Movie premier

Last night I had a conversation with Alli that went like this:

me: i started HP 6 tonight.

in preparation for the movie.

11:42 PM Allison: awwww!

did you buy tix already?

me: ha! no.

but i should.

i've never been to a midnight showing of anything.

and that would be a fun one to see at midnight.

Then I had a conversation with Heather that went like this:

11:46 PM me: come see HP6 at midnight with me!

june 15.

Heather: cills and I already have tickets

I don't know what theater though

me: i've never been to a midnight showing of anything.

Heather: she bought them today

me: i wonder if tickets are already sold out?

11:47 PM Heather: we have 3 extra

come with us

me: YESYESYES!

i'm reading the book in preparation.

I don't know if I've ever been this excited to see a movie. Only 24 sleeps to go!

Have you attended any midnight movie premiers? Did they live up to your expectations?

The Utah Accent

A while back I wrote a post in which I mentioned the peculiarity in Utah speech, and Bart commented that he was curious to know what I meant by that. Finally, the post that has been in my head for months has come to fruition.

And so it begins.

In Utah this:

is pronounced the same as this:

And this:

is pronounced the same as this:

I find this aspect of the accent particularly interesting because it is the opposite in country music. For instance, the place of fire and brimstone is pronounced the same as the weather phenomenon in which balls of ice falls out of the clouds.

Surely I'm not the only one to notice this?

Tomato plant

My tomato plant has reached the ceiling.

See those four little tomatoes there on the bottom left the plant? I ate two of them today. It was awesome.

Too hungry for a title

Last year, in what was the North American summer, I participated in a cooking extravaganza and recipe-reviewing party called Whip It Up. I'm doing it again this year. Are you dying of anticipation? Yes? Good. Send me links to recipes you think I should try. (Please note that your suggestion in no way obligates me to actually try the recipe. I'm looking at you pig's-feet-suggester). Any old person is welcome to join the Whip it Up challenge, so join me!

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There was this one time I went to Texas to visit the folks and go to my friend's wedding. And then there was this one time when I came home and couldn't find the cord to my camera. Bummer.

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I'm on a Texas Detox Diet. No, really. The alphabet letters on my fridge say so. Eric and I have a lot of recovering to do. I ate wonderful barbecue, Mexican food and other such goodness, and I'm paying for it.

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Has anyone seen God Grew Tired of Us about Sudanese refugees to the United States? It will knock your socks off, in a good way. Go rent it.

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When I asked for recipe suggestions for Whip it Up, what I really meant was what should I eat for dinner right now? It's 8:30, and I haven't eaten yet. I need to fix something. But what?

Pumpkin Eater

I like to play games. I came from a not-so-often-game-playing family. Eric came from an often-game-playing family. We are in Texas visiting my family right now, and we brought some games to play. We are pleased to report that Liars' Dice was a hit. We played two rounds, and my dad beat Eric in the second. I was pretty impressed, and my dad said, "I don't play games. That doesn't mean I can't play games."

We've also played a lot of games with my little sister, Marissa, and her boyfriend, Stevan. Last night we were playing Rook, L family style, and we were all having a grand time. Until somebody was upset with a misdeal that was called and decided to cheat. He thought he could hide his cheating eyes from his wife, but ha! Dude, I'm your wife. I know everything. Then there was another game in which somebody else cheated to get even and there was much frowning and dismay and then we all just cleaned the kitchen.

Seriously, though, Eric is a cheater. Don't trust him.

Concerts and such

I'm in Texas right now. Visiting the family.

My sister won tickets to see Bryan Adams. She took me last night. It was awesome.

When she first invited me I was up for it, but I was a little leery. I wondered if I would have to stand the whole time because people in front of me refused to sit on their rears. I wondered if I would be surrounded by drunk people shout-singing along with the actual musician. I wondered if I would recognize any songs besides the few that I could readily attribute to him.

Answers: No, No, Yes. Hooray!

Yes, people sang along, but I could always hear Bryan better than the audience, and I sang along a little bit too! And I did actually know a lot of the songs, and even the ones I didn't know I really liked.

It made me wonder why I don't go to more concerts. And then I remembered - because I don't ever win any free tickets. Sorry, but I would have to like a musician a LOT in order to drop $40 to see them. And to drop another $40 for somebody to go with me. I guess I should put in more of an effort to actually win tickets. And the tickets I don't win I can sell on CraigsList?

This got me thinking even more about who I would actually be willing to spend $40 to see. Maybe U2 because I heard they are phenomenal in concert. Probably the Beatles except they're almost all dead. The more I've thought about it, the less I've been able to come down with an answer. Now, I can handily tell you which musicals I would spend a lot of money to go see, but concerts? Not sure.

Who would you go see in concert?