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Sex and the City 2 was really, really disappointing. I miss my girls? They? Were not my girls. Not at all. It felt rushed, silly, misguided. There was no emotion. Even Aidan couldn't save it for me.

Sigh.

Saw Harry Potter today and LOVED IT OMG SO MUCH. I am going through a bit of an HP renaissance, I just bought Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix on blu-ray, and am currently in the middle of rereading Half Blood Prince.

The movie was definitely the best one yet, there was a great balance between then comedy bits and the plot points and the scary stuff. And OMG that ending...just took my breath away. I know as I reread I will find things that I wish they'd kept in, but of the parts they did change, I felt they all worked in the text of the film.

Definitely going to see it again!

Adam and I saw Wolverine tonight. I was surprised that it was actually decent. After the disaster that was X3, my hopes were not high. But I enjoyed most of it (except for the special effects in the bathroom scene, ZOMG so bad) even if the movie stalled out in the last 20 minutes. Hugh Jackman can run around my house naked any time he wants. I will buy snacks.

Oh I love summer movie season. I am so easy: give me shit getting blown up and some cheesy one-liners and I am a happy girl. I have high hopes, between Terminator Salvation, Transformers 2, GI Joe. Let's fuck shit up!

I have to fold laundry and go to bed because I have work in the morning but I don't wanna. Maybe I will read some Sandman, even though it always gives me fucked up dreams. I am reading Book 4: Season of Mist, and it is just so good. Neil Gaiman is my hero.

I feel weird cursing in my own journal. I felt weird doing so on Facebook before as well. I think it's because my mom is on there now. I am an adult, I can have a potty mouth if I want. Seriously, what is wrong with me. Ugh.

Watched Gladiator when I got home from the movies. Love that movie so hard. It reminds me of my dad, he always quotes it.

Star Trek Thursday! Two movies in one week? Unheard of for me.

Why do I want to see Ghosts of Girlfriends Past? I suck sometimes.

I won't spoil it for you guys, but I will say this: The Dark Knight is one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time.

I get to see Iron Man on Wednesday, two days before everyone else does.

FUCKING AWESOME.

Someone please tell me why I never saw Love Actually before Sunday night. It was silly and heartwarming and sad and just what I needed after being at work from 9am until 12:30am. Maybe I cried a little. (I blame the wine.)

Oh romantic comedies, I adore you.

I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after work today, and I am slightly hesitant to say this because at last 50% of the time I recant these statements, but I think it was my favorite of all the movies.

I am so tired and half a bottle of wine didn't help. Goodnight.

I am going to buy PotC: Dead Man's Chest tomorrow even though I didn't really care for it because I AM EASY. I just watched Curse of the Black Pearl.

EASY. =. ME.

(I don't think that sentences and math should be mixed. Oh well.)

The snow tonight is like the kind in fairytales. It feels magical.

Adam and I saw Pan's Labyrinth yesterday. Fantastic. I highly recommend it. It was devastating and uplifting, rocking betwen war and imagination, a beautiful, haunting film that was stunning and horrifying yet soothing. They are marketing it as an adult fairytale, which obviously cannot be as wholesome and sweet as a children's fairytale - the gore was all the more awful because it has no place in my perception of a fairytale. But all fairytales are about hope and bravery, and this certainly has its share. Go see it. It's incredible.

I met up with _venus_ and her friend Keri for lunch today. Jessie and I finally met after meeting 7 years ago online. It's strange, all of you people who know me so intimately that I have never ever met. A lot of times that makes it easier to confess, because you are real but really only on paper because I don't know how your laughter sounds or even what you sound like when you speak or how tall you are when you stand next to me or what it's like to give you a hug involving arms and torsos and not 0s and 1s. But I know a lot of secrets, a lot of fears, a lot of hopes. I dare say I know you all better than most of my friends - I am proud to say it.

Anyway. Tangent. I met them downtown and we went to Miller's Pub for lunch, which was packed with Bears and Saints fans when we arrived but quickly thinned out. Jessie is adorable and crazy for wearing heels in Chicago in the middle of the winter. ashley, she took a picture for you but I don't know how well it came out, hopefully I look like my hot self in it. ;)

I had the Bears/Saints game on while I studied, and I couldn't help but root for the Bears even though I hate football. I got caught up in the excitement of it all, I guess, I couldn't help hoping that the Bears would win, being the home team and all that. A part of me wanted the Saints to win, to bounce back after Hurricane Katrina and a 3-13 record and go to the Super Bowl the very next year, but I think making it to the championship game was not too shabby either. Adam and I talked about having a Super Bowl party, given the enormous TV and all. It will be different than other years, cheering for a team that I am constantly surrounded by support for. I still don't care, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy myself.

I am in the midst of studying my 140 page binder for my upcoming training week at Bandera. I have two tests every day of my training (there are 6 days), tests on the seating chart, the computer abbreivations, the appetizers, the soups, the sides, the entrees, the desserts, the liquor, the red wine, the white wine, the artwork on the walls and then I get to serve the GM and take a final written and verbal test.

I understand the need for such thoroughness, especially considering how much they pride their service and how big a part of the dining experience is it. Still, can we say overkill? None of the ingredients are listed on the menu, so I need to know EVERYTHING in case of food allergies or just for general questions, and each dish has between 6 to 12 ingredients. And there are about 40 dishes. THAT IS A LOT OF FOOD IN MY BRAIN. Plus the wines, plus the ARTWORK (wtf?). Yikes. No playing for Serena this week.

And now I am going to get back to work. I feel like I'm at Purchase again, though with less distractions. And by distractions, I mean blowing off work to drink with the boys. Sigh. Miss you. See some of you in two weeks!

"This is the City of the Angels and you haven't got any wings."



Dear God, I love and adore LA Confidential above pretty much everything else. Except puppies. I almost bought one the other day at the Beverly Center. So cute!

Anyway, as I was saying, LA Confidential is one of my absolute favorite movies and Molly had never seen it so she came over and we watched it and now I am even more excited for The Black Dahlia even though Josh Hartnett makes me queasy. Can it be the 15th already?

Now maybe I'll watch another episode of BSG. Or House. Or more S1 of Veronica Mars. Or I could start Firefly. I am in control of the remote my own destiny. I started The House of Sand and Fog today, too. Liking it so far.

My shoulders hurt. Too much time on the computer. On that note-