Happy New Year
Jan. 1st, 2008 09:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
next_to_normalJust dropping by to wish you all a happy new year. I've got a chapter of Slay Bells to post up, but I've been all kinds of busy/distracted for the past couple days. New Year's Eve was fun, no buildings were burned to the ground despite the city's insane decision to shoot off fireworks in the middle of downtown rather than over the river (two blocks over) like non-pyromaniacs, and no eyes were poked out by champagne corks, although it was touch and go there at 11:59 when we couldn't get the damn bottle open.
This is my first new year in central Pennsylvania, and I discovered something hilarious about the way it's celebrated. Maybe other places do this, too, but they never did it where I'm from. I'm sure you're all familiar with the ball dropping in Times Square. Well, here in central PA, every town drops something that has some connection to the town. So, for example, Hershey drops a Hershey's kiss. Mechanicsburg drops a wrench. Lancaster drops a red rose, and I think York drops a white rose... or if they don't, they should. Carlisle drops a car (that seems dangerous to me, but it's their second annual car-dropping, so I'm assuming they did it last year without any casualties). And my personal favorite, Lebanon drops a 150 lb. bologna, which is then donated to a local homeless shelter or something.
God, this state is weird.
Anyway, I also went to see P.S. I Love You today. Now, I do not go see movies in theaters. You know how commercials say, "If you only see one movie this year..."? Well, that's pretty much me, and if it weren't for our Jimmy, this would NOT be my one movie. But I'll admit, fifty-foot James is worth the matinee price. He is cheek-pinchingly adorable. Nice change of pace for him to play a nice guy instead of a villain. He does the sweet, loving husband and best friend really well. He had a decent amount of screen time in the first half of the movie, and a few really nice scenes (loved him at the wake, and defending his flat ass). The rest of the movie? Blah. I do not like Hilary Swank, and I especially do not like her as the lead in a romantic comedy. She and Gerard Butler had zero chemistry, and most of the time I just wanted to smack her character for being bitchy, whiny, and/or completely irrational.
I can see why Gerard Butler might appeal to some people, but personally, he doesn't do it for me. Same for Harry Connick, Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, so other than James, the eye candy was pretty much nil. Gina Gershon, on the other hand, is adorable (how have I never seen her in anything else?), and she and JM definitely win for awesomest couple in the film. And Kathy Bates just rocks. The movie had some definite funny moments, but it was cheesy as all get-out. I have a high tolerance for romantic comedies, but this one had me rolling my eyes. The only scene that even remotely tugged at my heart strings was when Harry Connick, Jr. does his little speech about wanting to be somebody's Gerry before leaving Hilary in the restaurant.
Ireland's damn pretty, though. Why did I only go to Dublin when I was there? We're gonna need to fix that.
This is my first new year in central Pennsylvania, and I discovered something hilarious about the way it's celebrated. Maybe other places do this, too, but they never did it where I'm from. I'm sure you're all familiar with the ball dropping in Times Square. Well, here in central PA, every town drops something that has some connection to the town. So, for example, Hershey drops a Hershey's kiss. Mechanicsburg drops a wrench. Lancaster drops a red rose, and I think York drops a white rose... or if they don't, they should. Carlisle drops a car (that seems dangerous to me, but it's their second annual car-dropping, so I'm assuming they did it last year without any casualties). And my personal favorite, Lebanon drops a 150 lb. bologna, which is then donated to a local homeless shelter or something.
God, this state is weird.
Anyway, I also went to see P.S. I Love You today. Now, I do not go see movies in theaters. You know how commercials say, "If you only see one movie this year..."? Well, that's pretty much me, and if it weren't for our Jimmy, this would NOT be my one movie. But I'll admit, fifty-foot James is worth the matinee price. He is cheek-pinchingly adorable. Nice change of pace for him to play a nice guy instead of a villain. He does the sweet, loving husband and best friend really well. He had a decent amount of screen time in the first half of the movie, and a few really nice scenes (loved him at the wake, and defending his flat ass). The rest of the movie? Blah. I do not like Hilary Swank, and I especially do not like her as the lead in a romantic comedy. She and Gerard Butler had zero chemistry, and most of the time I just wanted to smack her character for being bitchy, whiny, and/or completely irrational.
I can see why Gerard Butler might appeal to some people, but personally, he doesn't do it for me. Same for Harry Connick, Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, so other than James, the eye candy was pretty much nil. Gina Gershon, on the other hand, is adorable (how have I never seen her in anything else?), and she and JM definitely win for awesomest couple in the film. And Kathy Bates just rocks. The movie had some definite funny moments, but it was cheesy as all get-out. I have a high tolerance for romantic comedies, but this one had me rolling my eyes. The only scene that even remotely tugged at my heart strings was when Harry Connick, Jr. does his little speech about wanting to be somebody's Gerry before leaving Hilary in the restaurant.
Ireland's damn pretty, though. Why did I only go to Dublin when I was there? We're gonna need to fix that.
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Date: Jan. 2nd, 2008 01:22 pm (UTC)I loved the scene where JM kept asking - What's that smell?
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