After the Movie Gallery in the town I work in closed, I thought my DVD spending would be cut back. The only other option in town is an old, small Wal Mart that is the only one on the planet that doesn’t offer sales on the first couple days for new releases. That is what initially led to the wait for “previously viewed” movies. As they say, I have more time than money & can wait the 6 months or so & get 4 for the price of 1.

The ‘store is closed so I’ll save money’ theory was a good one but all that made me do was buy 8 or 12 instead of 4 when we did get to a town with a video store. This weekend was one of those weekends. I discovered a new video store in the town 40 minutes away. JACKPOT!!!

I had gotten over my obsession with wanting to see Time Traveler’s Wife. I had read the book twice & knew the movie (of course) wasn’t going to be as good but it was there & I had to get it. It really wasn’t as bad as everyone said. Of course there was a lot not in it but I didn’t think it was a bad movie. I’m glad too because I saw nothing in common with Dustin Time (my time travel novel).

I had no idea what to expect from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, but it did turn out to be a cute movie. The last Harry Potter wasn’t as bad as all my daughter friend’s claimed it was either. I’ve learned to just watch them all anyway – no matter what someone says & decide for myself later. At the worst, I’m out 2 hrs of my life. I’ve done worse things in 2 hrs…*nudge nudge wink wink* Very few movies have gone to the “never watch again” pile in my house – none of this weekends binge are in that pile… yet. I still have 4-$2.95 jobbers that I had never heard of but bought because I like the people in them – we’ll see how I do there.

I finally saw Julie & Julia last night too, which I thought was cute. Yeah, yeah, cooking blah blah blah, but of course – my brain focused on the other part of the stories. The writing/ publishing issues going on. From Julia Child’s rejections then happiness when she gets the letter finally from a publisher to Julie writing a blog, getting offers then having a movie made from her book. Yes, add to the dream. I’d love to see Dustin Time as a movie someday… the dreaming never does end…*sigh*

At one point in the movie, I had my hubby rolling laughing. Julia Child is waiting in the train station for a lady she had never met. Her co-writer was shocked she was being picked up by someone she had never met before & didn’t “know”.
“I do know her. Kind of. We write letters,” she said.
I turned to hubby. “See… it’s like me meeting friends I know over the internet…only with pen & paper.”

Pen pal… facebook & writing forums… same difference, Si? ;)

*runs off to start stalking Ron Howard*