This had a good premise (dead people wandering around New York City and when living people walk through them, they sneeze) but was ultimately a mediocre movie. Part of the problem was that Ricky Gervais’ character swung through several different personalities in the course of the film. This wasn’t unpleasant to watch, which makes it a good “flu” movie, in my book.
Excellent performances by all three actors, this was like watching three great character studies. It was fun to notice the parallels between John C. Reilly and his ex-wife and Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. Plus, any movie with Catherine Keener in it is for me.
I’ve been putting money into a savings account to fund an emergency fund of three months of living expenses for more than 10 years. The emergency fund has been depleted time and again over the years, mostly because of emergencies. There have also been periods of employment where I could only save $25.00 per month. When you are shooting for $5100 in savings, depositing $25.00 per month can be particularly disheartening.
Still I persisted. And this month, I’m proud to say that I have reached my emergency fund’s first goal. Yip-yip-yipee! My next goal will be to have six months of living expenses in the bank.
What should I do to celebrate? Perhaps buy a pony?
Kidding. I’ll probably read another personal finance book.
It’s been 18 days since I started my two-posts-per-day regimen. The good news is that I have posted 41 new posts since that time. The bad news is I am just now tip-toeing out of May.There are roughly 3 weeks until PSU school starts, and I want to be within a month of present day at that point. I need to be to August 29 or further. So I’m going to strive for four posts done per day. If I can do that, there will be 88 new posts published and we will hopefully be into September. Right?
Ugh! Never again will I get so behind.
10/3 note (date I’m actually hitting the “publish post” button): Hey! According to this blog post, I met my goal! Good job me!
I was uncomfortable during most of this movie, first because the main character is so cheery-weird that it is off putting. Then, the escalation of the oddness of the driving instructor combined with the cheery-weirdness of the main character was very jarring. I’m sure that was all the point, and I was engrossed the whole time, but I felt exhausted by the time the movie was over.
Then, I got to feel uncomfortable all over again because my domestic violence cousnselor boyfriend disagreed quite emphatically with the main character’s choice. Geez.
Among the important things you should carry in the back of your car…
Good job Matt, for noticing this.
Matt and I watched this in celebration of the four weddings (and no funerals) we attended this summer. Matt had seen it long ago on a bad date and he enjoyed it much more this time. I remembered how delightful this was, but I had forgotten how funny it is.
