This lovely Christmas postcard arrived from Germany with best wishes for the new year.
And this nice sentiment came from Virginia containing thanks for a gift.
Postcards from Germany & Virginia
Three sentence movie reviews: Lord of the Rings Extended Versions of The Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, Return of the King
Really, there are three movies, so there should be nine sentences, but they all blurred together into a very long movie. I found that a lot of the bonus content was not necessarily necessary, but was mostly interesting. And I realized I hadn’t seen these movies since their release (it was a Christmas activity with the brother for three years running) so I had mostly completely forgotten the story, which made for pleasant viewing as it seemed new to me.*
Cost: free
Where watched: Laurie and Burt’s house.
*Also, I had completely forgotten the huge amount of eye candy, which made for a pleasant addition to eleven hours of viewing.
posters from:
http://www.impawards.com/2001/lord_of_the_rings_the_fellowship_of_the_ring_ver1.html
http://www.impawards.com/2002/lord_of_the_rings_the_two_towers.html
http://www.impawards.com/2003/lord_of_the_rings_the_return_of_the_king.html
LOTR Extended Editions
“If I were going to watch all the extended edition of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy in one day, would anyone be up to watching them with me?” So the query was posted and so people replied in the affirmative and so the Lord of the Rings Butt-Numb-A-Thon came to be.
Laurie and Burt provided us with three meals which was good, because we were watching movies from 9:00am to 10:00pm. Here was the spread for Breakfast. We also had sandwiches for lunch and tacos for dinner.
And we begin.
And we continue. And some of us discover that sitting on the top part of the couch is preferable to the couch.
And so it ends, and I take a picture of the liquids that got me through my day. Tea in the morning, water through the day, hot chocolate to get me through the last two-hour stretch.
I confess, I didn’t really know what I was signing up for, and it was rough going in the middle*, but I’m proud to say I did it. There were nine of us (if you count Lily the dog) who watched all three movies. We should get tattoos.
*I actually left to feed the cats simply so I could get up and walk around. I even did lunges, my legs were feeling so dead. Since I stand at work now, I really never sit down for long stretches any more.
Three sentence movie reviews: The Italian Job (1969)
Yet another “why not?” at the library that turned out to be an excellent view. It’s speedily plotted, it’s funny in the small details and you get to see those cute minis driving around Italy. It also has the best ending to a heist movie I’ve seen in a very long time.
Cost: free from library.
Where watched: at home.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/1969/italian_job.html
New Glass!
My Aunt Carol has been on a clean and purge streak and boy, did I win. Do I want the cactus glasses that were my Great-Uncle Tom’s? Yep. Do I want the cocktail glasses that were my grandmother’s? Yes ma’am.
Uncle Tom’s cactus glasses. There were 12, but I’ve learned that they don’t stack well, so now there are 10.
Grandma’s cocktail glasses, which would be even more amazing if I had put them against something white, so you could see the fabulous color.
They have these pretty roses etched on them.
And this is fabulous. It has a glass stir stick and I love the shape. Plus, the cups stack.
And now I must purchase something to contain all this glassware.
What we still write and mail in these modern times.
Judging from the amount of shelf space devoted to thank you notes, one can extrapolate that the only thing people hand write and mail anymore are thank you notes. This is a shelf at Target, where I had a gift card. Maybe I will get some stationary, I thought to myself. I was excited to see the huge selection they hand and then, as usual deflated to realize that 90% of the offerings are thank you notes. Grrr.
Final Postcrossing Statistics.
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Three sentence movie reviews: She’s All That
I thought it was a travesty that the library didn’t have a copy of this movie, but upon repeat viewing, I realized the movie doesn’t hold up all that well. Freddie Prinze Jr. is rather wooden, the main character is uneven and changes too rapidly. The two things I remembered from my first viewing (the dad answering wrong answers to Jeopardy and the dance scene at the prom) were still good, but overall the movie was not.
Cost: free due to boyfriend going out of town and me poaching from the Netflix queue.
Where watched: at home.
Part two in the Paul Walker memorial retrospective. And yes, his character was not very nice.
Also! Dule! From West Wing!
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/1999/shes_all_that.html
Three sentence movie reviews: Mad Men Season 6
All the main characters had very good arcs to travel this season and there were several memorable moments throughout. What will season seven bring? A good man for Peggy? Something new for Joan? A turning point for Don? Pete actually getting a clue? I’ve just realized that all those questions broke me three-sentence rule.
Cost: $8.00 (rented in four parts each costing $2.00 from Videorama)
Where watched: at home.
poster from: amazon.com
Three sentence movie reviews: Out of the Furnace
This movie should win some sort of award for men who talk so low and mumbly the audience needs to sit forward a bit and say, “huh?” a lot. Seriously, all four main guys could have used subtitles. It’s also fairly dark and Woody Harrilson plays a bad, bad man.
Cost: $3.00
Where watched: Laurelhurst.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2013/out_of_the_furnace.html