movies

Here's something I used to post about. Used to. Why did I stop? No clue. Let's give it another go.

Madster & I viewed this "horror" flick last night. Maddie's been working on her "ability" to watch scary movies. You know, getting used to being frightened temporarily without being afraid after the movie is over. I figured this would be an appropriate flick towards that goal. I was not disappointed.



Typical Sam Raimi. You know, over the top "horror" & special effects. Not brilliant special effects, mind you, just over the top. By that I mean the kind of effects that make one squirm & squeal & laugh out loud all in the same shot. Not overly scary, but some good sequences that made us jump. Maddie still covers her eyes & plugs her ears when she thinks something really bad is going to happen onscreen. It took until about halfway through the movie for her to realize that this movie wasn't all that "bad".

Also plenty of those "something" following the main character shots reminiscent of "The Evil Dead" but perhaps perfected in this version. And one scene in particular looked higher quality than the rest of the movie -the money shot, shall I say?

Side notes: Justin Long was too good for this role. And the ending was NOT what I expected. At all.

If you don't "get" Sam Raimi's work, skip this one too -unless you can watch it with an open mind & not expecting to be "scared sh*tless". But if you do enjoy his other work, you won't be disappointed here.

ch-ch-ch-changes

there, just a few to start. And I combined my old blog with this one because, well, what a waste to not use it anymore. Some stuffs I had completely forgotten about! And you too, I bet; or maybe other (older) aspects of my life that a new reader wouldn't even know about! It's refreshing to see that I have over 1500 posts in 5 years. Sadly, only 82 were from last year. That too has passed. Hmmm, should I go for the daily post goal?

it's a love/hate relationship pt 1

between me & prozac, that is. I find it to be a necessary evil. I've posted before -at least I think I have- about how I've had depressive symptoms pretty much all my life. Hereditary, I think, since I have a maternal aunt & a paternal uncle (& who knows who else, because it's just not talked about) who are so "afflicted". Anywho, I finally bit the bullet a few years ago after I had Lib & post partum depression was unbearable. After a couple weeks of incessant crying & ruminating on my life (or possible lack thereof), I called my doc & begged for some kind of relief. Fluoxetine was her answer. And a therapist -which has been an on again/off again experiment.

Needless to say, breastfeeding Lib was out. I felt like I was letting her down, but hey, at least she still had a mom in her life to bottle feed her. Those little white capsules were a lifesaver thrown to a drowning woman -and for her family.

TBC

heard ya missed me; I'm baaaaack!

Well, not exactly so much today. Just in general. I'm still here, just haven't been so motivated to write lately...or the last 3 months. And that's a story for a longer post. Thinking of re-doing the layout, etc. Maybe altering the focus for a temporary kick. Yeah, that kind of stuff. Yep. I'm back for sure. Truth be told, I didn't think very many people actually read this, since I don't get many comments & no one even commented that I had been away. Then Nikki voiced some sarcastic 21 year old comment about the link to my blog in my Facebook page. And I watched "Julie & Julia" last night. Inspirational for blogging, no? Check back tomorrow for some revisions. & pictures. I have pictures. You tell me if the girls have changed since I last posted pics of them on here. I have videos too. Well then, I'm off to the the girls' school for my Friday afternoon volunteering stint. Then gymnastics for the littles. BBL :)

10 on the 10th @ 10pm :D

I got this idea from my blogging-friend Rosey.

Here's my list of 10 -with 2 hours to spare!

10 things that put a smile in my heart -without fail

a. listening to my daughters' laughter

b. thinking about the Penguins winning the Stanley Cup

c. seeing that man jogging in the morning -he looks like I imagine a professor from the 70's might look. He wears what looks like dark blue Dockers, & a button up long sleeve shirt & a knit pullover vest & running shoes. & he wears silver wire rim glasses & his hair is kind of like a graying Gabe Kaplan style (Welcome Back, Kotter)

d. seeing either or both of the two sets of older couples on our block going to or coming home from morning mass -every day

e. good graffiti (not tagging)

f. talking/chatting/hanging out with girl friends

g. birdsong in the morning

h. snowboarding

i. creating/crafting

j. interesting architecture


Plain & simple, no pics to post today. And not exhaustive: next month might be another list :)

spilling her heart on the page

deciphered, for your reading ease:

"Your heart is the trophy!
You are the true love.
We spend the time together.
You are like a snowman.
You are like a diamond, red or pink.
You always smile.
You are like a silver button.
You fill my heart.
You are joy."

And I melted.... Have I told you lately how much I love my kids?!

for Nikki

randomness

new wheels for Fi: what is old is new again -or I was having 80's flashbacks


NatGeo in our laundry room: the spider versus the millipede thingy. I have never actually seen a spider wrapping up it's dinner in a web, à la Charlotte; it was fascinating. The spider was working it's little bee-hind off & the meal was doing it's best to wriggle away. I think the dinner got away: When I looked a couple hours later, the show was over & the entire web was gone...and a few days later I saw said escapee crawling across the floor.


This was how we chose to entertain the girls one night while waiting 45mins for our food to be served at an Ethiopian restaurant. Maddie was taking pictures with her phone, Fi was playing sudoku on Garrett's phone, Lib played chess on mine. Sign 'o the times?


Looky what our school got over the summer: Denver's first public elementary school authorized by the International Baccalaureate to offer the PYP programme!! Sweet!!


late one Saturday morning a few weeks ago, we heard fire engines -no big deal. Lib asked if it was on t.v. or outside, I said outside & then the sirens got louder & closer. Yep, 2 of the these bad boys and a rescue truck across the street from our house. Exciting & good eye candy ;P Thankfully it wasn't a serious fire!

since we're expecting snow

here are the last vestiges of summer 2009

monkey girl rigged up a jump rope to the monkey bar








Lib did not find the jump rope swing to be fun -or comfortable

a few more memories

the reason I started the list of appealing-to-me-things, & then I forgot to post them:

the sound of a flash bulb going off, you know that high pitched sound that I can't accurately describe right now but it kind of starts lower in pitch & slowly, but not so slowly, whines higher until it "pops"

the way those old Kodak flash cubes looked after they were spent

the way a wiggly tooth used to make my scalp tingle -I'm guessing it was neurons