All-Time Favorite Movies

Barnes and Noble is having a sale where a bunch of movies and cds are $9.99. I decided to look through the racks to see if I could find anything worth buying and I think I found a couple of great treasures. And some of my absolute favorite movies ever.

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
This is one of my absolute favorite movies ever. It just puts me in a good mood. I know it's a kid's movie and I know it's unrealistic, but I just love Pippi's attitude. Two summers ago, my cousin Summer spent the night at my house and we watched this movie twice while she was there. She LOVED it. She talked about it and that she wanted it and all kinds of things. I gave it to her for her birthday and she freaked out. It was awesome. I already own this movie, so I didn't buy it today, but I just love it and had to mention it.



Real Genius
When I was in junior high I absolutely loved Val Kilmer. Loved. Looking back, it's very strange considering our large age gap. I loved Batman Forever, I loved this face, but most of all, I LOVED the movie Real Genius. I watched it on my VCR all the time. I've never seen it in DVD. Until today. I am so excited, you have no idea. If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend it.



Robin Hood: Men in Tights
This movie cracks me up. All the stupid jokes, all the singing, it all just makes a bad day go away. This was a stupid humor movie before they became really, really stupid (Dumb and Dumber for example). "We're men, we're men in tights, TIGHT tights!"



50 First Dates
By no means is this a classic movie, but the few times I've seen I have really enjoyed it. I picked it up because it was on sale and I was in the mood to watch it again. I know it's a movie that I can watch again and again and not get sick of. I think it's a good concept for a movie and there's some good comedic scenes in it.



Spaceballs
Oh, Spaceballs! I love this movie. It's along the same lines as Robin Hood: Men in Tights, but with a space theme. How I love this movie!



What are some of your all time favorite movies?

Remember Me? - Book Review

Remember Me? is a very novel idea for a, well, novel. I was impressed with the creativity of the idea. Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember the last three years of her life. As she tries to piece her life back together, she comes to some realizations about her life, her loves, and her friendships. This would be a great book to take on a weekend vacation or to the beach! It's a great, quick read. I'm giving the book to Dawn, so if you want to read it after she is done, let her know!

Movies, Books, and Jobs

I saw the movie Juno when I was in Italy and I totally loved it. My Mom unexpectedly has the movie and I decided to watch it today while I was making some cookies. We haven't had TV service in over two weeks so I've been catching up on old TV shows and now I've moved on to movies. Anyway, I really like this movie. It has some of the best one-liners I've heard in a long time. A lot of people I know really love the soundtrack, but I hate it. It goes well with the movie, but separately, no thanks. Sarah, I'd add this to your Netflix list if you haven't seen it yet.

I just got done reading Moose by Stephanie Klein. It's a memoir about her fat childhood and her summers at fat camp. A coworker at Barnes and Noble with a similar taste in books to mine recommended it to me. I enjoyed the book most of the way through until the last chapter. I think it just could have ended with her childhood not an explanation of how she's doing now. She still struggles with her weight and tries to lose weight for all the wrong reasons. I just found it slightly depressing.

I've been at home over a month and I really still can't believe it. I'm looking for a job in the food industry in some way. If you come across anything, let me know. I have a good lead from Dawn, I just have to finish my resume and get a couple things in order before I'm able to explore it. I've been feeling rather blah lately and have been putting things off for no reason.

I haven't been talking to Bil that much since I got home which I expected, but it's a big change from seeing him everyday. I really can't wait to get him over here. The excitement about finding a new job has diminished since I figured out that we'll probably wait until October to apply for his visa. Plus, my sister is moving out, so I can move all my stuff from my storage into this apartment and live here for free for awhile longer. Realistically, that's not what I want, so I just need to get off my ass.

I want to start blogging more and am also looking at starting a food blog. I'm also trying to decide if I should buy a professional camera so that I can start practicing my photography skills. I don't have any experience, so I need to build up my portfolio so I have something to show prospective (is that the right word?) employers.

A coworker and I were talking about the movie Goonies the other day he said his favorite part of the movie was when Chunk did the "Truffle Shuffle." Truffle just doesn't sound right. It doesn't sound like the right word to me, but it is. If you haven't seen Goonies, I really don't know what's wrong with you. It's awesome.

One last note. I really miss this guy. A lot. A really lot.

A Week At Home

So, I've been home a week and have been spending most of my time relaxing and visiting a few people. Saturday, my step-cousin got married, so my Mom and I went to the reception so I could see my grandparents and my Aunt and Uncle. I know, I should have went to the wedding for the couple getting married, but to be honest, if I would have went up to my step-cousin and said "congratulations," she probably wouldn't have known who I was. Needless to say, we aren't close. Sunday, I got together with more family that was visiting from Virginia. They are interesting people. That's all I'm going to say. Yesterday, I went to the driving range with my sister and her friend, Jared. It was a great time. This week, I'm going to see more family and friends and just do some more relaxing. In a couple of weeks, I'll be starting at Barnes and Noble to get some money. Soon, I have to start a serious job search. Nothing too exciting going on here...it's good to be back in the States, but I miss Bil like crazy.

I'm home!

Just a quick post to let you all know that I'm home. I had quite the interesting travel time, but I got home safely and with all my luggage! I was supposed to leave Monday and spent a lot of time at the airport crying and waiting in line. Turns out, my plane was delayed so I would have missed my connection in Frankfurt so I stayed another night in Florence. Went back to my apartment and spent some more time with friends and with Bil. Tuesday, I went back to the airport and went off without a hitch. I'm home now and just exploring home again. It's very weird.

I'll update soon and hopefully have lots of picture to share!

I need your help!

I am going to create a food blog and need to think of a name for it. I really love the name of this blog "Yellow and Orange." I wouldn't mind using some part of this blog name for my food blog. I also wouldn't mind using some kind of Florence inspiration. Here's some key words:
yellow
orange
Florence
Firenze
Inspiration
Culinary

Any ideas?

Six Days

Six. SIX!

I can't believe it. I can't even try to believe it because it's just completely unbelievable. The time went by so freaking fast. I'm excited to go back to the States and see a bunch of people, have a lot more choices in restaurants, and spend some time in the bookstore (how I missed the bookstore). I'm obviously sad about leaving my life here in Italy behind, but I am so grateful that I had this opportunity. It's changed my life in more ways than one.

Last Thursday was my graduation. Bil came to see me get my certificate, it was kind of nice to have someone there even though it wasn't that big of a deal.