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raise up cups of christmas cheer, i just need to catch my breath

  • Dec. 16th, 2007 at 1:27 PM
lion, ivoted, me, sadie
I might run to Target and get a lot of tights and knee socks because it's cold and I have like, one pair of weekend pants and 2980298 weekend skirts.

I watched Tomb Raider last night for like, the third time. I don't like the movie, but sometimes (three times) it's the least objectionable thing on. Plus, it has Daniel Craig and it's an action flick, so I keep thinking that I will like it, this time. I don't think Angelina Jolie is very good-looking, especially so in this movie, so I think that's another reason I watch it. "See? This is how she really looks!"

Now I'm watching the second Lord of the Rings movie for like, the fourth time. Also in an attempt to make myself like it, only it's a more powerful wish with this than the Tomb Raider movie. It's a serial, there's magic in it, it's big and epic and I can tell it's well-made--all of these things I like. Except I just don't like Lord of the Rings. I don't understand it, and I have yet to like it. But I think if I keep watching it, I'll at least enjoy its familiarity.

Cats are really cute. Sometimes, I just look at a cat and thing, "gosh darn it, that cat is really cute."

Yesterday I guilted my mom into coming with me to get the Christmas tree, and then we totally got rear-ended in her car by some guy with no insurance. Whoops. But I would have been driving her car to get the tree if I had been alone, anyway, so at least there's that.

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[info]aoneal79 wrote:
Dec. 16th, 2007 09:49 pm (UTC)
See, I think the car accident thing is a ruse - you're just running out of ideas on how NOT go out for dinner.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Dec. 16th, 2007 10:18 pm (UTC)
My objectives are far-reaching and intricately planned.
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[info]aoneal79 wrote:
Dec. 16th, 2007 10:45 pm (UTC)
No idea what that means.

I give up.
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[info]skyblade wrote:
Dec. 16th, 2007 10:49 pm (UTC)
I don't know if I just have an aversion to treasure hunting because I consder Tomb Raider, along with National treasure, to be the blandest big dunb action movies of the decade. I'm not even that in love with Indiana Jones--the first one is great, but I could take or leave the sequels.
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[info]worldforawhile wrote:
Dec. 16th, 2007 11:27 pm (UTC)
Embarrassingly, I liked National Treasure--someone else rented it and I watched, and it surpassed the "this will be the worst movie-watching experience ever" bar I had set for it. But then, I love the Indiana Jones movies, so that sort of thing is just in my wheelhouse.
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[info]huehau wrote:
Dec. 17th, 2007 03:16 am (UTC)
When it comes to Angelina's beauty, it's all about the angles. Sometimes I'll see a photo and she's absolutely breathtaking. Other times, she looks a lot like her dad as he is now and that's not a bad thing if you're an old man, but horrible if you're a thirty-something woman.

I think I only really like the first LotR. I've got that one and the second on DVD but the first one is the only one I've rewatched. I haven't even bothered to pick up the third and I'm normally a completist about stuff like this.
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[info]gibigiane wrote:
Dec. 18th, 2007 07:25 am (UTC)
I'm sorry to hear about the car accident - are you and your mom, ok? Did you get the license plate of the guy without the insurance?

I loved the Two Towers (it's my favorite of the three) but it helps if you've read the book. :-)
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