What I Watched -- Adult World

It may not actually be fair to say that I watched Adult World, on account of the fact that I fell asleep halfway through.  My only claim to watching the ending was to back up the Netflix stream to about 3 minutes before the end, and ask S for a recap.  Neither the information I got from S nor the last 3 minutes that I saw were any improvement over what I expected, nor did they appear to make it worth it to have stayed awake for the intervening hour.

Now that I have you thoroughly convinced not to see this movie, here's what it's about: Emma Roberts plays Amy, a recently-graduated poet who, upon being kicked off her parents' payroll, gets a job at a sex shop to pay her bills.  The two men in her life are her co-worker at the shop (hometown boy Evan Peters) and her idol in the poetry work (John Cusack).  Amy realizes that people aren't always what they seem.

Bottom line: pity it took her so long.

Another Goal

Like I need one.

Nevertheless, I would like to organize my recipes.  I don't have many - yet - that aren't in cookbooks.  However, I feel that's why it's important that I start now.  If I get a system going, it's easier to add recipes one at a time as they come along, right?

Sorry

I am trying to get some time to blog.  Really.

Happy Birthday, E!

What I Watched -- A Single Man

I love Colin Firth, and have for a long time.  He's a great actor.  I also like Julianne Moore.  I liked them together in A Single Man, but I still didn't really like the movie.  I wanted to, but it was just too dull.  They were both good in it, but I apparently am unsympathetic to the plight of a closeted gay man in California in the 1960s.

So boo on me for that.

Bottom line: if you want to watch something mostly tragic, a little bit redeeming, enjoy Julianne Moore's big hair and some retro mod furniture, and want to feel a bit sorry about life in general, go for it.  Otherwise, throw yourself a dinner party and get on with life.

Goals - Progress Update

First of all, I apologize (again, again, and again) for my total lack of posting.  Work has been kicking my ass.  I miss, you know, being not at work every day.  It doesn't really matter what the alternative location is, but just having a weekend would be nice.

Anyway, I have made some (minor) progress on a couple of my goals, so here's my update:

Over Christmas, S did me a favor and went shopping for a book about vegetable gardening in Missouri.  He came back with this.  Not bad!  I have poked through it and picked out all the low-work veggies that can do okay without too much water (because I tend to forget to do that) and made a list of some produce that might survive the growing season.  I've found a couple of websites with reasonably simple looking (famous last words) instructions for building a raised bed garden.  My goal is to start this year with one, or possibly two, beds.  No more than that.

I have some ideas for my craft table as well.  I want it to have a big leaf on one side, shelves for storing fabric, and an inlaid yard stick.  I have secured an old dresser that I am going to turn into a notions cabinet, so I should have plenty of storage, which is excellent news.

The only progress that has been made on the gym is to decide on the type of flooring: those squishy rubber puzzle piece things.  Color has yet to be determined, although S is lobbying for something not obnoxious like gray or black.  He said he would get me pink if I wanted it, but I have to agree with him that it would probably get dirty and gross pretty quickly.

That's all the progress for now.  Stay tuned!

Christmas Recap, Part II

S's friend J was in town over New Year's, so we did a couple more holiday-type things that didn't make it into my first post!  Hooray for extended holidays!

We went to Garden Glow at MOBOT, which I thought I was going to miss this year.  There were so many lights and so much hot chocolate with Bailey's.  It was fantastic!

We also toured the Campbell House, which still had up all its Christmas decorations!

What I Watched -- Housebound

Housebound is not my type of movie.  And in fact, it was not my decision to watch it.  But watch it I did (sort of); I was doing other things at the time (as is so often the case).

Supposedly, Housebound is a horror movie.  Really, it's just goofy, almost a comedy.  It shares its plot with every other horror movie ever made: weird things are happening that can't be explained.  People are scared.  They investigate.  Then there is an explanation.

Bottom line: save your time.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Goals and Stuff

I have decided not to do weekly goals this year.  Instead, I will keep you posted on the status of my life projects as I work on them.  A few that I have in the works are:
- Attempting a garden
- Designing and building a craft table (with S's help)
- Fitting out a gym (ditto)
- Finally organizing my collection of pictures

I'm sure others will pop up along the way, and some of these may get put off until later, but this is where we are at the start of the year.  Stay tuned for details!