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Labor Day ’10

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Ahhh Labor Day weekend heralding the end of summer.  Labor Day weekend and I have a love/hate relationship (you imagine your dog jumping out of a car on I-65 while strangling it to death as you grip the leash and not hit another car ALL IN SECONDS!) so I was thrilled to have a lazy weekend.  Gualdoni took some extra days off, so I will actually be with my husband for a change (how will I cope?!)  The weekend began with a bit of furniture shopping since we are now sans coffee table.  I was very upset to learn that the matching hutch for our dining table is now discontinued, which definitely hurts my feelings.  Can you believe how much space a person needs for kitchen stuff?  Ugh, it’s sickening. 

The weather was unbelievable in Indianapolis, so I actually used our patio furniture for a change.  The only major thing I hate about my neighborhood is how the houses look so close together when you are driving around.  This and the fact that EVERYONE PARKS ON THE STREET is what bothers me the most.  However, I am so in love with our backyard because of the fence and general open space available.  It feels like we are on our own.  The little pond is a great thing to see in the morning.  Sometimes I wish I was a coffee drinker so I could just go outside and watch Whiskey and drink some coffee.  Just look at this picture.  LOVE IT. 

On Labor Day, I went over to Emily’s house for a little get-together.  Jen N. and Dana also made an appearance.  It was nice hanging out with some fun girls, but they all managed to get a little tipsy as I didn’t drink anything.  We couldn’t stop talking about our high school reunion in a few weeks.  It was a little sad since Emily’s divorce is almost finalized, and I just feel for her.  I know she is being brave by being out there on her own, but it is quite a life change.  I try to spend as much time with her as I can.  She’s strong and doing great, which is awesome. 

Gualdoni and I rented Kick-Ass on Saturday night.  I had heard raving reviews about it, but I just didn’t like it that much.  I was a little weirded out that the Kick-Ass main character had the same bedroom color (purple) as I did while growing up.  Yes, it is a stupid point but valid.  The only good part of this movie was Hit-Girl in all of her awesomeness.  I thought it was a bit too violent and unrealistic when the bad guy was kicking the shit out of her in the end.  I’m sorry, I just can’t stand watching a girl getting beaten.  It was too over the top.  I do wish my comic store had a milk shake stand.  It reminded me a bit of Von’s, so that I enjoyed.  Ugh.  I did like the style of the movie, and it gives me hope that Matthew Vaughn will make a decent X-men movie.  (I am still bitter he left X3… ick!) 

Other than that, I literally played Lego Star Wars ALL WEEKEND.  This game is so mindless, it’s addicting.  Gualdoni likes to play it too, and we don’t have many 2-player games anymore.  We have started to talk a bit about vacation plans.  I thought we would go back to Vegas for our one year wedding anniversary, but we may not in order to save for a big European trip next summer. 

I am still bummed that I’m not seeing Marina and The Diamonds on Thursday.  Boo!!!

“Dressing A Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars” by Trish Biggar

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Normally, I wouldn’t consider a coffee-table book as a “book to read” but man, this book is gorgeous and should be loved by all.  This book was released in 2005 at a hefty price of $50, and at that time I was not able to afford spending that on a non-essential.  I have kept the book on my radar for years with wishes to finally buy it.  I never even thought to look at my neighborhood library!  I was shocked when they had it for rental. Man, this book is everything I dreamed it would be.  I fell in love with the costumes of the prequel trilogy and would watch anything mentioning the fashion of Star Wars.  My personal favorite has to be the Lake Dress with the ombre colors and the seashells with the Lake Meadow dress and amazing embroidery as the runner-up.

It is a visual experience and great to read!  Unfortunately, I do not sew, which made it hard for me to understand how they made some of the garments.  No matter, the book is a treat for a costume fan!

Jen’s Rating:  *****

The Second Coming of What??

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With getting married, moving into a new house, and other countless excuses – I have left one of my favorite past times in the dust. Every few weeks, I go to the comic store to pick up the new stash. I usually just bag them and put them in a pile. Well, I noticed my stack was growing considerably larger as the minute passed by… and dammit, what else do I have to do but read them? On Friday, I arranged all of the comics on my bed and just devoured them. Turns out, I had read about half of them, but another read won’t hurt.

I started with X-men: Endangered Species and finally caught up with Second Coming.

Things I’m Happy About:
-I love Psylocke - regular or ninja- overall, I love her character even though she has always been the “hot” minor telepath.
-Glad that they finally gave Rogue a little bit more direction by getting her mind wiped and taking care of her own powers. She was always made as the tragic one since her power is instinctual more than choice. I think this is a great new twist to her. I know my friend, Loni, would have loved reading about this type of power 10 years ago.
-The use of Asteroid M as Utopia was smart. Why couldn’t I come up with that?

The Eh:
- So Magneto comes back like he always does every 5 years or so. Everyone but Professor X pretty much welcomes him with open arms. UMMMM last time he was around, he kind of killed Jean Grey — remember?? Cyclops don’t care… come here, Mags, let’s hug this bitch out! Whatever!!! Fucking White Queen.. I swear.
(The good of this scenario is the fact they brought Kitty Pryde back. NOW I remember why I stopped reading… they kept getting rid of the characters I liked… her especially)
-Xavier can walk again. For now.
-Gambit used to be a lot cooler. So what if he lead the Marauders down into the tunnels A LONG TIME AGO. Let it go people.

The Blah:
-I really hate that Beast looks retarded. This really bothers me.
- WTF is Jean Grey already?
- So the Phoenix force left the Stepford Cuckoos right before the “Chosen One” Hope comes back from the timestream. And Hope ironically has red hair and no mutant power yet. Geee, I feel the Phoenix Force is just going to go in her, make her manifest, and ooh second coming of mutantkind or Phoenix. Pick one.

Anyway, I was thrilled to get everything caught up. I feel so much better about my life when I get back to the essence of me. My girly office room is now painted, and I’ve gotta get some furniture in there. Pete (my comic book guy) has shown me these newer metal figurines that are all the rage. I have a bad feeling about those…

I re-connected with my first pen pal of yore, Clare on Facebook the other day. She is a crazy cat, and I definitely enjoy a little bit of Clare in my life!

Last night, Gualdoni and I went on a nice date night. We watched a taping of The Legacy of Star Wars on the History channel first. I tell ya, George Lucas drove me nuts with the prequel trilogy, but after watching that show, it really proved that yes, the guy knows his stuff with mythology. I felt a little stupid for not seeing some of the OBVIOUS allegories/observations like the pod race in Ep. I as a type of Colosseum/Gladiator diversion since the fall of the Republic is coming, etc. George, you should have set everything up rather than written SUCH TERRIBLE DIALOGUE. It is still sad to see a seemingly pregnant woman getting buried. That is just so depressing even though it’s also a diversion.

We went and finally saw Alice in Wonderland. Personally, I don’t really get into all that is Johnny Depp… especially when he looks like Elijah Wood. Alice had my nose and she was a dead ringer for my cousin’s daughter. I kept thinking of her as I watched. Weird.

Anyway, I think I have geeked out enough on this post.

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

It is no secret that I am a Star Wars freak! I have some posters, I’ve been to 2 of the Celebrations in Indianapolis, and yes, I collect the Padmé/Leia action figures since they are wearing awesome clothes. This had an awesome cover too! Prince Leia drunk with martinis and strung out on pills! The book was a quick read and quite funny. I had no idea that her father had run off with Elizabeth Taylor, she had married Paul Simon, and had a daughter with a man who turned out to be gay- while she was a drug addict and bipolar! She would be so much fun to invite to a party! The best part about the book? The parts about Star Wars of course! She explains why she wasn’t wearing a bra in Star Wars – because George Lucas said that underwear strangles people since the weight of the underwear doesn’t change in space. Ingenious! The final chapter in the book is her speech from R2-D2 about General Kenobi – fantastic. It’s an easy read and quite enjoyable!