Lindsay here. So back in July I had decided to embark on a fantastic adventure and start a new project. This project was to re-read all seven Harry Potter books (Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows) and after reading each book to re-watch the corresponding movie. I recently finished 'Project Harry Potter' (took a little over one month) and I had so much fun with it. Those books are amazing...definitely my favorite book series ever. I have harped upon "Prisoner of Azkaban" being my favorite book of the series and "Half Blood Prince" being my favorite movie of the series. Severus Snape is my favorite character and Dolores Umbridge my least favorite character. I need to meet Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith and J.K. Rowling. Just putting that out there.
So after finishing that project I decided I needed to start a new one. So my current project is to re-watch all 10 seasons of the hit show 'FRIENDS'. Let's see how long it takes. I started on Saturday and am on disc 3 of 4 discs of season 1.
Monday, August 24, 2009
(500) Days of Summer
This is my favorite movie of the summer. It really reminded me of Annie Hall in the best possible ways.
What was your favorite movie of the summer?
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What was your favorite movie of the summer?
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Friday, August 14, 2009
The Play Is The Thing
Lindsay hasn't blogged about her production of "Beauty and the Beast" so I thought I should tell you -- it was a success!
It wasn't just a success for a first time director, but it pulled in more money for the program then any other year.
Broadway is next for Ms. Dias :)
It wasn't just a success for a first time director, but it pulled in more money for the program then any other year.
Broadway is next for Ms. Dias :)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Dear California, I love you!
My heart belongs in California
My week in the greatest state in the country:
So, my trip had finally arrived. After one long year of waiting and waiting to go to visit my beautiful cousins in California, the time had finally come. August 5, 2009. I awoke that morning with a need to get out of Rhode Island and a huge smile spread across my face as I realized that I was on my way out! Out of the rain, out of the boring dull everyday life that I was leading and onto a brighter happier time. A place where the sun shines and the people grand! I hopped out of bed, took Gracie for a walk and finished up my packing. My mom picked me up and we headed to the airport. T.F. Green that is, which as most people in RI know, is NOT in Providence but in Warwick. But apparently the state itself wants to pretend the airport is in Providence. Never understood that. Also don't understand - the Pina Collada song! This song is basically about a married man who puts in a personal ad in the newspaper to find someone else (to cheat on!!) and at the finale he meets the person who answered his ad and it's his wife...so both of them were planning on cheating and then forgave each other??
Anyways, back on topic - I read some of my book (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) while waiting for my plane. I boarded and started my journey. On the first flight, connecting in Atlanta I listened to my iPod and slept. We landed in Atlanta and I made my way through the 'busiest airport' but wasn't too bad. I found my gate and then got some lunch at Dunkin Donuts. Yum flatbread sandwiches! The flight from Atlanta to San Diego was fine. Uneventful and pretty decent. I do love airplanes. I watched Sweeney Todd and then read Harry Potter. I arrived in San Diego Airport and met up with my cousins Debbie and two of her boys Johnny and Eli downstairs. Got my bag and headed on out. We stopped at a mexican place and got some food to go. I got some yummy chicken quesadillas. After that we went to Debbie's house in Temecula.
Now, Debbie's house is gorgeous! I've been there, lived there for half the summer after college and visited for a day a while back. But they did some work on it since my visit and if it was beautiful before it was even more so now. The whole house and outside grounds are inviting and peaceful. A resort like feel! The pool in the back is just breathtaking. A swim-up bar like area, a hot tub up higher with a waterfall over stones leading into the pool, two more waterfalls - one falling from where the fire pit area is and another along a stone wall. They have a nice couch/table setup underneath a wooden canopy type thing, with a flat screen TV overlooking the comfy set. All of this outside! We hung out there and played Apples to Apples, which was a lot of fun. Then Rick and Anthony came home from football and we watched 'I survived a japanese game show' on the outside TV. Now that is what I call a vacation! That show is pretty funny. But rather dumb. I hit the pillows after that and feel sound asleep.
On Thursday (the 6th) I awoke to the sound of kids playing, love that sound!!! Well, I was already awake but I thought I'd put that. I went out into the family room and watched TV with the boys waiting for Debbie to come back from Tennis. We then went mini-golfing at a place called Mulligan's. It was so much fun! We had a LOT of laughs - A LOT! I forget the scores at the end but I do remember that Debbie and I both got the same exact score, haha. We went back to the homefront and went swimming and then watched movies and had delicious dinner (more about the food later!!!).
Friday (the 7th) I woke up and watched TV with the kids again. Becky and Ben had come in late Thurs. night and slept over so they came down about 15 minutes after I woke up. I was so excited! Ben and the kids went swimming and Becky and I caught up before Debbie came home. We hung out at the pool all afternoon and it was magnificent! I will say it once and then more haha I love that pool! Later on we took Eli to his hockey clinic and then ate dinner and then went to see Anthony play football, which we missed it all. After football we ate more food and then made smores out on the fire pit! I am in love with the entire house and outside.
Saturday (the 8th) ... I kind of forget what we did all day. We swam and played Wii with the boys. Then while Becky & Ben went to a party for Becky's friend and Debbie and Rick went to a birthday party for their friend I took the boys to dinner and then to see Transformers. The movie was pretty good. Lots of action. After the movie we hung out until Debbie and Rick came to pick us up. I gave Anthony, Johnny & Eli each $1.00 to play games and then we got picked up. Coincidentally we all arrived home at the same time (all of us and Becky & Ben). The boys went to watch TV upstairs and Ben and Rick sat on the couch. Debbie, Becky and I had our own lil party in the kitchen. Debbie made us these lemon drop martinis. OH MAN! They were good. Needless to say all three of us girls (the "sisters with attitude" we called ourselves) were very 'happy' I'll say. :) I am going to keep this night between the three of us because it was just too fun and too good to share! We had MANYYYY laughs and it was a night of great memories. I had so much fun. (THANKS DEBBIE!!!!)
We went to bed at 1:30am, and I immediately fell sound asleep. Sunday (the 9th) the lovely Bertran family went to church and Becky, Ben and I slept. Becky and Ben had to leave as they were headed up to Santa Barbara for another party. When they left we all went in the pool. I spent the entire day relaxing on the pool float (and playing catch with the entire Bertran clan) Such a wonderful relaxing fun day. We watched movies and then went to bed.
Monday (the 10th) we all woke up and got ready to go to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. What a fun place!!!!!! We saw Lions, and baby cheetahs!!!! SO CUTE! We went on a really cool "African Safari Tour" through the grounds and saw giraffe, zebras, gazelles, rhinos, ostrich etc. We went into some bird enclosure where Debbie and the boys fed nectar to the birds, on their arms. I get freaked out by birds so I was the designated photagrapher. We saw some fake dinosaurs, that was cool. I took the boys on a dinosaur 4D simulator ride, fun!!! But the most amazing thing for me was...we had the opportunity to go back into the elephant enclosure (THANKS DEBBIE!!!!!) As the only 2 people who read this blog know - I LOVE ELEPHANTS!!!! They are my favorite animal ever. We were really close to them and we got to see a little baby one. SO CUTE! I was mesmerized. On our way out we went to the store so I could get my statue elephant (I collect them from everywhere I go, if they have them) and Debbie bought me a little cute elephant figure. I named him Radje (The first letter of all of their names - Rick, Anthony, Debbie, Johnny, Eli). Out of my elephant collectables he is my favorite, mainly due to the sentimental value of him. In fact, in that saying, if ever there was a fire, and you can only save one thing, I would totally grab him above all other things (this is not including Gracie.) We got back from the park and Anthony went to football. Then we took Johnny to his guitar lesson and I went to Target and bought the boys a gift...one for each of em. Then we ate dinner and hung out and went to bed.
Tuesday (the 11th) woke up and got ready for the beach. When Debbie got back from Tennis we were on our way. We went to Oceanside Beach (I think) I again relaxed. I had more color on my front so I layed on my stomach so that my back could get color so I didn't look like a down right fool! haha. Johnny and Eli dug a hole while Anthony and Debbie boogie boarded. After a little while we walked down the boardwalk to a place called Ruby's and had some DELICIOUS milkshakes and fries. I got Strawberry-Banana. Anthony got Butterfinger, and I tasted that and wished I had gotten that instead. SO GOOD! Next time though!! ;0)
After that we went back to my california home (yes, I've decided I live there!! In Spirit {FOR NOW!!} ha) and Eli and I played chess while Anthony went to football. Debbie helped me out with the scavenger hunt I had planned for the kids to find their gifts. We ate dinner and played Wii. I beat Eli in baseball 1-0, Johnny beat me in baseball 6-3 and then Debbie, Johnny, Eli and I played tennis. SO FUN! Oh and we also played bowling. Once Rick and Anthony came home and ate dinner I put up all the scavenger hunt clues and then gave them the go ahead. They seemed to have a lot of fun looking for their next clue...I know I had a blast watching them!!! Sadly after they found their toys and played for a little while it was time for bed. :( I didn't ever want to go to bed, because it meant the next morning I would be leaving this fantastic place!
Sunday (the 12th) I woke up early :( and got dressed and packed up. Said goodbye to Rick :( and got in the car. :( We played the game I got Anthony (Would you Rather?...) in the car, which was funny and hard because of the movement of the car. It took us an hour and fifteen / half to get to the San Diego airport. Glad for the long drive to spend the last few moments of my vaca with my favorite people. We arrived at the airport :( and Debbie and the boys got out and gave me hugs goodbye :( I waved them off as they drove away :(((((( Then waited in line at the curbside check-in and then got to the gate 45 minutes later. That airport was BUSY!
I must have looked a mess cuz I seriously was crying my eyes out in the airport!!! And on the plane!!! (both of them!) Oh man, I must have cried the entire trip back home. I was soooo sad. I still am. I feel like my heart belongs there in California. I feel it and I know it. In fact, I am 85% sure I'll be moving there in the near NEAR future...possibly next year or maybe even sooner.
So the food. OMG Debbie is the most amazing-est cook in the whole entire universe (and pluto!) Wow. I don't think I've ever had more delicious food. She made homemade pizza (yummmmm), homemade tacos (best ever...deliccccciiiiioooooussssss), Chicken cutlets / potatoes (WOW! And she made a secret sauce that was to. die. for.) We also had ribs and corn. Loved all the foooood. Oh and she made nachos and quesadillas for like pickies.
I miss everything about that household. But most of all I miss my family. The best part of the entire week was spending time with them and I would give anything to be there right now.
My week in the greatest state in the country:
So, my trip had finally arrived. After one long year of waiting and waiting to go to visit my beautiful cousins in California, the time had finally come. August 5, 2009. I awoke that morning with a need to get out of Rhode Island and a huge smile spread across my face as I realized that I was on my way out! Out of the rain, out of the boring dull everyday life that I was leading and onto a brighter happier time. A place where the sun shines and the people grand! I hopped out of bed, took Gracie for a walk and finished up my packing. My mom picked me up and we headed to the airport. T.F. Green that is, which as most people in RI know, is NOT in Providence but in Warwick. But apparently the state itself wants to pretend the airport is in Providence. Never understood that. Also don't understand - the Pina Collada song! This song is basically about a married man who puts in a personal ad in the newspaper to find someone else (to cheat on!!) and at the finale he meets the person who answered his ad and it's his wife...so both of them were planning on cheating and then forgave each other??
Anyways, back on topic - I read some of my book (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) while waiting for my plane. I boarded and started my journey. On the first flight, connecting in Atlanta I listened to my iPod and slept. We landed in Atlanta and I made my way through the 'busiest airport' but wasn't too bad. I found my gate and then got some lunch at Dunkin Donuts. Yum flatbread sandwiches! The flight from Atlanta to San Diego was fine. Uneventful and pretty decent. I do love airplanes. I watched Sweeney Todd and then read Harry Potter. I arrived in San Diego Airport and met up with my cousins Debbie and two of her boys Johnny and Eli downstairs. Got my bag and headed on out. We stopped at a mexican place and got some food to go. I got some yummy chicken quesadillas. After that we went to Debbie's house in Temecula.
Now, Debbie's house is gorgeous! I've been there, lived there for half the summer after college and visited for a day a while back. But they did some work on it since my visit and if it was beautiful before it was even more so now. The whole house and outside grounds are inviting and peaceful. A resort like feel! The pool in the back is just breathtaking. A swim-up bar like area, a hot tub up higher with a waterfall over stones leading into the pool, two more waterfalls - one falling from where the fire pit area is and another along a stone wall. They have a nice couch/table setup underneath a wooden canopy type thing, with a flat screen TV overlooking the comfy set. All of this outside! We hung out there and played Apples to Apples, which was a lot of fun. Then Rick and Anthony came home from football and we watched 'I survived a japanese game show' on the outside TV. Now that is what I call a vacation! That show is pretty funny. But rather dumb. I hit the pillows after that and feel sound asleep.
On Thursday (the 6th) I awoke to the sound of kids playing, love that sound!!! Well, I was already awake but I thought I'd put that. I went out into the family room and watched TV with the boys waiting for Debbie to come back from Tennis. We then went mini-golfing at a place called Mulligan's. It was so much fun! We had a LOT of laughs - A LOT! I forget the scores at the end but I do remember that Debbie and I both got the same exact score, haha. We went back to the homefront and went swimming and then watched movies and had delicious dinner (more about the food later!!!).
Friday (the 7th) I woke up and watched TV with the kids again. Becky and Ben had come in late Thurs. night and slept over so they came down about 15 minutes after I woke up. I was so excited! Ben and the kids went swimming and Becky and I caught up before Debbie came home. We hung out at the pool all afternoon and it was magnificent! I will say it once and then more haha I love that pool! Later on we took Eli to his hockey clinic and then ate dinner and then went to see Anthony play football, which we missed it all. After football we ate more food and then made smores out on the fire pit! I am in love with the entire house and outside.
Saturday (the 8th) ... I kind of forget what we did all day. We swam and played Wii with the boys. Then while Becky & Ben went to a party for Becky's friend and Debbie and Rick went to a birthday party for their friend I took the boys to dinner and then to see Transformers. The movie was pretty good. Lots of action. After the movie we hung out until Debbie and Rick came to pick us up. I gave Anthony, Johnny & Eli each $1.00 to play games and then we got picked up. Coincidentally we all arrived home at the same time (all of us and Becky & Ben). The boys went to watch TV upstairs and Ben and Rick sat on the couch. Debbie, Becky and I had our own lil party in the kitchen. Debbie made us these lemon drop martinis. OH MAN! They were good. Needless to say all three of us girls (the "sisters with attitude" we called ourselves) were very 'happy' I'll say. :) I am going to keep this night between the three of us because it was just too fun and too good to share! We had MANYYYY laughs and it was a night of great memories. I had so much fun. (THANKS DEBBIE!!!!)
We went to bed at 1:30am, and I immediately fell sound asleep. Sunday (the 9th) the lovely Bertran family went to church and Becky, Ben and I slept. Becky and Ben had to leave as they were headed up to Santa Barbara for another party. When they left we all went in the pool. I spent the entire day relaxing on the pool float (and playing catch with the entire Bertran clan) Such a wonderful relaxing fun day. We watched movies and then went to bed.
Monday (the 10th) we all woke up and got ready to go to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. What a fun place!!!!!! We saw Lions, and baby cheetahs!!!! SO CUTE! We went on a really cool "African Safari Tour" through the grounds and saw giraffe, zebras, gazelles, rhinos, ostrich etc. We went into some bird enclosure where Debbie and the boys fed nectar to the birds, on their arms. I get freaked out by birds so I was the designated photagrapher. We saw some fake dinosaurs, that was cool. I took the boys on a dinosaur 4D simulator ride, fun!!! But the most amazing thing for me was...we had the opportunity to go back into the elephant enclosure (THANKS DEBBIE!!!!!) As the only 2 people who read this blog know - I LOVE ELEPHANTS!!!! They are my favorite animal ever. We were really close to them and we got to see a little baby one. SO CUTE! I was mesmerized. On our way out we went to the store so I could get my statue elephant (I collect them from everywhere I go, if they have them) and Debbie bought me a little cute elephant figure. I named him Radje (The first letter of all of their names - Rick, Anthony, Debbie, Johnny, Eli). Out of my elephant collectables he is my favorite, mainly due to the sentimental value of him. In fact, in that saying, if ever there was a fire, and you can only save one thing, I would totally grab him above all other things (this is not including Gracie.) We got back from the park and Anthony went to football. Then we took Johnny to his guitar lesson and I went to Target and bought the boys a gift...one for each of em. Then we ate dinner and hung out and went to bed.
Tuesday (the 11th) woke up and got ready for the beach. When Debbie got back from Tennis we were on our way. We went to Oceanside Beach (I think) I again relaxed. I had more color on my front so I layed on my stomach so that my back could get color so I didn't look like a down right fool! haha. Johnny and Eli dug a hole while Anthony and Debbie boogie boarded. After a little while we walked down the boardwalk to a place called Ruby's and had some DELICIOUS milkshakes and fries. I got Strawberry-Banana. Anthony got Butterfinger, and I tasted that and wished I had gotten that instead. SO GOOD! Next time though!! ;0)
After that we went back to my california home (yes, I've decided I live there!! In Spirit {FOR NOW!!} ha) and Eli and I played chess while Anthony went to football. Debbie helped me out with the scavenger hunt I had planned for the kids to find their gifts. We ate dinner and played Wii. I beat Eli in baseball 1-0, Johnny beat me in baseball 6-3 and then Debbie, Johnny, Eli and I played tennis. SO FUN! Oh and we also played bowling. Once Rick and Anthony came home and ate dinner I put up all the scavenger hunt clues and then gave them the go ahead. They seemed to have a lot of fun looking for their next clue...I know I had a blast watching them!!! Sadly after they found their toys and played for a little while it was time for bed. :( I didn't ever want to go to bed, because it meant the next morning I would be leaving this fantastic place!
Sunday (the 12th) I woke up early :( and got dressed and packed up. Said goodbye to Rick :( and got in the car. :( We played the game I got Anthony (Would you Rather?...) in the car, which was funny and hard because of the movement of the car. It took us an hour and fifteen / half to get to the San Diego airport. Glad for the long drive to spend the last few moments of my vaca with my favorite people. We arrived at the airport :( and Debbie and the boys got out and gave me hugs goodbye :( I waved them off as they drove away :(((((( Then waited in line at the curbside check-in and then got to the gate 45 minutes later. That airport was BUSY!
I must have looked a mess cuz I seriously was crying my eyes out in the airport!!! And on the plane!!! (both of them!) Oh man, I must have cried the entire trip back home. I was soooo sad. I still am. I feel like my heart belongs there in California. I feel it and I know it. In fact, I am 85% sure I'll be moving there in the near NEAR future...possibly next year or maybe even sooner.
So the food. OMG Debbie is the most amazing-est cook in the whole entire universe (and pluto!) Wow. I don't think I've ever had more delicious food. She made homemade pizza (yummmmm), homemade tacos (best ever...deliccccciiiiioooooussssss), Chicken cutlets / potatoes (WOW! And she made a secret sauce that was to. die. for.) We also had ribs and corn. Loved all the foooood. Oh and she made nachos and quesadillas for like pickies.
I miss everything about that household. But most of all I miss my family. The best part of the entire week was spending time with them and I would give anything to be there right now.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Lindsay Is In Love
Lindsay is in love.
His name is Snape. Write in bloggers if you want to hear all about it!
His name is Snape. Write in bloggers if you want to hear all about it!
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