The Teahouse of the August Moon

This is for the playbook , which I also own, oddly enough, having gotten it at B&N on super discount. There's a movie based on the play. Marlon Brando plays an Okinawan in the movie. Ahem. He does seem to believe in his role, but seriously, I cringed.
The play has some funny moments about the ineptness of the Army/US government and how they think they're great while the Okinawans actually outsmart them at every turn, but nothing much really goes on and I admit to boredom.

Index Cards, Plain, 4x6, Unruled, 100/PK, White - MEA

What can you use these cards for?
Better to ask, what CAN'T you use them for?
I use them to:

outline books that I write (one scene per card)
make flashcards
glue recipes to
make little pictures
write notes
make bookmarks

I just like how they're stiffer than paper, not as stiff as cardboard.

Hot Tub Time Machine

Fast moving and fairly funny. Though it did not make sense that they would initially have all their from the future accessories (snowboard, cell phones, backpacks) and then also have their from the past accessories. It was enjoyable though you could see the twists coming from a light year away.

Threadless shirt "Dreams of Flying"

Super comfy 100% cotton T from Threadless. Be aware that the tag on the shirt says you can wash warm, but the screen printed care instructions say wash cold; I suspect that's so the design won't come off. I washed mine on delicate with the shirt turned inside out.

I like how the design draws your eye up to the face and then diagonally across the body. I felt very curvy and pretty in this shirt, and it's comfy, too.

Anne of Green Gables - The Continuing Story

Whoa. This takes place 5 years after we last saw Anne of Avonlea, but Anne looks a lot older because it was actually filmed 13 years later. Yikes!

Gil &Anne are finally going to get married but then the country goes to war and Gil joins up. Then he goes missing in action and for some reason Anne thinks she can find him, so she joins the Red Cross. While in Europe there are a series of incredible coincidences that make you shake your cane at the screen and shout, "HOW COULD YOU AND THAT GUY meet in Europe and then find this other guy and then this other guy during a war?" In other words I started sputtering.

In storytelling, the first rule of thumb is you get ONE coincidence, not 2000.

Also, this in no way sticks to the novels.

But the actors, particularly Megan Follows, who plays Anne, are affecting despite the implausible story.

A855 DROID Black Smartphone

I got this phone recently for my upgrade. I understand that it's "open" and that is "good" but this info in NO WAY benefits me. I would like somebody to come over and program my phone for me, because I am far too lazy to take full advantage of all the benefits, I think.

Well, average user being me, I like it. It has a GPS better than the Garmin my in-laws have. It has lots of different apps and games. The most amazing one to me is the barcode scanner, which instantly looks up products for you.

What I don't like is the fact you need an app called App Killer to close your apps when you stow the phone. Why dont the apps just close on their own? Was this better than the alternative, the automatic closing of apps? I do not know.

Despicable Me: The Movie.

"Despicable me! Despicable me!" my 4 year old went around singing for a month before the movie hit theaters.

Good marketing aside, this was an enjoyable movie for me and the kids. I can't tell you how many awful kids movies I've sat through just because I am such a good mama. (And usually Brendan Fraser seems to star in many of 'em, which is a whole 'nother story altogether).

Anyhoo, Steve Carell voices Gru, this bad guy who revels in his badness. Gru reminded me a bit of my husband, which is probably why I liked him. (Again, whole 'nother story). Gru's being edged out by a young geeky bad guy.

Enter 3 cookie selling orphan girls. (The orphanage director looks exactly like this girl I went to school with but whom I hope grew up to be nicer than the orphanage director).

Anyway, I liked the look, the script, the characters. The soundtrack is by Pharrell, some kind of hip hop guy? I dunno. It was LOUD. I'm not sure if it's that loud in all the theaters or if it was just our boom-box-made-deaf teenage boys running the local show.

Wrigley Eclipse And Orbit Gum, Spearmint WMW22665

Because I have an ear problem stemming from my allergies which hasn't been resolved yet, I chew a lot of gum. It helps my ear pressure.
I get this gum at Costco and it's the cheapest gum they have, i.e. the most for the buck.
But the flavor lasts maybe 10 minutes tops.
Also, the big cases fit in your drink holder, but are awkward in a purse. I have to have a baggie for gum.

How to Be an American Housewife

Many of you on Sazze have witnessed the blood, sweat, and general kvetching involved in the long road to publishing this book. Ay, 'twas only a twinkle in me eye when I first joined Sazze. Finally, your wait is over. Or it will be on August 5. Ta-da!

This is the story of Shoko, a Japanese woman who marries an American sailor during the US occupation; and her daughter Sue, a biracial American woman. It's also the only book I've ever heard of that also has a Mormon, a nationalist Japanese man, and a gay man as characters. Full blown characters celebrating everyone! Because I am just a mixing-pot kind of gal.

And the story! Oh, the story. Love and loss. Mothers and daughters and the search for understanding. A story that takes place in wartime and modern Japan and the United States. A story that will have you weeping and laughing and pulling out your hair and hugging the book to your chest like a long-lost offspring. Yes, the book you have been waiting for.

If you're a guy, and you think this story sounds too chickie for you, MAN UP and read it anyway! In fact, reading this book is proven to improve virility by 1000%! (results may vary; consult a physician before using the book in this manner)