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If you can believe it, my manager walked into my office today and asked if I might be able to work on Sunday night. I'm like, HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO MY WORK LOAD LATELY, BUDDY?? But really, what was I going to say? No? I don't think so. So I put on a happy face and said sure ... but I hope like hell I won't have to. $&@&^#!!!
To make up for it, I have a couple of Fun Days planned to make up for it (I like having things to anticipate; makes surviving the present much easier): This Sat. I have a massage appointment, and then Julie and I are going to watch Dodgeball (fare for the intellectual mind) and then have dinner at El Greco, where I haven't been in ages. Then when Robbie's here, we have massages scheduled, and I think we're going to get facials too. Only, I've never had a facial so it makes me a bit nervous. They have like, a dozen different kinds of facials, and I have no clue which one I should get. (They also have this non-surgical procedure called microdermabrasion, which is a series of six treatments. Of course, I don't have $600 I can blow on facials, so I don't think that will be in the cards.)
The Hot Chick: Sadly, I enjoyed this immensely. It made me laugh until I cried. Either my taste is really getting low brow over the years, or this was actually more worthy than expected. (I wanted to see it for Rachel McAdams.)
Adaptation: It probably doesn't help that I generally can't stand Nicolas Cage (except in Face/Off, one of my GP movies), and I found his character (one of them, at least) incredibly annoying. And I actually really like Meryl Streep, but not so much here. Chris Cooper was okay, though. And Ron Livingston and Brian Cox in their tiny roles were good. But the story was 'eh' ... and quite predictable. Well, I found it predictable, anyway. Not the least provocative or mind blowing, or whatever it was trying to be.
So Nicole Kidman and Meryl have both sadly disappointed me recently. Lucky for them I can still turn to The Hours as a shining example of good filmmaking.
Have finished second Shopaholic book. I think I liked this one better than the first, but still ... I'm on the third and I'm really hoping it'll be the end of the whole tedious thing. Sophie Kinsella should spend her energies writing more one-off books featuring likable heroines.
To make up for it, I have a couple of Fun Days planned to make up for it (I like having things to anticipate; makes surviving the present much easier): This Sat. I have a massage appointment, and then Julie and I are going to watch Dodgeball (fare for the intellectual mind) and then have dinner at El Greco, where I haven't been in ages. Then when Robbie's here, we have massages scheduled, and I think we're going to get facials too. Only, I've never had a facial so it makes me a bit nervous. They have like, a dozen different kinds of facials, and I have no clue which one I should get. (They also have this non-surgical procedure called microdermabrasion, which is a series of six treatments. Of course, I don't have $600 I can blow on facials, so I don't think that will be in the cards.)
The Hot Chick: Sadly, I enjoyed this immensely. It made me laugh until I cried. Either my taste is really getting low brow over the years, or this was actually more worthy than expected. (I wanted to see it for Rachel McAdams.)
Adaptation: It probably doesn't help that I generally can't stand Nicolas Cage (except in Face/Off, one of my GP movies), and I found his character (one of them, at least) incredibly annoying. And I actually really like Meryl Streep, but not so much here. Chris Cooper was okay, though. And Ron Livingston and Brian Cox in their tiny roles were good. But the story was 'eh' ... and quite predictable. Well, I found it predictable, anyway. Not the least provocative or mind blowing, or whatever it was trying to be.
So Nicole Kidman and Meryl have both sadly disappointed me recently. Lucky for them I can still turn to The Hours as a shining example of good filmmaking.
Have finished second Shopaholic book. I think I liked this one better than the first, but still ... I'm on the third and I'm really hoping it'll be the end of the whole tedious thing. Sophie Kinsella should spend her energies writing more one-off books featuring likable heroines.
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Date: 2004-07-08 05:06 pm (UTC)I don't blame you.
Re: every gripe you had about the book -- completely agree. She's such a moron, and I can't understand how these books got so popular. How can anyone like her?! I mean, we all have our little rationalizations wrt purchases and such, but she's just ... ugh. I seriously wished I could reach through the pages and beat her senseless. I think it's beyond the fact that she's a spendthrift -- it's also that she's a pathological LIAR. And her job makes everything ten zillion times worse. Argh!
That being said, I can still rec Can You Keep a Secret? wholeheartedly. <g>
I'm interested to see what you think about "Ties the Knot".
I can probably tell you right now: Tedious and just as bad as the first two. I wish it were the end of the entire damn series, but assuming she actually does get married, I'm sure she will have to have a book in which she goes crazy buying baby things or whatever. Honestly, I don't know why I feel like I have to read it. I should just consign the whole lot to the rubbish bin.