Lights, Camera, Movie Madness
Welcome to the July Movie Madness Carnival!
I hope you will join us as we discuss our love of movies.
To participate, all you need to do is write a movie-related post. Here are some ideas (but feel free to be as creative as you would like, just as long as you stick to the theme): a movie review, a list of your favorite movies in a genre, a video clip of your favorite movie scene, etc..
The post could be something you wrote today or one you may have done recently that you would like to highlight. Please mention the Movie Madness Carnival in your post and link back to this post here at Daily Mish Mash. Feel free to grab the banner for your site if you’d like.
A little about spoilers…I think it goes without saying that you don’t want to include spoilers in your post. If you must include them, please give fair warning that you are doing so by putting a bold MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS at the beginning of the post.
I FINALLY figured out how to put up a Mister Linky and I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. Please leave your movie post title and url below. Here is how to do this:
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Best Movie Kisses
Since I haven’t seen a movie in a long time that is worthy of writing a review for, I thought I’d make a list of my Top 5 Movie Kisses. They really aren’t in any particular order, but you can probably guess my absolute favorite:
1. The Notebook–Ok, if you hadn’t guessed by now, what took you so long?? This kiss is my absolute favorite. Actually, I love every kiss from this movie, but this one is the best. How can it not be? There is really no comparison when it comes to this kiss.
2. Serendipity- A cute movie, a sweet kiss, and of course, John Cusack (again in some sort of precipitation).
3. Gone With the Wind–A classic kiss! I just watched it on youtube and I love how Scarlett’s all “Fiddledeedee” and Rhett’s all “None of the fools you’ve known have kissed you like this—have they? ” I just love the way he takes hold of the situation and puts her in her place. Not that I’m about men putting women in places, but it works in this scene.
4. Titanic-The color of the sky, the costumes, LEO!!! This is a truly magical kiss.
5. Sixteen Candles–Ahh, Jake Ryan. Didn’t every girl who grew up in the 80’s want to kiss Jake Ryan. Gosh was he was dreamy. Anyway, this is a great kiss:
So, what famous movie kiss do you think should be added to this list?
This post is part of Movie Madness. If you haven’t already entered the giveaway, go here.
Popcorn and Candy and Movies, Oh My!
It’s almost that time again. Are you ready for some Movie Madness fun? This month’s carnival will be held this Tuesday, July 1st. So, get working on your movie related posts. You may do a review of a movie you saw recently, but if you really haven’t seen anything lately worth writing about you may do a review of one of your all-time favorite movies. Or you may simply make a list of movies that you love in a certain genre. There are no rules, as long as your post is related to the theme of movies. If you are still unsure of how to play along, head on over to last month’s Movie Madness page.
Now on to the important news–the snacks! How can we have Movie Madness without the snacks. Here is this month’s giveaway:
It was generously donated by The Obsession Box Company. They have over 500 quality gifts to choose from for any age and occasion.
This Movie Madness gift basket includes:
One $5.00 Blockbuster Gift card, 5 bags of microwavable popcorn, and 4 large 8-9oz boxes of Theater candy. Everything you need for a fun Movie Night! All the items are packed in a large popcorn bucket and wrapped with ribbon! A gift the whole family can enjoy!
I’m going to give you the opportunity to enter this contest four times. Each time you leave one of the following comments your name will be entered to win:
1. Leave me a comment letting me know your favorite type of movie candy.
2. Take a look at The Obsession Box Company’s website and leave me another comment letting me know your favorite gift item. (Leave the comment on this post, but make it separate from any others so it will be counted again.)
3. Write a little blurb about the Movie Madness Carnival and giveaway on your blog and leave me another comment (on this post) letting me know that you did this.
4. Participate in Movie Madness on July 1st. All comments from participants in the MMC will be entered.
So, the more times you comment, the more times you win. Can you tell how much I love comments? The maximum amount of entries you may receive is four. I tried to give opportunities for those of you who don’t have blogs to be able to play along. The contest will be open until Thursday, July 3rd at 12pm (noon) EST and is you must be a resident of the US and Canadian to enter.
Good luck and I’ll see you back here on Tuesday for Movie Madness!
Good Things
Remember the post I did a few days ago about things that were plucking my nerves. Well, it seems that my luck is starting to turn around. Look what we just bought:
That’s five cases, which means 60 cans (not dreadful 2 liter bottles) of stomach rotting, bubbly goodness. And it was only 5 for $10!! Life is good!
And as if the universe was in a really giving mood– guess what we saw sitting outside our pyromaniac neighbors yard all day yesterday?
We were trying not to get our hopes up that it was, in fact, a moving van. I mean they could be just transporting their stuff to another location to have a giant bonfire. It’s possible. But once we saw pretty much everyone on the street sitting outside their houses in chairs, drinking mixed drinks and smiling from ear to ear we knew that they must be celebrating as well. The pyromaniacs are moving!! Hooray!!
And while I’m talking about good things, I have to mention this bloggy award that I received from My Friend Amy. It is an award that Memoirs of a Mommy made up to honor the donor who gave her son a heart. I’m all about organ donation, so I was super excited to receive this award.
Here are the official rules:
The rules of this award are: SHARE THE LOVE!!! Share this award with all those blogs out there that you love. All the people who make you smile. All those that make you laugh. All those that make your day. All those that leave uplifting comments on your blog. **All I ask, is that you include a link to this post with the award and ask your recipient to do the same**
The only problem that I have with these awards is that I feel all Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls trying to narrow down all my favorite blogs to the select few that are worthy enough to sit at the cool table at lunch. I don’t know why I feel this way. I’m not delusional enough to think that there is anyone out there refreshing their page over and over again waiting to receive an award from me, but I still feel like I’m leaving someone out.
Since there was no designated amount of blogs to award, I’ve chosen three to bestow this award upon:
Auds at Barking Mad
Emily at Two Dogs Running South
Met at Prefers Her Fantasy Life
All these make me laugh, smile and generally just be in a better mood when I read them. I hope you’ll check them out.
Friday Eye Candy: The Wet Edition
Next to a guy in a fleece pullover or a guy cleaning my house, there is only one other thing I find irresistable–guys who are wet.
They could have just taken a swim at Pemberley and are surprised to see you there:
Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy)
They could be surfing the day away:
Matthew McConaughey
Or perhaps just forgot to pack a bathing suit, but still wanted to take a dip in the ocean:
Brad Pitt (who by the way is not usually one of my faves, but this picture could have swayed me)
Playing Guitar (or at least holding a guitar):
Justin Timberlake (for my friend Tonya)–Why is his shirt wet and nothing else? Not that I mind or anything, just wondering.
Building sandcastles:
Josh Holloway (Again!!)
Playing soccer (or just holding the ball):
David Beckham (For Carol)–He needs to get a little wetter in this pic!
Right after a quick swim (who needs a towel??!):
Gerard Butler
And how could I let a ‘wet men’ post go by without posting a pic of this glorious man about to profess his undying love:
Ryan Gosling
One more of him because I can and it sort of fits the theme:
And the one man who can never seem to stay out of the rain–John Cusack:
Ok, I find that I keep using the same guys for Friday Eye Candy. These are my faves but they may not be yours. So I was thinking for next week, I would love to feature someone else’s “list” on my blog. Please email your list at dailymishmash (at) gmail (dot) com. I will find the pics and post everything on my blog and then link back to you. If you don’t have a blog, you are still welcome to email me too. I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Edited to add: For those of you coming over from POW, this is a weekly feature on my blog. Make sure to bookmark and come back every Friday!
13 Things That Are Really Plucking My Nerves This Week
1. Coke Zero in a two liter bottle. For some random reason, my husband decided to buy a few bottles of two liter Coke Zero in place of our usual fridge-friendly 12 pack. First day–delicious! Next day–flat and yucky. So, now that we are working on our second bottle I’m feeling compelled to consume the whole damn thing so as not to waste the bubbly goodness.
2. Urinary Tract Infections. Maybe if I drank more water instead of the aforementioned Coke Zero, I would not get them as much. But I figure if Coke can clean corrosion from your car battery, it sure as heck should be able to wash away bacteria in my bladder. Doesn’t this seem like a good scientific theory? No, I didn’t think so either.
3. Giving Kids Homework at Vacation Bible School. Seriously??!! Look, I’m not trying to be ungrateful or anything. I know that you all don’t get paid for all the work that is put into what you do. I do appreciate the almost 3 hour break from my kids (not to mention all the cool crafts you are doing with them while at the same time teaching them about God and stuff) but I do think having homework is a bit much. Come on now.
4. My 3 month old computer freezing up. Ok, Mr. Laptop, I know that I’m working on Friday’s Eye Candy and it is just too much hotness for one computer to handle, but you are seriously getting on my nerves.
5. Clutter. This does not need an explanation.
6. Gas Prices. Again no explanation needed. Well, actually I will add one thing to this. Did you hear about the kids who are protesting the gas prices because their parents had to cut something out of the budget to afford to live and they chose cable tv. Having to give up Sponge Bob would drive my kids to take extreme measures too. I find this story funny but also inspiring. Good for them for trying to take a stand! We should all be protesting because this is getting out of hand.
7. Cats who are always begging for my food. See that bowl behind you. The one with all the food in it. That is yours. This chicken soft taco is mine. And you can take your pathetic look and meowing over to the big oil corporations because with the price of gas being so high, I can not afford to give you scraps anymore. Sorry. Maybe you should make up little signs and protest at the gas station like the kids who lost their cable.
8. People burning things. My neighbors behind us are pyromaniacs I think. They are constantly having a bonfire and the smell of the smoke on a nightly basis is enough to drive me mad. I’ve tried calling the police but I guess they are above the law because they just keep doing it.
9. Matt Damon not looking like the Sexiest Man Alive in this picture. I know it is for a movie, but there really should be laws prohibiting this sort of thing:
10. Ben Affleck. He really hasn’t done anything to annoy me this week, but he just always rubs me the wrong way.
11. Moms in skimpy bikinis frolicking around with their toddlers on the beach. My husband, on the other hand, loved this and couldn’t seem to take his eyes off of them. I think he was just waiting patiently for something to pop out.
12. Having to pay for new lenses for my son’s glasses (that I already spent $300 on so they would be supposedly scratch resistant in the first place) Maybe they wouldn’t have gotten scratched at the beach if the aforementioned husband wasn’t so busy looking at the bikini girls and paid more attention to where he put the glasses.
13. Summer TV. Between Celebrity Circus, Wipe Out and I Survived a Japanese Game Show, I’m avoiding the tv altogether. My kids, on the other hand are loving every mind rotting minute of it.
What’s plucking your nerves this week?
If you like lists as much as me, head on over to Thursday Thirteen.
Up, Up and Away
I have some pictures to share. Sorry to disappoint, but I do not have any of the Ryan Gosling look-somewhat-alike. Are you people crazy?!! I was joking about taking the pic of him. However with all the enthusiasm now I’m kind of tempted.
Anyway, here are a few pictures from our Tour de Virgina vacation last week.
Right before we left for our trip, I had yet another visit from an injured bird. A baby Mourning Dove left its nest, I guess a bit too prematurely, and flew right into our house as we were packing up the suitcases in the van.
Why does this always seem to happen to me? I thought we were going to have to take a detour to the wild bird rescue center, but alas, the poor thing flew away right after I snapped this picture of him/her. I guess it didn’t like being photographed.
Once we got to Williamsburg we met these two feathered friends:
The kids were more excited about these stupid ducks that lived in the pond by our hotel than they were about the amusement parks we visited. I swear we really could have saved a lot of money on this vacation by just driving around looking at license plates and ducks. They would have been just as amused and we would have saved a ton of money.
Ok, here is a picture of me riding the Griffon. See that girl in the front row all the way to the right holding on for dear life. That is me! Loved it!
It was a fun ride but I think I enjoyed Apollo’s Chariot just a little bit more. The Curse of the Darkastle was another really awesome attraction. It put Disney’s Haunted Mansion to shame (and I am a Disney lover, so that says a lot). The kids’ favorite of the day was the Pet Shenanigans, a really cute show with dogs, cats, birds, etc.. doing tricks. I could see that this show might be easily missed, but if you are at Busch Gardens, I highly recommend checking it out.
Here is the last picture. I call this one the World’s Largest Kite. I’m not really sure if this is true, but I sure as heck have never seen a kite this big in my whole life. Sadly, the beast never did get up. I guess size really does matter. At least for kites.
WFMW: FREE Movie Passes
Anyone who knows me or reads this blog knows that I love movies. I just don’t like to spend what seems like our entire life savings on a ticket. And don’t even get me started on the snacks. They are so out of control with their prices.
This is why I have mastered the art of scoring free passes. It is actually easier than you may think. I’ll share some of my secrets with you.
First, check out the following local (to you) websites:
- Radio Stations
- Newspapers (large and small publications)
- Local TV stations
This is how I get most of my passes. These sites are the best resource because for whatever reason, they are constantly giving them away.
Next it is time to check out some other more national websites:
In addition to the above sites, there are a couple of blogs and forums with great info on screenings:
Of course if you live near a big city (especially NY or LA) you’re more likely to have more screening opportunities. You really don’t have to check the sites daily. I have them bookmarked in a folder and I look to see if there are any interesting screenings that I might want to see about once a week or so.
Good luck! If you score any free passes, let me know. You could maybe even review the movie you saw for my Movie Madness Carnival on July 1st. Click here to learn more about this and leave me a comment on this post to let me know if you will be participating.
For more Works for Me Wednesday, visit Rocks in My Dryer.
Why I’m Probably Going to Hell
I dropped my kids off at Bible Camp this morning. No, that isn’t why I’m going to hell. That is obviously a good thing.
I did forget to pick up the snack for the week so I stopped on the way to pick up some pretzels. Unless chronic disorganization and forgetfulness has made its way to the list of cardinal sins, I think I’m safe there too.
The problem came into play at the convenience store. The clerk checking me out (not really checking me out in the sense that I wish he was checking me out, just ringing me up) bore a really strong resemblance to Ryan Gosling. This Ryan Gosling with the short buzz cut and beard:
Now to most people that wouldn’t be a problem. They might just say “Hey, that guy looks a lot like Ryan Gosling” and go on with their day, but that isn’t the case for me.
I am trying to figure out if I can shop my entire grocery list at this little convenience store. Sure it is a little out of the way. Yes I know it would be way more expensive. And I do realize that there are no fruits, vegetables or really anything healthy to speak of, but at least the clerk is cute. And that is pretty much how I pick my grocery stores. Just kidding. Sort of.
Do you think it would be too weird to ask him for a picture for my blog?
Highs and Lows of Our Trip to the Dentist
Low: We were fifteen minutes late for the dentist appointment because I have no time management skills whatsoever.
High: Luckily, they were still able to squeeze us in.
Low: The nasty receptionist made me feel like the worst person in the whole world for being so late. I already felt bad enough so she really didn’t need to rub it in with her dirty looks.
High: The kids didn’t have any cavities! Wooohooo! AND even more importantly, they didn’t scream and flail around like maniacs during their cleanings. I think we may have finally passed the crazy, maniac stage. Hooray!
Low: Both kids will need braces. Not that this was a surprise, but still not looking to spending all that $$$.
High: To celebrate their good behavior, we went to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch. I love Chuck E. Cheese pizza. Yum!
Low: We went to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch. Other than their pizza, I really despise the place. I can’t stand all of the noise and obnoxious kids running around, not to mention that it always seems dirty to me. I also don’t like that they use a rat as their mascot. It just seems like a poor attempt to copy Disney World and they failed. Miserably.
High: There was leftover pizza. I was already looking forward to tomorrow’s lunch. I had them box it up for me.
Low: The kids traded in their 120 tickets for two, lousy pieces of candy. So, not even 1 hour after the dentist made their teeth all nice and shiny, they were back to rotting them all over again.
High: I was able to convince my kids that they really didn’t need to climb through the germ infested jungle gym thingy. I think even they were a little scared of all the noisy, obnoxious kids in the there.
Low: In my mad dash to escape the evil rat’s clutches, I forgot my box of leftover pizza on the table. Booooo.
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