Movie: 5-Year Engagement

Before my movie update, which is a little premature since I'm seeing Taken 2 tomorrow afternoon, life update.

Got my first peer review response back for my paper for the Aquarium. I've been torn the last week or 2 over whether I wanted a lot of information/help back or want them to side with my findings (mostly, lack of data). On the one hand, you want more information because you want more information, but that can also look like I didn't do my due diligence and was a sloppy researcher. Granted, it's nearly impossible to exhaust all sources of information, especially when I've got a language barrier, but you don't want to feel like you missed some obvious stuff! So, on the other hand, I want them to side with me because then it looks like my struggles and paper looks like I DID do my due diligence and I'm, basically, validated in my findings, but that's also kind of a bummer because you want more information! What a conundrum...My first response has been in agreement with me so that felt good. I feel like even if the others are like, "She missed this and this paper and why is this this way?" at least I had that one that was in agreement with me. I guess a balance of reviews would be nice in that regard. So, I feel somewhat good today. Still waiting for other responses, but at least one is out of the way and I can relax tonight (my Friday!).

Today, at work was absolutely exhausting. I actually took (if I was lucky) a 10 minute lunch (normally ours are half-hours) and skipped my last break. Skipping one break a day isn't that unusual (I've done it before, I'm the worst of everyone about that), but I usually, at least, take my full half-hour lunch! It was just crazy...I was running all over the place. I rarely had a minute where I was just standing around doing nothing. If it wasn't a store credit, it was paint being spilled on our floor (once again, I am thankful we don't have carpet...though, I admitted that I probably cleaned the store's floor more often than my own, which...what does that say about me and my housekeeping? LoL), or someone needing help with furniture, or furniture coming in, or whatever. It was just nuts. We also hired a new person this week and our new Lead is still learning how to do store credits and things like that so I was training and juggling things. I didn't even think to do inventory today, which is done on Thursdays. It totally escaped my mind it was so nuts for me. I can't even say that the store itself was busy and business was crazy. It was just all the people and things that came up that were nuts. It doesn't help when you have 2 regular high-maintenance customers that come in and monopolize quite a bit of my time. I at least knew their situations, which makes a world of difference, but it was still time consuming. I'm just glad work is over and it's my Friday! I NEED the weekend to recover from today!

In other stuff, not a whole lot is going on. I haven't done my nails since the last time. I can't wait till my right index nail grows out, though. Ugh. Thankfully my nails grow really fast, but still!

It's been a crazy TV watching week with Sunday and Monday such heavy days for me. Six shows on Sunday is a little crazy...Normally Sundays were kind of slow for me, but now it's my biggest day and Monday has 4! Thankfully, Tuesday has no shows...Course, Sundays I track 7 (Dexter is the 7th), but since I'm 2 seasons behind in Dexter, I need to catch up at some point. Monday's 4th show is Revolution, but I think I'm going to drop it. I don't seem to really want to watch the 2nd episode. I did like 666 Park Avenue, but it is a horror/drama and it was a little scary (says the person who does NOT like ANYTHING remotely scary). So we'll see how long I can keep with it, but it does grab you fairly early. It'll be a good show, if nothing else, to talk with my co-workers about. Elementary wasn't too bad, but it might be a little early to tell. So, if you take out Revolution and Dexter, I'm watching 18 shows a week...Project Runway ends soon and I'm not sure about Arrow. So, I could be at 16 or 17 shows soon. There's also Nashville to try out, which isn't included in the count! You realize 18 shows at about 45 minutes each is 13.5 hours of TV a week? Huh. Wonder what that says about me...

Anyway, on to the Five-Year Engagement with Jason Segal and Emily Blunt. Honestly, this movie felt like I spent 5 years watching it. I was expecting a comedy or rom-com and it was more of a dramedy (drama-comedy) and, I'm sorry, but it was a failed attempt. It was funny where it was meant to be funny, but, other than that, there weren't many laughs and the drama was REAL drama. Oh man...There were moments I just wanted to slap them to tell them to wake up or something! It was also 2 hours long and it was a LONG 2 hours to watch...There was abundant cussing and it made me laugh because even Chris goes, "Wow, there's a lot of cussing. I don't think you should be listening to this!" (I don't cuss, so lots of cussing around me becomes really apparent to people who know me.) It wasn't like every line or even most of the movie, but there were a few scenes (especially the times when they argue) that it's heavy cussing. Perhaps the funniest thing was when Blunt's character got shot in the knee with an arrow by their about 5-year-old niece. It was only funny because of Skyrim and the "took an arrow to the knee" jokes ("I used to be "blank," until I took an arrow in the knee"). I guess the whole principle with the movie is that couples will always have their disagreements and compromises, but as long as you are willing to work through them, you can make it as a couple? I don't know. I don't recommend it. Grade: D

Tomorrow I'm seeing Taken 2 and I'm excited to see it, but also don't have my hopes set high for the movie either. I'm sure it'll be a good action film, but don't expect much else. I am excited for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel coming out on RedBox in 1.5 weeks. I really want to see that. Not a whole left in the year to watch in theaters...There's maybe Breaking Dawn, Part II and for sure Hobbit and Les Mis. I guess that's better for the wallet! DVD rentals, there's a few. Since RedBox is on a delay, it's a little confusing when I will be able to access some movies. So we'll see!

With that...I'm trying to catch up with Burn Notice. I've got 6 more episodes to catch up! Not to mention I might paint my nails tonight (if I don't fall asleep...).