Pan's Labyrinth

Cait and I had movie night on Friday because so we could stay home and take care of our kitten Reggie who was just spayed.

We bought Pan's Labyrinth at one of our regular trips to Target and it turned out to be a pretty crazy movie.

I definitely need to watch it again to get more into it. I definitely think Guillermo del Toro is an oustanding director/producer and The Orphanage is one of my favorite horror movies of recent. I recommend them to anyone who hasn't seen either!

Springtime Fever

The weather is finally starting to warm up and people are coming out to enjoy it.

Twice this past week we have gone to a playground near Mike and Giselle's after dark to play. It's not like any playground I remember playing on as a kid. They have swings and a bunch of things to climb on or hang from, but no slide, bridge, or monkey bars like I remembering having. It brings back memories of staying out late in the summer with friends and just being outside every spare minute I had.

Spring is here!

Redesign!

I just redesigned my blog to make it look cleaner.

March Madness

I can't wait for selection Sunday to see who makes the NCAA tournament and fill out my bracket. I seem to always pick Pittsburgh to win and I think it might actually happen this year, but I'll wait to see how everything pans out.

I carry my completed bracket around with me everywhere for several weeks with a red pen to cross out my wrong picks and a yellow highlighter to highlight my correct picks. By the time the Final Four rolls around my bracket looks like it's been filled out on a Kleenex and has holes on all the creases.

I can't wait to catch the March Madness!

New Clothes

I got five new shirts delivered to me yesterday which completely made my day.

       

My friend Matt was in Boston a few weeks ago and was able to stop by the Johnny Cupcakes store pick me up the Yellow Crossbones and View Baker designs for me. I think in the course of me begging him to stop by the store I managed to get him addicted to the brand. My collection is now up to 18 shirts and Matt walked out of the store with five shirts of his own only to order three more on the internet later that night.

I was especially excited to get my second hand numbered limited edition Johnny Cupcakes shirt. This design is the first in a series called "The Bakers Dozen" and only 130 of each design will be printed, I got #91. I had to get a medium as they were out of smalls, but I am still proud to own one of these.

       

I made friends with a different Matt who live in the UK. He was able to hook me up with some really cool plaid shirts from his clothing company Criminal Damage. Check them out here: http://www.criminaldamage.co.uk.

It just so happened that I received all five shirts on the same day, so needless to day my wardrobe is set for the next week.

The Globe Pub

I've never been into soccer (or football, depending on what country you're from), but I went with Mike and Stephane early Saturday morning to watch the Arsenal vs. Fulham game at The Globe Pub.

Mike is a HUGE Arsenal fan having just been to the UK for a game the weekend prior. I wasn't as into as most of the people there seeing as it was my first time and I don't have a specific team to root for. I can't say that I 100% know what is going on during the games either because I don't know all the rules, but I definitely enjoyed myself while at the pub and would be happy to go back anytime.

It was a completely different position for me to be in, considering I never go to bars/pubs. My only experience with bars/pubs has been loud, dirty, dark, hot, and overcrowded with over-drunk people. This place was nice and clean, well lit, and comfortably filled with proud fans. Granted we went there at 9:00am which I know is probably the complete opposite had we gone at 9:00pm. They had a pretty good breakfast too. The Eggs Florentine were delicious. I think the trick for me to have a good time at a bar is to go early in the morning and eat breakfast.

The Class

Entre Les Murs (Between The Walls) or the US version, The Class, wasn't my favorite movie, but the experience surrounding the film was interesting.

We went to the Landmark Century Theater last Friday with Mike, Giselle, and Giselle's friend's boyfriend, Stephane. Stephane has lived in Houston for the past two years but is previously from France. It was an enlightening situation to get Stephan's perfective not only on the movie, but various other topics that were discussed during the evening. It's not everyday that you get to see a foreign film and sit next to someone who's from the country of the film.

The movie itself was rather long and didn't tell much of a story. It was slow moving and provided more of a "looking in" perspective as opposed to a any sort of creative feeling. Maybe I was expecting something more, but it didn't capture my interest.