...doesn't mean I can't appreciate a really fantastic parody! Or maybe it means I can appreciate it even more. Either way, I give you the latest of SNL's Digital Shorts, the trailer for a little movie called "Firelight."
PS. How adorable and fun was Taylor Swift as host/musical guest this week? She did a great job. I especially liked her spunky monologue song, which you can see here.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Andy's Version
During last night's MTV Movie Awards, before the actual trailer for New Moon was shown for the first time, Andy Samberg gave us this gem. I figured since I posted the real one I should include his hilarious version too!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, January 04, 2009
The Christmas Letter (2008 Edition)
Okay, so I know it is past Christmas, but the annual Christmas letter is a good summary of everything that went down in our house this past year, so think of it more as a Year-End Report than a Christmas letter. Most of you who read this blog probably already got this in the mail, anyway, but humor me. It's late, I've done nothing the last few days except piddle with one scrapbook layout, take really long naps, and breeze through the first four Harry Potter books. I don't have any new material for you. So you'll take this recycled Christmas letter AND YOU'LL LIKE IT. Ahem. Where was I? Oh yes, the letter. Here we go!
***
Hello friends & family!
2008 has been a busy but blessed year in our little house here in Nashville. In an effort to inform you of all the fascinating stuff we’ve been up to, I created this original acrostic “poem” to describe all the best from our year. And they said my English major would never come in handy!
M is for Movies! We are still huge movie fans, as our ever-growing DVD collection can confirm. In 2008 we loved The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Be Kind Rewind, Once, Quantum of Solace, Wall-E, Get Smart, and many many more...
E is for Estes Park! This August was GMA’s final Music in the Rockies event in lovely EP, Colorado. I was there for about two weeks, and my parents and Ben came up for part of the time to celebrate my 25th birthday on 08-08-08.
R is for Running on Empty! We survived the Great Nashville Gas Shortage of Fall 2008. It was beyond weird... For days, no stations had gas, and people would wait in lines for hours to fill up their tanks. Crazy!
R is for Recreational Activities! Aside from everything else I’ve mentioned we’ve enjoyed watching our favorite shows, rooting for Orange Bowl-bound Oklahoma, scrapbooking (me), playing guitar and learning piano (Ben).
Y is for Yamaha! Ben is still working there and spent a good amount of the year travelling for them – LA, NYC, Phoenix, Vancouver, LA, LA, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, LA, LA, and San Diego. Also LA.
C is for Customs Authorities! This is who detained Ben for over an hour when he was re-entering the country from a trip to Vancouver. He had to be cleared by the feds before he was released... turns out they were looking for a different Ben James. Sca-ry!
H is for Horticulture! For the first time this spring I planted some flowers in our yard. Spoiler alert: they all died. To make room for said (now dead) flowers, I yanked up five ugly bushes, the act of which left me with chronic back pain for the past eight months. Yaaaaaaay. Thus ends my fleeting interest in gardening.
R is for Read My Blog! Shameless plug... I keep a blog which I update fairly often with my thoughts and funny things that happen in our lives. Come read along!
I is for Italy! I went to visit Ashley there after her semester abroad, and it was awesome. We went to Rome and the Amalfi Coast region.
S is for STL! We found time to get back home a few times this year, including an awesome 4th of July weekend. We scored tickets to the Cubs-Cards game downtown and had a hot but awesome time watching the Redbirds win!
T is for Twilight! The series of books and ensuing movies are my new obsession. Me and about 75% of other women I know. Hey, I had to have something to occupy me while Ben is out of town all the time!
M is for Music! We enjoyed lots of great concerts this year. Ben made his seventh annual trip to the Bonnaroo festival. We also enjoyed Sleeping at Last, Needtobreathe, Jason Mraz, Rufus Wainwright, She & Him, and more.
A is for Adventure! We took up kayaking this year, and it has been quite the challenge... our normal trips are just easy paddle trips, but for Ben’s birthday I took him (and my parents) white-water kayaking in Colorado. Definitely the craziest thing I’ve ever done!
S is for Scruffy! Our sweet pup is just as precious as ever. He totally owns us. And our couch.
We love you all so much! May the wonder of Christmas – Jesus, born to be our rescue, to satisfy God’s absolute justice, to display God’s infinite mercy – infuse your hearts with joy and every blessing of the season.
Love,
Ben & Amy James
***
Hello friends & family!
2008 has been a busy but blessed year in our little house here in Nashville. In an effort to inform you of all the fascinating stuff we’ve been up to, I created this original acrostic “poem” to describe all the best from our year. And they said my English major would never come in handy!
M is for Movies! We are still huge movie fans, as our ever-growing DVD collection can confirm. In 2008 we loved The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Be Kind Rewind, Once, Quantum of Solace, Wall-E, Get Smart, and many many more...
E is for Estes Park! This August was GMA’s final Music in the Rockies event in lovely EP, Colorado. I was there for about two weeks, and my parents and Ben came up for part of the time to celebrate my 25th birthday on 08-08-08.
R is for Running on Empty! We survived the Great Nashville Gas Shortage of Fall 2008. It was beyond weird... For days, no stations had gas, and people would wait in lines for hours to fill up their tanks. Crazy!
R is for Recreational Activities! Aside from everything else I’ve mentioned we’ve enjoyed watching our favorite shows, rooting for Orange Bowl-bound Oklahoma, scrapbooking (me), playing guitar and learning piano (Ben).
Y is for Yamaha! Ben is still working there and spent a good amount of the year travelling for them – LA, NYC, Phoenix, Vancouver, LA, LA, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, LA, LA, and San Diego. Also LA.
C is for Customs Authorities! This is who detained Ben for over an hour when he was re-entering the country from a trip to Vancouver. He had to be cleared by the feds before he was released... turns out they were looking for a different Ben James. Sca-ry!
H is for Horticulture! For the first time this spring I planted some flowers in our yard. Spoiler alert: they all died. To make room for said (now dead) flowers, I yanked up five ugly bushes, the act of which left me with chronic back pain for the past eight months. Yaaaaaaay. Thus ends my fleeting interest in gardening.
R is for Read My Blog! Shameless plug... I keep a blog which I update fairly often with my thoughts and funny things that happen in our lives. Come read along!
I is for Italy! I went to visit Ashley there after her semester abroad, and it was awesome. We went to Rome and the Amalfi Coast region.
S is for STL! We found time to get back home a few times this year, including an awesome 4th of July weekend. We scored tickets to the Cubs-Cards game downtown and had a hot but awesome time watching the Redbirds win!
T is for Twilight! The series of books and ensuing movies are my new obsession. Me and about 75% of other women I know. Hey, I had to have something to occupy me while Ben is out of town all the time!
M is for Music! We enjoyed lots of great concerts this year. Ben made his seventh annual trip to the Bonnaroo festival. We also enjoyed Sleeping at Last, Needtobreathe, Jason Mraz, Rufus Wainwright, She & Him, and more.
A is for Adventure! We took up kayaking this year, and it has been quite the challenge... our normal trips are just easy paddle trips, but for Ben’s birthday I took him (and my parents) white-water kayaking in Colorado. Definitely the craziest thing I’ve ever done!
S is for Scruffy! Our sweet pup is just as precious as ever. He totally owns us. And our couch.
We love you all so much! May the wonder of Christmas – Jesus, born to be our rescue, to satisfy God’s absolute justice, to display God’s infinite mercy – infuse your hearts with joy and every blessing of the season.
Love,
Ben & Amy James
Monday, December 01, 2008
Thanksgiving Weekend Recap
My Thanksgiving weekend was a little non-traditional. Since Ben's ability to take vacation time is somewhat limited, we decided to take advantage of a sure-thing-four-day-weekend and get out of town. Just the two of us. It was our first trip like that since our honeymoon three and a half years ago! So while we forfeited our typical trip home to St. Louis to see family, we tried to incorporate some of the Thanksgiving standards like food and football...
Thursday we left Nashville and headed east towards Asheville... you wouldn't believe the confusion that caused people when we told them about our trip, since those two words obviously sound a lot alike! We occupied ourselves during the drive by listening to all the songs on my iPod in alphabetical order. When we got bored with that (around letter D) we switched to listening to episodes of Arrested Development, which was quite entertaining.
We arrived after a twisting and turning drive through the mountains to our destination: the Inn on Mill Creek, a bed & breakfast in Black Mountain, NC. We would highly recommend it if you are interested in staying in that area! It was really secluded... so much so that instead of a street address we had to put the longitude/latitude coordinates into our GPS to get there! Dave & Brigette, the innkeepers, were really great and so helpful. Plus Dave's breakfasts were delicious!
That night we had a proper Thanksgiving dinner at another local B&B that has a restaurant. There was turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots, pumpkin pie - the works. We definitely didn't miss out in the food department!
Over the next couple days we had fun exploring Black Mountain and Asheville. While in the area we visited the famous Biltmore Estate, the largest private home ever constructed in the United States. It was built in the late 1890s by heir to the Vanderbilt fortunes. It was interesting and beautiful, although crowded and a little touristy.
We had more fun taking silly pictures outside on the beautiful terrace as the sun was setting...
We had a fun day in Asheville after we finished at the Biltmore. We googled "best burger in Asheville" and were directed by our GPS way across town to a hole-in-the-wall joint called Burgermeister. No, really. We were a little skeptical as we wove through some sketchy looking parts of town, but we ended up in a neighborhood called West Asheville, full of funky shops and cool finds. And Burgermeister delivered. If you know me, you know I am not a big red meat girl. No real reason - I'm not offended by the eating of cows, but I just prefer chicken. But when you go to a place called Burgermeister and it is advertised as the best burger in town... well, you know what they say. When in Rome...
I swear to you after eating this delicious burger I could feel my body respond, thanking me profusely for the intake of iron. I felt stronger... I now had the strength of a grown human and a bit of cow. (Ahem, Dwight Schrute reference.)
After we rolled out of there and stopped at some of the shops, it was cold and icky and rainy and we decided to go see a movie. Ben oh-so-graciously accompanied me to see Twilight. I loved it even more the third (yes, third, don't judge me!) time around and to my surprise and delight Ben said he liked it too! Most of that can probably be contributed to the fact that he likes ME and is a good husband, but still. I'll take what I can get, and if he says he liked it then I'll believe him!
Saturday night we holed up in our room and watched the OU-OSU game. It was a nail-biter at times but my Sooners were victorious, winning 61-41. With their win, the three-way tie for the Big XII South was in place, and I had to wait until Sunday afternoon when the BCS standings were released to find out that OU was officially headed to the conference championship game to face Mizzou! I know a lot of people were disappointed in the way things turned out and believed that Texas earned the shot at the title by beating OU on neutral ground in the Red River game. Of course I disagree and would argue that OU's margin of victory in defeating ranked opponents is enough merit. But either way it is decided now and I am ecstatic that we will get our chance to win the Big XII and go to the National Championship game! Boomer Sooner!
As if all that wasn't enough excitement, we ended our Thanksgiving weekend by rushing back to Nashville through awful rain and traffic to get to the Ryman Auditorium in time to catch the Jason Mraz concert.
It was a fun show - very high energy and lots of crowd interaction. I was especially impressed with Lisa Hannigan, who was his opening act. She is an Irish musician probably best known for her vocals on many Damien Rice songs. She has a beautiful voice and played lots of interesting instruments in cool arrangements. But once again my concert experience was slightly marred by an annoying drunken person. This time it was a hippie dippy lush seated next to Ben... well, seated isn't the right term, considering she spent the entire concert dancing awkwardly and flailing around spilling beer on people. She also was trying to hang all over and sort-of flirt with Ben, for which I served her up a few dirty looks laced with the clear message of "Keep your damn drunken hands off my man." Ugh. Ben handled it nicely; he has lots of experience with that sort of person from his many stints at Bonarroo!
Anyway, aside from that it was a fun show and a great end to a rather nice holiday weekend!
Anyway, aside from that it was a fun show and a great end to a rather nice holiday weekend!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
100th Post! 100 Things I Like...
This is my 100th post on this blog! Little did I know all those years ago that I would be having this much fun sharing all my random thoughts with the world... or at least with my mom and the five other people who regularly read this blog.
I decided I would do a post about 100 random things I like... in no order, no rhyme or reason... These are not my top 100 things, or an exhaustive list of things I like. I just typed out everything as it came to me, and sometimes saying one thing I liked made me think of something else. Also I did some linking in case you like these things too.
Now on to the list!
1. Sleeping with lots of pillows
2. Baby name books
3. Libraries
4. Popcorn at the movie theater
5. Writing blogs
6. Shel Silverstein
7. Swimming
8. Artisan & Craft fairs
9. Leggings
10. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
11. Red airheads
12. Getting stupid-excited about the Twilight movie
13. Kristin Wiig on SNL
14. Driving
15. Chubby cheeks on babies
16. Scalding-hot showers
17. Really bright red fall trees
18. Taking pictures
19. Target
20. Shredding papers
21. Guinea pigs
22. The music of Leeland, especially "Sound of Melodies"
23. Watching figure skating
24. My graphic designers I work with
25. Cookies & Cream icecream from Braum's
26. Snow
27. The really snarky writing on Gossip Girl
28. Exclamation points
29. Writing and receiving real letters
30. When Heather calls at 9 pm and asks if I want to go to Sonic
31. The movie "Can't Hardly Wait"
32. Estee Lauder's Beautiful Sheer & Ralph Lauren Romance perfumes
33. Garth Brooks
34. Hugging my dad after I haven't seen him in a long time
35. Acoustic guitar driven music
36. Celebrity gossip
37. Scruffy and how cute he is
38. The St. Louis Zoo
39. LOST
40. Daydreaming of working for a really cool company like Google or Pixar
41. T-shirts with pockets
42. Fresh flowers
43. Calvin & Hobbes
44. Knowing all the words to Kanye West's "Golddigger"
45. Re-reading books I love
46. The words to hymns
47. Michaelangelo's Pieta
48. Holidays
49. Having parties at my house
50. 1 John 3:1
51. Horses
52. Going to art museums and remembering all the art history I learned
53. Apples with peanut butter
54. My momma
55. Traveling to new places
56. Being barefoot
57. Getting a haircut
58. Fuji Apple Chicken Salad from Panera
59. Baz Luhrmann movies
60. The city of Chicago
61. Cello
62. Being goofy with Ben
63. Scrapbooking
64. Shopping for scrapbooking stuff
65. Potatoes
66. Children's books
67. Going to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game in Busch Stadium
68. Headbands
69. Cute flat shoes
70. Quoting shows and movies I love
71. Steve Carell
72. Purple irises
73. My red purse
74. When kids say funny things
75. French fries from Kriegers with extra seasoning
76. Mountains
77. Doing laundry
78. Being "outdoorsy" through kayaking
79. When people have a funny laugh
80. Office supplies
81. My friend Rob & his family
82. Jason Mraz
83. Watching college football
84. Finding people on Facebook and looking at their pictures
85. When Jesus heals the little girl in Mark 5
86. The smell of outside in the spring
87. Milk
88. When my whole family is together at Christmas
89. Wearing jeans
90. Nicknames
91. Reading in the bathroom
92. Chips and cheese dip
93. Falling asleep to rain and thunder
94. Mark Rothko's color field paintings
95. Looking at beautiful wedding pictures
96. The X-Files
97. Getting a pedicure
98. Needtobreathe
99. Natural lighting
100. Taking naps
I decided I would do a post about 100 random things I like... in no order, no rhyme or reason... These are not my top 100 things, or an exhaustive list of things I like. I just typed out everything as it came to me, and sometimes saying one thing I liked made me think of something else. Also I did some linking in case you like these things too.
Now on to the list!
1. Sleeping with lots of pillows
2. Baby name books
3. Libraries
4. Popcorn at the movie theater
5. Writing blogs
6. Shel Silverstein
7. Swimming
8. Artisan & Craft fairs
9. Leggings
10. Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
11. Red airheads
12. Getting stupid-excited about the Twilight movie
13. Kristin Wiig on SNL
14. Driving
15. Chubby cheeks on babies
16. Scalding-hot showers
17. Really bright red fall trees
18. Taking pictures
19. Target
20. Shredding papers
21. Guinea pigs
22. The music of Leeland, especially "Sound of Melodies"
23. Watching figure skating
24. My graphic designers I work with
25. Cookies & Cream icecream from Braum's
26. Snow
27. The really snarky writing on Gossip Girl
28. Exclamation points
29. Writing and receiving real letters
30. When Heather calls at 9 pm and asks if I want to go to Sonic
31. The movie "Can't Hardly Wait"
32. Estee Lauder's Beautiful Sheer & Ralph Lauren Romance perfumes
33. Garth Brooks
34. Hugging my dad after I haven't seen him in a long time
35. Acoustic guitar driven music
36. Celebrity gossip
37. Scruffy and how cute he is
38. The St. Louis Zoo
39. LOST
40. Daydreaming of working for a really cool company like Google or Pixar
41. T-shirts with pockets
42. Fresh flowers
43. Calvin & Hobbes
44. Knowing all the words to Kanye West's "Golddigger"
45. Re-reading books I love
46. The words to hymns
47. Michaelangelo's Pieta
48. Holidays
49. Having parties at my house
50. 1 John 3:1
51. Horses
52. Going to art museums and remembering all the art history I learned
53. Apples with peanut butter
54. My momma
55. Traveling to new places
56. Being barefoot
57. Getting a haircut
58. Fuji Apple Chicken Salad from Panera
59. Baz Luhrmann movies
60. The city of Chicago
61. Cello
62. Being goofy with Ben
63. Scrapbooking
64. Shopping for scrapbooking stuff
65. Potatoes
66. Children's books
67. Going to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game in Busch Stadium
68. Headbands
69. Cute flat shoes
70. Quoting shows and movies I love
71. Steve Carell
72. Purple irises
73. My red purse
74. When kids say funny things
75. French fries from Kriegers with extra seasoning
76. Mountains
77. Doing laundry
78. Being "outdoorsy" through kayaking
79. When people have a funny laugh
80. Office supplies
81. My friend Rob & his family
82. Jason Mraz
83. Watching college football
84. Finding people on Facebook and looking at their pictures
85. When Jesus heals the little girl in Mark 5
86. The smell of outside in the spring
87. Milk
88. When my whole family is together at Christmas
89. Wearing jeans
90. Nicknames
91. Reading in the bathroom
92. Chips and cheese dip
93. Falling asleep to rain and thunder
94. Mark Rothko's color field paintings
95. Looking at beautiful wedding pictures
96. The X-Files
97. Getting a pedicure
98. Needtobreathe
99. Natural lighting
100. Taking naps
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Twilight in the Sunlight
So I promise this post is less about my Twilight obsession and more about my love of beautiful photography. In the new issue of Vanity Fair they did a story on the Twilight phenomenon and it was accompanied by the most breathtaking photographs. Principle stars Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, along with the rest of the cast, were shot at a farm near LA by photographer Peggy Sirota. It's sort of a basic concept - put pretty people in a sunny field and they're going to look good - but the lighting she captured as the sun was behind them is so magnificant. Here were a few of my favorites:
Of course it is cloudy today, and cold, and raining, and also I don't have the gorgeous cast of a major motion picture on hand to shoot so... maybe some other time.
Everything is just bathed in this warm golden sunlight, and I love it. Looking at these I can practically feel the warmth of the sun and smell that dry grassy earthy scent of outdoors in the afternoon. The styling is great too - love the color palette, love her dress with the Chucks. The whole vibe of the photos is so classic and Americana... and makes me want to go take pictures in a sunny field.
Of course it is cloudy today, and cold, and raining, and also I don't have the gorgeous cast of a major motion picture on hand to shoot so... maybe some other time.
Click here to see the rest of the Vanity Fair shoot and outtakes.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
This One's For Rachel
...who of course started it all. It's also for Jen, Bethany, Lila, Anamarie, and Jenny. And my mom's middle school youth group girls.
EDIT 10/20: Added to the fold this week, my coworker Angilee. WELCOME TO THE SWOONING, my friend. Welcome.
EDIT 10/31: New addition to the fan list, our intern Sarah. Yaaaaay!
EDIT 10/20: Added to the fold this week, my coworker Angilee. WELCOME TO THE SWOONING, my friend. Welcome.
EDIT 10/31: New addition to the fan list, our intern Sarah. Yaaaaay!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
It Was An Accident
I really and truly did not set out to revert back to being a 14 year old girl. It just happened, because I was kinda curious to see what the big fat deal was with these vampire books.
And then, without understanding why or how, I had read all four books (had to have been a good 2000 pages total) in less than four days, and I was compelled to go on the internet and look up everything that could possibly have anything to do with these books, and also the movie that is coming out November 21 (now circled in red on my calendar).
And I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED TO ME, and I'm sorry to all my friends and family who expected better from me. I'm an English major for crying out loud, I'm supposed to be all high-brow and hoighty-toighty (sp?) about my literary tastes, and raving about the new Philip Roth novel and its elegaic postmodern brilliance. But all I can think about is will Stephenie Meyer change her mind and finish Midnight Sun?!
And if that last sentence made no sense to you, it's probably for the better. But if perchance you read that sentence and said, "OMG me too! I need to be inside Edward's head," then I love you and let's make "Mrs. Cullen" bedazzled t-shirts and go see the movie together and maybe afterward we can braid each others' hair and play MASH, if your mom is cool with that. Text me later!
See?!!! SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME!
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