Photo Challenge: Day Six

It took me a long time to write this, because Dre put on "The Sitter" for us to watch. (C'mon brother, it's bloggin' time). But who can turn down a movie? Not me. And Jonah Hill, cool. A movie that starts out with a sex scene, even cooler. So if this post doesn't make sense, you have Dre & Jonah to thank... And judging by the amount of funny one-liners that I've already laughed at, you guys might be in trouble. But I digress... I've got my coffee and I'm ready to write..

Guys, this isn't going well so far. They're playing "Jump on it" in this movie now. Anyway, fighting the urge to get out of my seat and dance....

Earlier this year, I made a resolution to try new things. Lots of new things. A new thing every day. I haven't shared much of this on my blog, aside from the bit about my comedy class. (Which, by the way, starts up again tonight. I'm in the advanced class now, y'all).

But wait....there's more....

Lately, I've been trying to eat eggs. I know, super edgy of me, right? I've always liked eggs, but I haven't been able to get into them that much. Like, I could never eat them in the morning. I would be able to enjoy them in the late afternoon or evenings, but in the morning they always made me kind of nauseous... I don't know, it doesn't make any sense. But today, right before I started blogging, I ate an omelette. And on Sunday, I had a bacon, egg and cheese croissant sandwich....at like 10 am, so I'm making progress.

I have also reconnected with an old flame, in a friendly way. I hate when people hate me, so it has been nice to get back to emailing and laughing at cat videos.

I've also been going on a lot of auditions. There's really only one thing I can say on that subject: It's a good thing I'm in comedy class......so I can make fun of myself.

Day 06: A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.

I have a feeling that Ellen Degeneres would just "get me."

plodding along

It's kind of been so hard for me to adjust back into my San Francisco life. On the one hand, it feels great to be back. It feels great to see my friends here, especially the SF BFFs, Andrew and Lauren. And for the friends I haven't seen yet, I am looking forward to it. But on the other hand, everything feels funny. I don't think I was quite ready to come back yet.. I didn't feel like I had enough un-interrupted time in Florida. My surgery really took it out of me and there are so many things/people I would have really liked to soak up more while I was there. That being said, I was very blessed to have accomplished all the things I accomplished while I was down there, given the circumstances, and I can't really explain my sadness.

I've cried a lot in the past few months, but the other night was a doozy. I really think that having an animal here to cuddle and take care of, would help me a lot with my loneliness. In order to get approved, I'd have to see a therapist, and get their consent. I feel like I could make a pretty good case though.

I've been going to yoga every week. That's really nice. I might start going twice. And I've been trying to meditate more. It really helps in so many ways.

Today I went to see "Never Let Me Go" with Andrew. It was a beautiful film, I would definitely recommend it... but bring tissues, because it is one of the saddest flicks I've seen in a long time. Superb acting! Carey Mulligan is absolutely fabulous. And I love her hair!!

I've been watching a lot of stand up comedy. I'm going to start writing some acts here soon I think, Andrew said that by next summer I will be doing open mic nights. We'll see how that goes- I nearly had a heart attack the other day, when I had to sing in front of the class.

Tonight I had a lovely dinner at a small chinese place, with the sweetest asian staff ever. They comped my pot stickers, because they said that my meal took too long to come out, which it didn't. And their tea was just delightful.

I am back from the hole I've been living in.

I can dive deeper into this topic at a later date, but for now, so as not to prolong my absence any more, I will report that my surgery went well. My stay/recovery in the hospital went...not so well. In fact, it was pretty miserable. But, nearly 6 weeks later, I have come out of the pain, depression and exhaustion this whole experience has caused me. While I am still trying to climb the ladder back to 100% recovery, I am doing much better than I was before. I'm still experiencing pain in my ribs and back, but I don't scream and cry every time I laugh or hiccup anymore. Coughing and sneezing still hurts, and surprisingly coughing hurts the worst these days. I am still pretty convinced that I have a broken rib somewhere in here, even though they assured me at my follow-up appointment that I did not. Here's to one day swimming, running and sleeping in a chair. More later.

Needless to say, I've had a lot of time to catch up on movies and books. I'm currently reading "Eat, Pray, Love" and I adore it! I can't wait to see the movie! I need to catch up on my Netflix list, but I have been frequenting the theaters lately. I saw Ramona and Beezus with Alex the other day, and it was ADORABLE. I'll probably go see it again with my mom. I wouldn't recommend this movie to any of my film school friends, 'cause they'd probably laugh at me, but to everyone else, I'd give it a two thumbs up! It made me laugh, it made me cry, it's everything I want in a movie. And it helped that everyone in the movie was SO freakin' cute!! Ramona was cast perfectly :) Some might recognize the ADORABLE Joey King from Quarantine, (also starring my "celebrity twin" Jennifer Carpenter), haha.

Yesterday I went to see a double feature with Momz and Alex. First, we saw Salt. WOW! I liked it so much. Angelina is such a BA, and this movie kept me thinking and second-guessing myself the entire time. I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't seen it, but there is a reason why, when I think "tough female lead in an action/adventure movie", I think Angelina Jolie. Then we saw The Kids Are All Right. This film was refreshing and original, funny and endearing, Mark Ruffalo is a hottie, but I still can't decide whether or not I'm completely satisfied with the ending. (For the record, Alex wasn't satisfied with the ending of Salt either, but I was okay with that one, haha).

Grads, Greeks and recent sadness.

Now, Post-Grad wasn't on "my list" per-say, but it just came out on payperview. I approached this movie in rather the same way I did about "I Love You, Beth Cooper", just kinda like... mehh. But, since I am usually a fan of Alexis Bledel's work (you can also find her in the tv show "Gilmore Girls", which I LOVE, and "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"), and since I have been feeling irrationally sad about everything lately, and was home alone, looking for something light and easy, I decided to give it a try. The movie is about a recent college graduate who has to move back in with her parents while she decides what to do next, and yadda yadda. In my opinion, it had a pretty cool cast (Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch and Carol Burnett also starred). And lest we forget Ryden (Alexis Bledel)'s best friend Adam, played by Zach Gilford (ADORABLE!), and her hot Brazilian neighbor Rodrigo Santoro.

I wasn't a fan of Ryden and her hot Brazilian neighbor, David's meet cute... well, not the second one at least. I liked the pancakes part, not the cat part. (How about that for a cliffhanger?!) But it did make for entertaining talks with Andrew.

I was emotionally moved from one scene to the next, but let's be honest here.. I'm a sucker for rom-coms!

NEXT.... Get Him to the Greek!

Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot to share on this movie, because it's still in theaters, and I'm sure a lot of people are planning on going to see it, so I don't want to give anything away....aaaand because I took a nap somewhere in the middle, so I'm missing a rather large and important chunk of the movie. I will say that there were some good one-liners, and some cool editing effects/camera work. It was not the funniest movie of 2010, but if you're looking for something goofy with a positive "universal truth" and guaranteed happy ending, this just might be the movie for you.

Ok, now I hate complaining (unless it's about something funny that I can make jokes about), but I also think it's important to own your feelings, and be honest witcha yo'self. So, I'm doing my best to find the humor in this situation. I mentioned above that everything has been making me irrationally sad, but it's really true. The past couple days I have cried about so many things, it's crazy. Like, even silly things.. and combine that w/ the fact that I haven't been too keen on how things have been going this past week, and it's an ugly combination. It reminds me of when T.O.M was here a while ago and I was so emotional that like, I would cry when I was hungry or something. It was like I digressed back into baby-form and my only form of communication was tears. This time, T.O.M is not a factor, so my only idea as to why I'm bordering on depression (not really), is perhaps because of my surgery? The countdown is at 5 days. The closer we get to that date, the worse I feel. And that, my friends, is why I will be spending the weekend at Disney! What's the best cure for utter sadness? A trip to the happiest place on Earth, of course!

Movies.

I posted a note on my Facebook asking for movie recs. I need to watch more movies, being a film student and all. And since I'm going to have a lot of recovery time on my hands this summer, I feel like now's the perfect time to start. I figured I'll watch as many as I can, and then recap my thoughts here.

#1. Shutter Island.

Going in, I had heard mixed reviews about this movie. It seemed like people either loved it or hated it. My thoughts? I liked it very much. Normally, I'm not for horror/thriller things, but this one didn't give me nightmares. The crazy lady who shh'd us in the trailer and the film, still freaked me out... but other than that and a few small jumps (that, and cuddling Allie, my movie watching buddy and her new puppy under a blanket), I faired pretty well.

Let's talk technical. The lighting in this movie was incredible! I was so inspired. And Leo's performance of course, as always, was amazing! I would definitely recommend this movie to people, even if they already know what happens at the end. I knew the ending coming in (from hearing/seeing people talk about it), and it didn't ruin my watching experience in the slightest.

Let's talk movies... and anything else!