Invictus

So I have been snowed inside my house for almost two days!! It is so unexpected because snow like this never ever ever happens in Maryland!! My family decided that we needed to get out of the house today, so we did some family Christmas shopping--I got the best present for my little sister, she's gonna love it (hopefully), but I can't say what it is until Christmas--and then we all went to go see Invictus tonight. It was so good, I'd give it a great review! If you haven't seen it yet, definitely put it on your to-do list (as you should The Blind Side, especially my Southern College bloggers-you'll love Leann Tuohy (she happens to be a KD also!). Anyway, Invictus was so so so good. I didn't know much about the setting of the movie, what it was about, etc, but I would recommend it to everyone!

Both Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon (whom my mom and I love) were great actors in this flick!

Check out this photo of my street from my window:

Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is covered in about 2 feet of white powdery snow. It will probably freeze over tonight, and make everything unsafe, but it sure does look pretty!

Tomorrow I have this HUGE GIGANTIC alumni dinner that I'm hosting for the class of 2009 from my high school. I absolutely cannot wait since I've been planning for like a month. It is going to be so much fun to see everyone (or the people who can make it) and hear all about the different college stories. My fabulous mom designed the coolest cake for everyone to see also. I'll take photos for you all to see. I'm going to wear my pink tweed forever21 skirt that I just got the other day with black tights, a black turtleneck, and some type of black shoes. The shoes have changed because now they have to be ice/snow/precip safe for sure!!

I'll be sure to tell you all about the party tomorrow! I'm SO excited!!

xxKatie

Valentine's Day Movie

Spoiler Alert!!

Hey everyone! I hope you're having a most wonderful Valentine's day snuggling with your loved ones and maybe watching a little bit of the Ralph Lauren drenched Olympics!! Last night a girlfriend and I went on a whim to go see the new movie, Valentine's Day. I'm sure as you all have heard, it snowed a BUNCH here in SC which was unbelievable! The snow ruined a bunch of my weekend plans so we decided to catch a movie so that we weren't bored on a Saturday night. I though that the movie was adorable and would recommend it to anyone! I'd give it 8.5-9 out of 10 stars for a few reasons:

The Bad: Taylor Swift is an awful actress. I'll admit I listen to many of her songs, but acting is not her forte. I'm sorry but she is only reinforcing a reputation of being a silly teen girl when she plays the lovestruck, dumb blonde who loves her boyfriend for being attractive and a stellar track star. Also, (spoiler alert!) the writers make Ashton Kutcher sad. He is just not a sad actor, he's silly and goofy and smiley and just not sad, but he has to be sad and I wasn't used to that.

The Good: I didn't catch the final twist (if you have seen the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about!!) at all. The people sitting behind me apparently did, but I didn't catch it and I ended up crying at the end! I love both of the plot lines of the characters here: Bradley Cooper and Julia Roberts. My favorite couple though was the oldest couple who has a massive fight after having a non-awkward (but would be awkward in real life type situation) conversation with Emma Roberts' character. I also really liked that McSteamy and McDreamy were featured in the same movie! Yet again, McDreamy is still a doctor and his same character (but somehow I can't get his Mazda 6 commercial voice out of my head) from Grey's Anatomy. Another aspect that I liked were the combination of all the stories. There was a huge intertwining of all the couples which added a great dynamic to the movie and it all made sense from the very beginning of the movie since the relationships were established early on. PS: the soundtrack is AWESOME! Make sure to listen to all the great remixes and fabulous classics that they feature throughout the movie. I think Jennifer Hudson sings a song in it, and she was super!

The movie overall was very reminiscent of Love Actually, but just an American version. Unfortunately I wonder if some of the characters were lifted right from Love Actually (cough cough the little boy who doesn't understand love without a mother cough cough).

I would recommend this movie if you'd like to see a cute chick flick about relationships and Valentine's Day (and even some anti-Valentine's Day). It is very cute and definitely worth the ticket price as long as you hit up CVS for your own movie snacks like we did!!

xxKatie

Groundhog Schmoundhog

So, whatever groundhog result means more winter was apparently what we got, but let me tell you, that ground hog was pretty incorrect. Now, I hope I'm not jinxing the weather, but it has been SO unbelievably nice here! As the weather people say, it has been "unseasonably warm" recently and I love it! It makes me so so so excited for spring break and lacrosse season! The other day, we had a "free dress" day at school, meaning we can wear whatever we want and you pay a dollar for it. Usually there's a fundraiser behind it, but some weeks the money just goes to student council. Anyway, I was able to wear my new black Jacks to school and they were fahhhhbulous! I love them!!!!!

My mom finalized our spring break plans, and I have to be here one of our two weeks because the boys have like 80 games (just kidding!) that I have to statizize (I'm the stats girl). I think they have 3 or 4 games and then they head down to Atlanta, GA, for some warm training. When they go there, my family and I are heading to Arizona! I can't wait! It is going to be so much fun. We're staying at this resort that's like a water park and has all this cool stuff and then one day we're going to the Grand Canyon. I've never been West before and my parents got really excited about it too! Then when I get home, we start school a few days later and the season picks right back up where it left off!

There is so much going on right now that I have to write about. Last night, with my friend Caroline, I saw He's Just Not That Into You. Oh my goodness! It is so cute! you must go see it! The cast is fabulous and I don't care what the critics say, but it is great! There is a huge Love Actually vibe because (without spoiling) there are a bunch of couples that the movie follows, but the couples never like interact with each other (I'm pretty sure...minus like 2 couples). Anywho, it is adorable and a must-see!!

Also, today I got a new pair of running shoes! I love them! They are bright blue, white, and turquoise! I have gotten into working out at least 3 times a week since cross country ended and I lift and do cardio each day. I actually am seeing results and my dad seems to be pretty proud of me! He says now that I've gotten carrots (poking fun at my muscle size) I have to look forward to getting sweet potatoes!

I'm sorry that I haven't really been writing too much, but school is just nuts! I've been at college after college every weekend and have yet to make a decision, and I won't really know until about mid-March. I will be sure to keep everyone posted!

Happy Valentine's Day Eve!

xxKatie

Love Actually: Greatest Movie I've Seen in Awhile

As a movie reviewer on rottentomatoes.com says, Love Actually is "ten romantic comedies rolled into one". It's a British flick all about love...actually! It starts out with a narrator, aka "The Prime Minister" who is Hugh Grant (and fabulous) and he says,

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

I mean who wouldn't already be melting, and we're probably three minutes into the movie. Some of the taglines are "All You Need Is Love...Actually", "Very Romantic. Very Comedy.", and "The Ultimate Romantic Comedy".

My ultimate favorite movie scene from any movie is in LoveActually. I don't want to give any of the story away, but this should motivate you to go see it, enjoy:


Go out and rent/buy/download/TiVo/DVR this movie as soon as you can. Definitely in my top 5!
xxKatie