Judging by the titles of my last few posts, I am clearly all about the days of the week lately. Sheesh, you’d think I’d just learned them… Anyway, just wanted to offer a quick update on weekend activities and life in general:
The Simpsons movie: If you know Joel or me at all, you probably assumed we would be at the theatre on opening day to see the long-awaited Simspons movie. Well, you were right — we went Friday afternoon. (Believe me, we considered going to the midnight show the night before, but decided we’re too old for such shenanigans…) Anyhoo, we could tell the crowd (not too big since it was an afternoon showing) was pretty amped up and they responded to the movie accordingly — little chortles at inside jokes and big laughs at everything else. It wasn’t all fun and games, though — I actually teared up TWICE. At the Simpsons movie! Just goes to show I really am apt to cry at just about anything. All I have to say in my defense is Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson are both saints. (Since I just used the word apt and I’m already talking about The Simpsons, I’m going to go ahead and make the reference that is pinging around the inside of my head right now: “No, it’s not, it’s apt! AAAAAAPT!!” Extra points* for anyone — except Joel of course — who can tell me why Lisa was screaming that line in church at the top of her lungs). UPDATE: Joel wrote a great review of the movie on his blog if you want to check it out.
*Points are non-redeemable and expire immediately.
In other weekend news, I made my first-ever Key Lime Pie. Key Lime Pie. From scratch. No, really. Yes, my first ever — look, here’s proof:
It was super tart and so yummy — this recipe is definitely a keeper!
On a completely different subject, have I mentioned how much I love So You Think You Can Dance? I do. It’s on every Wednesday and Thursday night and I haven’t missed a show yet this summer. I really love it. I’m not usually a huge fan of (inappropriately named) reality television. Sometimes I’ll catch an episode or two of various shows (American Idol, Last Comic Standing), but I usually get bored or annoyed by all the “drama” (i.e. manufactured conflict) and tune out. That is not the case with SYTYCD — it’s so much fun to watch! The choreography is always interesting (even if not always quite my cup of tea) and innovative, the judging is rigorous and honest without being unnecessarily cruel, and the dancers are amazing! And by amazing I mean truly talented and skilled. Not that I’m an expert by any means, but having attended a performing arts college, I’ve certainly been lucky enough to watch my fair share of professional-level dancers. If you have the least bit of interest in dance, or even performance arts in general, you should definitely check it out — you won’t be sorry. And just for the record, I think my favorite dancer is Lacey — she’s cute as a button and seriously fierce on stage!
Finally, a question: have you ever read The Dive from Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer? I just finished it over the weekend and I’m curious to hear what other people thought of it, specifically what you thought about the main character, Carrie.
Ok, that’s all the miscellany for today. Have a good week everyone!
2 Comments
July 30, 2007 at 8:53 pm
The Simpsons Movie made me laugh. Check out my review at
Cold Leftovers, if you like…
July 31, 2007 at 9:27 am
Thanks for the linky-linky!
And that pie was awesome!! Oh… so tart!
I suppose I’ll keep watching SYTYCD, even though Jamie is gone…