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Movie Review

Hubby and I have had a good start to the summer. Movie-wise that is. And I'm really loving living so close to the theater.

Yesterday we went and saw Drag Me To Hell. It's the new Sam Raimi movie and reviewers have been calling it his "return to horror." For those of you who don't know, Sam Raimi did the Evil Dead movies. And as a reluctant-viewer-turned-fan of those, I was pretty stoked for this one. Then our local paper published their review and LIKED IT which is a shock around here. The reviewers here tend to hate everything that hubby and I love.

So plot in one breath: Christine is cursed by an old woman and tries to ditch the curse. That's the absolute simplest way to give it to you. And I don't want to spoil anything so I'll leave it at that.

I went into this knowing what to expect. Well, maybe not knowing, but hoping that it really was classic Raimi. And I think you have to go in with that in mind. It's definitely what I was hoping for. The scare that I like to call the cheap shot was there. A LOT. Ya know, where everything is quiet or almost quiet and then BOOM there's something jumping out and scaring the crap out of you. Plenty of that. There were total gross-out scenes (but not gory) that you expect. Hubby argues that there was one scene you could call gory. But we were both laughing because it was exactly what you watch a Sam Raimi flick for.

And that man and his camera work. Wow. It's very distinctive and it was in full force in this movie. I can't even describe it here because I know all my readers haven't seen his previous movies. But as hubby and I were watching we were laughing and elbowing each other because a particular shot looked EXACTLY as it did in Evil Dead or Army of Darkness. I'm actually ready to watch those movies now just to figure out which shots and angles I recognized.

Being such a fan of Raimi and his previous work makes it hard for me to review this. It was exactly what I wanted, exactly what hubby wanted, but will the average movie patron enjoy it? I'm not sure. I think people going to be creeped out will be disappointed. This movie has some camp to it. It's not like horror movies today that go straight for disturbing. You have to have an open mind if you aren't already a Raimi fan.

The story wasn't bad. I didn't feel any problems with dangling plot or continuity issues. Was it a predictable plot? A bit. But at the end, we had several guesses and weren't sure which we would see. Hubby even managed to be surprised (that's saying a lot when he finds something predictable). But it was fun. It wasn't elaborate and confusing.

And for those of you that are hoping to see our favorite Raimi hero, Bruce Campbell... sorry. He's not there. Hubby and I were holding out for him until the very end, but no Mr. Campbell. Apparently it conflicted with Burn Notice (which will be back soon!) so he couldn't do it. I'm a little sad still. But there was a piece of audio that sounded like it may have been him from another movie. Still trying to figure that out. Also, don't be too disappointed. There are some little gems for you Raimi fans to find.

All in all, I feel it earned an A. Hubby technically agrees, though he claims that since Bruce wasn't in it he'll only give it a B. Fun movie.

Yay! New Trailer!!!!

I got up this morning and found this. I am so excited! Already showed hubby and he's not happy we have to wait a year.

Who Do You Want to Be?

I've been playing with this site for a looooong time. And I told my mom I would post some of these forever ago. Are you ready to quit being productive for the day?

You know when you go to amusement parks and they have the cardboard cutouts you stick your face into? That is this site. Faceinhole.com lets you upload your picture to whatever. You can even upload multiple pictures for group shots. SO MUCH FUN. So of course I have to share some of my favorites...

If ONLY this is what I looked like in a bikini. Sadly... no.


Create your own FACEinHOLE


We'll see if my sisters kill me for this one, haha.


Create your own FACEinHOLE


Because hubby and I are nerds.


Create your own FACEinHOLE


For mom. Because she still thinks I look like Britney.


Create your own FACEinHOLE


And for myself. *sigh* Jealous, Claudia?


Create your own FACEinHOLE

SYTYCD - more auditions

Alrighty, last night of auditions? Then next week is Vegas. I can handle that.

8:03 - Bianca made it right up to the point of "yes or no" last year, and didn't make it to the top 20. I don't remember her though. She's tapping tonight and she's pretty good. She's through to Vegas.

8:06 - Okay, these siblings (Brynelle and Xavier) are waaaay too close for me. If people mistake you for a couple... YOU ARE TOO CLOSE! They look kind of... chaotic? Their moves are wobbly at times. And the lifts are SO awkward. They obviously aren't going through.

8:15 - I missed this girl's name. She's a bigger girl and looks like she really wants to try. But she's not good enough to get through.

8:17 - And now we have weird auditions. It's a lot of made up stuff for the most part. You can't just move randomly and call it dancing.

8:19 - Calico is a swing dancer. She's obviously having fun, but she isn't great. She's not getting through.

8:21 - Adam (judge) got up and danced with her. Attention whore, haha.

8:28 - Couple: Asuka and Ricky. They made it to Vegas last year, but neither made top 20. They're super good.

8:31 - Kinda jacked, the judges are all but worshipping Asuka and kind of doing that "oh yeah, you were good too" for Ricky. They're both through.

8:32 - Bunch of good people.

8:33 - Emergency Alert System. Sweet. Severe thunderstorm warning! I so hope so! But I'd like to get back to the show now.

8:35 - Totally missed this kid's dance. The judges liked him so I'm assuming he was pretty awesome. He's only seventeen though so he isn't eligible. Nigel is SO giving him a ticket to Vegas for next season!

8:42 - Now we're being interrupted by our local news losers (this is the network I spoke of previously). I was already told about this thunderstorm that probably won't even happen here!!

8:43 - Aaaand now that we get back to the show I get the beeping with a message at the top. So I can't hear what's going on. All I know is the guy has some red hair and the few seconds I saw of him were good.

8:45 - They didn't hand him a ticket so I'm assuming he has to do choreography.

8:45 - Weird skinny girl. She's interesting... but I don't know why she chose to look so... eighties. Okay, now she's just weirding me out.

8:47 - OHGOODGOD! We have another alert. THERE BETTER BE A FLIPPIN' TORNADO IF YOU ARE GOING TO SEND FOUR WARNINGS MY WAY IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES!!!

8:49 - Another poor nameless girl because of the alert. She's good. And cute. Wonder if she's single and likes guys with long hair... Oh, her name is Amanda. She made it through.

8:53 - Fifth alert. This one is hitting during a commercial though. And oddly enough, I don't see any of the stuff they're talking about. We have barely a breeze and not many clouds at all.

8:56 - I actually remember this guy from last year! Phillip is going straight to Vegas without dancing because he was through last year but couldn't go because he got pneumonia.

8:57 - Phillip is also partnering with his friend Arielle. Which he doesn't do. But he learned it for her. She's good, but I keep watching him. She's going to Vegas.

9:01 - A few good dancers. All going to choreography.

9:02 - Okay, this guy apparently dances like Shakira? I'm scared. I'll give the guy the fact that he can actually move his hips. But seriously, that's all he's doing. Hip shakes and pelvic thrusts. AND THE CAMERA KEEPS SHOWING HIS CROTCH! Ick.

**Having this show be two hours long makes for a blog that is entirely too long.**

9:06 - Choreography round. Sammy (the kid with red hair that I missed) is through to Vegas.

Okay, sixth weather warning. And as I write this we're getting a seventh. And all I see is lightning in the distance.

And my brother-in-law is here. So I'm quitting the blogging for tonight. But I WILL write about Sex when he makes his appearance...

Okay, I'm back. And we're finally getting some lightning! Woohoo!!! But back to dancing...

Leonid is very similar to Sex in his manic style. And he and Sex are totally going to battle! I feel like I should feel bad for being amused by this. Oh you have no idea how hard I'm laughing over here. I'm sure my neighbors think there's some insanity going on here. Awww... Sex is too tired to keep going. Leo totally won according to the judges. Well, the girls. Nigel was rooting for Sex.

HOLY COW NIGEL IS LETTING SEX DO CHOREOGRAPHY!!! Awww, now I feel bad. He is so lost.

Well, the thunder is kicking in over here and my cable is starting to freak so I'm out for the night. Vegas next week, and I'll be back.

So Soon, Stupidity?

I suppose I shouldn't laugh that it's so easy to find evidence of stupidity running rampant. Although this one isn't evidence of state departments being stupid. This time it's just an individual.

A dude in Oregon called 911 to say a McDonald's worker was being rude, and wouldn't give him his juice he ordered.

Holy. Cow. Really people? Did you forget to put on your big girl panties and take your sanity pills?

And what is it about McDonald's getting the attention? Remember a few months ago when a lady in Florida called 911 because they were out of Chicken McNuggets? Not just once, but THREE TIMES!

Both wackjobs were arrested.

I can honestly say I've never been mad enough at any fast food place to even call a manager. Let alone 911. Evaluate these people and lock them up because I think they're a few monkeys short of a barrel.

SYTYCD - still auditions

I am so NOT typing out the full title ever week. It's annoying to hit the shift key every two or three letters. So we're still watching auditions, and I'm not at mom's this week, but hubby's home tonight. So maybe he'll have some good commentary for you.


I'm on my DVR time so no time stamps, I'll just ramble.

• Tony and his "Tony style" are freakin' me out. He's flexible, but he CANNOT DANCE. At all. Hubby might be better than that (which is saying a lot).
• Hubby asked me if someone gave Mary happy pills or if she's always like that. I laughed. She's still better than Paula.
• Priscilla just gave hubby a flashback shudder because she reminded him of Tatiana from Idol. I got that for a second too. But she can dance (and she isn't constantly doing the bizarro laugh).
• Okay, she had another Tatiana moment. But at least she isn't laughing. And she's through.
• I don't remember Janette from last year at all. Her and her partner Romulo are good. They did way more tricks than actual steps though, which annoys me.
• Haha, Mary did a short scream and hubby had to get up off the couch. She makes him crazy.
• They're both going to Vegas.
• Jennifer and Jessica are twins. I'm guessing that's their gimmick.
• They're flexible and that's about all they have going for them. They don't seem like they know their dance completely. And if that's how it's supposed to look... um... yeah.
• Oh, they made it up in one day. That explains it.
• Joseph Smith is good. He's entertaining for sure. They're putting him through to choreography.
• And he's going to Vegas. He needs to watch his facial expressions.
• Wislande's outfit scares me. I'm afraid she's gonna pop out of her bikini top. And sadly she's really not good. At all.
• Oh Lord and now she's talking back to all of them.
• Dude, Erik is tapping to Thriller! And he's super good!
• Ha, he started tap because his brother was doing it and "got a lot of girls."
• He's going to Vegas.
• Paris was Miss Washington at one point. She's good.
• She's going straight to Vegas.
• Geo is an African dancer. It's interesting to watch. He gets crazy air on his jumps. They're putting him through to choreography.
• Wow. Talia married her high school sweetheart and lost him after only a few years.
• She's good, but not great.
• They're putting her through to choreography.
• Geo is going to Vegas. So is Talia.
• Marico looks twelve and he's a police officer. It just doesn't fit. But he's really good.
• He's going to Vegas.
• Dustin says that Howie Dorough from BSB is his cousin.
• OMG he totally showed some moves from one of their videos! MOM, we are so better than that.
• This poor guy is clueless.
• I'm dying. They keep playing BSB.
• Chris is on something. Seriously. Apparently my expression was odd enough that hubby started laughing.
• Haha... hubby: "He goes to a lot of raves, doesn't he?"
• Yeah, he's nuts. He just came to be a punk and told the judges he's ready to go home.
• Freeeeeeak.
• Caitlin's sis got through in Miami, so she's hoping to go too. She's really good.
• She's going to Vegas with her sis.
• Anna's cute. She's good, but she's contemporary which always weirds me out a bit.
• She's going to choreography.
• Travis is alright. He's super tall so you can see every little thing that didn't go right. He's going to choreography.
• I don't remember Evan from last year. What's up with my memory? He's good so you'd think I would remember him.
• He's going to Vegas.
• We have more twins. Lauren and Lydia already look better than the last set of twins. They're both really good.
• They have to do choreography.
• Evan's brother, Ryan is up. He does tap. He's good too. And entertaining.
• He's going to Vegas.
• Choreography time: Lauren (one of the twins) is going to Vegas, Anna is going, Travis is going, and Lydia (other twin) is too. I was totally wondering if the twins were going to stay together or not.

So it's on again tomorrow, but that will be the last of the auditions. I like keeping it short. I just want to get to the good stuff. So see you tomorrow night.

And for those of you wondering (like hubby was), Sex is back this year. *fist pump* YESSS!