Happy List

I was going to do a post on what I miss about Kyle (barf, I know. Plus it would read "um...everything.") but instead I'm going to do a happy list, because a) when in doubt, make a list, and b) thinking of happy things is always a good choice in pastime.

1. Arrested Development is back, baby!
2. I enjoyed the Dexter season premiere; it felt more like Dexter of the good old days (seasons one through four). I loved seeing such giddy excitement out of him at the prospect of a new serial killer challenge.
3. It sounds like there is maybe kind of a chance that Kyle will actually be back in January, maybe? You never know, but the news I've been getting has sounded a little more promising and official. We'll see...I am not getting my hopes up (too much), but keep your fingers crossed for us!
4. TV shows probably shouldn't be the topic of three things making me happy, but I've been really enjoying Parks & Recreation, The Office, and Happy Endings for some funny times.
5. Tracy and Christy and Emma coming to visit this weekend, and making sure I feel pretty for dress shopping.
6. Hockey.
7. My work at PATH.
8. Tapping my nails on tables n' things.
9. When random memories of Kyle pop into my head and make me smile.
10. Mornings off work.

What makes you happy lately? Feel free to share!

- From the desk of Mrs. M

Monday Movie: The Change-Up

I saw The Change-Up a couple weeks ago with my good  friend Emma. It stars Jason Bateman. Of course I had to see it (I should do an Arrested Development post one of these days, huh). In the talk show circuits, both leads (the other being Ryan Reynolds) have poked fun at the movie's less than original plot of body swapping, stating however, that never has a rated R version been done, and this is a very very rated R version. So I went to see it expecting it to be quite crude and aiming to please with poop jokes. While there was certainly poop, cringing, and more breasts than Emma and I were expecting, it also had a heartfelt side, which was obviously that the two leads wanted their own lives back (for the right reasons, not just the initial panic early on of waking up in your best friends body) and realized things about themselves that could use some work. I'd say it was a pretty successful "remake" of switcheroo movies of the past, though it's not a movie I need to see again any time soon.

- From the desk of Mrs. M

I want my Husband to come back now please.

I really miss him.

I found this and it cheered me up, but only a little. 

- From the desk of Mrs. Sarah McPherson

Monday Movie: Horrible Bosses

I had to see this because it looked amusing, I love Jason Bateman, and I unlike the rest of the world did not want to see Harry Potter opening weekend (people really think the opening of the last HP movie signals the end of our childhood? But the movies are not even good. And we already know what happens. Remember, from the book that came out years ago? I don't get it). Anyway, when the movie started I was confused for a split second and thought I was watching I Love You, Man, because they use the same song near the beginning of the film (as anyone who has watched I Love You, Man as many times as I have would immediately recognize). I feel like sometimes comedians and comedy films swear a lot because they feel they have to to be edgy or something but it just comes off unnatural and awkward, and the start of Horrible Bosses kind of felt like it was trying too hard. But once the three disgruntled employees decided for sure they were going to kill their bosses, the movie really picked up and seemed a bit more natural and appropriately ridiculous. Charlie Day, of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and kitten mittens, did not disappoint and probably provided the most laughs. I don't much care for Sudeikis anyway, and his character was the least interesting to me. Bateman did what he usually does, and to me it will never get old and always amuse me. Overall it was pretty funny, perhaps a little more crude than I was expecting for some reason, and not a film I would rush back to see again.

- From the desk of Mrs. Sarah McPherson

Monday Movie: Happythankyoumoreplease

I'm not entirely sure why I decided to watch this movie in the first place. I guess I was mostly curious to see what else Ted (Josh Radnor) from How I Met Your Mother could do. Apparently a lot- he wrote, directed and starred in Happythankyoumoreplease (2011). I bet he's also the one who decided that the title shouldn't have spaces between the words (zing!). The movie starts out as a "guy has a bad day amid what seems to be a less than spectacular life and also an apparently homeless/familyless small child latches on to him on the subway" sort of movie. You know the type. I've seen reviews compare it to Garden State, describing it as "a small film about a group of twentysomethings at life's crossroads with an indie soundtrack." Aside from those few traits I don't think it was especially similar. Seven characters share the lead (sort of); the movie goes into their individual/couple story lines. Relationships, friends, life, troubles, New York. It's a more-romantic-than-not, sorta serious comedy. A fun surprise was discovering that Tony Hale (of Arrested Development fame) was in the film. I liked the movie, it was sweet. The characters, though somewhat familiar in the romcom genre, still brought something new. It had a lot of "movie" lines, though, things people say that just sound like they belong in/came from a movie ("You're a mess!" "What, you don't need a project?" "I'm a mess too, trust me." "So let's...let's clean each other up" and "You're a good man Sam Wexler. Go get yourself loved."). Ted did a good job for a first attempt. 

- From the desk of Mrs. Sarah McPherson