I'm catching up on all my shows now, and first on the list is Battlestar Galactica! I've missed a lot, so I'm starting at Season 3 and moving through it all. I'm not used to watching it on Friday nights, so I'll probably end up doing what I'm doing now and catching it all on DVD if the SciFi channel doesn't keep them up long enough. It's really intense so far, which isn't surprising because that's what BSG does, but I'd forgotten how good they are at it!
I'm a couple episodes away from being caught up on NUMB3RS, all caught up on House and 30 Rock and The Office, next up is Fringe and CSI. Yes, my life really is that boring...
Going to Borders tomorrow to spend the last of my Borders gift card from Valerie and Matt on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack (which I was pleased to see had all the songs I wanted on it) and then swing by Target to pick up a few things for Analia. They're having some seriously awesome clearance on the stuff from last summer, so I get to fill in the blanks for next to nothing! Wheee! I need to remember to take the blankets by Hagar's House (a women's shelter in downtown Decatur) because I totally forgot today.
Jeremy's going to be able to come up next week, and we'll probably have lunch or dinner with my godmother Gail (who's doing the wedding service) and her husband Tom, and he's going to replace the exhaust manifold on my car so it'll be shiny and new and I won't have to worry about it cracking any further. I had a decent night at work and since I've done a good job at not spending too much this month, I can afford a new one which is only $150 for shipping and gaskets and everything! Yay for having a cheap car to fix!! After that, I can pass emissions and my car will be legal and I can start visiting Florida and even make a trip or two to Memphis to see people and hit up a couple hockey games.
Oh, fun story, the problem I was having with the Mass Air Flow Sensor? Turns out the shop unplugged it when they were looking for electrical problems and never plugged it back in! It was a five minute fix once Jeremy got here and now it's running wonderfully. It's certainly nice having a handy fiancee!
I think that's all the interesting stuff for now, so I'll sign off. Ciao for now!
Showing posts with label slumdog millionaire. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Entirely Frustrating
At work we pool our tips-- for those of you who don't know what that is, it means we toss all our tips in and split them evenly between everyone who works that night. Saturday was (obv) Valentine's Day which is a big night for us. I left early, but I pulled in about $113 in tips. I was sorely disappointed when I got to work today and found out that I only got $54 of that. Apparently it dropped off severely after I left, so my hourly plummeted. While I was still miffed, I didn't feel quite so bad when I found out that the two coworkers who were there from 4-past midnight only pulled $80, and the one who left after me about $10 more than I did. Nobody broke $100, which is kind of dismal in the long run. I think I had top sales, I pushed the specials and the second and third teir wines ($10-$12.50/glass) and sold between $88-160 per table (including two tops), so I'm going with a not so great night. On the upside, I won the $100 prize for the "bottom line" challenge for January! I'm aiming to win the prize every month, so I'm brainstorming lots of ideas to aim for the ultimate $200 prize!
Anyway, Jeremy was up this weekend and it was really great to see him. We watched a couple movies, cuddled up a bit, and went to lunch with Alexandros at Fritti-- which I was pleased to see Jeremy liked! Fritti is this fantastic Italian restaurant sistered with Sotto Sotto, they're known for their authentic Neopolitan pizzas. We had a pancetta, caramelized onion, and hot pepper pizza and split some calamari with Alexandros, then went to see Coraline. We missed a showing of Coraline that wasn't an hour and a half away, so we went ahead and saw Slumdog Millionaire.
If you haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, stop reading this and go see it. Absolutely stunning film, the acting is amazing and the direction is brilliant, and the story is much more interesting than I ever gave it credit for from online synopses. If you don't know the synopsis: A "slumdog" coffee boy in Bombay goes on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and makes it to the final round. He's taken in to the police under suspicion of cheating after winning Rs. 10k and as the movie goes on, we find out the things in his life that cause him to know the answers to questions that someone with no formal education and no money should know. Some of it is extremely sad and some of it is funny and some of it is uplifting, and the ending is just... it's a perfect parallel climax and denoument all at once, it's just brilliant. I would be entirely happy if they won Best Picture, and I think it would be a triumph for the Oscars to get back on par with a win like that.
Plus, I have three words that mean this movie rocks above all else: Bollywood Dance Scene.
What, then.
Alright, there's not much else to say, so I'm going to work a few more minutes on the cards I'm doing up for Becca and then hit the hay so that I can not only help finish out the storage unit but go to Target and get some new Sharpies! And a bunch of other stuff. Yaaay for gift cards!
Anyway, Jeremy was up this weekend and it was really great to see him. We watched a couple movies, cuddled up a bit, and went to lunch with Alexandros at Fritti-- which I was pleased to see Jeremy liked! Fritti is this fantastic Italian restaurant sistered with Sotto Sotto, they're known for their authentic Neopolitan pizzas. We had a pancetta, caramelized onion, and hot pepper pizza and split some calamari with Alexandros, then went to see Coraline. We missed a showing of Coraline that wasn't an hour and a half away, so we went ahead and saw Slumdog Millionaire.
If you haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, stop reading this and go see it. Absolutely stunning film, the acting is amazing and the direction is brilliant, and the story is much more interesting than I ever gave it credit for from online synopses. If you don't know the synopsis: A "slumdog" coffee boy in Bombay goes on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and makes it to the final round. He's taken in to the police under suspicion of cheating after winning Rs. 10k and as the movie goes on, we find out the things in his life that cause him to know the answers to questions that someone with no formal education and no money should know. Some of it is extremely sad and some of it is funny and some of it is uplifting, and the ending is just... it's a perfect parallel climax and denoument all at once, it's just brilliant. I would be entirely happy if they won Best Picture, and I think it would be a triumph for the Oscars to get back on par with a win like that.
Plus, I have three words that mean this movie rocks above all else: Bollywood Dance Scene.
What, then.
Alright, there's not much else to say, so I'm going to work a few more minutes on the cards I'm doing up for Becca and then hit the hay so that I can not only help finish out the storage unit but go to Target and get some new Sharpies! And a bunch of other stuff. Yaaay for gift cards!
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