Stoked

I know it's more than four months away but I am beyond excited for this movie.



Oh, man!  I hope it's as good as this trailer makes it look!

Netflix Makes Me Happy

Husband has been MIA because he's been helping a friend paint his new house.  This has lead to me finding and watching very lame things on Netflix.

Today, I watched Revenge of the Bridesmaids.  I found it hilarious! (note: I was also sick and had a bunch of Nyquil in my system.)  My favorite part was the pillow fight.  Holy cow.  I laughed so hard I cried and silent laughed all over the couch.

Here's the clip...it starts a bit early.  Go to 7:14 if you want to wet your pants after laughing your guts out.



Really ladies.  After you watch this you're going to want to send your hubbies/boyfs/etc. out for a boys night so you can enjoy this beauty.  It's that good.  It's obviously that good because it's on demand on Netflix...only the best movies are on demand.

P.S. I just watched the clip...still just as funny.

I Had Great Taste in Movies

As I was watching Willow (a movie I l-o-v-e-d as a child) I realized a few things about my favorite childhood movies.
 
Things that made a good movie for the child version of Ash H.:

• Babies
• Little people
• People with red hair
• People with curly hair
• Singing
• Accents/Funny voices
• Scary animals

Now, let's look at the favorite movies of my childhood and see how they stack up against my list of good movie qualities:

• Annie (red hair, curly hair, singing)
• The Little Mermaid (red hair, singing)
• The Wizard of Oz (singing, little people)
• Willow (little people, baby, red hair, curly hair, accents, scary animals)
• The Princess Bride (accents, scary animals)
• The Chipmunk Adventure (funny voices, singing)
• A Christmas Story (scary animals--those dogs that eat the turkey? Scary to 4-year-old me)
• Curly Sue (curly hair)

If someone could make a movie with all of these elements they would make a bajillion dollars from the four-year-old that still lives inside me.

Arry Potta

Husband and I went to see the last Harry Potter movie on Thursday at 6pm.  I know, you're super jealous.  As we were walking in (a bit late) I pulled out my phone to check the time.  Here's what I saw:

Oh, what's that?  Montevideo?  Yep, we were in South Jordan, Utah...Not Uruguay.  Remember last time this happened?  It didn't occur to me then but as I was walking through crowds of people dressed in their wizarding best it hit me...my phone is obviously a portkey...not a very good one because I never make it to the fun places it says I'm in...but a portkey none the less.

I loved this movie.  I thought they did a great job.  I'm not going to ruin anything for you.  Just go see it.  And read all the books.  They're so much better than the movies.

Easy A

Husband and I were was watching Easy A a couple nights ago (mostly because it was an on demand movie on Netflix and Huband was ignoring me while trying to fix our TV because he totally broke it.  Side note: it's now fixed...good jorb Husband.)

Thing you need to know: the main character's name is Olive.

I always ask Husband things like, "When we have kids, can we name one of them Basket?"  "How would you like to have a child named Contraption?"  You know, normal torment your husband kinds of things.  He's learned to just ignore me.

As we I watched the movie, I began to really like the name Olive.  So I asked Husband, "Can we name one of our daughters Olive?"

Husband: "Sure.  We could name her Olivia and call her Olive."
Me: "No, I already have a cousin named Olivia.  We can't do that.  I like the name Olive."
Husband's reaction? Silence.  Just silence. 

Am I a weirdy for liking that name?  I'm for real, very-much-thinking-of-having-a-little-girl-named-Olive-in-the-future, liking that name.

July Videos

Court showed me this one...there may be a swear or two in this one.

The VMAs...Always a Good Time

Oh, wow. Those are the only words I have after watching the VMAs (in fast forward...I love Tivo!).

Here's a run down on me watching and my reaction to everything.

Show starts out with the host heckling Lady Gaga.

Host: 'Gaga is a hermaphrodite...' [Cut to Gaga]

Me: "What?! Are those feathers? Who's wearing the other half of her mask?"

More show happens...nothing involving The Gaga but I did get to try to find her in the audience. It was kinda like a game of Where's Waldo? but it was more like What's Gaga Wearing Now?

Lady Gaga performance--otherwise known as The Best 4 Minutes of the Show--

[Time frame and my reactions to the performance.]

0:04--"Wow. All white like angels."

0:10--"Nice Pierrot. This is obviously going to be amazing."

0:26--"Ok. She looks like the Easter Bunny's crazy uncle."
0:30--"Is that guy wearing underwear on his face?"

1:00--"Ooo...sparkles."

1:02--"Yes! She has a cape too!"
1:07--"Yes! Another costume change."

1:13--"Why is that guy still wearing underwear on his face?"

1:18-1:34--"Sweet choreography!"
2:16--"Bedazzled wheel chair...Why?"

2:22--"Cane...Why?"

2:31--"I think the cane made her very angry."

2:49--"That guy was on So You Think You Can Dance. I think his name is Mark. He has weird fingers."

3:05--"Playing the piano with your leg up = super classy."

3:21--"Is that blood?"

3:24--"Yep. It's blood. Why?"

3:34--"She should really go see a doctor. That's not just a paper cut."

4:00--"There is still underwear on your face, dude."

4:15--"Holy cow! Blood in your eye. Yuck."

{This section was at one time the video of Lady Gaga's performance. However, I keep putting up videos that the person doesn't own and MTV takes them down. If I ever find an "official" video I will put it back up. Until then, click here to watch it...it's classic.}

You think Lady has no more tricks up her sleeve? Oh, you are wrong...so wrong.

There is yet another wardrobe change (this one's the best...make sure you're sitting down before you look).

A see-through, red lace dress with a mask, gloves and crown. Who saw that one coming? Really. No one.

Then you think it's over. She cannot get any better, right? WRONG!! Last wardrobe change.


I have no idea what that is...a wreath made of feathers...the left over hair from one of her many crazy hair styles...an old costume from Cats...trimmed and styled Santa Claus wig and beard? I don't know but I do know it's awesome and I'd like to know what Gaga was thinking through the night.

That was the last crazy thing the Gaga did. But Kanye West was a different story.

If you haven't heard...Kanye got on stage while Taylor Swift was accepting her award and said how Beyonce had the best video of all time (and implied that it was ridiculous that Taylor would have won.)

Kanye: "Here. Hold this moonman while I take the microphone."

Taylor: "Ok but I thought I was supposed to talk."

Look at her face...she's so confused.

But in the end Beyonce was a class act and let Taylor give her speech during the time Beyonce was supposed to give hers.

Kayne = word I don't use. Read Kelly Clarkson's blog about it. I think she sums it up nicely.

Darling I hate to startle you but there's a Chinese family in our bathroom

I saw 500 Days of Summer tonight. I highly recommend it. It was funny, touching, sad...everything you want in a good chick flick. Plus, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is much dreamier than he was in his 3rd Rock from the Sun days.