Worst Movie EVER....be ware...Cloverfield spoiler...so don't read if (for some reason) you still wanna see it...

So I forgot to mention that Brett and I downloaded a movie last night to watch after H went to bed. Brett has been jonesing forever to see the movie Cloverfield, so we rented it off I-Tunes and turned it on after H was asleep! Let's just say the most postivie thing about that movie was that it was only an hour and a half long. It's supposed to be scary and blah blah blah, I LAUGHED through every scary part. And you guys know how I deal with scary and gory.
So, if you haven't seen Cloverfield, don't bother unless you want a headache. The entire movie is shot by one of the characters through a personal camcorder, and there's no fluidity to the picture. You never REALLY get a good view of each character, or anything that's going on. 90% of the movie is them running, which you can only imagine what the cinematography during THAT was like. Plus, you know the old saying about how every group of friends has that one person that no one really likes and is kinda whiny and no one's really sure how they became part of the group, but you can't imagine life without them? Imagine THAT person as the camera man. He whined throughout the ENTIRE movie.

So here's the spoiler part.

EVERYONE dies. Every one of the main characters dies. Well, except one, and you never find out what actually happens to her after she gets on a helicopter and flies away. And that isn't even at the end, so it doesn't finalize anything. You spend the whole movie thinking you'll get to know what was going on, and you never do. One of the main characters gets bitten and then gets sick and explodes, but they never say why. Is it like in Aliens when a baby hatches? Or is that just a side effect of getting bitten? No one ever comes on after and explains whether it was a seacreature, an alien, a dinosaur, or what, and whether or not they defeated the creature. And the ENTIRE premise of the movie is the main character wants to go save his hurt girl friend. So they save her and at the end, they both die.

DUMBEST movie EVER. EVER. And the critics gave it a rave review! Talking about how it's so realistic and well thought out...blah blah blah. Realistic if you never look at the horrible computer graphic creatures. I could do a better job. Not really, but wow. They. Were. Bad. And the scene in the tunnels where the creature babies attack the main characters, I think it was supposed to be really gory and scary but I laughed my head off. I couldn't stop.

Now, if you've seen the movie and loved it, please don't be offended. But would you please email me and explain to me what I missed that made it good? SEriously. I won't make fun of you for liking it, but I really really wanna know why you did.

If you haven't seen it, don't. Rent Blades of Glory instead. It's equally stupid, but atleast you'll get a laugh that was intentional....

Busy week!

I can't believe it's Thursday already!!!! It's been a fairly uneventful week. Hazel is feeling MUCH better and seems to have replaced her ickiness with energy! She's started saying "Dada" Tuesday and since then has realized that she can make distinct syllables vs baby sounds. She's talked non-stop!

Tuesday we went to Mom & Tots group in the am, and then went into town for a little bit! Nothing exciting there, I did some research at the Co-operative travel agency on our trip to Greece later this summer...now we just have to make a decision on where we want to go! And when for that matter! We thought August, but it seems we can save quite a bit of $$$ if we go in September, so we'll see! I didn't get any lunch that day, so just before we headed off to get Brett, I got a cup of Ice cream, and Hazel got her first taste! She loved it! I know it's a no-no b/c of all the sugar involved, but once in a while I figure won't hurt. Brett took H and I out to dinner Tuesday night. We went to Mattie's Meeting House in Cairncastle (just north of Ballygally). It's an inexpensive meal and I got to have my garlic chips (which is a new obsession!). Hazel, got to try her first tiny bite of chicken...which she's not sure about...her first Green Bell Pepper...which she LOVED...and she tried Balsamic Vinegar for the first time (I dipped a tiny tiny corner of her toast in it). She was CRAZY about the BV. Straight BV, no oil...if you know about my vinegar craving during my pregnancy, you won't be surprised! I asked the doc if that was OK and they assured me that a tiny bit every once in a while is actually good for her. But we're supposed to stick to clear vinegar as the salt content is pretty non existant. So no more BV, for Hazel, but I can give her the clear stuff...wonder if she'd like cucumbers in vinegar? She seems to love all the components, so we'll see! So Hazel had a lot of firsts on Tuesday!
Yesterday was our Breastfeedingsupport group. Not very exciting, but we did get Hazel weighed and she weighs 19 lbs 5 oz!!!!!! She's gained 1 lb in 3 weeks dispite being sick and all her crawling! Daddy says we need to figure out what we're doing to make her grow so fast and stop it! Between you and me, I think it's breaking his heart ;-).

Well, that's all for the moment! I'm going out for my mom's night tonight, so maybe something exciting (not bad exciting, though) will happen and I'll get to tell more tomorrow!

It's a new week!

I can't believe we're the second day into June already! Hazel will be 9 months in 11 days...that's CRAZY! Which, now that I mention it, is exactly what she is driving me today. She is in to EVERYTHING and crying constantly. If I thought she didn't feel good, or something was wrong, I wouldn't be going nuts. However, she is just throwing a fit about everything. She's mastered pulling herself up and is a big fan of pulling up on the couch, but then screams and screams once she's there! So I sit her down, and she pulls herself up again. Then screams. Today is an ugly endless cycle......
The toe and the Creepy Crud seem to be better today, which is fantastic. Neither are still 100% but they will be soon, I hope!
Well, I will post later once I get shorty to nap and I get some chores done...maybe I'll take my craziness out on my house....