Gretch-a-sketch (old)

A few things I’ve come to appreciate lately…

Movie: Baby Mama I’ve been wanting to see this since the first preview during 30 Rock and it finally came to a theater near me a good five weeks after the initial release date. Ah, the joys of living in a small town. I mostly wanted to see it out of residual loyalty to my girl Tina Fey and her bff Amy Poehler. I didn’t go in expecting brilliance and was not let down! (How’s that for a back-handed insult?) But here’s the key point: I laughed. A lot. It was slapsticky and predictable, but it was good at it. The only way I’d buy it would be if I found it on the $7.50 shelf at Target. So basically, in about nine months or so that baby is mine!

Book: French Woman Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano I’ve been reading bits and pieces of this for quite a while now, but on Friday I zipped straight through the last half. Mireille does a convincing job of showing just how much she loves food, but that loving food does not equal over-indulging. It also made me more aware of my eating habits and what I need to change. I didn’t view it as a diet book, although some may construe it as such. Her descriptions are compelling and the recipes seem reliable.

Album: Weezer (Red Album) Confession: I’m a recent Weezer fan, which is totally weird because I should have been listening to them since age 12. Therefore, I’m not very knowledgeable about the debate between the Blue Album or Pinkerton. I got the Red Album for my birthday and here’s the deal. I like it. I don’t love it, but it’s catchy and mostly well-produced. They cram too many styles of music into a short set of only ten songs. Also, Rivers Cuomo and Rivers alone should be the singer of the band. Highlights: Pork and Beans, Heart Songs (if only for all the music allusions), Dreamin' and Thought I Knew.

Television: Freaks and Geeks I watched the pilot online while doing laundry last night and I’m hooked, line and sinker. I’m hesitant to see the rest of it because I really want to watch it with the Lil’ Bro. If we had grown up in the Midwest during the early 80’s, I’m positive our lives would be exactly the same as Sam and Lindsey Weir’s. Added bonus: A young-ish James Franco...if I lived anywhere near L.A. I would get a restraining order so fast because of him.

Website: Crème de la Mode The Crème girls are determined to bring you “the best fashion, decor, food, design, humor and randomness the web has to offer.” They aren’t kidding, either. They’re sassy and the writing is top-notch. And sometimes, they post about unicorns.