So last year I said I was going to try to read 50 books and that if I got half way there I'd consider it an accomplishment. Well, I made it half way, and a little bit further, so below you'll find a list of the books I read in 2007:

1. Jennifer Government by Max Barry
2. Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
3. Children of Men by P.D. James
4. The ( Read more... )

I've never been a fan of New Year's Eve or the whole New Year holiday in general.  It's pretty much just another day to me.  And for whatever reason, despite always trying very hard, I never do anything special to ring in the New Year.  I always end up sitting on a couch somewhere, with Ritchie and his brothers, watching the ball drop.    Although ( Read more... )

I'm not one who tends to get caught up in arguing with someone over the internet...particularly a stranger...however, the person who is scolding me for flying with my dog this weekend, that I mentioned yesterday, is seriously beginning to piss me off.  I just need some confirmation here- am I wrong to feel that she's being rude by telling me not to ( Read more... )

I'm getting really nervous about flying with the puppy and my source for all knowledge, the Sugar sites, have failed me.  They do have a pet info site, PetSugar, however there seems to only be 3-4 posts a day (as opposed to Buzz's 14 and Pop's 25+...and even the lesser visited sites have at least 10), and I've PMed the chick twice asking about ( Read more... )

I feel like I could write 10 different posts regarding lots of different things going on, but it would probably just end up being a lot of boring fluff.  So following please find some random tid bits from life, with only a moderate amount of boring fluff:

-The world did not want me to see Atonement for some reason.  I was SO not in the mood for the ( Read more... )

This time of year are when things really start to get great around here.  As soon as October hits it's a downward slope of fall, birthdays, holidays, and best of all, movies!  Everything worth watching starts to come out.  Not only is it Oscar season, but it's also time for the AFI fest, something I've really come to love in LA.

The AFI film ( Read more... )

Before I started work I was able to get to Best Buy and pick up a new cord to hook the camera up to the computer, so as a result here are some more pictures of that cutiepie pup of ours, Brando.  Livejournal won't let me embed the whole album, so you'll have to follow the link to see them all, but for the impatient, I've included a few of my ( Read more... )

I'd like to take a minute to introduce a brand new member of the Filippi/King family.  It only took me two years, but Ritchie finally caved (and I think he's secretly really glad I wore him down) and I'd like to present my adorable Basset Hound puppy:

Yes, we named him Brando.  It's fitting, considering he's a cute little guy now, but later in life ( Read more... )

At some point during what will now be deemed the "summer of unemployment" I started drinking my coffee black with one sugar. I heard this called "The Devil's Kiss" in a movie once and I always liked that. Ritchie thinks that people who drink their coffee black do it because they're bitter, but I think I just got tired of whether we had milk or ( Read more... )

If you're in two minds about Stardust, about whether or not to see it or even when to see it, please go and see it this weekend. Friday night if you can. Take friends. If necessary, take them at gunpoint. They will love the movie so much they will forgive you afterwards. And if they don't forgive you, you can dispose of them quietly -- you're the ( Read more... )