Hello, 2010 and another blog!

And just like that, it’s twenty-ten.

The leap into the new year passed without incident. Despite my best efforts (two cups of coffee) to stay up until midnight, I ended up conking out at 10:30 PM. I awoke on New Year’s Day feeling a little disappointed in myself, but was reminded by Chris that nothing good happens between midnight at 6 AM ANYWAY, so I probably didn’t miss much. [Please tell me I didn’t miss much,]

That reminds me of this one night back when we were living in San Diego. We lived on a seemingly good street in a safe neighborhood, but for some reason, there was ALWAYS a commotion going on outside our window. On two separate occassions, we had a drunk guy wielding a large stick,walking up the street yelling obscenities. Not to mention the many different couples would have domestic disputes in the middle of the night…We’re talking full-on cop cars and everything.

Anyway, so this one night – nay, morning – at about 4 AM, a girl was walking up our street talking on her cell phone, crying, “…And then you totally ruined my night!” Chris was like, “Duuuuude, your night was over a long time ago.” So yeah, nothing good happens after midnight. Especially when you’re on crack.

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In an effort to catch up on some of the movies I didn’t see in 2009, we rented a quad of movies the other day, including The Hangover, Julie & Julia, Inglourious Basterds, and Paranormal Activity. With the exception of The Hangover, which I had already seen when it first came out in theatres, I was incredibly underwhelmed by the other three flicks. Well, I technically didn’t stay up to finish Paranormal Activity (I am a hot date, let me tell you what!), but the first hour or so was really boring. As for the other two movies, I had high hopes, based on what I’d read and heard, but I almost could not wait for both Inglourious Basterds and Julie & Julie to just BE OVER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

I didn’t have a problem, per se, with Inglourious Basterds; I am generally a huge Quentin fan AND it was all about killing Nazis…I just thought I would like it more than I did. I’ll definitely give it another shot, but I just don’t see it becoming my next Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill(s).

As for Julie & Julia, I did love the Meryl-Streep-as-Julia-Childs scenes, but I had an issue with the Julie Powell scenes. Something about the fact that she’s a blogger and got a book deal. I’m all for bloggers and book deals, don’t get me wrong (I definitely jumped on the dooce train), but there was just something about her that bothered me. And by her, I mean Julie Powell, not Amy Adams, who you know I’ve professed my love for before. Anyway, there was just something about the movie that left me with a no-y aftertaste.

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Speaking of blogging, I have a little bit of an announcement to make. As of today – oh, shit, I am so unprepared, AS USUAL – I am going to be blogging regularly for Style Lush. The blog was created last year by this lovely lady and since its inception, Style Lush has held a special place in my Google Reader’s heart. The writers seem to have this amazing quality of being able to find the coolest things on the Internet and then post them for the world, thus saving the world from having to do the research. [This blog saves lives, obviously.] Anyway, I’m really excited to be part of the site and bring my savvy-ness to the table. Also – and this will only impress, like, my mother…Hi, Mom! – but check out my bio at the bottom of the page here!

Read, enjoy, save your life! You’re welcome.