Three sentence movie reviews: Diary of a Teenage Girl

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I loved the design of this movie, how the animations would sometimes take over the movie itself.  I also thought it accurately captured a lot of the feelings and emotions that occur when young women become sexually active* (though thankfully, most of us aren’t sleeping with our mother’s boyfriends).  There is a general out-of-control feeling, which is uncomfortable, but the total package is a winner.**

Where watched: at home
Cost: free from Netflix

*This is so rare to see on film!
**And I can’t wait to see more of Bel Powley.  I’ll start with that Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret movie.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2015/diary_of_a_teenage_girl_ver2.html

We become Cosmic Tripsters

Thank goodness we finished at the Kennedy School because they ring the old school bell when you do!  (Sorry about the blurry pictures.  They were due to low light and the general excitement of the moment.)

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Filling out or certificates.  We each get three nights for two (a total of six nights!) at any McMenamins property!  Plus we each get a pair (a total of four) of concert tickets!IMG_5409

Posing with our t-shirts, completed passports (which give us happy hour drink prices Sunday through Thursday for a year) and our certificates.

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There were also pint glasses, pins and key chains.IMG_5413

Our last stops on the quest

We’re back on the highway for our final page of stamps on the quest.  It seems our last page will mostly be a strip mall McMenamins experience.  In our haste to finish, I neglected to take pictures of most of our stops.IMG_5401

Matt’s final stamp came at the Highland Pub.  He claimed his pint glass prize.IMG_5402

Mine came from the not-at-all-romantically named Mall 205 Pub.  I show off my pint glass.  IMG_5403

It is ironic that our final prize said “On the quest to be a Cosmic Tripster.”  Because, you know, we’re done with that quest.   If we were the type of people to drop mics, the mic would be dropped right here.IMG_5404

Hardy kiwi flowering!

I can’t remember when I planted the hardy kiwi, but perhaps fall of 2009 or spring of 2010.  As I mentioned in this post, I was hoping for some kiwi, but mostly wanted green growth on the pergola.  I’ve gotten what I mostly wanted, for sure.  The kiwi looks great on the pergola and I love the way the front porch looks in general.

This is the first year I’ve seen it flower!  Both female plants put out a few flowers.  The male plant (the one in the middle) produced nothing.  So I’m guessing pollination is a no-go until that happens, if ever.IMG_5414

In looking at the photos from 2009, I’m surprised at how much the flowering plum tree has grown.  The porch was always shaded for most of the day, but now it’s shaded for much more of the day, which doesn’t bode well for kiwi production, even hardy kiwi production that doesn’t need as much sun.  Oh well.  The greenery is great!IMG_5415