CONFESSIONS OF A FAT GIRL

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Pep Talk!

Ok, muffins, have date tomorrow night and am terribly nervous. Have profound fear of rejection.

So now would be a good time for a pep talk. I welcome you to bring it.

OMIGOD - what do I wear???

I just like him so much. And in my mind he's perfect (isn't this a scene in Good Will Hunting?) and I'd hate to ruin that by meeting in person...

Julie & Julia

Oh, I just adored "Julie & Julia." It was a simple, lovely, touching movie. You should all go see it.

Meryl Streep, whom I was never a big fan of minus my secret love of "Death Becomes Her," won me over a little in "The Devil Wears Prada" but now, after this flick, I have to admit I'm a fan. She was INSANE in this role and will surely get another Oscar nomination for it. If she doesn't, I am quite sure Julia Child will rise up from the dead and beat the Academy voters with her rolling pin.

 

Julia Child was strange, gigantic in stature and personality, and totally lovable. Her husband, whom I had no knowledge of previously, was clearly devoutly in love with her and I have to admit as Paul Child, I totally fell in love with Stanley Tucci.

As Julie, Amy Adams is kind of frumpy and dowdy but I suppose that's the point. Regardless, I decided that ultimately, you just fall in love with her too and if you've ever had any experience with self-doubt or fledgling friendships, you will too. A big stand out to me was Chris Messina, who played Julie's sainted husband. I am sure I've seen him somewhere... he was adorkable. I loved him, too.

Three things I immediately knew after seeing this movie:

1. I want to go to Paris. My GOD, it was stunning. I've had a long-standing resentment of France and all its inhabitants (thank you near-death Air France experience) but I am suddenly burning to go there now. My friend and I were considering calling in French and getting on a plane tomorrow...

2. I am HUNGRY. LOL. If you go see this movie, treat yourself to some insanely decadent meal afterward. It is the only way you'll be satisfied. You will look down at your popcorn or candy is disgust and want whatever luscious, buttery thing you can dream of... The food in this movie! OH. MY. GOD. Man, I wish I could cook...

3. Oh how I miss New York. Not that I don't ALWAYS miss it anyway but the few moments in this movie where New York gets to play a part... I miss it so much. There was one scene in particular that reminded me of my friends and I -- I found a picture:

Oh, we're not even this fancy but as Julie and Eric found glamour and warmth on the rooftop of their shitty Queens apartment building, it reminded me of fabulous BBQs and beer club and my best friend.

Well, as Julia would say, kids, BON APPETIT!!!

Sweet Nightmares

This is baby Tigger. We met at Disneyland and immediately fell in love. He sits on my desk at work and keeps an eye on me.

Last night, I dreamt baby Tigger was chasing me through the Hundred-Acre Woods, trying to attack me. 

It was the funniest scary dream I've ever had. 

Incidentally, I will no longer have margaritas so close to bedtime.  

Quote of the Day

My brother is clever...

(I was trying to determine what a "PR Showroom" was as I read it in a description on the Red Light PR firm's website...)

Me: ...look what came up first www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyJu6h_vPo
Me: The very firm
Him: Is it porn?
Me: No
Me: "The very firm" as in the firm that posted that ad...

However, I think "The Very Firm" would be an excellent porn title, yes?

Review: "More To Love"

Not really a HUGE turnout for my poll but I thought it would be fun to try...

I'd love to hear what people who watched the show thought of it. My homegirl Meg, over at the fantabulous Online Dating Diaries tuned in for a bit of it and told me she found some of it pretty depressing. You're watching these totally vulnerable girls, literally, cry their hearts out, talking about how they've never had a second date, or any date at all... I read on another blog that along with their names flashed on the bottom of the screen, you get their height and weight... That sort of annoys me...

I also didn't realize that the plus-sized bachelore is a millionaire. I guess that's part of the fantasy when they create these dating shows for TV but as I am already being nit-picky, I took that as "hey ladies, it's okay he's not a model, he's got mad cash, yo."

Eh, I don't know. I promise I will stop bitching about this show soon.

I did think Variety wrote a pretty solid review of it if you care to check that out: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940737.html?categoryid=32&cs=1

No Way

Could this possibly be a real person?!?!?

Hahahahahahaha.

Yeah, that's the entire entry. 

The Prom That Keeps On Giving

So just a little FYI, because who doesn't like freebies?

If you attended Blogger Prom, on the back of the Pinky Vodka booklet in your goody bag, there's a note to check out their website for your free gift... Which I did. And here's my gift:

Cute, no?

(At first I assumed the guys got something different but since I went by "AJ" on the site, they had no idea if I was male or female unless they did research...)

But hey, I can typically always find a use for a free gift.

 

I'm Connected!

Why not? Everyone else is doing it... Won't you be a fan?

Watery Wisdom

One of the tees in the group I volunteer for told me this tonight and I hadn't heard it before...

If you drink water at a room temp. or warm, you are likely to drink more of it whereas with cold water, you will likely drink less of it.

Neat, huh?

I hadn't thought about it before.  Did everyone know this but me?