Harry Potter...twice

I dragged Lindsay to the opening night of Harry Potter and we got there at 10:30 and the line was already around the block just to get into the midnight showing. We toughed it out though and actually got great seats. Unfortunately, due to the late hour at which we saw the movie, I kinda feel asleep a little at the end.

AND THEN I got to see it for free when my mentor at work gave me a pair of tickets. It was still good the second time.

Here's what I think about it: It was much funnier than the other movies (not funny, but funnier). There was a ton of teenage romance, more so than I remember there being in the book. As a movie by itself, it was good, but it really didn't focus much on what the book was about. Despite the fact that it's called "The Half Blood Prince" there was literally 3 mentions of the half blood prince during the movie.

Okay, I'm gonna go read the last book now and wait expectantly for the final movies...

The Dark Lantern

Took out this book by Gerri Brightwell from the NYU library. It was an okay read, nothing that I would rave about, but entertaining. It's the story of a maid who comes from the English countryside to work in a house in Victorian London. But of course, everyone in the household has secrets of their own...duh duh duhhhhh! Anyways, like I said before, it kept me entertained but I have NO IDEA why it's called the Dark Lantern. Not too many lanterns, let alone dark lanterns...

Public Enemies

I got to see a free private screening of the movie, Public Enemies. It's Jonny Depp's new movie about John Dillinger, a criminal in the thirties. I enjoyed it but I think a lot of people were left feeling a little disappointed by the ending. It was based on a true story, so the end wasn't all guns blazing and elaborate plotting. The one thing that annoyed me was Marion Cotillard because she was supposed to have an American accent but it was so clearly a French person trying really hard to have an American accent. It would have been better if they just let her be French.

So my opinion is: glad I saw it but also glad I didn't pay for it.

Regis and Kelly!!

I got to go to a taping of Regis and Kelly the other morning with all of the interns. It was pretty awesome.

The set from our second row seats. It's tiny.

But Kelly is even tinier. I don't think that I can convey to you how incredibly small she was. In this picture she looks fact compared to how little she actually is.

Shot of Regis and Kelly with Katherine Heigl, the guest of the day. She wasn't too exciting, kinda blah. Jordan Sparks was the musical guest and she was amazing. Her song Battlefield has been stuck in my head for like a week now.

Regis asking Julia (one of the interns), "Is that your final answer?"

Regis and Kelly filming some extra stuff after the show, with Gelman being all executive producery on the side. He was great, kinda makes me wish I was an executive producer...

After the show, we got to take a tour of the ABC studio and all of the interns took a picture behind the local news desk. Aww, such a nice picture!

Jacques Torres Ice Cream Sandwiches

So sometimes we get f0od at work and the other day we got ice cream sandwiches from Jacques Torres (he is know for his chocolate though he makes other delicious things too). Needless to say, as you can tell from the below picture, they were absolutely amazing. Now the other interns and I occasionally take little afternoon breaks at the Jacques Torres factory across the street for these sandwiches. I'm salivating just thinking about it...

My favorite video online right now...

Celeb Citing #3 and #4

3. When Brad and I were walking back from dinner the other night, we spotted Jimmy Kimmel and his wife across the street from us. It looked like Jimmy was looking at a map or something, while his wife kind of stared at us, since we were clearly staring at Jimmy. She gave us a "I know you're staring at my husband because he's famous, but lets all just play it cool" face.

4. This morning on my way to work I was walking through Washington Square Park and they were filming something by the fountain. It looked like a pretty low budget movie to me, especially after they filmed The Sorcerer's Apprentice (live action version of the Disney movie starring Nicholas Cage), Step Up 3 and Remember Me (Robert Pattinson's new movie) in the park earlier this summer, all of which where huge productions with lots of people yelling at you to walk around where they were filming to avoid being in the shot and to watch the giant wires on the ground. Anyways, as I was walking through the set (nobody yelling at me this time) I saw this guy walking towards me that looked familiar. It was Mark Feuerstein (you might recognize him if you google him - In Her Shoes, short lived show Good Morning Miami, other various things) walking directly towards me. So exciting! They were filming Royal Pains, his new show on USA that I've been watching because Verizon Wireless is a sponsor. Anyways, that was my excitement for the morning and a great way to start my day!

The Radys Came to VIsit!

So a couple of weekends ago, the Radys stopped by New York on their tour of colleges. I got to hang out with them on Saturday night in Times Square. First we had sushi at this place called Haru right off of Broadway. It was super delicious and I kind of keep dreaming about it, so clearly, I must return. Then we went to see Mamma Mia, which was really great. It was almost exactly like the movie (or probably more accurately, the movie was almost exactly like the show...) except that the actors sang about a bazillion times better than they did in the movie. I always want to go to Greece after watching it... And I always have ABBA stuck in my head for a solid week. Anyways, that about concluded our night since the Radys had been up since a really ridiculously early hour. Hopefully it was the first of many visits to come :)

Hiiiii...

Sorry I haven't posted anything in awhile. I'm probably going to do some massive posting in the next couple of days, if I can remember everything...