Life, Fannishness, and Thespic Infatuation

September 15: George's b-day. We went out for dinner at the Bavarian Chef last night to celebrate. I was also very tickled by the present I got him, and he was very tickled, too. I got him a Presto waffle maker. Waffles for breakfast on Saturday! Woo hoo!

September 16 (today): We finally got our paperwork finished and delivered it to the adoption agency. We're still working on our reading material, but we had a nice sit-down with our social worker. Now on to the next step.

On the way home, we stopped at a nifty little grill/tavern that we've driven past a lot but never tried. It was very nice. Relaxed, and good food.

Tomorrow we're inviting people in for strawberry cake and homemade ice cream to celebrate Geo's b-day.

And next week . . .

SPN S7 begins! I must admit, I'm getting a little excited. I'm also trying to figure out when I'm going to marathon S6. I got the Blu-Ray (still debating whether or not I should have gone with the standard), and I want to get through all the episodes to make sure they're okay before the new season starts.

. . . while you're making other plans.

( The Round-Up )

How is it that Jensen can sneak up on me when I totally know he's going to be there?

Geo and I watched MBV this weekend. (We did a double feature of Drag Me to Hell and MBV. Won't be doing that anymore if a wee one joins us.) I actually spent a good deal of the movie crocheting, only putting my needlework down when Jensen was on the screen (or scenes where I knew he was going to appear). 'Cause, you know. That's the way it works. Anyway . . .

Reveal scene. Obviously, Jensen is in this scene, so I'm watching it, right? And I'm sitting on the end of the couch farthest away from the speaker through which Jensen/Tom's off-screen line is channeled.

You know what?

I still jumped.

*facepalm*

Also, this movie plays so much better in movie theater 3D. (I won't watch it on home 3D because the color correction is screwy.) There was some pretty fun gimmicky 3D, but really? The things that used the 3D to show depth (rather than pop things out of the screen at you) were fairly amazing. Some of the best live-action 3D I've seen since the craze reemerged. Yes, this cheesy horror flick has one of my very favorite 3D shots in ever--the establishing aerial shot of the mine. I was amazed. I think I even leaned over to Geo and whispered, "Now they're just showing off."

( Also-also, here be spoilers )

Geo (and I) just got done watching "Let It Bleed." ( He didn't get to see it on Friday )

So. Last night (May 9) George introduced a screening of These Amazing Shadows at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Springs, MD. We did not get back in time to watch H50. Instead, we went out with one of Geo's associates and her husband to an Irish pub. Now, you know me and Irish pubs. I'm not gonna say no. Irish boxty and Irish coffee. Delightful way to finish out the evening.

So I downloaded this morning.

( Slight show squee behind cut )

I have every intention of writing my long and rambly for SPN. There is much to write about. And apparently, I feel the need to defend Dean, because I'm reading stuff around that's totally missing the point of his character.

Tonight Geo and I went out to our favorite "special occasion" restaurant. I had a gift certificate, so we went out to celebrate his getting to go to work on Mondays.

This place is delightful. The atmosphere is very classy, mellow, and relaxing. The food is very good. And as I told Geo, if I were single and a cougar, I'd have to make a comment about the wait staff as well. He laughed. But seriously, the service is always outstanding. It almost makes you self-conscious when you're used to eating at really casual family restaurants.

Had a belated birthday celebration on Saturday (after a staged reading for our new community theater group we're getting started). Just a few friends over for cake and ice cream.

Since this year I'm the answer to life, the universe and everything ( . . . or rather, my age is . . . ), my geek friend gave me a towel. Light and dark blue striped, for the record. Several folks had to leave for various reasons (overworked toddler, teen had to be somewhere, etc.), but Geek Friend and occasional Cat/House Sitter stuck around, and we watched an ep of Ghost Adventures, which is nothing but mock-worthy, and "Hell House."

All in all, a fun evening.

More kudos for Geo. My mom sent us the January copy of Ohio Magazine, the issue entitled "Best of Ohio." On pages 57 - 58, one entry is called "Movie Talk."

Movie Talk

Everybody loves to talk about movies, but nobody does it like the gang at Filmically Perfect. Every Friday aftrnoon on WYSO-FM (91.3), the public radio station in Yellow Springs, movie nuts J. Todd Anderson and George Willeman joined by host Niki Dakota, spend 30 minutes poring over favorite classic films that meet their four rules for movie perfection. As Anderson, a Hollywood storyboard artist, and Willeman, a government film archivist, hold forth on how everything from Jaws to The Misfits to White Zombie met these criteria, they don't just teach--they make you laugh your socks off, too. You can find their podcasts at perfectmovie.net.

Or you can find the link on my links list.

Check out this review. Especially the last paragraph. :-)

There are a few errors in the review: It should be Blazing Saddles, not "Blazing Shadows" listed, and I believe they have the Tim Roth/Wayne Wang and West Side Story/To Kill a Mockingbird references reversed. Wang watched WSS repeatedly as a kid, and Roth got his sense of America from TKaM.

Anyway, when the movie comes out on DVD, I recommend it.

I married a man with charm, knowledge, and passion about his work and his art.

Remind you of anyone else I write about extensively in this LJ? I think now you understand the attraction?