah. i decided that. watching Entourage makes me want to be famous.

okay!!! goodnight!!! have wonderful wednesdays.

<3