chochiyo_sama

Well, the afternoon was a vast improvement over the morning.

I played a little Scrabble with Kvetch until it was time to go with DeAnn--she wanted to see Rumor Has It, which was supposedly a sorta sequel to The Graduate.

I expected it to be a shallow sexfest--but it was actually pretty good.  And Mark Ruffalo is adorable.  I've never been a big Jennifer Aniston fan.  But she was okay in this movie.  But for God's sake, Jennifer--EAT SOMETHING.  Kevin Costner is looking too long in the tooth to be rolling in the hay with 30 year olds.  He's still a nice looking man, but seeing some guy that old with someone as young as Jennifer Aniston triggers my gag reflex.

Seriously--these two in the sack together = YUCKY.  I'm glad they didn't show it!

Shirley MacLaine was outstanding.  She just keeps getting better and better.  In the wedding scene--the wedding of the sister of the Aniston character--Shirley was wearing a red suit that was TO DIE FOR.   Oh, how I would LOVE to reproduce that outfit for one of my Vintage Barbies.  It looks orange in this picture, but I am SURE it was red in the movie.  I like the Pink suit she wore at the other wedding too.

She was awesome as the hard drinking, cigarette smoking, dirty-talking grandmother who hated being called "grandma."

Now, if they made a sequel where SHE ended up in the sack with Kevin Costner, THAT would be worth seeing!  It's about time they made a really good movie about an older woman (like Shirley MacLaine) with a younger, very smitten, man.

The girl who played Jennifer Aniston's SISTER in the movie was very odd-looking.  There was just something WEIRD about her face.

I don't know what it is--but this face just creeped me out.  Her eyes are too big and too far apart--and there's just something unbalanced about everything from the nose down on her face.  Her character was also a stereotypical annoying stupid blonde.  She was just irritating.  I'd have left the character out of the movie altogether.  She really wasn't necessary.

Kathy Bates had a small part in this movie--they made her look like an aging sleezoid and also a drunk.   She hasn't been in much lately, and I miss her.  She's an awesome actress.

She looks really old in the movie, which made me feel sad. 

So, anyhow--I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.  I won't give away any plot spoilers--it is pretty predictable as far as plot goes, anyhow.

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After the movie, I asked if DeAnn minded swinging by the post office drop box so I could throw the bills I had written out into the mail.  Fucking bills.  So she did.  THAT's done.

Then DeAnn had to run into Penney's for some valances.  I just sat in the car and fiddled around with my address book.  Then we decided we needed sustenance, so we went to the Chinese buffet in Kasson.  Even though I hadn't eaten anything all day except an uncrustable and a diet coke and a couple of Hershey's nuggets (all of which I threw up before leaving the house), I couldn't even eat a full plate of food.  My stomach must be shrinking.  The chicken and broccoli was EXCELLENT.  The broccoli was JUST RIGHT--not too mushy--not too crisp. 

On the way home, we decided to dye my hair, since Jim was over at Brad's house watching football.  We had originally decided to do it tomorrow, but since I didn't get my bedding washed, doing it tonight made it so I could stay home all day tomorrow and have a final fling with chores and laundry.

Well, she dropped me off at home so I could pick up my hair dye and my sewing box--and drive my car over there so she didn't have to drive me home in the middle of the night.  When I got to there house, Jim, Brad and Beaver were hanging out in the living room watching football.  Heh heh.  Apparently the plans didn't go according to original conception. 

It was a little weird, but DeAnn and I went ahead and dyed my hair anyhow.  It turned out very beautiful.  I think DeAnn does every bit as nice a job as DeAnna Kay--and it only costs a fraction of what I'd have to pay in the salon.  AND DeAnna Kay NEVER listens to me when I tell her I do not want my hair so DARK.  My face is so pale that really dark hair sucks the life out of it.  The contrast is too stark.  I look more natural with a lighter color.  This is a beautiful medium auburn.  It really is complimentary to my face.  And it is always SO SOFT after it has been dyed.  Afterwards, DeAnn dried it with her really nice hair dryer and poofed it up a bit.  I felt like a Hot Sexy Babe when she was done.  Heh heh heh!!

I hung out with them and watched some television until 10 pm.  Then I went home.  George Bush was on TV talking about domestic spying and how fucking GREAT it is.  Makes me want to puke, the smarmy little fucker.

I am very glad the day ended on a happier note.  I would hate to have the most significant image of today be me sitting on the edge of my bed with my head in a garbage bag barfing my guts out.  Sigh.

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And on a completely unrelated note....Isn't this picture of the full moon GORGEOUS??  There's just something magical about a full moon.  Makes me want to strip naked and plunge into a pool in a forest.  (Thank God I am always able to resist THAT urge--for the sake of my fellow humans, who certainly have done nothing to deserve a fate so hideous as seeing me prancing around unclothed!)

*shudder* to think of it!