4 posts tagged “movies”

Mister Christopher and I went to see The Dark Knight at the midnight showing and I admit that I was blown away by not only the movie as a whole but also by Heath Ledger's performance. He owned the role of the Joker. I have a real love/hate relationship with super hero movies - especially those born of comic books, since I am something of a comic-head. The Dark Knight wasn't flawless but it was about as close to perfection as any super-hero movie that I've ever seen. I am totally impressed. We also went to see Hellboy 2 last weekend, and I respect in a completely different way. Hellboy 2, to me, was a relief from all the super-hero movies that take themselves too seriously.That movie joked on itself and was just funny and fun to watch.Guillermo Del Toro is a master of creating worlds and creatures in those worlds. Both movies are a good time, I suggest everyone to go see them. . .if you're into that sort of thing, I mean.

I am now a full time ice-cream scooping babe [at least for the rest of the summer]. I got a job scooping ice cream at a cute little shop last Monday. Not complaining, but I've been working every day since! My first day off is this Sunday! Crazy, but it's so fun. I didn't realize that it would be such a busy joint - but they also serve food [sandwiches, salads and soups]. So all the downtown working folks come in for lunch. It gets pretty hectic but it beats the pants off of standing around trying to look busy at Barnes and Noble. Plus, ice-cream is so delicious and I come home smelling of sugar and waffle cones. : ] The rest of my time lately has been spent swimming and riding my bike and hanging out with Chris. I've been drawing a lot lately, which feels super good. I also got Corel Painter X this week. I haven't figured it all out yet, but I play with it every day to see what I can learn and hopefully I'll be able to crank out some colored drawings instead of my usual line art. : ] Chris and I also went to see The Happening last Friday. It isn't a flawless film but I really enjoyed it. A lot. I think Shyamalan has a beautiful mind. I've seen all but two of his movies and I have, to some degree, fallen in love with all of them.

and what do i think i'm doing?

Calling out of work the past two days was oh-so-nice. Friday we played around the house and went for ice cream. We wanted to have a 'stay up all night' kind of party and draw and write but I was totally not feeling inspired. Go figure. So rain-check on that. We ended up watching 'Steamboy', directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. I've seen it once before, and was reminded of how much I love it. Otomo delivers. Yesterday we went on a little road trip to the beach. We went to a couple of bike shops, since we're looking to build ourselves some bikes. We also went to a comic book store, which ended up being somewhat disappointing. It was more of a 'Super Hero' store, which is okay but they didn't have anything I was looking for. Their website was quite misleading. . .Man, I'm jonesing for some new comics. We walked on the beach for an hour or so, playing with all the little sand-digging creatures. There was one snail-like creature that lived in a cone shell who slimed my finger. Gah-ross. Then it was back home to watch movies: 'American Psycho' and part of 'Tron'.It was a wonderful break from everything. Back to the real world today, and work. This week the search for a new job must continue.