I just got some pics of our place from our sales guy.  The first one is the shower in the master bath.  The second is the staircase.  That's right; that's a staircase.

We're hard at work making Jamie's foray into the world of assisting fashion stylists turns into a full-fledged business.  So, I put together a little web site for her.  http://www.thesegues.com/jamie/.  Also, for those who haven't bothered checking her blog in a while, she actually posted recently.

July 2nd - The Clearing
Robert Redford and Willem Dafoe.  The trailer's got me intrigued on this one.

July 9th - Anchorman
Yes.  I'm Ron Burgundy?

July 16th - I, Robot
At the moment, I haven't seen too much about this movie other than that Will Smith is in it, but it looks like the best one scheduled for release this week.

July 23rd - The Bourne Supremacy
I really liked The Bourne Identity, so I'm hoping that this is a strong sequel.  Catwoman comes out this week as well, and I just want to note how stupid that movie looks to me.  Any comic book fans out there know if the Catwoman character has a deep history in comic books, or is she just a peripheral character?

July 30th - The Village
I've loved everyone of M. Night Shyamalan's movies, and this looks to be no exception.  Very psyched.  However, this film has some heavy competition in my eyes with The Manchurian Candidate and Garden State coming out the same weekend.  Manchurian stars Denzel Washington, whom I'm becoming a bigger fan of lately, especially after Man On Fire.  Garden State, which Jeff keeps talking about, was written and directed by and stars Zach Braff (of Scrubs fame).

UPDATE: Added links as requested.

Jamie and I went and saw Stateside this past week.  It wasn't great but wasn't terrible either.  We went to see it because we knew Tony played some part in it.  It turned out to be a pretty small part, but it was worth a day at the ArcLight.

It's about this time of year that I used to prepare the movie going schedule for the summer at ubc.  Since I don't do that any more, I thought I'd share my summer picks here.

June 4th - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Yeah, that's right.  I read the books.  The first two movies were pretty good as well.  I am a little nervous about the new director, but I'm hoping that Rowling has enough say in the finished product to keep it from going bad.

June 11th - Napoleon Dynamite
I've mentioned this before.  Sorry, it's only going into limited release.

June 18th - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
If the name doesn't say it all, then Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn should say it.  Granted, Starsky & Hutch was a flop, but this premise should be a better backdrop for their styles.  The Terminal also comes out this week, but I'm still undecided.  The first teaser teased me not, but the first trailer peaked some interest.  Plus, Hanks and Spielberg can't be too bad.

June 30th - Spider-Man 2
Very excited.  Plus, it could be the Dudley's big screen debut!

Well, I was going to do the whole summer, but I accidentally hit back in the browser and lost this whole post, and now I'm so annoyed that I had to retype it that the rest of the summer will have to wait.

Here she is with her birthday carrot cake...the big 2-5!

I in no way want to trivialize civilian casualties in Iraq.  However, how about this for some practical wisdom?  Try a voluntary moratorium on “celebratory gunfire” while there's a war going on in the country.

I thought I'd start mentioning on occasion how much diesel costs in these parts.

Today's Price: $2.29

In Hollywood, connections are what it is all about.  Of course, I would argue that connections are what everything is all about, even beyond the social and financial to the spiritual, but that's another blog for another time.  Anyway, Jamie has expanded her connections this week.  Through a referral from the stylist that she has been working for, she has now been connected to an agency that handles projects for many prominent sylists in LA and elsewhere.  It's too early to tell what fruit this connection will bear, but they sound eager to book Jamie, so here's to hoping!

We signed the contracts on Saturday for our new place.  We're excited, yet subdued, because we know we don't get to move in for 8 months.  The community is called Playa Vista, and the particular condos we're moving into are called Chatelaine.  For those unfamiliar with the area, you can check out all kinds of maps online.