Saturday, February 26, 2011

Movie Review

I watched the movie Julie & Julia just now. I'm not entirely sure why I chose to watch it. I guess because I'm sore and brain-dead from six hours of violin today. It's just that I rarely make it through a movie in one sitting, and why of all things to sit through would I pick a weird girly-ish one? People have said it was good, I know that was part of my thought-process when I picked it.

Well, I didn't enjoy it.
First, no plot. It was just a story. Girl has frustrating job. Girl cooks a lot. Girl has disagreements with boy. Girl writes a blog. Girl is sometimes happy and sometimes sad. Um, didn't need to watch a movie about my life.
Second. . . well, maybe there isn't anything else, just the lack of plot. Maybe my second point was going to about me and movies in general. I just seriously don't like sitting still that long. Also, most movies are stupid, and plotless, and pointless. I like movies where you feel inspired to be a better person, or achieve things. I also like movies where cool stuff happens that I'll never experience in real life. Like, Firefly. Okay, so Firefly isn't a movie, but I feel like outer-space cowboys are not within my lifetime. But it's fun to think about, anyway. Plus, Firefly is funny.

But seriously, movies about normal life. Why? Why?! Why should I spend a couple of hours of my life watching about normal stuff when I could, at minimum, be doing normal stuff (if I weren't watching). I feel like I just wasted two hours of life. I did just waste two hours of life. I suppose my body needed the sitting still. But still.

Well, maybe this makes sense, but probably not. I'm upstairs right now, where there are no lights on, typing. I could turn them on, but I keep meaning to go downstairs. I should run the dishwasher. I'm exhausted. Oh, and if you're ever composing music for real instruments it is important to know the limitations of those instruments. Don't write notes that literally do not exist for the instrument. What do you expect me to do with that? And especially don't turn everything into a harmonic. It doesn't work that way. And you know what else, you don't need to label the "first ending" if there is not a second ending. Oh, and, the point of marking things 8va is to avoid excessive ledger lines, not to play melodies in a range that only dogs can hear.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Clothes

I was just looking at clothes online, and checked the sizing chart to see what I would need to order. There were three measurements for tank tops. For the bust size, I feel into the medium size range, my waist was in the small range, and my hips were in the extra-small range. Well then. Clearly I am abnormal. People are supposed to be one size, not three! Then I noticed a line above the size chart that said: Standard Clothing (taller than 5'4"). I laughed. So not only am I not a singular size, but I'm also too short to even count. Hysterical.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine

I wanted flowers, and I got a pink carnation. It made me smile. I still think over-commercialized, media driven holidays are not worth buying into, but I appreciated the flower. I appreciated getting something I wanted that was meaningful to me. I guess God heard me.


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Changing. . . Lightbulbs

Last time I blogged I talked about if people can change. Today I will talk about people changing lightbulbs.


You know how there are jokes about blondes (or whoever you feel like making fun of) not being able to change a light bulb on their own? Well, some lightbulbs are not simple to change! I just had to stand on a step ladder and pry open a fixture with a wrench to change one of mine. So, I am just saying that it is not always simple to change a lightbulb. Although, I did do it on my own.