.jeri.

Hi all,

I'm hoping to get in a few posts this week, to review movies I've seen in the theaters recently, and those that I've been catching via Netflix, Roku, and other miscellaneous sources. For now, it's a weekend in review, as always! I had a pretty packed weekend, but it was a good one.

Friday I buzzed out of the office right at 11:30 and went down to the student services offices to have my photo taken for passport renewal. I basically have to re-do the entire passport process because my name changed when I got married. Boooo! I picked up my sister at noon and we drove to a new theater to us - the Edwards Westpark 8 in Irvine. I don't know how long it's been there, but I'm pretty sure I've been missing out! Their selection is the limited of limited releases. I'm sure I'll be visiting it again, although it does take a minimum 45 minutes to get there from home. We went to see Tell No One, based on Nobody's high recommendation. We liked it a lot - review forthcoming. After the show, we sorted through traffic to the Brea mall and I bought some makeup supplies and a couple of sweaters. Yes, I'm one of few who buys sweaters in the dead of summer. It's an air-conditioned work thing. We headed home for a little bit of rest, then joined with Ric for dinner at the Fullerton Spaghetti Factory. Our waitress was odd, but we forgave her, and topped off the night with a second movie of the day: Hellboy II (review coming soon as well).

Saturday, I slept in. Ric and I had lunch at KFC and went to Lowe's for a few supplies. This time we bought door frames and more orange peel spray spackle, for texturing the bathroom wall. I just started re-visiting the Lord of the Rings trilogy on cassette, so I spent a couple of hours listening to Fellowship while working on bathroom wall texture. Around 4, I headed to my parents' house and picked up Stray Dog. We went to PetSmart to see if he had a microchip in him. Of course, he did not. We headed back home. From there, my sister and I drove out to Hollywood. We started at Amoeba, where we sold her carefully-collected singles from our high school years (she has back-ups of them) and used the store credit to buy all the new CDs we've been forgetting to buy lately: Coldplay, Supergrass, Bluetones, Spiritualized, Nick Cave, and more. After our long adventures there, we went to Astro Burgers for dinner, where our cashier didn't know what change to give us (the bill was $12.12 and we gave her $12.20 - confusing!). Around 8ish, we headed up a couple blocks, parked across from the Pantages, and walked to the Avalon (formerly the Palace) to see Supergrass. The show was energetic and the band made sure to play my favorite song, so I was happy. Here's a cell phone photo:

Not many bands can get me really excited for a live show, but Supergrass has maintained their energy over the years. I've been going to their shows for over 10 years now, and they never fail to entertain.

Sunday we went to church with the Andersons, as well as lunch at Mad Wolf. It's no wonder I feel gross after this weekend. I've had far too much unhealthy food. Anyway, after lunch we came home to rest a bit. I spent a couple of hours reading Atlas Shrugged and then got to work in the bathroom again. In the evening I watched the second half of The Innocents, and then Ric and I watched a couple of episodes of Sledgehammer and the Soup together.

Up this week: Ric's got a busier week than I do. He's going to some sort of preliminary minor league hockey practice or game tonight, a beer making class with Rob tomorrow, then on Wednesday I'll join him for movie night with the Agadonis, and on Friday I think we'll see Kristen for the first time in a looong while.

Movies in the review queue:
Wall-E
Wanted
Tell No One
Hellboy II
Control
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Payback
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
King Kong
The Lady from Shanghai
Out of Africa
Frisky Dingo
American Grafitti
THX1138
The Innocents