VD…It’s What You Make of It
Happy Monday! Congrats to Gretchen, the winner of Lisa Wingate's Never Say Never. (Gretchen, email me your home addy: jen at jennybjones dot com)
Did everyone have a good Valentine's Day? I did! I always do. Any day that involves celebrating with candy or a dinner out is my kind of holiday.
This weekend my girls and I celebrated my friend Kim's birthday. She's one year younger than me, so I think she's 25. (Right Kim?) Anyway, when it's your b-day, you get to pick the outing. So Kim wanted to see Dear John. She has been looking forward to this movie forever. And its' not because she's a sold out Sparks fan. I think it has more to do with being a sold out Channing Tatum fan. He's an interesting actor to watch on screen. And by that I mean I haven't decided to what extent he can't act. But he had some decent acting moments in this flick, but does anyone really care if he can act? I didn't think so.
The movie was okay. I haven't read the book because I intentionally don't read Nicholas Sparks because someone ALWAYS dies. I have two good friends who LOVE his books pretty much because of this, and they were always trying to get me to read him. I resisted. So they said, “You HAVE to read this one book. It's so good. And we promise–not a single person dies in it!” So to appease them, I take the book home. About half way through it hits me what's going to happen. The freakin' DOG is gonna die. Sure enough in the end, the dog bites it. I was SOOO ticked. An animal dying? Even worse.
Anyway, so I'm not a fan, but it was Kim's birthday, and if she had said, “Let's go to Nascar, get tattoos, and eat brats,” I would've agreed to it. It was her day. One fun thing to know about Kim is that in high school she had a date to go to the drive-in. He rolls up to her house in his van. With a couch in the back. Kim was not allowed out of the house with this boy.
So the movie was okay. It was actually a good one for a little Mystery Science Theater running commentary. (Reason No. 29458 to never sit beside me in a movie.) I think some things must not have transferred from the book to the screen because I had a few “huh?” moments. But honestly I think any book-inspired movie is a success as long as it doesn't star Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, or any member of the original 90210 gang.
Last week I also saw When in Rome. Avoid! Avoid! It's a total renter. Did anyone see Lightning Thief this weekend?
Favorite blogger Green Bean Teen Queen has such a good question of the week up. She wants to know who your literary crush is. You definitely need to hop over and share who your favorite man-of-the-pages is.
There's a campaign on Facebook to get Betty White on Saturday Night Live as the host. This is brilliant on someone's part. And about the only thing on Facebook that makes sense these days.
Eighties kids, remember Sweet Valley High? Well guess who's coming back? Author Francine Pascal is releasing Sweet Valley Confidential in 2011, a book that picks up the lives of Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield in their late 20s and early 30s. You know– old. Reading this news didn't make me happy like the article said it would. It totally depressed me. The kids of SWH are not in their 30s. They're still teens. Young. Like the rest of us. I need to believe they are living in some time/space continuum where they still tuck-roll their jeans, Madonna doesn't have Hulk arms, and the eye shadow is still blue with an extra dose of frosty.
Okay, there is a new Kay Jeweler's commercial and…it's actually good. Have you seen it? I can't find it anywhere and it's driving me nuts. It's the one where the guy accidentally drops to one knee, has a catch in his leg, and thinks, “Well, as long as I'm down here, I might as well propose.” If you find it, please send it my way! I also can't find a link to We Are the World Part Deux. My friend Salle has been obsessed with We Are the World pretty much her whole life. In fact, she has had the redo planned forever, including assigning all the parts. She even wrote the Super Bowl folks and pitched her idea. I'm really sad that she didn't get the credit for her genius. She should totally get a cut of that donation money. ; )
I would love to know what you gave or received for Valentine's Day. Lemme know!
JEN
