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Another weekend has flown by. On Friday night, my boyfriend and I went out for Italian food ... he had pesto ravioli, and I had spaghetti with shrimp. On Saturday morning, we drove to St. Francisville and had breakfast at a cute cafe / bookstore ... I had an egg sandwich on an English muffin and some grits, and he had Texas toast with eggs and salsa. We drove around the historic district a little bit, stopping at Grace Church and petting a cemetery cat.
That afternoon, we played a game of Scrabble and watched The Prestige. I'd heard raves, but while it was far better than The Illusionist, it fell short for me. I found myself getting more and more annoyed as the movie went on despite how much I like both Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. Eventually, we headed out to a friend's house for dinner ... she made shrimp etoufee and salad with orange slices, strawberries, and walnuts. We drank Peroni and played Karaoke Revolution, which is always, let's face it, very fun. I sang "Fame, "Waiting for Tonight," "I Believe in a Thing Called Love," and I think that's it.
On Sunday morning, we went to the coffee shop and ate scones and read the paper. We then each went on a run. Well, he went on a run. I did Day 1 of Couch to 5K, which I've decided I'm starting over with the goal in mind of running at a faster pace. It feels kind of silly to be starting this program three months after running a half-marathon, but I've gotten really out of shape since then, and I have to start somewhere. It's shocking how much structure sticking to an exercise routine added to my entire day, my entire week. Since stopping, everything's felt sort of out of control and off-kilter. It was hot outside, but it felt good to get through it and push myself a little on the running segments.
Yesterday, I watched Not One Less, which I'm sad to say I found boring and slow. Then I headed out for a walk around the neighborhood with my friend and her daughters. We had fun pushing the stroller through sprinklers. On Saturday, I made this recipe in the crock pot, and I ate three servings throughout the day on Sunday. It's mighty good.
Then I came home and watched a shameful number of America's Next Top Model season one episodes during the MTV marathon and thoroughly enjoyed the season finale of Brothers and Sisters.
A few clips from pretty much my favorite TV movie of all time, Love Is Never Silent. (1) A great scene when Mare Winningham argues with her parents. (2) The awesome ending.
In addition to being obsessed with seeing Waitress, I'm now fixated with seeing Once. When either of them will come out anywhere around here is beyond me, but I sure hope it's soon. I'm feeling a desperate need to really love a movie, and I somehow know I will love both of these.
On Sunday morning, we went to the coffee shop and ate scones and read the paper. We then each went on a run. Well, he went on a run. I did Day 1 of Couch to 5K, which I've decided I'm starting over with the goal in mind of running at a faster pace. It feels kind of silly to be starting this program three months after running a half-marathon, but I've gotten really out of shape since then, and I have to start somewhere. It's shocking how much structure sticking to an exercise routine added to my entire day, my entire week. Since stopping, everything's felt sort of out of control and off-kilter. It was hot outside, but it felt good to get through it and push myself a little on the running segments.
Yesterday, I watched Not One Less, which I'm sad to say I found boring and slow. Then I headed out for a walk around the neighborhood with my friend and her daughters. We had fun pushing the stroller through sprinklers. On Saturday, I made this recipe in the crock pot, and I ate three servings throughout the day on Sunday. It's mighty good.
Then I came home and watched a shameful number of America's Next Top Model season one episodes during the MTV marathon and thoroughly enjoyed the season finale of Brothers and Sisters.
A few clips from pretty much my favorite TV movie of all time, Love Is Never Silent. (1) A great scene when Mare Winningham argues with her parents. (2) The awesome ending.
In addition to being obsessed with seeing Waitress, I'm now fixated with seeing Once. When either of them will come out anywhere around here is beyond me, but I sure hope it's soon. I'm feeling a desperate need to really love a movie, and I somehow know I will love both of these.
posted by eliza @ 7:02 PM
4 Comments:
"I've been responsible since the day I was born a hearing child!" OMGwelovethismovie. Why isn't it out on DVD? Why? Why?
once was apparently really fantastic - a couple friends of our had tickets to it when we all went to sundance and they loved it. the two actors also played a show in one of the cafés during the week and it was apparently phenomenal as well. all i have is the soundtrack because they got it for free and let me rip it, but it sounds awesome. i hope you get to see it, i know i'm going to hunt it down now (they've convinced me).
Oh, I don't know that I would be in such a hurry to see Waitress. I saw it this weekend and left feeling severely underwhelmed.
The shots of pie are totally scrumptious, though, as are the names of the desserts she invents (e.g., "Baby screaming its head off in the middle of the night and ruining my life pie").
I don't know. I'd be interested to hear what you think of it after you see it.
E - maybe it will come out one day. It truly is the best TV movie of all time. K -- I am obsessed with Once. I've been listening to the soundtrack streaming on the website. How awesome it must have been to see it at Sundance. You must let me know if you see it. And G -- damn! That breaks my heart that it was underwhelming. I will definitely let you know what I think when I see it.
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