Harumph

I think this image expresses how I’ve been feeling this past week. But let’s be honest, it’s a great movie too.

-Estherocket

Snippets: Enjoy Your Moment

And by “your” I mean “mine” because I’m pretty sure I’m one of two people my age that finds this man ridiculously attractive. Cut-off shirt and all.

-Estherocket

Snippets: PostSecret and The FIFA World Cup

I am all about this man. I even own his legit Real Madrid jersey. Here’s hoping that Spain makes it (at least) into the top four.

-Estherocket

Snippets: Tentacles!

I am so amused by this.

-Estherocket

Snippets: PostSecret and Val Kilmer

As someone who has been to Scotland (and experienced it to the fullest), I can tell you with complete and utmost honesty: no he’s not.

So anyway, the roomies and I finally watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang today and I’m still in shock. Let’s add one more awesome point to the tally of how much Robert Downey Jr. kicks ass. I heard really great things about it before. That “oh it’s so underrated” jazz. It really, truly is. I’m just disappointed that it took me five years to actually watch it in its entirety.

The dialogue is fantastic and witty and lightning fast. So fast that actors talk all over each other (which adds to the hilarity) though, to be fair, it’s probably just Robert ad-libbing like usual. I don’t care. We laughed so hard for minutes at a time. Val Kilmer plays a totally atypical role, he won me back after years of just “bleh”. But then again, I’d probably be the person saying Willow was his best film (it was). It’s an updated film noir (without being campy), it’s too hilarious to even fathom, it’s completely unexpected at times, and it breaks the fourth wall within the first fifteen minutes. Rent it. If that doesn’t spark an interest…go watch Willow and then read this entry again.

-Estherocket

Snippets: Airports

Three cheers to free wifi! I’m going to be in and out of airports as I make the (unreasonably) long journey back down South. I’m sitting in Boston Logan as I’m typing this, waiting at my gate to head on to Raleigh-Durham North Carolina. Then I get to sit there for three hours until my next hour and a half flight to Miami. Fun fun fun. I can hardly contain myself. I’ll be playing Chrono Trigger on my DS for the rest of the day. No big.

-Estherocket

Snippets: PostSecret and Wallabies

I’m not going to lie. I’m scared of aliens. I can watch any horror movie with any amount of gore or hauntings or ghosts or monsters or anything. But the minute you put some sort of alien abduction story in it, I’m out. Mind you, I have no problem with “nice” non-terrifying aliens (Doctor Who, Star Wars). My friends once strapped me down to a couch in Middle School and forced me to watch Signs. I do believe that I walked around my room for three months, spraying water in the air and praying for my life that nothing fizzled. I can’t take it. I’ll have nightmares for years. I even had to change the channel every time the trailer for The Fourth Kind came on the telly. But I was recently presented with an invaluable piece of information that will let me rest easy from now on.

“Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around “as high as a kite”, a government official has said. Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine…”

Thank you Wallabies, for your cuteness and ability to get high and crash into each other. Nature rocks. I am safe.  Full article here.

-Estherocket

Snippets: Puppies dressed as cats

Your moment of zen:

I just melted.

Thank you Conan O’Brien, thank you.

-Estherocket

Snippets: Names and Birthdays

I’m at work right now because, you know, all the greatest people blog from their desk jobs. I just had a customer come in and reserve a camera and a tripod. Since we have like ten different kinds of tripods, I called my boss at Home Base and  confirmed which one would be best. Apparently, I said the standard “Oh hi, it’s _(insert name here)_” and the customer overheard. The customer then proceeded to comment by saying that my name is very “old and beautiful”. The only reason why I’m even posting this is because I’ve never seen those two words together in the same sentence when refering to my name. I then managed to make a fool of myself and say “Yeah, I’m BIBLICAL”. Foot-in-mouth disease.

That’s not what I meant to say. The name can be found in the Bible. That’s it. The customer still laughed. No harm done. ANYWAY….

Dear Joaquin Phoenix,

Happy Birthday! I’m still naming my son after you, even though you sort of let me down with the whole “rap career” thing. I hope it works out for you, even though I know those things usually don’t. You’re a fabulous actor, I love your movies (especially Ladder 49, way to make me cry for two hours), and I wouldn’t mind marrying you- if the age difference doesn’t bother you, come find me. Well, I hope today has been special. Enjoy your 35th year of being on Earth!

love,

-Estherocket