animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

8 mile

Brian was at a gun thing most of the weekend, so Jake and I decided to watch a movie on Saturday night. He likes hip-hop and wanted to see Eminem’s 8 Mile. Brian and I caught that movie years ago (at the Westwood Plaza Theatre) when it was originally released. …

american hustle

I couldn’t wait to watch this movie, but it was a bit of a disappointment. Maybe I just had too many things going on while trying to watch it (work stuff, knitting issues), but I just couldn’t get into it. Brian, on the other hand, loved it. Go figure. My …

slow week

Nothing notable happened last week. Though I did fail to mention previously that I’ve dusted off my tutoring hat and am tutoring a student in math right now. We had our 2nd session last week and things seem to be going well. Friday night we watched Step Brothers. Brian and …

flight

This movie told the story of a plane that encountered mechanical difficulties and was then crash landed by the pilot (played by Denzel Washington), saving most of the passengers on board. The twist was, in the subsequent investigation, it was found that the pilot was intoxicated while flying (the intoxication …

v-b day

We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, but when we do, we celebrate it as Brian’s birthday. We had lasagna, a Caesar salad and a nice bottle of Valpolicella for dinner last night. Later in the evening, we watched Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy much to my chagrin (the guys picked …