The One Where I Bore You July 28, 2008

So tonight it’s a campout in the living room. My little old dog has been vomiting all day. He DID manage to keep down half a milkbone biscuit and some water tonight, but that’s been about it ALL day. I came down this morning to find him laying in his own vomit in his kennel. Poor baby. So I’ll be sleeping downstairs on the air mattress to keep an eye on him. I’m sure there will also be some snuggling involved.

I’m watching Paranormal State. It may be completely fake, but it freaks me out. I love it!

Just as an update… I went ahead and turned in my dissertation draft without proofreading it. I figured that I didn’t want to put a lot more effort into it to feel good about it and then get it torn apart. So I decided to turn it in feeling bad about it so that when she bled all over it (with red pen – or type in this case) I would feel like it deserved it. I got a lot of good feedback, but it was red. I will be revising this week and weekend.

Holy crap, this show is scary… I’m gonna turn off the lights and watch!

The One Where I Wonder July 20, 2008

What exactly am I wondering? I’m wondering if the 26 pages I’ve written on my dissertation (at least 10 or more of them being written this weekend) are crap. They seem kind of crappy, but I haven’t gone back to proofread yet. This is due to the fact that I’ve been working on this thing since 9:30 this morning. I did take a break to eat lunch and dinner. It’s also due to the fact that they are probably pretty crappy and I don’t want to see them. I’m also wondering why this font is so tiny… is it just my laptop screen?

Anyway, let me give you a brief movie review. I did watch a movie on my day off this week.  Apparently, I should have been writing. But instead of writing I did housework and I watched Dan In Real Life. Brief synopsis: love triangle. This is another movie where Steve Carrell does some of his normal schtick, but not a lot of it. For another example of this, but to a lesser degree (less schtick), see Little Miss Sunshine – it’s AMAZING.  It gets 5 ROWRS. But I digress…

Dan In Real Life also has Dane Cook in it. I’m not a big fan, but he’s okay in this flick. It has a good ensemble cast and a good story. You may even cry. I’m not saying I cried, but I did. Wait, it’s possible I’m confusing my crying from when I watched Rendition on Friday night. Yes, I should have been writing. I’ll review Rendition later, but it has Jake Gyllenhaal – you know it’s going to get five somethings, just for him – forget plots and stuff.

Oh, so Dan In Real Life gets 5 renditions (not to be confused with the movie) of Let My Love Open the Door. That means 5 stars, for those of you who are sticklers for traditional rating systems.

I shall now go and read over what I have written today. Or, I will curl into a tiny little ball and cry in a corner. Or both.

ps – RIP Bob Yum – I wish I had met you

The One Where I Review a Movie July 10, 2008

We here at justanothersarah would like to introduce you to a new series* of posts where I review movies I’ve seen.  99% will be Netflix films as I normally watch movies from the comfort of my couch.  They frown on pajamas at the movie theater…

I will rate my movies on a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being complete crap and 5 being awesome.  Feel free to add in your own Likert** options for 2, 3, and 4. 

Tonight, we’ll review BEE MOVIE.  This movie is rated PG for Midly Suggestive Humor – I think I missed that part.  In fact, I missed a lot of it because I was more interested in trying to fix some Vista glitch where my computer screen GOES BLACK and I can do nothing but shut the whole computer down.  But I digress…

I like Jerry Seinfeld and Rene’e Zellweger… now that I think about it, she doesn’t really look like a Rene’e, but again I digress.  I like them, but I wasn’t fond of the movie.  I think it tries too hard.  Also, there are lines like “That’s a lot of pomp, under the circumstances.”  Really?  I just selected the Special Features, but nothing there piques my interest.

I’ll give this movie 2 honey jars because you are reminded about some of the science and biology of bees that you learned a LONG time ago and because there are pretty animated flowers – including tulips, my favorite.

* I call it a series, but this could be the only one… I may forget I started a series, so don’t get your hopes set too high.

** Did you know that Likert is actually pronounced “lick-ert”?  I have a feeling that pronunciation created some awkward moments for researchers and they moved to the less ew-sounding “like-ert.”

The One After My Trip July 7, 2008

I made a last-minute decision to head to West Virginia for the 4th of July because I wanted to see some relatives. I also got to see some old friends (and her new baby – see the sidebar). We also drove out and saw the house where my grandma was raised. It is also pictured to the right (and was touched up using picnik). It is in poor condition and the guy that bought it off the family will do nothing with it and won’t sell it back to us. He apparently thinks that one day he will own the whole hollow (or, if you’re from West Virginia – “holler”). My cousins own most of it and the mother of the baby you’re looking at (because he’s so cute) also lives up that holler.  I think the guy must be an idiot.

Anyway, the weather was nice, except for rain the entire day of the 4th.  It did stop raining for the night-time fireworks in downtown Fairmont and they were fabulous!  Thanks to my brother and his family for driving down from Pittsburgh to spend the day with me.

I’m back home and it’s back to work tomorrow. This is our first week of the four-day week pilot program.  I like it already – I got to stay in WV an extra day.  YAY!