Getting Down and Dirty ;)

Well, fictionally.

Here's the nitty gritty: Jennifer over at Chaos Wrapped in Chocolate-Covered Grins gave me what has to be *the most* amusing blog award ever. I'm not sure if she gave me this because she thinks I have excellent taste in fictional men (because, let's face, I SO DO) or because she wants to embarrass me when Mr. Man sees this and goes "Uh... honey?" but I am ALL. OVER. THIS.


THAT'S RIGHT. And as everyone else has mentioned -- look at Barbie. That is the definition of the phrase 'GET IT GIRL.' Anyways, so what I'm supposed to be doing here (other than making ridiculous jokes) is telling you about five fictional characters I'd get horizontal (down and dirty?) with, and then pass this on to five of you. Get. Excited.

C'mon, baby... img cred.

5. Danny Zuko from Grease. You are a LIAR if you try to tell me that this boy's hair and smile and suave singing/dancing wasn't the biggest turn on of the 90's. 80's? When was this movie made? I don't know, but I was obsessed with it when I was 8, which was in 1998 and yes, I can still sing every. damn. word of Grease Lightnin' and picture John Travolta dancing on top of the engine being lowered from the ceiling and, wow why did my mom let me watch that so much what I was 8 because YES, I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING. Seriously.

I mean, how could you choose? They're so cute! img cred.

4. Ross Geller and Chandler Bing from Friends. I don't know who I like better. I mean, can I just have them BOTH? That would probably be the most awkward three-some ever since they're brothers-in-law but clearly realistic aspirations are not my main concern here. I mean, they're both just adorable and wonderfully awkward and total nerds that have these adorable smiles and beautiful eyes. And they're so funny. I have a weird feeling that if we had a three-some, they may compete to see who could make me laugh the most after. Disagree? Screw you. :)

Cutest smile EVER? img cred.

3. Tom Hansen from (500) Days of Summer. I will never understand how Summer Finn didn't fall head over heels for Tom Hansen. I mean... really. REALLY? Like, he makes you legit mixed tapes and is cute and awkward and believe in real soul-shaking love, and oh yeah that was the problem, huh? Anyways. Tom. The boy who thought he'd never be happy until he found the one. Who threw his entirety into every relationship. Who rocks sweater vests and suits and skinny ties. And dancing down random streets. Who is romantic and passionate about real things like beautiful architecture and good music and listens to The Smiths, for crying out loud. Who drunkenly sings on stage to a pretty girl. Oh, Tom, you are awesome.

Oh, you beautiful nerd, you. img cred.

2. Riley Poole from National Treasure. I cannot tell you how many times I've tried to convince Mr. Man he needs to wear connies with his suits because of Riley (this hasn't worked... YET!). I mean, I'll be honest, I have a thing for insanely smart but awkward geeks with pretty eyes or award winning smiles (or both), and Riley Poole (Justin Bartha) totally has both. Like, hi. Like, wow. Like... Marry me? (Just kidding, Mr. Man. Maybe. We'll see.) Like, I'm probably going to have to go watch this movie now. Because, I mean, hello Riley/Justin. I know Ben Gates got the blonde German, but there are other blondes out there (ME). ;)

Uhm.... hi. Please smile at me someday. img cred.

1. Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter series. I'd also settle for Rupert Grint. Except it wouldn't be settling because, HELLO!? SWOON. I fell head over heels obsessed with Rupert in the first Harry Potter movie and have loved Ron Weasley since the first book; they are the root of my redhead fetish. I mean, I considered studying abroad in Ireland in hopes of meeting him, getting drinks at a pub together, and falling madly in love. I'm not quite sure where I think Weasley ends and Grint begins, but I don't care because Weasley is red headed and afraid of spiders and so is Grint and also OWNS HIS OWN ICE CREAM TRUCK. Yeah, I'm determined to marry one of them. Also, we're actually like ALMOST THE SAME AGE, so this has a chance. Swoon. Swoon swoon swoon swoon swoon. :)

Whew. Okay. -sigh- Let's all take a moment to cool off after all that sexy.

Ready? All right, here are my five sexy bloggers who should totally do this list so we can giggle and blush some more.

1. Katie @ Happy
2. Allison @ Take Me or Leave Me
3. Rachel @ And if it's a hero that you want, I can save you
4. .{Miss Vintage Vixen}.
5. Cyndi @ Hope is a Waking Dream
Runner-Up: Natalie @ My Life's Graffiti

One last thing: Please, please, please go check this out and tell me about an organization you care about! :) Thanks!

Reasons why your next week will be spent in movie theatres

In the past week, I've finally seen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter for the second time, (500) Days of Summer, The Ugly Truth, and The History Boys, which I found for $5 at Sam Goody. And I loved all of them so much, I'm giving you reasons to go see them.

Transformers 2: I got exactly what I expected out of this movie. I'll be honest, what people say about plotholes is pretty true -- I was left with a lot of questions at the end: What happened to the really annoying guy? Or the little mini Decepticon turned Autobot? Robot heaven...whaaat? Are those really that close together geographically? Etc. However, the total tomboy in me loved the plethora of giant explosions and superb animation (except at one point). The girl in me also liked seeing Shia Lebouf really prove once again that he's a great actor (as well as extremely attractive). Megan Fox was cool too -- though I did note that her right forearm never ended up on camera -- must have been to hide her ridiculous tattoo. Anyways, the movie was great, and I recommend it to everyone. It's also a great date movie. :)

Harry Potter: I've discussed this one before, but I have a few more comments on it: Tom Felton is such a wonderful actor. I knew that in every movie, but this movie kind of hit you over the head with it repeatedly. He doesn't really talk much in the movie, but just his acting alone shows you what a complicated character Draco Malfoy is. Mmm. :] <3 style="font-weight: bold;">[SPOILER ALERT] JK Rowling didn't make it totally obvious Ginny Weasley and Harry would end up together at the beginning of the series because otherwise the people that did the casting would have made sure the girl that played Ginny would have been extremely gorgeous (red-headed Megan Fox?) instead of the wonderfully adorable Bonnie Wright who I actually respect as an actress. While Bonnie is really pretty, she's perfect for it because Harry doesn't fall for Ginny because she's a supermodel, it's because she's very real. [End spoilers.] Rupert Grint is also proving that he's a great actor as well as a very interesting person, though really he started to prove his famous actor status in Prisoner of Azakaban. Anyways, though the movie leaves things out (like introducing two very important characters -- Bill and Charlie Weasley), but it's great and totally worth seeing.

(500) Days of Summer: This movie is different. As it says on the website, it's not a love story, but a story about love. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love, girl doesn't. It's about searching for "the one" and how unnervingly easy it is to be incredibly wrong about him/her. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel give it so much life and make it quirky and refreshingly different. Everything about the movie is so different, and even knowing the plotline upfront, it was still powerful. And the music is great. I've said the least about this movie so far, but I urge you to see it the most. (I got to see it at the Angelika Theatre in Dallas, hence the picture.)

The Ugly Truth: I saw this one with Cyndi and I think we both agree that it was cute. Like Transformers, I got exactly what I expected out of it. Self-proclaimed man-whore "love is a lie" guy falls for the beautiful girl who's dreams about prince-charming were never shattered. The whole story was obvious from the previews, but we all knew we weren't going to find out what happened. Go because this movie is funny. It's a chick-flick, but it's one I could see guys going to and enjoying because it's look on falling in love is hilarious.

The History Boys: This movie is based on a play by Alan Bennett and actually came out a few years ago, but it's awesome. It's about some boys at an all-boys grammar school in England and their teachers that are preparing them for the Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams. But, of course, the movie covers their lives outside of school -- it covers every teacher's relationship to the boys and to each other and whether or not they've crossed societal boundaries in them, and it shows the boys' search for lust, excitement, and importance before they're separated and sent off to university. It's a great movie, every actor is wonderful, and I highly recommend it for your next night in. Though, if you're at all homophobic, I would suggest you watch it with the knowledge that there are homosexual overtones. It's not over-the-top or anything, but it's clear. I can see why the play won the Tony Award and the Olivier Award.

Really, I'm 19?

Birthdays are so lame now. I don't feel even kind of different than I did on Sunday when I was still 18. Oh well.

Despite what I just said about birthdays, go wish my good friend Kevin a happy birthday! He's twenty now and feels just like me -- no different than he did yesterday, haha.

So far, I've been doing well with the photo-a-day thing. On the 14th, I took one with the ever-wonderful Cyndi (whose really artsy shoes you should go check out, by the way) at a local coffee shop that we frequent (and where I'm sitting to write this). Look, you can see the bangs that I cut myself and that my mom almost killed me for! Later, we went to the midnight release of Harry Potter together -- we're HP nerds and proud! I think we both agree on the movie pretty well -- it's one of the best done ones (though I still think the first was the best) and they really made good use of light moments to offset an otherwise incredibly dark movie. My only complaint would be that the movie is called Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and a central part of the book was trying to find out who the Half Blood Prince was, yet in the movie only a few moments were dedicated to trying to figure it out. At the end, when the identity of the Prince is revealed I was actually like "Oh, right, that's what this movie is about." But it was good. And my picture for the 15th was actually a picture of something we saw at the movie theatre (it would have been of the movie tickets, but they weren't very cute). That "for humans only" theme went throughout the whole theatre -- on bathrooms, on the doors into the actual rooms with screens. It was pretty funny. You can't tell in the picture, but the bottom of the signs says "Call this number to report any non-humans!" It was pretty great.

Other than that -- life has been okay. I got really really sick yesterday so all my evening plans had to be cancelled (but don't worry, I still took my picture!). But it gave me time to rest and I'm back on my feet today! But I should sign off so I can go teach a private swimming lesson.

Have a great day everyone! Have y'all seen Harry Potter yet? If not, go see it!