Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
tech

new toy

Dell was (maybe still is) having one of those 18-month-no-finance-charge deals so I thought this might be a good time to get a laptop (because I don’t owe enough money to people already). It arrived yesterday. I’m blogging on it right now–in front of the tv, no less!

Now that Brian and I both have laptops, we won’t have to talk to each other anymore. We’ll be able to sit on the couch in the evenings and IM each other instead. Jake’s pretty excited about this, too, because he’s going to “inherit” my pc. Now that he’s in school he’ll be needing a computer for things anyway and I certainly don’t want him messing up my computer. He’s pissed because he doesn’t have a laptop, though. Tell me the kid’s not spoiled.

movies

the incredibles

Brian and I watched this movie last night. Jake caught it Sunday afternoon while I was napping, so he was in and out of the room while we were watching. This movie was, in one word, incredible. Great story, animation, cast, etc. The plot was quite complete for an animated film. We both really enjoyed it. I kept waiting for the villain Syndrome to say “My name is Earl.” But that was only because I saw that Jason Lee was playing the part. I’m looking forward to the sequel.

movies

the 40 year old virgin

We watched this movie last night. It was freaking hilarious. I’m sure it helped that it was the uncut version of the film. I read that they cut 15 minutes of the film in order to avoid an NC17 rating. That’s a lot of profanity. I guess it sometimes pays to wait until stuff comes out on video.

holidays

new year’s weekend

The past weekend was pretty filling, but fun (besides the fact that I have been sick with a cold all weekend). Friday night, our friend John and his kids came over for a visit. We all had a blast. Drinks, food, and video games abounded. Even though his kids are older than Jake, they always do a great job playing with him.

Saturday night (New Year’s Eve), we weren’t planning on doing anything, but another friend of Brian’s, Slim, invited us to his house for a New Year’s Eve party. We generally like to stay home, but this was a pretty low key event and Jake was welcome, so we decided to go. Slim really enjoys cooking (on the grill), so they had quite a variety of tasty grilled snacks to eat. Jake had fun playing with the two girls that were there.

Sunday (New Year’s Day) was celebrated in our usual fashion–I cooked up some pork, kielbasa, sauerkraut and dumplings and we washed that down with some sparkling wine (my current favorite is from Domaine-Ste-Michelle. we tried their blanc de blancs this time around).

Today was spent doing stuff around the house and recovering from the weekend. We also put our Christmas decorations away. I can’t believe we have to go back to work/school tomorrow.

movies

house of 1000 corpses

Brian and I were divided on this one. He liked it. I didn’t. I mean, it was ok, but I’m not a horror movie fan, so there you have it. This one was definitely a horror movie. Its sequel, The Devil’s Rejects, was more of a thriller (almost). It was at least a little rooted in reality whereas this movie had some weird shit going on at the end. The reason that I generally don’t like horror movies is that they just don’t scare me. I find reality much scarier than any of these films, which is why I like thrillers–they are more reality-based. And as far as the gore in horror movies goes, I’m not into that, either. It’s not like it grosses me out–I just don’t find it interesting. Take away the gore and the weird monsters and you aren’t left with much.