HAPPY EASTER!!!!

I hope everyone is going to have a wonderful and restful weekend doing what you want to.
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HAPPY EASTER!!!

Mutiny on the Bounty-1935

This movie is based on a true occurrence. I didn't know that before I watched it. It's about a mean captain that is such and asshole his right hand man freaks out and the whole ship goes mutiny on him. Yeah, Yeah, there is more but really that's it. The clothes were a joke, no one looked dirty enough to me to be living in that time period. And even Clark Gable wasn't that hot.

This movie came out the year after the last movie I reviewed (It Happened One Night). And, other than having Clark Gable in it, there were no similarities. There are some interesting scenes of Tahiti in that time period but, that was all I really liked about it. It just wasn't a really strong movie for me. Kinda slow at times and I'm sure the book was a lot better. If it wasn't, then the movie would be a good way to just get it over with.

Blog Updates

Just wanted to let you all know some of the updates on the blog. I put a list of movies I've already watched in a post that you can get to if you click on Movie of the Week in the side bar on the right. From this post you can also link to the Academy Website to find out more stats if you like.

I have a really nasty cold right now so I might not get the reviews up as quick as I should.

It Happened One Night- 1934

Favorite Quotes:
"The colder they are, the hotter they get"
"I never met a rich man who was a great piggy backer!"

This month just happens to be a salute to Claudette Colbert on the Turner Classic Movies Channel. I LOVE Claudette Colbert and recorded the movie of the night to watch later. I Lucked out and it was It Happened One Night also staring Clark Gable.

This movie is a wacky comedy that really puts you back to that era of the great depression. Well, sort of. The premise is a rich 21yo heiress elopes with her boyfriend King Wesley. Her father gets pissed and steals her away determined to get her marriage annulled. She runs away from him and attempts to sneak her way to New York to get back to her husband. This makes HUGE headlines and she has to be sneaky not to get caught. Along the way she runs into a fella named Peter Warne(Clark Gable) who as it turns out is a news reporter. He agrees to help her home if he gets the whole story.

And so it goes. There are a lot of lines in this movie that are referenced in other movies. For example, the "Wall of Jericho", and the "limb is more powerful than the thumb". It's always amazing to me how we have changed as a society since the 30s. For example, to be "ruled over" by your father to the extent that he can dictate your entire life.(well, this may still hold true in some families) I really loved the clothes in this movie and have decided I kinda like guys in high pants with suspenders. I also adore the drawn on eyebrow look although it wouldn't fly on me. The character that Claudette Colbert plays in this movie is pretty strong and sassy for the time period.

I really loved this movie and highly recommend it for the whole family.

I give it a rating of 4 stars out of 4 stars.

In case all you think I do is sit on my arse and watch movies...

Well, I at least knit something while I'm sitting on my arse. While accidentally skipping my Norwegian sweater class, I started SitcomChic. It's one of those projects that I had all the yarn for and actually printed the pattern from Knitty. I even put it in one of those clear project bags with the pattern facing out so it would look all nice whenever I opened my stash closet. You know what I'm talking about, the "I'll get to it next" project. Here's my progress so far:

I really like knitting with this yarn. It's got enough cotton in it to satisfy my yarn snobbishness and enough acrylic to satisfy my easy care attitude. The funny thing is this color is a turquoise and the name is called mint. Apparently the folks at Lion Brand Yarn have never seen mint.

This next photo is for the infamous "Norwegian Sweater From Hell". I took a class for it 2 years ago and never finished it. I decided this was the year and signed up for the class again as incentive to finish it. I was sick for the first class and I miscalculated the second class. Tonight was the third class and I made it, finally. I really think this sweater hates me because it knows I'm not Norwegian. I also think it's pissed because I'm using Australian yarn to knit it up. We've had such a strained relationship I don't know if I could even wear it when I do finish it. We'll see. The photo below shows the pattern on the left (it's the cardi) and the body of the sweater on the right (which is finished actually...yeah me).


So that's what I do while I'm sitting on my arse watching movies.

And the Oscar Goes To...

A while back I was blogging about how great it would be to see all the "Best Picture" academy award winners. After doing a search, I found the coolest thing. It's a database on the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences web-site. (link here)

The cool thing is you can query just about anything in it relating to the academy awards. Ever want to know who was nominated for best foreign film in 1942? You'll find it there.

So, I'm now on my quest to watch all the best pictures. I'm really lucky in that our local library has a ton of movies you can "check-out" and they cost you nothing. They even have some DVDs. I'll post this week's movie on my side bar so if you want to follow along you can. I'm not going to go in order, although that would be interesting. I need more "time traveling" when it comes to my movie watching. I also don't plan on re-watching all the movies I've already seen. For example, liked Silence of the Lambs but I don't think really want to watch it again.

So, pass the popcorn!
(but make it light butter till after the operation)

Other stuff I haven't written about...

These sock monkeys are Troy and my monkeys. The girl is Sylvie and the boy is new to the famil,y his name is Pierre. He’s apparently French Canadian which explains the sweater. He showed up on Valentines Day for Troy who is very happy with him. Pierre has a HUGE crush on Sylvie which works out since that was the plan all along. The other day I was in our room and found them together all tangled up. They were just like this; no one positioned them or anything. They’re a real hot item as you can tell.

Sylvie got her first knitted item for Valentines Day. It’s a Paris Loop(the blue thing around her neck). This is a variation from the one patterned on MagKnits. I want one for me now. It’s a really simple pattern and not a poncho if you have poncho aversion. It’s knit out of Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. I was really just winging it and didn’t count the cast on or pay much attention to the size of the needles. Like I said, it’s a pretty easy pattern.

For Valentines Day I actually bought myself something special. I’ve been doing a few massages lately and saved up for these very stylish Dansko shoes. I call them my ruby slippers. They’re really comfortable. I was a bit worried that the color wouldn’t go with anything but it’s the best shade of red. It goes with everything so far, even sweat pants. Really, they do. I know, I need a picture to prove it because it’s a stretch of a statement. I’ve been wearing Birkenstock shoes for almost 20 years. That is all I’ve worn except the occasional athletic shoe for exercising. It was quite a shock to me to fall in love with a different brand (Dansko). Now, I have to justify buying a pair of Dansko sandals for summer. I’m just sure I need them.

Ketchup

It seems like I need to blog more.
Is there such a thing as blogging too much?

I'm scheduled for surgery March 30th. I actually got to thinking and doing the math and am wondering if you can have surgery while you're on your period? Huh, I should call tomorrow.

We went to the park today and had fun in the sun. I feel kinda crispy even though I stayed mostly in the shade the whole time. I think the sun personally hates me for some reason. I can be out for no more that 10 to 15 minutes without sunblock before I start to burn. Of course, when I was young(12ish), I was diag. with an allergy to the sun. If I'm in the sun too long I actually get sick. Lucky Me!

We recently watched a really funny movie the other day. It's called Tom Jones It's an older movie from the early 60s. It has Albert Finney in it. He was a hottie. We got it at the library for free...always a bonus. It actually won an academy award for best picture the year it came out.

I wonder how many other really cool movies I've never seen that won academy awards? Maybe I'll have to start watching them, from the most recent all the way back. I still don't really want to see Million Dollar Baby though.

Monday Morning

Updates Galore:
My friend over at The Good Life has finally finished her last and final radiation treatment. WOO HOO!!!! I'm so excited for her to have that part past her. So if you have time today, give an outloud hoot for her.

Grandmother is back from surgery and she is doing very well. She must be on some pretty good pain killers. Yesterday when I was sitting with her, she was letting some doosie's fly. All kinds of family gossip I wasn't privy to because of my age when it was occuring. All I have to say, and I'm not the gossiping kind..*wink* if you live long enough to hear your grandmother say "masterbate" more than once at a sitting, now thats sayin'somethin'.

My meeting with the surgeon was sorta uneventful. He says that surgery would aleviate my problems with my gall bladder. The thing is, I'm not really having a lot of problems with it as long as I don't gorge on curly fries from the bowling alley or a huge elephant ear from the fair. Basically deep fat fried foods. I can still eat cheese, meats, butter, ice cream pretty fatty foods with no problems. So I've decided to put the surgery off for a bit. Mostly because of the money and mostly because I'm a chicken about surgery. I'll have to stay over 1 night and have general anesthesia. There are "risks" with putting off the surgery acording to the Doctor. Pancreitis for one and jaudice for another. Maybe May would be a good month...we'll see.

This weekend was very lazy feeling even though I was pretty busy. Today is supposed to be very sunny and pretty out with unseasonably hight temperatures in the 70s. We plan on going to the park and the library. We're watching a little girl age 2ish. Her name is Rosalind and she is super cute and just a great little kid. She reminds me a lot of Chloe when she was small not in looks but in demeanor.

Tonight is book group. We read the Time Traveller's Wife. I liked it but wasn't sure about the ending. It's not what I would've chosen.

Have a great day!

Brain Leakage

No, it's not another calamity in my life.

That stated, since my life feels surreal right now, I think my brain is coping with the stress by making me forget things. The major example for today is my Norwegian Sweater class. I missed the first class a couple of weeks ago due to feeling like ick. This week I thought for sure it was tomorrow. Part way through the day I even thought,"Huh, maybe I should check the class list and 'make sure'it's tomorrow." Never did, well, I did but it was at 6:45. The class started at 5:30!!!

After feeling like a complete dope, I called the store and left a message telling them that I'm still planning on attending the class, I'm just an idiot right now.

So tonight, instead of working on the class sweater, I'm going to work on Sitcom Chic. I've got all the yarn for it, it's just waiting for something to happen to it.

And yes Knit Group ladies, I've started on the aran afghan square.
Really...I have.(crap, now wear is the yarn and pattern for that)