Happy Birthday to Me

I am officially the most boring 24-year-old ever!

Today is not only my birthday, but in a cruel twist of fate, it is also my first day of new teacher orientation. Don't get me wrong, I am pumped for teaching but not HR sessions ALL.DAY.LONG.

Plus, I can't even go out for a birthday dinner because I have to head straight to yearbook distribution. I'm excited to see my yearbook editors but not for the 14+ hour day.

So happy birthday to me! What a birthday it will be.

Ohhhh Michael Cera!

Now you may not remember this, but I love me some Michael Cera. I even put up with the mildly offensive plot and annoying Jonah what's-his-name in Superbad just to catch a little bit of the sorta awkwardness that Michael Cera brings to whatever he is in. Arrested Development, Juno, Superbad, etc.

Now they've released a longer trailer for Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist--it's Michael Cera and the principal's daughter from Charlie Bartlett. The movie itself looks kinda cute but you know I'll be there with my I <3 Michael Cera shirt on!***

***No, I do not actually own such a shirt. I'm not that much of a creeper.

Watch the trailer:

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

Pumped about Pushing Daisies

October 1--New Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and (not as exciting) Private Practice!

Wonderful Wednesday on ABC will be back and I can't wait--Daisies and Money have been gone since before the writers strike... at least October will be here before I know it.

Check out the teaser:

Dubya Trailer

Here's a trailer for Oliver Stone's biopic about the current pres, W. (Only 175 days left until the "end of an error!") Looks interesting-- have they ever done a presidential movie while the president was still in office? Seems strange...

W. Teaser Trailer
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Spell Check

Nice work, NBC Action News. Or was it AP? "Who's" fault was it?:

Woman who's car went into river dies

Last Update: 11:56 am

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman's whose vehicle went into the Meramec River has died, a day after her grandson also died.

Sandra Branham, 63, of Crestwood, died Saturday at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on its Web site.

And so on...

Who's vs. Whose
Don't we learn the different in elementary school?

You'd think the headline writer could get it right since it's correct in the first sentence of the article. Guess NOT!

Media Addiction Wordle

Make your own at wordle.net

I Noticed That, Too!

I totally saw THIS when watching Project Runway. Bravo should maybe focus less on making as many shows as possible from the Real Housewives of the OC and more on math skills.

TV Catch Up

I was at yearbook camp this week, so I missed a bunch of shows. Thanks to my beloved DVR, I'm catching up tonight as I unwind and relax after camp.

Here's what I've been watching:

1. Project Runway, episode 2
I actually liked the first episode better than this one--but there were definitely some great twists that made it an exciting challenge. The green thing was kind of downplayed which was weird to me, but I loved that the dumb models went shopping and--hello!--Natalie Portman as the surprise guests judge? So perfect! She is totally adorable and I want to be her friend. Ha. I liked Suede's winning dress (but NOT Suede's third person rants) and I loved Blayne's mockery of Stella's leather obsession. "My husband is leather..." Hilarious. I'm just not convinced this cast is all that talented.

2. Baby Borrowers, teen invasion episode
OMG Daton left! He was totally stupid anyway, running off to the skate park and leaving Morgan to do the work. Not that she is a complete prize, but he is crap. The teens weren't nearly as crazy as the teaser and commercials made it look like they would be, and the parents handled them fairly well. I just felt horrible for the kids whose real-life parents were going through divorces having to sit through a teenage break-up and fighting. Ugh. Next week--the elderly!

3. Mad Men (multiple episodes)
I taped all 13 episodes from last Sunday's season one marathon and am making my way through them before Sunday's season two premiere. This show is just as good as the critics say--I love it. The costumes and settings are a-may-zing and I love the music they throw in, too... everything seems super authentic. Plus I love all the tongue-in-cheek remarks and the whole advertising premise. If you haven't yet, go watch this show! I still have five more episodes to watch this weekend!

Still to catch up on: America's Got Talent and the season premiere of How to Look Good Naked with Carson Kressley.

Vampires Rule Comic-Con

Apparently fans of the book series waiting in anticipation for the movie have whipped Comic-Con into a Twilight frenzy.

Read VH1's report on the cast's Comic-Con panel

I can't even imagine 6,000 teenagers (and probably a bunch of weird adults like me who like the books) screaming and/or declaring allegiance to Team Edward or Team Jacob.***

Author Stephenie Meyer also sat down for an exclusive video interview at Comic-Con with Entertainment Weekly. Here's a link to the first clip--click here for the other 3 parts of the interview, including information about Breaking Dawn--out one week from Saturday!

Stephenie Meyer EW.Com interview

***I, by the way, am totally on Team Edward. A beautiful vampire or a hairy werewolf? No contest.

It's About Damn Time

CNN and many others are reporting that the price of gas is finally coming down (at least a little bit).

It's nice to see a gallon under $4 again.***

What took so long? Let's hope those prices keep going down and stay down.

***What a depressing statement. I remember being totally appalled when it went over $2!

Comic Sans to the Rescue!

This video* made me laugh out loud. Maybe just because I am a font geek.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

*I have no idea why it is so wide/big. Deal with it.

Figures

Just as everyone predicted, Batman kicked Spidey's ass at the box office. The Dark Knight beat Spiderman 3's opening weekend record, bringing in more than $155 million.

WHOA. That's a whole lotta Batman.

Read all about the weekend box office results here

UPDATE:
The records keep on breaking-- the movie made $25.4 million TODAY. That's a Monday. Yeah.

I am The Batman

It took me until Sunday night, but I finally saw The Dark Knight this weekend.

Really, there's not much to say other than WOW.

It was an excellent movie--great storyline, great action, great visuals, great stunts, great cast.

As everyone and their brother has reported, Heath Ledger was pretty darn amazing as The Joker. I may have nightmares about that makeup tonight.

And OH. MY. GOD. Christian Bale is SO ATTRACTIVE. We're talking beautiful, gorgeous, flawless in those super expensive suits and hot cars. Siiiiigh.

If you haven't seen it yet (although I'm thinking with what they are predicting to be record-setting box office sales, everyone must have already seen it), run and do so NOW. I guarantee it's playing about every 45 seconds at your local theater.

Feel The Beat from the Tambourine

I may or may not have seen Mamma Mia two times this weekend. No joke.

It was THAT GOOD.

I saw the musical at Mandalay Bay in Vegas years ago and while it was fun, I don't remember enjoying it that much. Totally not the case for this movie.

Meryl Streep is beyond awesome. She really can do no wrong in my book and this is no exception. Amanda Seyfried has a great voice and is super cute as Sophie and OH. MY. GOD. Colin Firth is adorable. When he sings "Our Last Summer" I couldn't stop smiling and again, OH. MY. GOD. Him in the stretchy disco outfit at the end was hysterical.

Love Love LOVED it.

...Even if Pierce Brosnan can't sing to save his life.

Read some other reviews if that was too gushy:
Salon
VH1 (Kurt Loder)
BuzzSugar

Twilight Trailer

Okay I'm not sure what I think about this but here it is, a longer trailer for Twilight:



I have a feeling this movie will not be what I imagined--from the trailer it looks awfully action vampire-y rather than the love story I enjoyed so much.

Either way, like I've said before, I'll be there on 12.12.08 to see it. I should probably stop trying to pretend I'll be anything but ridiculously excited alongside all those teenyboppers.

Only two more weeks until Breaking Dawn!

Here I Go Again...

DID I MENTION TOMORROW IS AN AMAZING DAY?

Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight are finally here.

Being a total musical geek I will be seeing Mamma Mia tomorrow afternoon and Batman sometime later this weekend. I'm sure most people would do the opposite, but guess what? I'm not normal.

I. Love. Musicals.

Back on the Runway

Project Runway Season 5 debuted on Bravo last night. I feel like the last season just ended, but all the same, I am excited for another season of crazy challenges, bizarre drama and making it work.

God I love Tim Gunn. He totally blew one of the guys a kiss when they got up to the rooftop! Adorable. And is it just me or is he getting a little more brutally honest? I love it.

The season premiere went back to basics--the very first Project Runway challenge: a grocery store--complete with the glamorous and hilarious Austin Scarlett himself. No, there wasn't an amazing corn husk dress, but Daniel did make a very cool blue plastic dress out of Solo cups and Kelly took vacuum cleaner bags to a whole new dimension. I also loved how Korto (I had to look up her name... oops) actually used produce--that collar made of kale and tomatoes was gorgeous. I honestly thought that the girl with the trash bag dress was way worse than the guy with the raincoat deal. At least he made a whole raincoat--she gave up before the day was halfway over and just threw that stupid drapey stuff together at the last minute. Lame.

My favorite look (second place--he was robbed)

Anyway overall it was a fun premiere with a major lack of drama. I'm sure it will surface very quickly--there seems to be a lot of personality in the workroom just waiting to come out.

Plus who can argue with actual quality summer TV?

POST 300: 3 Fun Things

1. Weeds
This week's episode was pretty great, actually. Back to the old quick-witted humor, bizarre antics and hysterical family interactions. I thought Celia returning was going to be stupid, but she totally fits into the motley Botwin crew. I love that Nancy has to work retail at an outlet mall on the border and that she finally apologized to and/or thanked everyone in her family--AND that she actually admitted she was a terrible drug dealer. I hope this seasons continues to get better and better!

2. Wanted
I went to see this movie with my sister and her friend over the weekend--mainly because I had already seen every other movie I was remotely interested in seeing and because Wanted featured Chicago. I was in Chicago, so it made sense even though honestly I had no idea what the movie was about. Turns out, it was super violent, pretty insane plot-wise, kinda goofy at times... but also very entertaining and full of fantastic special effects. Things I didn't like: The stupid train wreck part and Morgan Freeman dropping an F bomb not once but twice! That is Samuel L Jackson crap. Things I loved: James McEvoy dripping wet and the part where he flipped his car over a gangster guy's limo and shot him through the sunroof.

3. Swapping Lives by Jane Green
So I thought I was way beyond chick lit but I am having fun reading this book! It was a little hard to start but now I am hooked and it is very cute. Jane Green is a great story teller and really makes you like and identify with her characters. Nothing intellectual or ground-breaking here but a fun "beach read" amidst all of the education stuff I'm reading right now.

THAT WAS MY 300th POST! CRAZY!

The Best News I've Heard In Weeks

David sent me this link today and I nearly squealed with happiness:

WICKED THE MOVIE
It's really going to happen! Obviously it is still in planning stages and they say they have to wait for the show to reach its "pinnacle" but seeing as it's closing in Chicago at the end of the year, maybe the pinnacle has been reached and they can get to work on the movie version!

No word on casting yet--could they really have anyone but Idina and Kristin?

Now or Never! HSM3

The trailer for High School Musical 3 is finally released!

Click here to watch it on Disney.com

I know I'm lame but it actually looks like a lot of fun.

And I already like the "Now or Never" song featured in the trailer.

Click here to listen to pretty Zac Efron and the whole cast

Get excited for October 24!