Just a Silly Girl

Twittering?

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:27:06 GMT

I've got twitter. Follow me on it. Really, I'm that interesting.

https://twitter.com/renaetastic

For those that haven't seen the Facebook post

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:24:24 GMT

So, I thought it would be fun to write a top ten list of films that I saw for the first time and that were released in 2008. It's just for fun, not really a critical type thing. Here they are, running from 10 to 1!

10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I'll admit it: the first time I saw this movie, I didn't really care for it. Then, I thought about it, saw it again, and really liked it. I can't even remember why I didn't like it the first time... probs just being moody or something. It was very funny and different from many of the comedies that I've seen over the last couple of years.

9.Kung Fu Panda and Bolt
KFP I like animation, I like pandas, and I like noodles, ergo, I like this film. I don't know, it was really funny and just a good ride. It's a great kids film but I definitely think those of all ages will find enjoyment in it.

Bolt Great animation and a really fun story. And, I totally loved that hamster! My only complaint is the Miley-ness of it. It was like... Hannah Montana? Oh, no... it's just some animated chick.

8. Penelope
My only regret with this movie is that I didn't have the chance to see it in the theaters. It was really cute and just a bright and warm film about accepting who you are. Just a warning, if you're a guy and are straight, you're probably not going to want to see it. That's perfectly understandable.

7. Be Kind Rewind
I think this movie flew under the radar, but I absolutely loved it! I just thought it was so funny and different and it had a great message at the heart of it. Art is art, no matter the quality or the reason for making it, and if you're passionate about it, then stay with it.

6. Pineapple Express
"What’s down there, a fucking Rancor?" At some points, I was crying because I was laughing so hard. It was really great. Plus, love me some James Franco!

5. Sex and the City
Yes, I said the Sex and the City movie. Judge me if you wish, but I LOVED this movie. Whenever I'm in this particular down mood, it does the perfect job of making me feel better. A lot of it very beautiful and translates really great to film. Don't knock it til you've tried it.

4. Iron Man
Helllloooo Robert Downey Jr! I loved this movie, especially since I went into it with pretty low expectations. I think there's a great balance between comedy, action, and comedy. Favorite line? "Yeah, I can fly." I was tremendously entertained and don't think I was ever bored by it.

3. is a tie! The Dark Knight and Burn After Reading
First, is first. Why so serious? I'll admit that I can't watch parts of this movie because they bother me too much but I really did enjoy it. The fact that parts of it bother me have to say something about the power of the acting and directing in the film. Overall, I think I liked Batman Begins better, but they're both on my favorite movies of all time list.

I had to put Burn After Reading at number three because I just can't bring myself to put it any lower. This is probably my favorite Coen Brothers' film and I'm not ashamed to admit it! I think it's the perfect length and the acting is impeccable.

2. WALL-E
If you didn't at least like this movie, you don't have a soul. Who else would take a sweet love story and turn it into an environmental PSA but Disney/Pixar? Well, it certainly worked. Kudos. Also, what girl/gay man wouldn't love a boyfriend with the kind of dedication and loyalty that Wall-E has?

1. Slumdog Millionaire
Yes, Slumdog is my favorite movie of the year. I've heard from some people that say they thought it was predictable and just okay. While I may agree with the first part, I thought that the predictability was part of the charm of the story. It's supposed to be a happy ending- it ends with a goddamn Baliwood dance sequence for Christ's sake! On top of that, it's a piece of art. Really, I think it's beautiful just to look at it.

There they are! I'm sure I've forgotten one or two movies that I liked over the past year. Hope you enjoyed my thoughts.

Here are my worst, for those that are interested...

2. Ghost Town
Blah blah blah borrrrinnggggg and lame!
1. Twilight
Loved the books, hated the movie. Epic fail.

Yeah, only two.

Stolen from Mister Rob on Facebook

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:28:56 GMT

Open your music player of choice. For each question, hit 'next' on shuffle and write the title of the song that comes up.
-----------------

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Under Pressure

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Slow Jamz

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Catch Your Wave

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY:
It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (actually, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow so...)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Concrete Angel (sad song :()

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Dreaming With a Broken Heart (that's very true)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Lullaby

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
When I'm Gone

WHAT IS 2+2?
Stairway to Heaven

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Uptown Girl (nice!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
All I Care About

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
The Carpal Tunnel of Love

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
So She Dances (I do that now!)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Four Seasons of Loneliness

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Anakin's Dream (haaa haaa)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
I Won't Say I'm in Love (actually, I will say it if I'm getting married)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
You'll Be in My Heart

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
We Are the Champions

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Put Your Dreams Away

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Mr. Roboto

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Shelter For My Soul

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
What is This Feeling?

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Flash

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
I'll Cover You

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
A Million Years (AH HA HA)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Welcome

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
You'll See

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Everytime

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Barbie Girl

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Heartbreaker

Writer's Block: Six-Word Story

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:21:35 GMT

Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” He is believed to have called it his greatest literary work ever. Can you write a story in six words?

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For them, there was no hope.

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:33:18 GMT

I need to get back to Fenway Park and quick.

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:52 GMT

Wooooowwwwwww.

Everyone needs to go see The Dark Knight now so that I don't give anything away.

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:16:10 GMT

http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN1338241920080614

He was only 58. The American press has lost an icon.

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:46:22 GMT

I'm alive and well.

Just very, very shaken up.

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:57:36 GMT

"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."

Rest in Peace, Sydney Pollack.

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:53:25 GMT

Set yourself free.

You're the only one who can open the cage.

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:57:37 GMT

My ten favorite songs that start with F...

Faithfully - Journey
Fever - Michael Buble
Forgot About Dre - Eminem
Fresh Feeling - Eels
For Always - Josh Groban
February Song- Josh Groban
Fat Bottom Girls - Queen
Fame > Infamy - Fall Out Boy
Flipside - The Click Five
Fighter - Christina Aguilera

Comment on the post, and I'll give you a letter. Then you pick your favorite ten songs that start with that letter, and "A" and "The" don't count

Because I don't feel like doing productive things...

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:00:10 GMT

IMDB keyword meme
1. Go to IMDB.com and look up a bunch of your favorite movies.
2. Post three or four official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each.
3. Y'all guess the movies.

No cheating!

~~1. Sex Standing Up, Twins, Beach, Long Take~~Atonement

2. Epic, Cremation, Love, Enslavement

3. Rise and Fall, Armed Child, Talisman, Bus Stop

4. Communism, Oven, Marriage, Scotch

~~5. Literature, Loss of Virginity, Jealousy, Japan~~Memoirs of a Geisha

6. Flirting, Panda, Insult, Voice Over

~~7. Nun, Famous Entrance, Music Festival, Gazebo~~ The Sound of Music

~~8. Piano, England, Sarcasm, Class Conflict~~ Pride & Prejudice

~~9. Quirky, Imagination, School Project, Aerobics~~ Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

10. Indiana, Football, Ambition, Family Relationships

~~11. Knight, Guilt, Lust, Forbidden Love~~ A Knight's Tale

12. Melodrama, Female Fighter, Lava, Brotherhood

~~13. Independent Film, Dance Contest, Pretty Girl, Spoof~~Hairspray (the Original)

~~14. Irish American, Sex, Trust, Rat~~ The Departed

~~15. Suburbia, Male Prostitute, Neighbor, Death~~Life as a House

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:29:31 GMT

I need to read more. I need suggestions. I need copies of books to borrow. I need to get lost in a story. I haven't gotten lost in a story since I read Atonement.

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:14:55 GMT

Dude! You're 100% from Massachusetts!

Dude! Me and Sully and Fitzie and Sean are gonna hit Landsdowne tonight after the game, hang out at the Beerworks. I'll pick you up at the Coop at 6.

How Massachusetts are you?
Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I should be asleep.

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:09:32 GMT

RIP Heath Ledger :(

Completely and Absolutely Stolen from Paige

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:51:41 GMT

1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (Ditto on the Google Images)
3) Take any picture from the first page of results and post. (click on the picture and copy the HTML code)
4) You can’t copy the persons answers who posted this before you!

1. The age you will be on your next birthday?

2. A place you’d like to travel?

3. Your favorite place?

4. Your favorite object?

5. Your favorite food?

6. Your favorite animal?

7. Your favorite color?

8. The town in which you were born?

9. The town in which you live?

10. The name of a past pet?

11. The first name of a past love?

12. Your nickname/screen name?

13. Your middle name?

15. A bad habit of yours?

16. Your first job?

17. Your grandmother’s name?

I hate when HTML code is screwy.

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:03:21 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

In other news... it didn't snow at all and I'm a little pissed about it. And I got a check for $6.56. Score.

And, I'M GOING TO SEE PENGUINS AND SEALS ON THURSDAY! I am so excited.

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:50:06 GMT

HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT A VICTORY?!

I'm gonna love being able to tell my grandchildren that I saw the Patriots go 16 and 0.

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:16:00 GMT

Merry Christmas to all and to all... a good night!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:32:49 GMT

So, I got two of my final grades! Only one of them is on Web4 so far, but I got my Art one from my professor. So...

Logic- 4.0
This must be by some sort of act by God. I was nearly positive I did HORRIBLE in this class. I hope that the 4.0 isn't a mistake!

Introduction to Studio Art- 3.7
Yay!

Stolen from Matt

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:39:56 GMT

1. Bold the books you've read
2. Italicize the ones you started but never finished
3. Star/Asterisk the ones you loved
4. Strikeout the ones you hated

The Book List
~~1. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee~~
*2. Harry Potter Series, J. K. Rowling*
*3. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien*
4. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
*5. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden*
*6. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen*
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Mark Haddon
*8. The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini*
9. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
11. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
12. The Stand, Stephen King
13. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
14. 1984, George Orwell
15. Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
*16. The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis*
17. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
18. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
19. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
20. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
21. The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
22. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
23. The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
24. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
25. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
26. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
27. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
28. The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
29. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
30. Watership Down, Richard Adams
31. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
32. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
33. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
34. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
35. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
36. Animal Farm, George Orwell
37. Lamb, the Gospel According to Biff, Christopher Moore
38. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
*39. Persuasion, Jane Austen*
40. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
41. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown
42. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
43. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
44. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
45. Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks
46. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
47. Eragon, Christopher Paolini
48. 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
49. 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
50. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
51. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupury
52. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
53. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
54. Dune, Frank Herbert
55. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
56. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
57. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
58. Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
*59. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley*
60. Discworld Series, Terry Pratchet
~~61. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens~~
62. Stephanie Plum Series, Janet Evanovich
63. The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
64. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
65. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
66. To Say Nothing of the Dog, Connie Willis
67. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
~~68. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury~~
69. The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
70. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
71. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
*72. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald*
73. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides
75. A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
**76. Atonement, Ian McEwan**
77. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
78. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsk
*79. Emma, Jane Austen*
80. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
81. Little House Series, Laura Ingalls Wilder
82. Possession, A. S. Byatt
83. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
84. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
85. Sabriel, Garth Nix
86. Saturday, Ian McEwan
87. Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
88. Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
*89. The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank*
90. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
91. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
92. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
93. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
94. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy (really really want to)
95. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
96. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
97. Doomsday Book, Connie Willis
98. East of Eden, John Steinbeck (wanna)
99. Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
100. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
101. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
102. Outlander Series, Diana Gabaldon
103. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
104. Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
105. Small Island, Andrea Levy
106. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
*107. Wicked, Gregory Maguire*
108. Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne
109. The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
110. Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden
111. Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel
112. Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri
~~113. Frankenstein, Mary Shelly~~
114. Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
115. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
116. Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard
117. Wit'ch Fire, James Clemens
118. The Dark Elf books, R.A. Salvatore
119. Marley and me. J. Grogan
120. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
121. Generation X, Douglas Coupland
122. A Probable Future, Alice Hoffman
123. We, Yevgeny Zamyatin
124. Age of Reason, Jean-Paul Sartre
125. The Twilight Series, Stephanie Meyers
126. The Gardener, Rabindranath Tagore

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:08:09 GMT

I'm wide awake right now. What am I on?

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:51:02 GMT

I just made a very difficult decision.

I just hope it works out in the end.

Finally...

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:48:42 GMT

My computer is finally back in my grasp!

I'm doing an intense diet with Jill and I'm probably going to kill myself. No sugarrrrr.

I have some confusion regarding a couple of guys in my life.

I have a lot of work to do and I don't want to do it.

I miss Amy.

I miss Michelle.

I miss a lot of people.

I want a tattoo.

Oh yeah!

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:03:32 GMT

I'm going vegetarian again after Thanksgiving.