Favorite Grammy looks (Lady Gaga, Lea Michele, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and Rihanna). I was NOT a fan of Katy Perry or Britney. Everyone else - fairly forgettable.
So I went to the mall yesterday to spend the last of my holiday gift cards and was appalled to realize that I had (until yesterday afternoon) somehow managed to forget that Valentine's Day is a mere two weeks days away. A wide variety of storefronts helped me to correct this oversight (Hallmark: heart-shaped cards, Victoria's Secret: neon-pink lingerie, Kay Jewelers: diamond eternity rings). As a former Hallmark employee (a 6-month experience during high school that made me forever hate Michael Buble and scented candles), I can guess that they started stocking the shelves with red and pink merchandise at 12:01am on December 26th (or at the very least, I remember putting out Christmas decorations pre-Halloween in the fall of 2005). So, a month later, my total unawareness about the holiday's imminence is a fluke, which I feel will now be over-corrected by an onslaught of reminders everywhere I go. Case in point: today I've seen the advertisement for the movie Valentine's Day about 6 times in a half an hour. I would like my Valentine's-Day-focus today to be on my unnatural hesitation about this movie (I don't know another girl my age who does not have it's release date penciled into her planner or entered into her Blackberry with a million !!!!!!!!). I'll save my thoughts on other flowers over roses (creativity, boys!) for some other time over the next two weeks.
So. Valentine's Day. This movie seems like it should be a winner (to most) based on the sheer number of celebrities in it (Jessicas Alba & Biel, Taylors Swift & Lautner, Julia and Emma Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Dempsey, Ashton Kutcher, Eric Dane, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Kathy Bates, Hector Elizondo, Topher Grace, George Lopez, etc.). Part of my problem with this movie is that the trailer spends SO much time showing off the sheer number of celebrities it managed to land as part of the cast, that I still don't even know what the film is really about. Who is it targeting, for instance? Happy couples: with the nice, obedient boyfriend willing to be dragged along to a chick flick in exchange for popcorn and a snowcone? Bitter singles: looking to watch Jennifer Garner down a bottle of wine, Jessica Biel cry about being alone, and then each to realize the healing power of girls-night-out in overcoming the evils of men? Or, instead, girls that are single-and-loving-it: wanting to admire Bradley Cooper for an hour and a half and then grab Chocolate martinis after the show? Likely the goal of such an ensemble cast is to appeal to all three groups (the couples, the bitter singles and the happy singles), but I'm worried that there are going to be too many storylines for me to really invest in any of them. Obviously, the verdict is still out until I actually SEE this movie (or until either my mom or best friend sees it, and tells me if it's worth the $10 it now costs to make a trip to the theater), but for the moment, I remain skeptical.
SO. Not seeing this movie on the big V-day weekend? Start making dinner reservations (if you're in a relationship) or checking out which of your favorite bars will have the best themed-shot specials (if you're single)! You only have two weeks (and counting) in which to prepare.
So I went to the mall yesterday to spend the last of my holiday gift cards and was appalled to realize that I had (until yesterday afternoon) somehow managed to forget that Valentine's Day is a mere two weeks days away. A wide variety of storefronts helped me to correct this oversight (Hallmark: heart-shaped cards, Victoria's Secret: neon-pink lingerie, Kay Jewelers: diamond eternity rings). As a former Hallmark employee (a 6-month experience during high school that made me forever hate Michael Buble and scented candles), I can guess that they started stocking the shelves with red and pink merchandise at 12:01am on December 26th (or at the very least, I remember putting out Christmas decorations pre-Halloween in the fall of 2005). So, a month later, my total unawareness about the holiday's imminence is a fluke, which I feel will now be over-corrected by an onslaught of reminders everywhere I go. Case in point: today I've seen the advertisement for the movie Valentine's Day about 6 times in a half an hour. I would like my Valentine's-Day-focus today to be on my unnatural hesitation about this movie (I don't know another girl my age who does not have it's release date penciled into her planner or entered into her Blackberry with a million !!!!!!!!). I'll save my thoughts on other flowers over roses (creativity, boys!) for some other time over the next two weeks.
So. Valentine's Day. This movie seems like it should be a winner (to most) based on the sheer number of celebrities in it (Jessicas Alba & Biel, Taylors Swift & Lautner, Julia and Emma Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Dempsey, Ashton Kutcher, Eric Dane, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah, Kathy Bates, Hector Elizondo, Topher Grace, George Lopez, etc.). Part of my problem with this movie is that the trailer spends SO much time showing off the sheer number of celebrities it managed to land as part of the cast, that I still don't even know what the film is really about. Who is it targeting, for instance? Happy couples: with the nice, obedient boyfriend willing to be dragged along to a chick flick in exchange for popcorn and a snowcone? Bitter singles: looking to watch Jennifer Garner down a bottle of wine, Jessica Biel cry about being alone, and then each to realize the healing power of girls-night-out in overcoming the evils of men? Or, instead, girls that are single-and-loving-it: wanting to admire Bradley Cooper for an hour and a half and then grab Chocolate martinis after the show? Likely the goal of such an ensemble cast is to appeal to all three groups (the couples, the bitter singles and the happy singles), but I'm worried that there are going to be too many storylines for me to really invest in any of them. Obviously, the verdict is still out until I actually SEE this movie (or until either my mom or best friend sees it, and tells me if it's worth the $10 it now costs to make a trip to the theater), but for the moment, I remain skeptical.
SO. Not seeing this movie on the big V-day weekend? Start making dinner reservations (if you're in a relationship) or checking out which of your favorite bars will have the best themed-shot specials (if you're single)! You only have two weeks (and counting) in which to prepare.
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