One Day At A Time.....: November 2008

DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE MOVIE YET!! (Or if you haven't read all the books)

Well for those crazed fans of the book TWILIGHT, the movie is finally here. My friends and I have been beyond excited for this movie to come out. Or Perhaps the better term is DON'T SCREW IT UP FOR US! We loved the books, fell in love with Edward and for a few even Jacob, and rooted for Bella to become a vampire and just get it over with.

I got to the movie early so that I could get a seat in the front, just in case I had to make a quick get a way with Madelyn without having a drink thrown at my head for making noise. I was waiting in line for my tickets and the girl behind me must have been very anxious to get in because she was practically on top of me. I could smell her minty gum and feel her breathing literally on my neck and kept almost pushing me as if willing me to move forward so she could get into the movie quicker. I don't really consider myself having personal space issues, but if I can practically taste your gum, yeah, your too close for comfort.

I was the first one of my friends there, so I found some seats for us. I sat by myself feeling completely awkward being surrounded by girls all wearing a shirt that said SENIOR on the front. I called my friends who were coming, Aric twice, my mother, and my brother. Yeah, I was really feeling my age, when they are taking about high school and lip gloss (seriously) and I am old enough to be a teacher at their high school with one of the only babies in the audience taking up a precious seat with my carseat. Thank goodness when my friends arrived. Everyone that walked in the theatre kept eyeing the 4 open seats beside me and I wouldn't look at anyone and kept talking to Aric, or my mom, or my brother.

I am having a hard time deciding on how bad the movie was and why it is so disappointing. I think my friends and I all agreed it was lacking in something. For one I think the chemistry and sexual tension between Bella and Edward was seriously lacking, where in the book that's what drives it. I knew the book would of course be better, but still. It was so cheesy and very high schoolish. Yes, we all know it was a young adult book, but it can still be enjoyed by all ages, like the book. The characters were all wrong. Edward is supposed to be hot, in a classy elegant 19th century way, not some pasty surfer boy with big hair, and same with Carlisle for that matter. The whole scene in the woods that started this book was too cheesy, when it was supposed to be beautiful and romantic, and we get more cheese and lameness. One of the best parts about the movie was a pretty scene where they are high in a tree looking over a river, only because it was a scenic view and there was no talking, and it wasn't even in the book! My favorite part in the movie had nothing to do with the movie, but when Bella first sees Jacob the audience sneers at him, and he gets a few cheers too. That was awesome. People were really into it. It was a vocal audience at times. My other favorite part was at the end, when things get "scary" and it's supposed to be tense. A girl behind me gets scared and gasps, and here I am practically laughing. I think the whole movie would have been better if the acting was better and the actors weren't trying to be so "sexy" with their obviously try-to-hard pouty lips and what was supposed to be sexy eyes. I think the teens liked it, but I don't know about the adults.

Actually now I think about it, the best part is when Edward looks like he is going to visibly throw up when he first sees Bella walk into his science class. I think I actually laughed out loud, it wasn't supposed to be funny. I know he was supposed to really dislike her, but he wants to eat her. Edward looked more like he wanted to run away because she smelled like vomit and last nights tequila.

Well, I didn't mean to go on, but it was a little disappointing. I actually did have low expectations going into the movie, because I knew it wouldn't be the same, I just didn't expect such bad acting. oh well, I guess that's why reading books are great, you make them your own. Maybe I'll just have to read them again.

I purposely didn't look at the reviews because I didn't want to know anything about the movie, but now I'm curious.
I hope I didn't ruin it for anyone. I hope the next movie is better. I'm sure New Moon will be made into a movie too.

The best thing about this night is atleast I got to see a movie I've been excited about seeing, and then come home to a quiet house and eat chocolate by myself in peace and blog. My husband actually put the kids to bed before I got home! Thanks Aric.

I should have posted this months ago, but better late than never. Brecklen turned five in August. It was a big day for him. I decorated his room while he slept with streamers and balloons, so when he woke up on his birthday Wall-E was everywhere! He just thought that was so much fun and wouldn't let me take anything down for literally a month. I finally had to do it because we were having family visit because I was going to have a baby. I know I was still prego then. It was awhile ago!

We let him choose where he wanted to go eat. He choose Hu Hot. It's a fun Mongolian BBQ place where you get to choose your own uncooked meat, pasta, and veggies and they cook it on a big grill in front of you. It's Breck's favorite place to eat, and our's too, so we all had a fun time. He just loved being special for the day. Who doesn't on their birthday?

Brecklen at Hu Hot

Aric and the kids having a whipped cream fight.

A few days later Brecklen had his birthday party at Quarry Hill Nature Center with his friends. The kids got to learn about snakes and turtles. They did get to watch the turtle walk around and get to touch it. Then they got to feed Minos to the fish. They all liked watching the fish eat the Minos. I'm sure the Minos didn't like swimming for their life. We played some games and ate cake and ice cream. Then the kids just ran around to burn off all their energy. The room echoed, so it sounded like there were 40 kids in there, that's probably why they kept screaming! All the kids had alot of fun, and even got to learn something. Thanks kids for coming to Brecklen's party! Brecklen, I hope you had a great birthday.