Cookies are good, and so are movies. And hikes, too. Squishy babies, too!

[pricciar]

Idiocracy was enjoyable. A little bit uneven at times, but on the whole it was a fun satire on our consumer culture. Luke Wilson was excellent. I am pretty sure he always is. I can't remember seeing him in a movie that didn't make me laugh a bunch of times. The best thing is he creates comedy out of commonplace unfunny dialog. if other people said it, I wouldn't laugh. But, he just has a delivery that makes me laugh. He was great in it, as was the woman who I had never seen before. It was an interesting cast, with lots of big names in small parts. And, a semi Bottle Rocket reunion with both Bob and Rocketman in small roles. It doesn't have the relevance that propelled Office Space to a cult classic. So, I think Idiocracy will just be a funny movie that Judge made, instead of a movie that everyone has quoted at least once in their lives. But, still fun. And, I am not sure why Fox did such a bad job distributing it. He doesn't seem to have good luck in getting movies into theaters. We'll see what he does next time.

I made chocolate chip cookies on Sunday and went the extra decadent step of crushing potato chips into little pieces and sticking them into the cookies. If you think that is a bad idea you have no idea what you are talking about, because they wound up being delicious. It's nice to bake when it's so cold out. Last night I made up a tuna casserole (I never made that before) and it turned out pretty tasty. It was just an effort to get rid of the extra minestrone veggies, but, it was a worthy effort.

I talked to my friends Pat and Jen this week and got some really exciting news. I am hoping that I can go out and see them at some point this summer. Actually, starting to think about my plans for the summer now. Fun speculation, hopefully, I can make most of it come true.

Here are a couple of pictures from a hike I took last week up to Inspiration Point.

Here's the view from the top at sunset. It was a bit cloudy so we couldn't see the comet, but it was still a nice hike.



And, here we are down near the bottom. I can't for the life of me, take a picture with my camera's night setting without shaking a little bit and making everything blurry. I don't know what that's about. So, this is the best I could do.

Comments

[scout1222.livejournal.com]

That first picture is really pretty!

I am intrigued by the addition of potato chips to chocolate chip cookies. I remember a recipe from my youth for potato chip cookies, so I think this could be legit.

[pricciar.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Those cookies are what made me want to try this experiment out.

pat

[edwardina.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of Idiocracy, which surprises me because I think I'm usually pretty aware of the movie scene, even those that are extremely unlikely to get released where I am. So thanks for the heads up!

[pricciar.livejournal.com]

It got a really really like ridiculously small release in the theatres. I am not sure why. There have been crappier movies with less stars in it to get bigger releases, so who knows.

pat

[tpbrcombo.livejournal.com]

Say, did you happen to see Joannie or Chachi or Ralph Malph or Jenny Piccolo or anybody while you were up at Inspiration Point?

[pricciar.livejournal.com]

Goddamn. I had hear that Australia was very rustic, and similar to going into America's past. I didn't know how literal they were being. Happy Days still showing there on Tuesday nights? Do you have color TVs yet?

pat

[tpbrcombo.livejournal.com]

You have COLOUR tvs over there?

O WHAT AN AGE WE LIVE IN

[hairy-canary.livejournal.com]

Bernadette Peters once asked my Mother that question in all seriousness.

Actually, it was more a case of expressing astonishment that we had TVs at all.

[withbutterflies.livejournal.com]

Squishy babies are good with soy sauce and a side of fried rice. Mmm MMm good.