Weekend Blurble- Take 8342

I watched X-men 3 last night. We usually catch blockbuster movies after they've left theaters, which they often do unreasonably quick in CT, and worked their way to the library as a DVD. Personally, I think that the producers would have made X-men sans dialogue entirely, just had some stop-action shots occasionally with quote bubbles...like a comic book, then gone back to the exploding this and levitating that...if they thought the idea would fly with audiences. (pun entirely intended)

Over the last few days we've also seen Antwone Fisher, Dreamgirls, Glory and something else that I don't remember. I'm almost movie'd out.

The title does have a certain significance. hehe. I love numbers. Leave a comment if you think you know what it is.

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Bleh!

Being optimistic is draining. Isn't that a great opening line. I know in the previous entry I was all ecstatic about the magnets I bought. And I still am. But it's getting hard again to happy about anything else. I'm sick of being this way. I just would like a small mite of success.

I did list today. It's a supplies listing. I've been going through my beads and other supplies. I have a lot of stuff. Some of it I'll never use but I'm not sure it's worth listing because after fees and shipping I'd probably only have $.25. But I'd take any sale now. I tried to put it up yesterday but the site crashed. I didn't try again.



I rented Memoirs of a Geisha DVD from the library yesterday. I watched it between making dinner and watching So You Think You Can Dance. :P I had read the book earlier this year. Maybe even last year. It was good, the book, though somewhat morally off-center. The language was amazing, especially since it was written by an American man and not translated. It was so different than the language I'm used to.

The movie I wasn't as happy with. (I realize I just ended back-to-back) sentences with a preposition.) If I hadn't read the book I would have probably liked it more. The costuming and many of the settings are beautiful. But the plot didn't follow the book, they left out the beginning and the end. I realize there are time constraints and not everything can be like the Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle Pride and Prejudice. Or the recent Jane Eyre rendition. But there was a lot in those sections that developed the main character and answered questions of what happened at the end. *sigh* I think I get too attached to books and don't allow for creative interpretation by the movie people. But they left out the beginning and the end!