For Crying Out Loud!

So this past weekend on Friday, we saw a great movie called Juno with Michelle and Mike. If you haven't already seen it, I highly recommend it. It was such a funny and witty movie. There are a bunch of famous people in it, but mom played by Alison Janney (CJ from the West Wing) was my favorite. She plays the step-mom who is really into dogs. She's just so good at playing these quirky characters. The movie is about a teenage girl who gets pregnant. I was laughing out loud and I would definitely watch it again. Probably will be one of my favorite movies of the year. I generally don't like to pay money to watch dramas or comedies in the theatre (usually action films merit the theatre experience), but I thought that this movie was worth the money. I guess that's what it really comes down to- how many times have you seen a movie in the theatre and you walk out disappointed and saying to yourself, "Why did I just spend $10 and 2 hours of my time watching that movie?"

On Saturday, we attended a wedding in San Jose. It was a surprise wedding because we didn't even know that Joe was dating someone until he sent out the engagement email in December. It was all in Vietnamese which was cool. They had a banquet very similar to the Chinese wedding banquet with a few different entrees. There was the squab which was like a small game bird- very tasty. This banquet also had shaking beef. There were only 7 of us seated at our table for 10 and 3 of the 7 were vegetarians, so we ate more than our fair share! The live band was OK, but we would have enjoyed it more if it wasn't so loud. It didn't really matter if you knew the people at your table or not because you couldn't talk to them anyways. We felt like we were at a concert. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Joe & Helena's Wedding

Did anyone else watch the Super Bowl on Sunday? We went over to Jamie and Kaori's to watch the game. It was probably one of the most boring games ever during the first 3 quarters. I'm glad that we missed the first 1.5 hours. I didn't even know who was playing until that morning. I didn't have an affinity to either team, so I didn't really have a vested interest in the game- though most people said that the NY Giants were the underdog and that the Patriots were favored to win. It's hard for me to imagine any NY team being the underdog. Isn't that kind of an oxymoron? I didn't even find the advertising amusing. I really only remember 2 of the ads. The one with the talking baby for e-Trade, the dancing lizards for some flavored water drink, and the Coke commercial in the Macy's Parade. I definitely think that ads from years past were much more memorable and amusing.

Forgot to give Timothy my nephew a shoutout for his second bday. He turned 2 last Wednesday. Given that he can't read yet or has any real concept of time, I think he'll forgive me.