Revenge of the Sunday
Hey everyone! Well Thomas and I finally got to see Revenge of the Sith last Saturday afternoon. Given that it opened Wednesday nite, I'd say we were extraordinarily patient. Friday night around 8 pm we realized we hadn't seen its predecessor, Attack of the Clones, in a few years and needed a refresher. We called around and not surprisingly all the dvds in town were checked out. So we hopped on our trusty steeds, White Lightning and Blue Streak, and peddled furiously to Target to arrive before closing time. We made it! To top it off Thomas pointed out the in-store Starbucks at Target and I got a huge latte to enjoy with the movie. This is shocking in two ways - first that he noticed a Starbucks before me, and second that he recommended the late nite latte. It was the best idea ever and by the time we got home I was absolutely giddy with anticipation. We immediately watched Clones and for the most part enjoyed it (Die Jar Jar, Die!). But you all know about that movie.
The next day we caught the matinee of Sith. We did get to see it on the big screen in Boulder and the theatre was full but luckily there was no line. Thanks to my UA movie card, Thomas even scored a free Coke. The highlight of the previews was saved for the end: The Chronicles of Narnia. And it was spectacular. The audience erupted in applause at the end of the preview - something I've never seen before, and I've been to a LOT of movies. I so cannot wait for December now! They showed Aslan, the lion and he is a real lion, I was afraid he'd be cartoony or something. I was so into these books around 5th grade that I named all my angel fish Aslan. The fish never lasted too long, but one suffered an extremely vicious death at the hands of my brother. This was during the time when I was determined to be a vet. I was also raising some of those tiny shrimp that came in my chemistry set. Creede first poisoned all my shrimp with some blue substance and then fed them to Aslan Three who I found hours later floating at the top of the bowl. It was a very dark day. I can't remember what spurred Creede to this level of revenge, but we've managed to get past it.
Anyway, next up was the opening music to Sith and the audience went nuts again. The big screen of the UA in Boulder is definitely the best place to see a movie like this because the crowd gets so into it. Sith starts out with a great chase scene and we were blown away by the cityscapes and special effects. They were amazing. Soon the movie shifts into the love story between a longer-haired Anakin and Padme. I know I'm in the minority, but the love story really worked for me. However, we quickly realize that Anakin's possessiveness towards Padme and his fear of losing her will lead to his turn to the dark side. The stars of the movie though were Ewan McGregor - he has the best delivery of Lucas's cheesy dialogue and he's the perfect precursor to Alec Guinness's Obi-Wan - and Yoda. Yoda rocks in this movie! He seems so much like a real character - he works more for me than Gollum in LOTR, even tho he's a puppet. On the downside, as Thomas noted you KNOW that Anakin is going to turn to Vader by the end of the movie, so knowing that takes away some of the shock value, but there's no way around it. The other problem I had was that his transformation from being conflicted to being EVIL happened like a snap of the fingers. I guess that dark side is some powerful stuff. All in all, if you're a fan of the Star Wars saga, you must see this movie, and please see it on the big screen. We even get a couple of scenes with a younger Chewbaca (still on the hairy side, that one) and a whole bunch of other wookies in Wookieland. And as the credits rolled the crowd clapped like crazy at the end.
The next film I'm anticipating is War of the Worlds. I made the mistake of recording Tom Cruise's appearance on Oprah this Monday. The weirdness cannot be described. If you aren't living under a rock, you know he's now madly in love with Katie Holmes (16 yrs his junior). His mad fervor over KH was downright bizarre. I'm serious - he was jumping on the couch, on the floor, yelling. He kept saying things like "I can't be cool, I can't be cool - I looooove this woman" and "She is my woman and I want the world to know it". It was mortifying. He is either totally insane or lying. And if he's lying, he should know better than to behave in such an incredulous fashion. Given his penchant for controlling every aspect of his life, I'm sure we'll never know the real story as poor Katie was probably forced into signing a billion page confidentiality agreement on their first meeting. Tom said he is talking marriage. We shall see.
Cooking lessons - I've had 2 more lessons since my last post and I've learned a ton! This included roasted chicken, roasted vegetables, poached pears, all about eggs - omelets, poached, etc., buttermilk biscuits, shortbread cooks, Compose Salads (i.e., Nicoise Salad, aka salad from the town of Nice, which is nothing like I expected - tuna, potato salad, anchovies and all sorts of other things), Oranges macerated in Grand Marnier and more! It's all good. So far I've tried out the roast chicken (took much longer to roast in our new oven for some reason and I butchered it when cutting it up), roast vegetables (zuccini, peppers, scallions, garlic, and my new favorite leeks) - these we will have often, buttermilk biscuits, and shortbread dipped in dark chocolate (Thomas's new fav). I also got to practice my new method of cooking omelets which involves flipping the omelet in the air. Thomas was extremely wary given our new kitchen, and I had to cajole him for about 10 minutes but he finally conceded. I flipped it and it had the perfect landing - right back in the pan! Thomas said it's the most impressed he's been with me since I turned the perfect cartwheel for him a couple of years ago. Now if I could only master that back flip.
I have my final lesson tonight, but I will definitely be making a return trip to the school to take some mini courses. It is absolutely wonderful and I can't recommend it more. I would NEVER have dared to try some of these dishes and now I know lots of tricks. This wkend we're going to Creede for the holiday and I'm going to try out my new skills on my parents and father-in-law. Everyone please send me good vibes and hope that it all works out.
In other news, our kitchen cabinets are finally done! I'm so happy to have this project over and the results are wonderful. It'll be at least a year before I have the strength to venture into another home improvement project. Check out the final pic's on Thomas's blog.
Finally, I'd like to say bon voyage to Cyd who's jetting off to London for a romantic weekend with Niels, who's in flight school in the south of England. Have a great trip and try to survive the exchange rate! Last time Cyd was in England it was over the 4th of July. She did her best to rub it in to all the Brits. From what I gather, they're still pretty bitter.
Next time, a wrap up of the Spring TV Season. We're watching the 2 hour Lost finale Friday nite and I'm dying with anticipation!
Happy Memorial Day to all!
-sunday
The next day we caught the matinee of Sith. We did get to see it on the big screen in Boulder and the theatre was full but luckily there was no line. Thanks to my UA movie card, Thomas even scored a free Coke. The highlight of the previews was saved for the end: The Chronicles of Narnia. And it was spectacular. The audience erupted in applause at the end of the preview - something I've never seen before, and I've been to a LOT of movies. I so cannot wait for December now! They showed Aslan, the lion and he is a real lion, I was afraid he'd be cartoony or something. I was so into these books around 5th grade that I named all my angel fish Aslan. The fish never lasted too long, but one suffered an extremely vicious death at the hands of my brother. This was during the time when I was determined to be a vet. I was also raising some of those tiny shrimp that came in my chemistry set. Creede first poisoned all my shrimp with some blue substance and then fed them to Aslan Three who I found hours later floating at the top of the bowl. It was a very dark day. I can't remember what spurred Creede to this level of revenge, but we've managed to get past it.
Anyway, next up was the opening music to Sith and the audience went nuts again. The big screen of the UA in Boulder is definitely the best place to see a movie like this because the crowd gets so into it. Sith starts out with a great chase scene and we were blown away by the cityscapes and special effects. They were amazing. Soon the movie shifts into the love story between a longer-haired Anakin and Padme. I know I'm in the minority, but the love story really worked for me. However, we quickly realize that Anakin's possessiveness towards Padme and his fear of losing her will lead to his turn to the dark side. The stars of the movie though were Ewan McGregor - he has the best delivery of Lucas's cheesy dialogue and he's the perfect precursor to Alec Guinness's Obi-Wan - and Yoda. Yoda rocks in this movie! He seems so much like a real character - he works more for me than Gollum in LOTR, even tho he's a puppet. On the downside, as Thomas noted you KNOW that Anakin is going to turn to Vader by the end of the movie, so knowing that takes away some of the shock value, but there's no way around it. The other problem I had was that his transformation from being conflicted to being EVIL happened like a snap of the fingers. I guess that dark side is some powerful stuff. All in all, if you're a fan of the Star Wars saga, you must see this movie, and please see it on the big screen. We even get a couple of scenes with a younger Chewbaca (still on the hairy side, that one) and a whole bunch of other wookies in Wookieland. And as the credits rolled the crowd clapped like crazy at the end.
The next film I'm anticipating is War of the Worlds. I made the mistake of recording Tom Cruise's appearance on Oprah this Monday. The weirdness cannot be described. If you aren't living under a rock, you know he's now madly in love with Katie Holmes (16 yrs his junior). His mad fervor over KH was downright bizarre. I'm serious - he was jumping on the couch, on the floor, yelling. He kept saying things like "I can't be cool, I can't be cool - I looooove this woman" and "She is my woman and I want the world to know it". It was mortifying. He is either totally insane or lying. And if he's lying, he should know better than to behave in such an incredulous fashion. Given his penchant for controlling every aspect of his life, I'm sure we'll never know the real story as poor Katie was probably forced into signing a billion page confidentiality agreement on their first meeting. Tom said he is talking marriage. We shall see.
Cooking lessons - I've had 2 more lessons since my last post and I've learned a ton! This included roasted chicken, roasted vegetables, poached pears, all about eggs - omelets, poached, etc., buttermilk biscuits, shortbread cooks, Compose Salads (i.e., Nicoise Salad, aka salad from the town of Nice, which is nothing like I expected - tuna, potato salad, anchovies and all sorts of other things), Oranges macerated in Grand Marnier and more! It's all good. So far I've tried out the roast chicken (took much longer to roast in our new oven for some reason and I butchered it when cutting it up), roast vegetables (zuccini, peppers, scallions, garlic, and my new favorite leeks) - these we will have often, buttermilk biscuits, and shortbread dipped in dark chocolate (Thomas's new fav). I also got to practice my new method of cooking omelets which involves flipping the omelet in the air. Thomas was extremely wary given our new kitchen, and I had to cajole him for about 10 minutes but he finally conceded. I flipped it and it had the perfect landing - right back in the pan! Thomas said it's the most impressed he's been with me since I turned the perfect cartwheel for him a couple of years ago. Now if I could only master that back flip.
I have my final lesson tonight, but I will definitely be making a return trip to the school to take some mini courses. It is absolutely wonderful and I can't recommend it more. I would NEVER have dared to try some of these dishes and now I know lots of tricks. This wkend we're going to Creede for the holiday and I'm going to try out my new skills on my parents and father-in-law. Everyone please send me good vibes and hope that it all works out.
In other news, our kitchen cabinets are finally done! I'm so happy to have this project over and the results are wonderful. It'll be at least a year before I have the strength to venture into another home improvement project. Check out the final pic's on Thomas's blog.
Finally, I'd like to say bon voyage to Cyd who's jetting off to London for a romantic weekend with Niels, who's in flight school in the south of England. Have a great trip and try to survive the exchange rate! Last time Cyd was in England it was over the 4th of July. She did her best to rub it in to all the Brits. From what I gather, they're still pretty bitter.
Next time, a wrap up of the Spring TV Season. We're watching the 2 hour Lost finale Friday nite and I'm dying with anticipation!
Happy Memorial Day to all!
-sunday
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