The Baby has arrived!

that title probably really freaked some of you out! (haha!) no, I did not have a baby... my best friend just had a baby! I am so happy for her!! the funny thing is- I predicted that it would be a girl... and it is! I leave to go see the happy new family next week where I will be sure to take LOTS of pictures!!!

Wonderful Willy Wonka

Well, this post is a little late in coming (as I viewed this movie last week), but I felt the need to comment on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I have to tell you that when I heard they were remaking the Willy Wonka movie I was extremely curious to see it. Especially when I knew that Johnny Depp would be playing Willy Wonka (Pirates of the Caribbean is my favorite movie!). I was so curious that I looked it up on Internet Movie Database and watched the first movie trailer for it. Because of that first trailer I was then freaked out! It looked to be a perverted version of the original I loved so dearly! So I immediately decided I didn't want to see it (at this point I must begin to seem very fickle). I did, however, go see some other movies such as Star Wars Episode 3 and Bewitched, both of which were fine but not the best movies I had seen. As many of you must know, each time you see a movie in the theater you are also exposed to several minutes worth of trailers for upcoming movies. So I saw a couple different trailers for Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. As it got closer to the time the movie was to be released, I also saw different interviews of the actors who had parts in the movie. Seeing those I started leaning toward the idea that it wasn't as creepy as I thought it was. Mom thought we could go see it last weekend and she told a few of her friends about it. One friend had heard that Tim Burton was making Willy Wonka out to seem androgynous this seemed odd to me... but we went to see the movie anyway. First of all... I could not see any sign of androgynous behavior on the part of Willy Wonka. Second of all the only slightly creepy part in the movie was when Veruca Salt decided that she wanted a Magical Squirrel, and then proceded to get one for herself. Yes, Willy Wonka is quite an odd character, but thats what happens when you aren't ever allowed to eat candy as a kid, and then live in a candy factory for most of your life. :) According to Tim Burton that is. One of the things I liked the most about the new movie, is Wonka's resurfacing memories throughout the movie that explain why he is who he is. Tim Burton did an excellent job on the sets for the movie and the storyline is much closer to the original, than the first movie. Another wonderful thing about the new movie is Charlie's devotion to his family. His sweet innocence mixed with the knowledge of his family's financial situation makes for an endearing character (plus he is played by Freddie Highmore from Finding Neverland). Charlie's excitement when he gets his birthday present, a Willy Wonka chocolate bar, and the generosity he has in sharing it with his whole family is quite unheard of in this day in age.
So in the end... after all is said and done... I think that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an excellent family movie and I would recommend it to anyone (unless of course you have an extreme fear of squirrels).

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2005, WHEN -
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You go home after a long day at work and you still answer the phone in a business manner.
7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an outside line.
8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies.
10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
12. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
13. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.
14. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
15. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
16. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. :)
17. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
18. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
19. You are too busy to notice there was no # 9 on this list.
20. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list. AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.

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