I’ve been icky sickie the last few days. I haven’t had a cold this bad in YEARS.
I had a temporary break in the yuckies on Saturday and left the house to celebrate Matthew’s NINTH birthday in San Francisco! We had tons of fun, I plan to post pictures, hopefully tomorrow.
But in the meantime… Because I want to share a good thing when I’ve found it, I want to talk about my new favorite movie: Dan in Real Life. 
Follow that link, spend a minute listening to the music while you read the rest of this post. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
I love the soundtrack. It was so perfect. I saw this movie on the airplane on the way to my workshop… when I got back, I told Dave we needed that soundtrack, he got it and fell in love with the music. It’s awesome… mellow, pretty, nice.
But the movie itself is also a gem. I’ve always loved Steve Carell. He’s hilarious. But I really loved him in this part. It was much more serious than his usual, and it fit him so well. I just loved the pace and mood of the movie… not overdone, subtle in the humor, perfect soundtrack…Great movie. Mom- you’ll really love it.
Of course, now people will have expectations and be disappointed when they see it, because movies never live up to huge expectations… but I loved it.
Also, because I’m trying to post more of my sessions, here’s a couple of my favorites from the session I did for Stephanie, who needed some images of herself for a big project.
Ok… that’s enough sitting upright for today. I think I’ll go lay down. Maybe I’ll watch that movie again, while we still have it. 
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Shannon, ME TOO! Ohmiheck. I had a bad ole’cold back in January, came home from Love Affair and immediately got a worse cold. I’m still not over it. I’ve had too bad cases of peeling nose from all of the blowing. I’m going crazy just wanting to have no more phlem…ugh. I hope you’re feeling better. It was absolutely wonderful to have you at Love Affair. You are a sweet gift.
Oh! And I watched Dan on the way home from NC and loved it. Is there anything I don’t love about Steve Carrell? He was wonderful in this movie…
Jay and I saw Dan in Real Life in the movie theatres and loved it. I was laughing so hard at the part where they’re at the piano… I was almost crying. I just rented it from Netflix and watched it two more times. And you’re right, the soundtrack is awesome.
I hope you feel better soon!
i’ve been HORRIBLY sick too. it has been an absolute nightmare!
maybe my comments about the movie will even the playing field a bit for people. i didn’t enjoy it, it was WAY to slow for me and the music bored me to death. i did however laugh in a few places. now i believe that if i had seen it when it first came out in the theatre i probably would have LOVED it because this movie is honestly right up my alley. people raved about this movie and said it was their fave. and so hysterical so i bought it before seeing it. the hype ruined it for me. i want my money back! hahahah! there, maybe that lowered the standard a bit for those who haven’t seen it yet.
glad you loved it though…all of my friends did too.
hope you get better soon!
The same day I read this, Trevor’s sister was raving about “Dan”. Now I feel like a loser who never gets out much. I must remedy that. Love the new blog header. Can’t wait for the new site:)
I was just talking about Dan in Real Life today! We started watching it a couple weeks ago but started it too late and had to break for sleep. Today someone said something about a bookstore and immediately I remembered that I must finish watching that movie! Tonight!