Just Hopping My Way Along

I recently movie hopped and I have to say it was a little too easy. I was hoping for more of a challenge to tell you the truth. My friends and I paid for and saw Charlie St. Cloud and then walked into Inception right after. We were able to see the entirety of each movie and both were fantastic! However, we had to sit in the very front row for Inception because the theater was jam packed. We were sooo close and it was hard to watch considering when a character on the left was talking I had to turn my head to the left. Despite this close-up view, I was able to follow everything that was going on and I considered it an IMAX experience. So basically, not only did we pay for just one movie and see two, we saw two movies and one of them was IMAX. I believe we saved a fortune don’t you? So based on our movie going experience, I came up with some tips for all you novice movie hoppers. Some of the following we didn’t even need because none of the ushers cared enough to watch us come out one theater and walk down the hall to the other.

- Don’t stand out
Try not to look like the sun walking around the movie theater. That means t-shirts with bright colors are a no-no. Also, clothing that hugs your features(ladies you know what I mean) are bad. Workers will see you and your lady figure and watch you walk the path to your second movie, especially male employees. You might as well scream “Hey look at me! I’m pretty and I’m seeing two movies today for the price of one!” No.

- Go to the bathroom or concessions
If you have some time to waste between movies, this is the thing to do. Plus the bathroom is a great place to change your look.

- Avoid eye contact and conversations with employees
Avoid eye contact but don’t avoid it so much that you are basically looking to the ground like your Sherlock Holmes on some murder case. That will bring attention and someone will confront you. Even if it’s just to ask if you have some mental problem or to warn you that your about to run into a wall.
A few tips to avoid contact: search through your purse, talk to the friends/family you came with.

- Don’t be on time
If you’re worried you’ll get caught for your second movie, enter the theater after the previews have started. It’s dark, it’s loud, no one is focusing on the movie-hopper noobs. Nowadays, everyone is late to something. So there’s nothing conspicuous about showing up past the starting time.

- Be confident
Hesitation is a deal-breaker. Look confident about what you are doing, even if you’re not. This is the time to be the actor/actress you’ve always wanted to be.

Totoro (pronounced tuh-tor-ro with a little tongue roll at the end)

I absolutely love this movie. I watched it all the time when I was in elementary school. Then, as time went on, I phased out of the "cartoon mode" and went on to better things like Air Bud and Flubber. Or at least I thought they were better at the time. However, one night (I was a sophomore or junior in high school) when a friend was staying the night, I had the random urge to make her watch Totoro. Now this was a HUGE risk because during that time we had great movies like The Day After Tomorrow and Zoolander that we couldn't wait to watch. Also, I own Totoro on VHS(..what's that?!). We ended up watching Totoro and it was definitely the best choice. The laughter began when the credits played in the beginning(That's right, you heard me. Credits played at the BEGINNING. Who does that anymore??). Weird shaped creatures and random objects would appear that made no sense what-so-ever. Yes, it did have it's boring moments because, well, it was created for the entertainment of small children. But I am not ashamed that we chose to watch it. I would tell you about all my favorite parts but I don't want to spoil it for all you who are now going to watch it on my recommendation. I will say this, before you press play you need to go in with an open mind. Because if you don't, you will think you have wasted 86min of your life which is not acceptable.
The following picture is from real life and it has to do with the movie. I laugh every single time I see it and I'm sure you will too if you watch it.

This post was inspired by a recent visit by my EC ladies from Virginia Tech. We watched it together about two weeks ago and we all thought it was hilarious.

That thunderstorm last night scared the phalange out of me!

If any of you have ever watched Friends (or taken anatomy) you have heard the word phalange before. If you've never seen a Friends episode where Phoebe refers to this word, you are truly missing out on great television. Basically, whenever Phoebe wants to make up a name for herself or she doesn't know exactly how to put something into words, she says the word phalange. Sometimes Phoebe will refer to herself as Regina Phalange when she meets new people. (While we are on the topic of Phoebe, check out the Best Music Video Ever)

So for the longest time, I thought this was a made up word that Friends invented. However! I recently discovered just two days ago that phalanges are bones of fingers and toes. We all have phalanges! I found this completely mind-boggling because for about 5 years I thought it was a fake word. Which technically it still is because there is no such thing as a phalange. The singular form of phalanges is phalanx. So for all you who didn't know this, congrats! You learned something new today :)



 On a more awesome note, I sent Ellen an email today! My mom has always told me to write her and tell her about my car so that maybe she will buy me new one (because life is just that kind). Well, I didn't write her about that quite yet because I figured I should get my name out there first so she sees me as a friend and not some strange college student who just wants a brand new car. (What would be really nice is if she just fixed the reverse/air conditioning/cold start for my car. I would rather keep it then get a brand new one because it has waay too much sentmental value to be replaced.) So what did I email her about? Well, I was looking through her Funny Signs from Around the World and decided that I had a picture of a funny sign that I could send in to her. Here it is:

I took this picture at an engineering camp that I went to with my brother a couple years ago and I thought this sign was hilariously ironic. So if you go to Ellen's web page in the future and see this, it came from me!

Blogging? Say what?

Yes, it is true. I have begun my own blog even though I never thought I would. I decided to do it because as I was updating my bucket list, I figured creating a blog would be somewhat challenging and something I would like to accomplish. So onto the bucket list it went and here we are now, 1 day later.

So I guess a popular trend is to say what I'm listening to. Well, I'm not really listening to anything but I am watching Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. I can't even comprehend how she is so ridiculously funny and generous. Love her. Anyway I'll let the thoughts begin:

Creating a title for these things is not an easy task I must say. It was a battle between the title I currently have and "Thinking things through". I think the latter was a good choice as well because I have realized that I think things through...a lot; maybe too much sometimes. I over-analyze things, which can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. I like to view things optimistically so I'm on-board the "it's a good thing" train. However, I did end up picking "Let's be spontaneous." I feel like this describes my life. I love to act on the whim and be unpredictable. By being spontaneous, I feel like I am more likely to behave the way I want instead of what others expect of me. I've seen so many people that act certain ways in order to gain the approval of others. I just don't quite understand why you would want to be someone you're not when God created you to be YOU. Anyway, I don't really know how long a first post is supposed to be but I feel like my 2 cents has become a giant quarter. And I'm not sure how often I will be keeping up with this so please be patient with me :)
Oh and you need to check out this fantastic person's blog: http://www.deeedreamer.blogspot.com/
She has the most awesome insights! :)