Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Ace invited me to tag along to a birthday party his kids had been invited to. We caught up while the kids were doing the various activities at this dodgy play centre thingy.

Up until recently, he was still hoping they would be able to reconcile, but he has now moved on and is seeing someone else which his ex is not too happy about apparently.

She's got nobody to blame but herself since she was the one who 'wanted to be single again' and went out on dates with other guys.

I ended up spending the day with them and didn't get home until an hour ago.... I'm bushed!

Movie Review: Bride Wars

I caught up with an old school friend who I haven't seen for a couple of months to go see this. It was a good afternoon for a catch-up.

The movie was pretty good but the end was a little bit of a disappointment (about the surprise wedding). Anne Hathaway is stunning and I can see why my brother-in-law has the hots for her at the moment. Kate Hudson though, is starting to get on my nerves.

Plot: Liv and Emma, best friends since childhood, are always there for each other, through good times and bad. Even their respective bridal engagements happen within hours. Together they plan their weddings, each to take place at New York’s ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. But a clerical error and subsequent clash in wedding dates pits the two brides against each other in a competition that quickly escalates into all-out war.

Random Facts 25

1. Human thighbones are as strong as concrete.
2. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the Egyptians in 2000 BC.
3. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue prints are different.
4. The average human body contains enough potassium to fire a toy cannon.
5. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
6. 23% of all photocopier faults are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
7. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.
8. The honeybee kills more people worldwide than all the poisonous snakes combined.
9. The average human body makes enough carbon for 900 pencils.
10. Tuna suffocate if they stop swimming.

Health Crisis

I've not had any appetite since last Monday. The smell of food makes my throat close up, as if I'm about to throw up. I've not eaten anything more substantial than a slice of bread with butter on it and have only just managed to keep down some spaghetti bolognaise tonight.

I've managed to lose 6 kilo's in 2 weeks, which is nice, but this is not the way I want to lose the weight.

I'm tired all the time and can't sleep and have a constant neck and headache.

Time to see a doctor me thinks...

Movie Review: Changeling

I didn't know what to expect from this movie, I mean, I've only ever seen Angelina Jolie in action flicks - Tomb Raider and Mr & Mrs Smith - for me, another actress would have suited the role better. Don't get me wrong, I liked this film and Angelina was good in it, but throughout the entire movie I was constantly distracted by those lips - they are ridiculously out of proportion to the rest of her face.

It's still a good movie. Very moving and a terrible subject, but definitely worth seeing.

Plot: Christine Collins, a single mother working in 1928 Los Angeles when her son goes missing. A boy is returned to her months later by the police, but she is shocked and disheartened when she realizes that the boy isn't her son. Joined by a crusading pastor (John Malkovich), Christine battles for justice against the corrupt L.A.P.D. while she continues to search for her child. Eventually her fight against the cops lands her in a mental hospital, where she is surrounded by others with a similar plight.

Book Worm

I've just finished the Twilight series!

I only started the first book on Tuesday and have managed to read every book each day! I am so obsessed with this series that I am doing something I have never done before.... EVER (not even for Harry Potter!!).... I'm reading them again straight away!!

Movie Review: Twilight

I love this movie!!! I can't wait for the rest to come out. I want to see them NOW!!!

I wanted so much to read the book before I saw the movie, but my friend had lent them to someone else - they must be the slowest reader in the world!!!

I am going to start the books tonight, but I've already cheated... I looked on Wikipedia, so I sort of know what happens, but I don't care! I'm still going to read them all!

Plot: Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and sent Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didn't expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she's ever met. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance, unorthodox because Edward really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal but doesn't drink human blood, though Edward and his family are unique among vampires in that lifestyle choice.

Movie Review: Bolt in 3D

I caught up with Chook to go see this today because we wanted to avoid the heat.

The 3D effects were no where near as cool as they were when I saw Journey to the Centre of the Earth, but the movie itself was good. We had to put a deposit down on the glasses! We both enjoyed it and there were laughs throughout.

Plot: For super-dog BOLT, every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue – at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the canine star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet – a cross-country journey through the real world. Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and with the help of two unlikely travelling companions – a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens, and TV-obsessed hamster in a plastic ball named Rhino – Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero.

Movie Review: Madagascar 2 Escape To Africa

I enjoyed the first one of the when it came out & was waiting for the sequel

The transition from Madagascar to Africa is fast paced and easy for kids to miss, but I enjoyed as much as I did the first one.

Plot: Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and the chimps find themselves marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. In the face of this obstacle, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane, sort of. Once aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all, the vast plains of Africa, where the members of our zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind for the very first time. Africa seems like a great place…but is it better than their Central Park home?

Movie Review: Marley & Me

My girlfriends and I had organised months ago to go and see this together when it finally came out. I had no idea what it was about and only just started the book on Monday and finished it yesterday.

You laugh and cry throughout the book and the same is said of the movie. My friends were flat out crying - one had even left about 15 minutes before the end to have a cigarette so that she could cope. I was both laughing at them because they had the full on sniffles, and tearing up because of the sadness of the scene.

A must see for all the animal lovers, especially dog lovers out there.

Plot: The year is 1991 the Grogan's are a just married couple with a new house in Florida and are both successful journalists. Eventually the Grogans plan to start a family; however after an unsuccessful attempt at looking after a plant Jenny Grogan decides they should get a dog to hone their skills at parenthood. Enter Marley the lovable hyperactive golden Labrador retriever puppy.

After many failed attempts at training Marley and then even being kicked out of obedience school the Grogans discoverer that Marley is a free spirit but one with all the right intentions at heart. Despite being a gundog Marley is petrified of loud bangs; but most of all thunderstorms and will tear apart the house if left alone in one. As time goes by the Grogans family grows and Marley becomes the life and soul of the family and teaches the family some important life lessons.

The story follows the ups and downs, laughs and cries and most important the experiences that the Grogans have because of Marley and also the ones they share with him from the moment he enters their lives until the tragic moment he leaves.