A-to-tha-Zizzle: E

What a week.  I have FOUR exams this week and a map quiz (harder than you think it is), and I'm psyched because I have one more next Wednesday, then NO MORE EXAMS UNTIL FINALS! Woop woop!  I'm so happy about that.  I can't even express it adequately. 

Anyhoo, onward with April's A-to-tha-Zizzle challenge.  Today's letter:  E.  Here we go...

Empire Records

Angsty kids spend a day working at a music store while dealing with their various personal issues, some of which are seriously deep for teenagers.  Lucas (Rory Cochrane - my fave) has lost the money from the previous day's sales, and manager Joe is trying to figure out how to handle it without sending Lucas to jail.   Corey has ivy league aspirations, but relies on speed to keep up with her straining workload.  Oh yeah, she plans to lose her virginity to pop star Rex Manning, who is visiting the record store that day.  Gina is the slut, and is honest - sometimes too honest.  A.J. is an artist who is desperately in love with Corey, and gives himself a deadline to tell her how he feels, but he keeps changing it.  There's also Debra, the suicidal angry girl, Mark the pothead/wannabe heavy metal star, and Berko, Debra's boyfriend.  Whew. 

Anyhoo, the owner of the record store tells Joe he's going to sell it to a generic music store chain.  Joe and the kids decide to do whatever it takes to save the Empire.    GREAT soundtrack.

Damn the man, save the empire!

Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton's excellent tale about the poor boy with no hands, so his adoptive inventor guy makes him hands out of scissors.  Riiiiight. 

I can totally look past the plot on this because it's JOHNNY DEPP. 

So a lady is selling beauty products one day and finds Edward.  She takes pity on him and brings him home to live with her family.  She has a teenage daughter (a blonde Winona Ryder) who Edward falls in love with, but he's terribly shy.  The neighbors soon learn Edward has a knack for haircutting, so he begins a haircutting/pet grooming/landscaping job that takes the neighborhood by storm. 

Pretty ridiculous story, but hey, it's Burton and Depp. 

Ever After

LOVE LOVE LOVE this film.  A modern-day adaptation of Cinderella starring Drew Barrymore, Angelica Houston and Dougray Scott.  Barrymore is delightful as the mistreated Danielle, stepdaughter of the materialistic, rude and pompous Rodmilla.  While pretending to be wealthy to keep her friend from being shipped to the Americas, Danielle has a chance meeting with Prince Henry and completely infatuates him.  She uses her mother's name and title, and has to keep up the charade as Henry pursues her.  It becomes more difficult to lie to Henry as Danielle starts to fall for him, but events keep preventing her from telling him the truth. 

I love that only one of the stepsisters is evil (Megan Dodds plays awful Marguerite excellently - you just HATE her).  Melanie Lynskey portrays sweet stepsister Jacqueline, and you find yourself cheering for her as well.  Houston plays big bad stepmomma like nobody's business.  She's a great villain, which just makes it that much more fun when she finally gets her due. 

Easy A

Although a fairly new addition to my list of favorites, I just have to say Emma Stone is awesome, and I am one of her biggest fans.  She rocks my socks off.

Smart, respectful student Olive wants to shut up her best friend, so she lies and says that over the weekend she lost her virginity to a college guy.  Unfortunately the school's holy rolling Marianne overhears the conversation, and by the end of the day the whole school knows about Olive's sex life.  Later in class a discussion about the novel The Scarlett Letter gets aggressive when one of Marianne's friends refers to Olive's losing her virginity.  Olive reacts and ends up with detention.  While in detention she tells a gay friend that she made the story up, and he then asks her to pretend to have sex with him so people will leave him alone.  She agrees and they fake having sex at a party.  Suddenly Olive is the school slut, and boys are paying her to say she had sex with them.  As Olive's bad reputation grows, Olive starts to realize she doesn't like the stigma that goes along with it. 

I don't want to say anymore about it since it's sorta new and I don't want to spoil it. 

I love the supporting cast in this film, with Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Thomas Haden Church, Dan Byrd, Patricia Clarkson,  Stanley Tucci and Lisa Kudrow filling the time with excellent dialogue.  Olive's parents (Clarkson and Tucci) are hilarious. 

Encino Man

It's not on my top ten list, but I have to include it because I failed to in my Brendan Fraser post the other day, and because I love Pauly Shore.  I kind of feel obligated. 

Stoney and Dave (Shore and Sean Astin) are digging a pool when they discover a frozen caveman (in California....I know).  They thaw him out, clean him up and adopt him as their new pet/friend Link (Fraser).  The new Link is instantly popular at school, which in turn gives the guys a rise in status. 

Trying to modernize a caveman, though, is no easy feat....especially for Pauly Shore. 

It's a fun stupid movie, sort of like Bio-Dome (now THAT is one of my favorites!).

Enchanted

This is a fun family movie.  Amy Adams is adorable as the ditsy cartoon-turned-real-life-woman Giselle and Patrick Dempsey is YUMMY (as usual) as Robert, lawyer and father of the cutest kid ever.  Susan Sarandon plays the evil Queen Narissa, stepmother of Prince Edward (James Marsden).

Cartoon Prince Edward saves cartoon Giselle and they decide to get married, but Narissa doesn't want to give up her throne, so she pushes Giselle into a well that sends Giselle to New York City as a real life woman.  Robert and his daughter give her a place to stay, and Giselle begins to show Robert the beauty and fun in life, while Robert shows Giselle what life is really like. 

Prince Edward follows Giselle down the well, and is followed by Narissa's henchman Nathaniel, who is ordered to poison Giselle before Edward can find her. 

Enchanted is sweet, and makes you remember being younger and watching Disney princesses fall in love with their princes, living happily ever after.  I love it. 



Today's episode has been brought to you by the letter E.

A-to-tha-Zizzle: D

Well it's D Day. No, not that D-Day. The fun one. The one where the letter D takes over my blog. I almost feel like I should dedicate this post to my dad, since his name is Dennis, and he goes by Uncle D, Papa D, Daddy D, Big D and just plain old D. Plus, he rocks. For reals.

My dad in 1976. Looks like he just stepped out of Dazed and Confused.

Seriously, doesn't he look like he would be totally kickin' like chicken back in the day?

See? Told ya. Speaking of which, let's get down to it....the best D films:

Dazed and Confused

It's the last day of school/first day of summer in 1976. The juniors are about to begin initiating the incoming freshmen, parties are being planned and star quarterback Randall "Pink" Floyd is prepared to enjoy his summer before senior year. Unfortunately his football coaches want him to sign a pledge to refrain from using illegal substances. Yeah, right.

Along with his friends (including an awesome Rory Cochrane as Slater and Matthew McConaughey as Wooderson), Pink kicks off the summer with one thing on his mind: FUN. Fun, of course, includes paddling freshmen, pool, mailbox bashing, drinking beer, smoking pot and a massive party.

One of the most kick-A movies EVER. The soundtrack rocks, the dialogue rocks, the clothes rock, basically, it all just rocks. If you haven't seen this movie, stop reading, get in your car, drive to the store and BUY IT NOW. You'll thank me later.

Death Becomes Her

Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis star in this awesome movie. Helen (Hawn) is so happy, she's engaged to the up-and-coming plastic surgeon Ernest Melville (Willis), and she wants him to meet her lifelong BFF, "triple-threat" Madeline Ashton (Streep). They go see her awful play and Ernest is suddenly smitten kitten with Madeline. In no time flat Madeline has stolen Ernest from Helen and they get married.

After fourteen years, Helen is reunited with Madeline and Ernest in a most....unusual way. A murder plot, an accidental murder and magic potion weave a twisted web between them all, and it just gets more demented as the film progresses. Love it!

Dirty Dancing

Baby goes with her family on vacation to the upscale Kellerman's Resort in 1963. Baby is a humanitarian and daddy's girl, who has no interests in anything but saving the world. All of that changes when she meets Johnny, the bad boy dance instructor at the resort. After his dance partner is unable to perform, Johnny hesitantly goes about teaching Baby how to dance. Their constant bickering evolves into a love affair that will leave you hankering for some lovin' of your own.

The dancing is fun to watch, the music is great and Patrick Swayze - God rest his soul - is just a treat. Yum.

Nobody puts Baby in a corner!

Drop Dead Fred

Lizzie (Phoebe Cates) is a happily grownup woman, until she catches her husband having an affair. She moves back home with her controlling, bossy mother (think Mommie Dearest in pink), and is suddenly reunited with her childhood imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred (Rick Mayall).

Fred kept Lizzie in trouble as a child, and is even worse now that she's an adult. He sabotages her everywhere - with her friends, in public, with her mother, basically 24/7. Lizzie wants to be rid of Fred, but she can't let go of the child inside of her.

I loved this movie when I was younger because I thought it would be so awesome to have an imaginary friend to blame stuff on. (I was one of those kids who never had an imaginary friend. I think I had too many siblings and cousins to need one.)


Dumb & Dumber

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play doofus best buds Lloyd and Harry. After Lloyd loses his job as a limo driver and Harry loses his job as a dog groomer, Lloyd convinces Harry to take a road trip to Aspen to return a briefcase to his last client, Mary (Lauren Holly), a beautiful woman he had taken to the airport.

The roadtrip is packed with ridiculousness, from roadside diner scams to drinking piss from a beer bottle to picking up hitchhikers. Once the two arrive in Aspen, they realize the briefcase is full of money. They go on a spending spree, and end up both meeting Mary and falling for her. This movie is utterly stupid, but one of my most favorites. I like it, I like it a lot!


Today's episode has been brought to you by the letter D, and the numbers 4, 2 and 0. Hehe.

A-to-tha-Zizzle: C

Ah, C.  That captivating, challenging, sometimes confusing letter of the alphabet. How do I love the?  You bring me comedy and charisma, comfort and cheer.  What a great letter you are!  Also, you give me multiple choices for today, which is so characteristic of you.  Hehe.  Okay, I've run that one into the ground.  Here we go:

C is for Can't Buy Me Love

Nerd (Patrick Dempsey pre-McDreamy) pays popular chick to "date" him so he can be popular, too.  Newfound top dog status goes to his head.  Pretty much your generic 80s love-comedy movie, a/k/a AWESOME.

C is for Clue

An excellent cast playing the film version of the whodunit game.  Hilarious.  (I previously covered this film on a Movie Delight Monday post.  You can check it out here.)

C is for Cable Guy


One of my most favorite Jim Carrey films.  Crazy guy thinks he's a cable guy and pretends to be various television characters from his childhood.  Makes friends with a customer, then stalks him and makes his life miserable. 

If you only watch this movie for the Medieval Times scene, it's worth it.

C is for Clueless


Cher Horowitz spends her time worried about fashion, shopping and being totally cool.  Her life is perfect, that is, until her friend hits on her, the guy she likes ends up gay, her pet project Thai begins to take over as queen bee and her ex-stepbrother Josh takes over her house.   As if!

C is for Cool Hand Luke


Ah, Paul Newman shirtless.  A LOT.  Luke gets arrested and put on a chain gang.  He keeps escaping, and they keep catching him.  In one scene he eats a bunch of eggs, and I mean a BUNCH.  It's an awesome scene.  This is one of those classic movies you have to love. 

Today's episode has been brought to you by the letter C. 

A-to-tha-Zizzle: Today's episode is brought to you by the letter B

[Note:  I typed this yesterday (Saturday), but got busy and forgot to post it.  So, let's just pretend I posted this yesterday, okydoky?]

Last night after posting the first of a series of 26, it occurred to me that this challenge could be tremendous fun.  I mean really, the possibilities are endless.  An entire alphabet to go through?  That's a minimum of 26 totally awesome topics.  I'm excited about this.  So here we go with today's letter:

B is for Brendan Fraser

Yummy

Seriously, I love this guy.  He's so versatile.  He's been a sweet Jewish boy, king of the jungle,  super-talented pitcher, cowboy/mummy hunter, on and on it goes.  I've never seen him play a role I didn't like.  My favorites, though, are the following:

Bedazzled

Elliot Richards (Fraser) is a doormat for everyone.  He tries so hard to fit in, but nobody likes him.  He's the guy that when he walks into a room everyone turns their back to him and hopes he didn't see them.  Yeah, that guy.   He's hopelessly in love with a coworker, Allison, who doesn't even know he exists.  After failing to strike up a conversation with her in a bar, he says he'd sell his soul to be with her.  Enter the devil (Elizabeth Hurley). 

She offers Elliot seven wishes in exchange for his soul.  Each time he makes a wish to get with Alison, the devil somehow messes it up.  The ways his wishes are screwed up are hilarious, and Fraser is great at portraying each of the different personas that go along with his wishes.  As Elliot gets more and more frustrated with the devil, he gets funnier and funnier.  Love him!

Blast from the Past

In the 1960s, inventor Calvin Weber (Christopher Walken) and his pregnant wife Helen (Sissy Spacek) are locked in their bomb shelter after a plane crashes on top of it.  Thinking there's been a war up on the ground, the Webers remain underground for thirty years.  Their son, Adam (Fraser), grows up in the shelter, being taught everything he needs to know by his dad.  On Adam's thirtieth birthday, Calvin has a heart attack.  The Webers are running low on supplies, so Adam has to go up to the surface to find some. 

When he gets to the top, he meets rude, sarcastic Eve (Alicia Silverstone) and begs for her help.  She agrees to help him, and together they start searching for the supplies needed in the bomb shelter.  Eve doesn't quite know how to take Adam, with his proper English, manners and knowledge.  Adam becomes smitten with Eve, and although she fights it, she starts falling for him, too. 

It's hilarious watching Adam try to adapt to this new and interesting world.  While in the bomb shelter Adam had never seen color television, spoken on a telephone, ridden in a car, etc.  It's all new to him, and he gets SO excited over everything.  Fraser plays this naive, honest guy perfectly, and Silverstone is just freakin' adorable.  As usual.   Walken and Spacek are funny, too.  They have great dialogue. 

This is one of my most favorite movies of all time!

The Mummy

Librarian Evy is fascinated with Egyptian history, and decides to go see the ancient city of Hamunaptra.  She enlists the help of American Rick O'Connell, who has to help her after she saved his life.  He had been to the city once before while in the service.  They have trouble from the beginning, because Evy has a key, although she doesn't know it is a key - and everybody wants it.  The key goes to the Book of the Dead, and once they get to Hamunaptra, they soon learn why you shouldn't open the book. 

A dig is going on in the city, and when a few American treasure hunters open a tomb, an evil curse descends on everyone.  It is the curse that had been placed on the priest Imhotep.  Now the evil scary mummy guy has come back to life and wants to suck the life out of everyone and take Evy to be the reincarnation of his dead lover.  Luckily for Evy, Rick's there to save the day.  It's going to take him a while, though.  After all, you can't beat a thousand-year old evil mummy in one day.  Where's the fun in that?



Today's episode has been brought to you by the letter B. 

April Blog Challenge (I stole it from Cole)

This morning I went to check out one of the funniest bloggers around, Cole Garrett at Dry Humor Daily, and although he's on his honeymoon right now (congrats Cole!) he prepared some posts ahead of time.  He joined a blog challenge (he will give more details upon his arrival home).  This is how it works, according to Cole:  You "have to post every Monday through Saturday in the month of April, 26 total.  Each post has to be about one of the letters of the alphabet.  Other than that, the possibilities are endless.  You could talk about celebrities A to Z, or dinosaurs A to Z.  Just whatever."
 

I don't know about you guys, but I think this is an excellent idea!  I guess you can randomly pick subjects, people, animals, whatever, but my PLAN is to talk about either a celebrity or film that I LOVE for every letter of the alphabet (it might get tricky around Q, X and Z).  I may, however, decide to just go way out in left field and on P day talk about pickles.  I'm crazy like that.  That's why my friends call me Whiskers.    Since Cole didn't give the official name of this challenge, I'm going to pick one, since I'm fantabulous like that.

Ahem, drum roll please...

April's A-to-tha-Zizzle

I know, it's awesome.

Anyhoo, on to the challenge:

A is for America's Sweethearts (film)

Starring Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal and Catherine Zeta-Jones, with Seth Green, Christopher Walken and Hank Azaria also playing small but important parts.

Publicist Lee Phillips has been given an impossible job:  make America's former favorite couple - Gwen and Eddie - appear to be restoring their public love affair, despite the fact that they absolutely hate each other.  With the help of Gwen's sister Kiki, Lee manages to get the two to agree to stay at the same resort for the press junket, and begins trying to make them appear to be rekindling their romance while at the same time keeping both of them happy.  Not the easiest job, but he's up for it.

Seth Green plays Lee's replacement/assistant, the terribly inept publicist trying to learn the ropes from the best guy in the business.  Christopher Walken is the kooky director of Eddie and Gwen's new film, Time After Time.  Hank Azaria is HILARIOUS as Gwen's lover, the wannabe actor with a lisp. 

This film is surprisingly not well-known.  It's been one of my favorites since it first came out.  Every time I've been able to talk a friend into watching it, it becomes a favorite of theirs as well.  Seriously, check it out.  You'll thank me later!

Today's program has been brought to you by the letter A. 

Movie Delight Monday: They're better than you think they are!

I always share precious gems with you guys, but today I want to promote a few films from the 80s and 90s that have no street cred but are awesome in their own rights.  I'm talking about the movies you rarely admit to liking, but secretly love.  You know what I'm talking about!

Mannequin:  On the Move

Yeah, the first one was great.  Yeah Kim Cattrall and Andrew McCarthy are awesome, blahbety blah blah.  Personally, I prefer the sequel.  Kristy Swanson and William Ragsdale are so freakin' cute as Jessie and Jason, and Meshach Taylor is much funnier this time around.

Back in medieval times, Jessie is planning to run away with Prince William, her true love.  His mother, the Queen, gets evil sorceror guy to put a spell on a necklace to turn Jessie into a mannequin for 1,000 years - or until she finds a new true love.  Flash to present-day 1980s, and Jason is a decendant of Prince William who just got a job at a mall.  As luck would have it, Jessie the mannequin is being transported to that same mall on a tour.  Jason removes the necklace and - voila! - Jessie the mannequin is now Jessie the real girl.  She immediately falls in love with Jason, and of course he thinks he's going crazy.  Jason's coworker Hollywood Montrose (Taylor) is the only one who believes him.  The evil sorceror's great-great-great-great-whatever-grandson is also after Jessie, and hilarity ensues.  Seriously, it's great.

Granted, the storyline is total cheese, but that's the basis of it's appeal.  Who doesn't like some outlandish fairytale-turned-modern-day romance?

Hiding Out

Most people know Jon Cryer as either "that guy from Charlie Sheen's show" or as Duckie from Pretty in Pink.  I, however, was first introduced to this adorable dweeb in little-known Hiding Out.

Cryer plays Wall Street broker Andrew who, after having to go into hiding from the mob, pretends to be a high school student at his younger cousin's school.  Then unknown Annabeth Gish also stars, along with Keith Coogan.  Andrew's alter-ego Maxwell Hauser accidentally ends up as the most popular guy in school and gains the attention of beautiful Ryan (Gish). Andrew goes back and forth from terrified guy to king of the school.  It's a really fun movie to watch!

 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

I've personally caught several friends with copies of this dvd after having previously heard them deny ever even watching it.  I've also heard multiple people quote this film without realizing it's a giveaway of their guilty pleasure.  ("I'm on top of that, Rose!")

Sue Ellen (Christina Applegate) is psyched that her mom is going to Australia for the entire summer - leaving Sue Ellen to a summer of sun and fun, parent-free.  Unfortunately the day mom leaves Sue Ellen and her four younger siblings find out mom hired a - gulp - BABYSITTER.  Sue Ellen is pissed, but mom feels it's necessary.  Enter sweet old lady, who seems like a pushover....until mom is gone.  Suddenly sweet old lady turns into evil old lady with a whistle.  Sue Ellen decides to tell the old broad how things are going to be, only to find she had died.

Instead of calling mom - or the police - they kids decide to take the body to a funeral home, then just take care of themselves for the summer.  Unfortunately they forgot to get the money mom left them out of evil old lady's pocket before they dropped her off at the funeral home.  Sue Ellen is forced to get a job to support everyone.  So much for a sun-filled summer of fun...

and it only gets better.



If you've been unfortunate enough to never have watched these, please rent them now.  I know Netflix will have them.  They have everything.

Do you have any favorites that you think should get more credit?  Please let me know, and I'll be sure to watch them! I might even cover them in a Movie Delight Monday post!

Fantabulous Friday

I love when I'm walking aimlessly through a store or across campus - or anywhere, really - and I pass someone with a totally awesome t-shirt on.  

It makes my day just a little bit better.

I am a collector of vintage/funny/fantabulous t-shirts, and currently own several Chris Farley and Will Ferrell shirts, as well as Ferris Bueller, Ghostbusters, Christmas Vacation, Rolling Stones, etc.  I love them, and I love those moments when I encounter another cool t-shirt person and we have a shared moment of, "yeah, we're awesome."  It's like we're part of a totally rad t-shirt club.  In fact, I have decided just now to initiate the Official Totally Rad T-Shirt Club.   Oh, and I'm the president. 

You're super jealous, right now, I know. 

Don't be discouraged, my dear blogging buds, for you, too, can be part of the Totally Rad T-Shirt Club.  All you have to do is own a minimum of five (5) fantabulous t-shirts.  Just in case you're not completely sure of what falls into the category of fantabulous/awesome/totally rad, here's a few examples:   

 Anything Goonies related is awesome. 

 Likewise, shirts pertaining to any and all of the National Lampoon films would qualify.

Witty, humorous and sarcastic phrase shirts are definitely on the list.

(Remember, though, profane and/or sexual shirts are NOT,

because we never know when we may encounter children.  Wear responsibly, folks.)

 Any and all awesome band t-shirts are welcome.

Even better are lame band shirts, like Menudo and Milli Vanilli.

 We all know 80s educational shows were cheese, so why not celebrate it?

 Awesome movie quote shirts are some of my favorites. 

Great one-liners should be shared with the world, and it is our job to do so enthusiastically.

 Mixing 80s/90s pop culture like Inspector Gadget and Vanilla Ice is just brilliant.

I'm probably going to order this shirt today. (Don't tell Hubs.)

 Another movie quote t-shirt.  It's easy to determine whether or not someone is friend quality based

on their ability to determine which movie your shirt is quoting.  This is a priceless gift, people!

T-shirts that share plots of films are pretty cool, too.  

Any t-shirt referring to Saturday Night Live qualifies.  I recommend multiple shirts like this.

Taking a serious quote from a film and turning it to be funny is another priceless gem.  

Another educational shirt.  Ah, memories.



Gotta have a Bayside shirt.  Well, that or a Jesse and the Rippers shirt.  Either will do. 

I'll be making Totally Rad T-Shirt Club membership cards soon, so let me know if you're in. 

Together we can educate young people everywhere. 

Well this week sucked.

My Mardi Gras break turned into an awful week.  My stepfather had stroke on Sunday and passed away Tuesday morning. 



Mom, Rick and my babies

 He's had some health problems for the past several years, but this was just totally unexpected.  It's been difficult, but focusing my energy on supporting my mom has helped.  We buried him today, and our friends and family have gone above and beyond for us.  Our church family has prepared meals, visited, called and prayed for us (and will continue to do so).  His best friends have been rocks for my mom, and we just have such a wonderful support system. 

Once we - my mom, myself, sister, stepsiblings, grandparents and his and my mom's best friends - realized he wasn't going to make it and they turned off the machines, we all sat around him in the hospital room for over an hour telling stories, laughing and crying at the same time. 

My mother and Rick have been married for 16 years, so he's been around through most of my life.  He and I butted heads nearly 24/7 throughout my teenage years.  My senior year, near the end of the last month of school, mom and Rick bought me a "new" car - a 1991 Honda Accord.  Gold.  Standard.  I thought it was awesome.  My best friend Tiffany and I decided to skip school, but in order to do that at our school you had to sneak out of the parking lot past a coach we called 007 Graham. 

I was still learning how to drive the standard, so I asked Tiff to drive.  We went a few miles away to a little quick stop to buy cigarettes.  As we backed out of the parking lot, Tiff turned the wheel without looking and ran right up on a light pole.  Broke the driver's side mirror right off.  

After laughing hysterically for about ten minutes, I started to panic because I knew Rick was going to kill me when I got home - not only for wrecking my new car, but for skipping school as well.  By the time school ended, I had come up with a little white lie...

I told mom and Rick that I had gone by Eckerd's after school let out and someone was about to hit me so I swerved to miss him and sideswiped a light pole in the parking lot.  Perfect excuse, right?

Well, it would have been....

If Rick hadn't gone to the Eckerd's parking lot and measured EVERY POLE.

Yep, every pole.  Those poles also happened to be bright yellow, so the lack of yellow paint was a dead giveaway.  Needless to say, I was busted. 

Who does that?!

My stepdad. 

He'll be missed.

If I ever divorce Hubs, it will most likely be over movie preferences

After being nice enough to let Hubs use the 52" television in the living room all day to play Xbox basketball, I suggested he turn it off so we could all watch a movie together (ie: something everyone in the family would enjoy).  I thought he would play awesome hubs/dad and pick something fun.  So did he pick a Disney film or a cheesy family movie?

Oh, no.  He picked The Fifth Element. 

REALLY?

First of all, I am not a sci-fi fan at all.  Well, minus a very few exceptions such as X-Men, Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park.  Even Star Wars was pushing it for me.  Hubs, however, is a true nerd.  His DNA strands probably wear tiny pocket protectors.  He owns the original Star Trek movies as well as the entire Deep Space Nine television series.  He plays World of Warcraft.  He has little models of the Enterprise.  He even had a custom-made Jedi costume that he insists on wearing EVERY SINGLE HALLOWEEN.  Sheesh. 

Despite all of this, he's a pretty cool dude.  He's a great hubs and a wonderful father, so you'd think he'd understand that I do not care to watch anything involving robots (except for Wall-E) and/or futuristic costumes (as if everyone in the future would really wear those hideous silver jumpsuit things). 

Let's analyze sci-fi films for a minute.  I can give you perfect examples of why they suck. 

• Plot lines - I know people like stories about things that normally wouldn't happen, but some of these are so completely out in left field it's ridiculous. 
• Ex:  Fifth Element (obviously), The Matrix
• Costumes - not at all realistic, especially when based in the future
• Ex:  Demolition Man, Star Trek
• Villians - generally the same villian in every movie - either a creature, aliens or some really ugly guy with weird hair
• Ex:  Alien, Predator, X-Files
• Dialogue - It's like they try to make up as many words/races/worlds as possible. 
• Ex:  Star Trek, Star Wars, Total Recall

Right now there's this hideous dude (presumably the villain) with some kind of clear plastic thing on his head and his hair showing on one side, complete with creepy oily comb-over.  Said dude also has an accent equal to Dallas, Texas.

If you're a sci-fi fan, I hope you'll forgive me for my feelings of the genre. 

As for me, I guess I'll just Facebook until this ridiculous movie ends.