Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
movies

collateral

Brian and I caught this movie on HBO the other night. I used to totally love Tom Cruise. So did my mom. We used to go see all of his movies at the theatre whenever a new one came out. Not so, anymore. He’s kind of fallen out of favor with me with all of the Scientology crap. I still think he’s a good actor (though he can’t grow a beard to save his life. maybe he should take some vitamins or something.), but I don’t like him enough to shell out my hard-earned cash to see his movies. But, if one should be showing for free, I’ll probably watch it.

This was a great movie, though. It is a story about a contract killer (Cruise) who hijacks a cab driver (Jamie Foxx. hoo-rah) and makes him drive him around the city so he can kill a bunch of people on his list. This was my first Jamie Foxx movie. I rather liked him. I remember watching him on In Living Color way back when. He’s turned into quite a good actor.

The Flick Filosopher has much to say about this movie so I might as well not even bother trying. You can read a good review here.

books

odd thomas

I finished reading this novel yesterday while waiting for Jake at his karate lesson. I rather enjoyed it. It’s the first book from Dean Koontz that I’ve read in a while and I was wondering how it was going to be. After reading a bunch of his books, I noticed that they all sort of had the same theme so I pretty much gave up on worrying about his latest releases. This one was pretty close to his usual theme, but had a slight twist at the end that made it a good read. I’ll have to check out some of his other recent books now.

I’m too lazy to write a synopsis of the story right now, but it is typical Dean Koontz fare complete with bodachs, killers, and ghosts. (oh my!) Having read quite a few Koontz books, I’d say this is now one of my favorites from him. Apparently there’s a sequel to this novel, called Forever Odd. I’ll definitely be checking that out at some point.

do-it-yourself

bathroom remodel: day 34

Last night, I finished up the walls. Next up: painting. Not sure if I’ll have time to work today because I have too much other crap going on, but at least the hard part is done. Brian also worked on the vanity yesterday evening. He finished up the base of the cabinet. Next up is the face frame. Once that is done, I will finish the vanity and we’ll install it in the bathroom. After that, Brian will work on the doors and drawers as time permits. Anyway, all of this puts us in a good position for the weekend.

do-it-yourself

bathroom remodel: days 32 & 33

Yesterday, I patched all of the holes in the walls (with some help from Brian). Today, I put another coat of drywall compound on them. I think one more coat will do the trick and then I can finish painting in there. Brian is working on the vanity as we speak, so I think we’re going to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel sometime soon. Whatever will I blog about when this project is finally done?

gardening & landscaping

time to plant the garlic

I planted the garlic. 216 cloves to be exact. I got it in the ground just as it started to storm. Good timing. I was running a few weeks behind this year (I normally plant it in mid-October), but I don’t think that will matter much.