Watchmen

This past weekend, Eric and I went to see Watchmen at the IMAX with a couple of friends. I have not read the book, but really want to. However, this was one of those times when I didn't quite feel like I had to read the book, and really wanted to see the movie. I even took a nap before we went, since we went to the 9:40 movie and we knew it was 160 minutes.

The movie had me hooked from the beginning. The music used in the opening montage was perfect. The storyline made the moviegoer think. There were so many small details that I noticed, and probably a lot more that I didn't notice. I had a lot of moments where I thought "What if this really had happened?"

I enjoyed this entire movie. I didn't feel like it dragged at any part, and literally wanted to see it again after it finished (at 12:30am no less!). I would highly recommend it to everyone. I have the book requested from the library and am looking forward to reading it!

Weekend Update

Friday seems like it was so long ago, yet the weekend passed so quickly!

After work on Friday, I met a couple of friends at Happy Hour at Art's Bar in Lansing. We had a great turnout eventually, and live entertainment from one of our Lansing Jaycee members. It was a lot of fun, and I was there for most of the night. Then I went home and finished my book. Woo hoo!

Saturday was the Michigan Jaycees Model Legislature here at the Capitol in Lansing. I was the Majority Floor Leader for the day, and whew!! What a busy day! After we were done, I went home, went to dinner with Eric, and then came back to take a nap. Yup, a nap at 7pm...because we were planning on seeing Watchmen on the IMAX screen at the 9:40 showing! I LOVED the movie...I'm hoping to do a post on it soon.

Then slept in on Sunday, watched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and slept some more in the afternoon. It was quite the lazy Sunday!

Now I feel like I'm playing catch up at work on this Monday...

Bacon ice cream and a long weekend...

All week I was planning on going to Muskegon on Saturday morning. By Friday night, I was just so spent that I decided to just drive there after my Happy Hour event for the Lansing Jaycees.

On Saturday, Eric, his mom, Nancy and I went to Mia & Grace. I could eat there every day if it were possible for me (since I live in Lansing...)

I had the Roasted Butternut Squash soup, and it was amazing - I dug into it before I took a picture.

I ordered the Chicken and Mushroom Ravioli with Roasted Yellow Pepper and Tomato sauce. It was amazing. The seasoning in the ravioli was great, and the pasta is made in house.

Eric ordered the Cornbread Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with a Molasses Blueberry Reduction...this might be my new favorite...the cornbread didn't overpower the pork tenderloin, which was seasoned perfectly. The reduction was soooo yummy.

Nancy got the Pecan Crusted Chicken...so good.

And of course....dessert! I got the carrot cake...

Nancy ordered the Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream - this was fantastic!!!!

And having this made me order the Creswick Bacon fresh ice cream...

The bacon was fantastic in the ice cream - the ice cream had rum in it also, so the sweet/salty combination was great.

And today, my day off, I'm relaxing, hanging out with the dog, catching up on the blog, and watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann from last week, Dexter Season 1, and I'll probably finish watching a disc of Weeds later. I probably have other things I should be doing, but oh well!!!

Pop Culture, Books, and Productivity

While recovering from whatever I have that's making me croak more than speak, I'm currently watching AFI's Top 10 Films in 10 Genres. So far, I've seen all of the Animated films, but there are quite a few of the fantasy ones I haven't seen, including "Field of Dreams". I know, I know, it's in my pile of movies to see. Sometimes I feel like I missed out on so many movies in my early years, that I will just never be able to watch everything that I would like to.

But of course, that's the same with books for me - my to read list is so long, it's ridiculous. I have read 20 books since the beginning of the year, but is that enough? Heck no. I've got 4 going right now, and three of them are on my list of 50 books I made at the beginning of the year. Luckily, there's a neverending flow of books coming in front of me...

And, I'm pretty sure I'm feeling this way because I'm sick, but I'm not feeling very productive lately. It's rare that I go home from work, and I did that today. But, the nap that I took this afternoon really helped, I think. It was getting hard for me to stay awake - it felt like I had taken meds, but I hadn't taken anything! Hopefully, I'll sleep much better tonight, and will be better tomorrow.


Currently Listening: To anything by Prince!

Let the weekend begin!

Yesterday was finally Friday. This week was incredibly slow and long. In addition, I was having an emotional week - partly because of the holidays, partly because of the news at work this week. Now it's Saturday, and I feel pretty run down. Of course, I couldn't sleep in this morning, but it was for a good reason - haircut!!! It's always so relaxing. :-) As usual, I didn't do the exact same thing as last time, but I did change up the color - got it a little darker, and with some highlights. I really like it, but we'll see how it goes tomorrow when I actually do it! My new profile picture was taken today.

I do want to take a moment and thank all of my friends that have been around and put up with me for the last couple of weeks. I appreciate all the support and just plain understanding. I hope you all have a happy (and restful!) holiday.

I am looking forward to being off from work until January 3rd. I've been feeling really burned out, and I just want to sit around, watch movies, read books, scrapbook, and just be lazy in general. I'm really looking forward to watching lots of football too! GO BLUE!

Currently reading: The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

"Due to lack of interest, tomorrow is cancelled..."

Or, maybe due to excessive snow! On my way home last night, I decided to rent a bunch of movies and make sure that I had enough eggs to bake today. There was a lot of snow predicted! And, it has been snowing all day.

I slept late this morning, got up, decided to get lunch and go get butter, since I had forgotten that last night. I think that started the crazy day today. I went to Kroger, the box of Mountain Dew I had picked up broke and all the cans fell all over the floor. When I got home, I got to my front door, and dropped my large pop from Burger King in the hallway. Somehow, I got through making chocolate chip cookies without an issue, but then while making molasses cookies, I dropped the sifter in the mixture. Sigh. I'm such a klutz somedays.

I'm hoping this week isn't as stressful or exhausting as last week. I still have to do some holiday shopping, and hopefully will tie up some loose ends at work. In addition, I hope to watch some more movies, and read some. Luckily, it's still the weekend!

"If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it's, well, broken."

Ah, the quote is from Grosse Pointe Blank. That movie always makes me laugh. Maybe a good selection for this week's viewing.

The weekend was pretty good. Got some things moved around in my apartment, and I'm still working on that, but I did get a table to do some scrapbooking and jewelry stuff on. So, that's helpful, especially since I have Dakota this week.

I'm at home for the moment, but I have to leave in a bit to go cover a meeting for my boss. Luckily, it's only a couple of blocks away, and there will be dinner, but I really just would like to be home tonight and finish my book. I'm so close - about 30 pages left! Then, I have to decide what to read next. Rearranging my apartment reminded me of exactly how many books I own that I haven't read.

I will probably bake again this week - snickerdoodles (yum!) and ginger snaps (yum!). That's my plan, anyway. Not tonight though, and not tomorrow night. Woo hoo, the work holiday party is tomorrow night. Should be fun, considering the last one I went to, I had only worked in my office for about, oh, one month. So, I didn't know anyone! Hard to have fun at that type of function...

Hopefully, this week isn't too stressful (it isn't so far!), and I can get some things done both in the office and at home. This weekend is going to be pretty busy. I'm helping out at Stuff the Bus for the Jaycees on Saturday, but not sure what time that I'll be out there (we'll be at the Wal-Mart, ugh, yeah, I know, in Eastwood Towne Center all day Saturday). Then, Sunday, our office is going to Wharton Center to see Spamalot. That makes me happy. I've heard it's funny, and how can you go wrong with Monty Python?