I'm thankful....

for Jesus, grace, and the hope of eternity
for a wonderful family
for friends who are family -- those near and far
for a sexy husband who's also my best friend
for changing seasons
for all the free coffee I can drink!
for laughter
for the time to read good books and watch good movies
for music

Not an exhaustive list by any stretch of the imagination, but what's on my mind today.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!

Goblet of Fire

Saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire tonight. Really good. Followed the story really well, especially considering how much you have to leave out in those movies. And you could see why they changed the things they changed; it all made sense. From a pure "film" standpoint, I'm not the best reviewer...I'm too wrapped up in Harry Potter from the book/story standpoint. But I can definitely say I enjoyed it. (oh, and Ralph Fiennes is going to make an awesome Lord Voldemort).

nanowrimo

Jasmine posted on her blog that nanowrimo is humbling. Have to say it's true. Doesn't seem like it should be so hard -- a little less than 2,000 words a day for 30 days. For me...HARD. I'm doing good to pump out 1,000. 1,500 is an awesome day. And every day for 30 days...HARD. But it's good for me, right? Good to push myself, right?

Here's to pushing yourself.

movies

Went to see "Brothers Grimm" last night at the dollar theater (it's kind of sad when I read my friend Jason's blog then come and write something about a movie that's been out for a while since it makes me feel behind the times. Oh well. :) . I have to say I enjoyed it, despite it's silliness and despite the fact that it wasn't widely liked. To me it had a similar tone to Van Helsing -- a fun, fantastical romp. "Van Helsing" just had a little bit darker tone and a little more action. Which is interesting because one friend that I went to see it with stood up afterword and basically said "what the heck was that" and not because he was impressed. Yet this same friend liked "Van Helsing" enough to own it. And the same reasons that he didn't like Brother's Grimm are the same reasons a lot of people didn't like "Van Helsing." I will never understand people.

I also rented "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" last weekend. Good movie, but another case of the book was better. But the actresses were awesome.

movie trailers

I love a good movie trailer. To me, if I watch a movie without some trailers in front of it, I feel gypped.

However....

What I don't like are movie trailers that give the entire movie away....the plot, the twist, the funny stuff, the dramatic stuff, the beginning, the middle and the end. Leave a little to the imagination people! Make me want to see it! Don't make the trailer all I want to see!
What I also don't like are completely misleading trailers. Now, I know enough to know that sometimes movies get further editing/reworking after the trailer is cut together. Understandable. But haven't you ever seen a trailer for a movie, then gone to see the movie and thought you were in the wrong theater? (or that your dvd got switched with another). Sometimes, what you acutally see is dissapointing (see: Cider House Rules). Often, it's a pleasant surprise (see: Wicker Park and most recently In Good Company).

What do you think?

Yankee Rebel

So my friend Jason posted a link to a quiz similar to this a while back. But now I want all of you dear readers to let me know....yank? rebel? or somewhere in between.

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

p.s. I'm 50 % yankee