Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
movies

the squid and the whale

We watched this movie last night. I have to say that I really liked it. I think Brian did, too. It was very engrossing and realistic. It told the story of a husband and wife that divorced and the effects that the separation and divorce had on them and their two sons. On one hand, I didn’t like how it ended. But, on the other hand, this wasn’t the sort of story you could just wrap up.

It was billed as a ‘dramedy’, so it wasn’t entirely depressing. None of the characters were likeable so that helped, too. It wasn’t so much the story that was good, but the way it was told. The acting was superb. It was definitely the best role I’ve seen Jeff Daniels in.

Highly recommended.

small business ownership

the end and the beginning

Brian quit his job today to become a full-time freeloader (er–I mean freelancer). His last day will be November 30. Imagine how liberating that must feel. Yeah, I can’t relate, either. I haven’t directly mentioned this before, but he has been working hard in the evenings and weekends over the course of the past year and now all of his hard work is paying off.

In addition to Brian’s freelance duties, he’ll also be handling the roles of Mr. Mom and Handyman Brian. We pretty much haven’t done any work on the house in the past year. That is about to change. I would really like to have all of our remodeling completed (for the most part) before I’m 40. This should help quite a bit .

Of course, I have an ulterior motive. I’m hoping beyond hope to be Prime Design Solutions‘ next employee.

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good night, and good luck.

This movie was about how Edward R. Murrow broke the McCarthy story. The movie was ok, but I just wasn’t up for a history lesson this evening. I suppose a little history never hurt anyone (unless you happened to be a part of it).

I don’t know if this was a good movie for Brian to watch as everyone was smoking like a chimney throughout the movie. He commented. Hopefully, that’s as far as that will go.

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buzzzzz

My manager at work hosted his second wine tasting party this evening. We were a little late for it because Jake had to march in the Veteran’s Day parade in downtown Johnstown. Hardly anyone from his cub scout pack showed up for it so I’m glad we didn’t skip it. The parade was probably twice as big as the Columbus Day parade he marched in. It was nice to see all of the people downtown even though it was raining.

Anyway, my parents took Jake out to eat at the Szechwan afterwards and Brian and I went to the wine tasting party. This has got to be my favorite type of party to attend. I don’t know why people aren’t hosting these things on a monthly basis. I guess we’re overdue to have one, but I’m holding out until Brian builds a bar for our family room (it made the “short list” today, by the way). As usual, when large amounts of wine are made available and consumed, we had a great time this evening. We had to cut out a little early because my parents had some things to do this evening, plus Brian scheduled band practice for 8pm. But, I made the most of my time and got to try a number of new wines. The winner of the evening was a Steele Zinfandel. I’m definitely going to have to try some more wines from that winery.

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a history of violence

Last night we did that movie and a Margarita thing that we do so well. We also had chips and dip, which really hit the spot. I forgot to buy dip, so I had to make some. Luckily, I have a good dip recipe (and all of the ingredients on hand), so it was not a problem. Oh yeah, about the movie…This movie was cool. It had a pretty original plot, which I will not get into because I don’t want to give anything away. The best part about it was that they didn’t feel the need to quote the movie title in the movie. I hate when they do that. But, if you’re into drama with a twist of the Sopranos, you’ll probably like it. Or, if you like Viggo Mortensen (who doesn’t?), you’ll probably like it, too.