Kel. 28. Lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Graduated from UC Berkeley 2001. Has a small obsession with TV. Enjoys chick lit and teen movies. Major shopaholic. Blogging since January 17, 2002.

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June 27, 2007

My first official "rant" about wedding planning (feel free to skip -- involves talk about the Catholic church and my Dad)...

Before Rob and I went to Southern CA to visit possible wedding sites, we decided that we would not have a Catholic ceremony. To be quite honest, we're not practicing Catholics and it didn't really feel like "us" to have a church ceremony. I knew my Dad would have some "concerns" about this (to put it lightly) so I told him right away. He said he understood and it was our decision. I SWEAR that's what he said. But then just recently, my Dad backtracks and decides to tell me that we have to get married in the church. And this is after he knows that we spent 2 long days looking at sites where we could have both the ceremony and reception in one place.

AAAARRRRRGGGHHHH. I wish he had been straight with me initially so I wouldn't feel like I just wasted a whole lot of time and effort visiting sites that might not make sense now (some of them just wouldn't have the same impact if they were used for a reception only).

But that's fine. Rob and I talked it over and decide that we would respect his wishes, even if we don't necessarily *want* to get married in the church. (Plus, he's helping us pay for the wedding and that in itself, gives him a voice, whether I like it or not). It's not a good reason to do it (and quite frankly, I'm embarassed by it) but arguing with my Dad is like hitting my head against a brick wall. Painful and absolutely useless.

So I start doing a little research online to see what I have to do. I have to find a church that will allow us to get married there even though we're not registered parishioners. Seems easy enough. I'll send a donation. And I'm sure someone will take pity on me since I live in Northern CA and want to have my wedding close to my family and friends. But here comes the rub... I have to find a priest who will still marry us even though we live together (a huge no no, apparently), we don't go to Mass on Sundays, and Rob hasn't received the sacrament of Confirmation (typically required for a Catholic marriage). Why does it have to be so difficult?

I guess it's not really difficult. I'm just grumpy because the whole planning process hasn't been going the way I would like.

Or maybe it's just PMS. :/ Which is entirely possible.

Posted by Kel at 11:15 PM | Comments (2)

June 24, 2007

I haven't really been in the blogging mood lately. Work has been grueling (nothing new there), wedding planning has invaded my life (I'll have to blog about some frustrations another time), and Diesel has completely messed with my sleeping schedule (he has decided to be our personal alarm clock every morning). UGH.

Anyway, I want to keep my TV wrap-up going so here goes...

Tuesday shows! Beware spoilers...

Gilmore Girls
I have to admit that I was a little upset with the show when Rory and Logan broke up in the penultimate episode. I know Logan wasn't the best boyfriend but I really grew to love his character. So I was bummed even though I know it was probably the right decision for both of them. :( As for the finale, I thought it was pretty darn perfect. YES, I cried. It felt a *bit* rushed but I still thought it was such a beautiful ending for this show to have Lorelai and Rory at Luke's Diner -- exactly the way the show started. And I absolutely loved seeing all the Stars Hollow townspeople gathered together at Rory's party. Though the show's about the girls, it was nice to have a chance to say "Bye" to them as well.

Veronica Mars
The finale left me feeling really... incomplete. Maybe even a little depressed. I mean, the last shot of her walking in the rain after voting for her dad was pretty brutal. I adore this show (even though I may complain and gripe about it once in awhile) and I'm actually really sad to see it go. :( Veronica may have been a bit out-of-character this season (at least to me) but I still loved her and I'm going to miss her spunkiness. With that said, I enjoyed the finale (even though it didn't really pack the same punch as the season 1 finale) and I'm glad everyone had their part, particularly Weevil and Wallace. :D

In other non-TV news, I saw the movie Knocked Up today. HILARIOUS... except for the last few moments of the movie. That just made me nauseous. (If you've seen the movie, you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about). Highly recommended.

Hmmm... I told myself I was going to re-read all my Harry Potter books before the last one is released. But I haven't started yet. Oops.

Posted by Kel at 11:06 PM | Comments (0)

June 18, 2007

Aaaahhh, I need a weekend from my weekend. I spent the majority of my 3 days in Southern CA with Rob in a car driving all around Orange County visiting possible wedding venues. So I'm tired. It's a lot of work! But I found 2 venues that I absolutely love -- both are spectacular. I'm just hoping that the costs work out. *crosses fingers*

I never really thought I was superstitious but I'll share pictures once we have the location pinned down. I'm hoping we'll be able to take care of this in the next few weeks! :D

Posted by Kel at 07:29 PM | Comments (0)

June 11, 2007

Haven't been doing much except HATING WORK. Argh. Clients are especially needy and my boss is all strung out and getting on my nerves. :( SUCKS.

AND my company just won the California Lottery as a client so guess what?! That means I can NO LONGER win the lottery. Sure I can play, but I won't be seeing any money should I happen to win. GREAT. How am I going to finance my wedding now?! GUH. (Sorry for all the CAPS. I can't help it).

Speaking of the wedding, Rob and I are going to be in Southern CA visiting our dads this weekend for Father's Day so we've picked 6 venues to visit. I'm crossing my fingers that one of them will work!

Anyway, it's the movie blockbuster season and so far, I've checked out 2 of the billion sequels that are coming out this summer...

Pirates 3
Meh. There were too many things going on and it was waaayyy too long. Plus, the multiple Jacks were totally weird. :/ I did find myself feeling so sad about the fate of Will and Elizabeth, though. That is ROUGH.

Ocean's 13
Well, OF COURSE, I loved this movie. :D George, Brad, Matt... awesome! It was so much better than Ocean's 12. Thank goodness. I mean, it's not an original movie and it was pretty darn predictable, but WHATEVER. That's cool with me. I still highly recommend it for a rockin' good time.

Next up... I totally want to see Ratatouille!

Posted by Kel at 11:37 PM | Comments (3)

June 4, 2007

I have to share another photo of Diesel...

I'm such a proud Mommy! :D

Anyway, it's been awhile since I've blogged about TV so I thought I'd get started with a TV wrap-up for the season.

Up first: Monday shows! Beware spoilers...

24
*yawn* This season was a huge disappointment. So much potential but not enough follow through... like what happened to President Logan? His ex-wife stabbed him and we don't find out what happened to either of them. Or to Aaron. Now that I think about it they never explained what happened with Walid or to President Palmer. But anyway, I didn't care for this season because of the introduction of the Bauer family and their antics. I mean, why introduce Philip and Graham now? And Marilyn and Josh? I didn't care about them at all. Not to mention the fact that the whole storyline completely felt like the writers were just making it up as they went along. UGH. I did enjoy the finale, though, because I got to see Buchanan and Jack working together again. YAY! The last shot was depressing, however. *hugs Jack* I hope next season is an improvement.

Heroes
Not much to say except that this is a *great* show. I love that the finale settled the first "chapter." I just hope that Peter, Nathan, and Matt are okay. :( I haven't read spoilers in ages (for any show) so I have no idea if it's been revealed that they'll be back. I hope so. Anyway, is Sylar dead? Because it didn't seem like it. But then again, none of the other heroes seemed to be too concerned that his body was NO LONGER ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND. That confused me. :/ My favorite part of the finale, though, was seeing Molly and Micah interact. Usually I don't like child actors (cause they're rarely good actors) but these 2 are awesome. :D

I'm actually home sick today (I think I ate some bad sushi last night) so I decided to catch up on the 2 most recent episodes of Studio 60. Before it went on hiatus, I was a little bored with the show but watched it because there was nothing on TV at 10pm on Monday nights. I didn't even miss it while it was off the air these past few months. I forgot I had set it for a season pass on my Tivo so I was pleasantly surprised to find 2 episodes waiting for me. I was even *more* surprised to find that I really, really enjoyed them both! If the remaining episodes are as good, I'll be sad to see the show go.

Posted by Kel at 11:04 AM | Comments (2)