The weekend can be summed up with one word for the most part, movies…
Friday night after work we headed to Doni & Phil’s to pick up a stack of movies that Phil has been burning and then from there we went to Blockbuster to rent a couple others. First up was Napoleon Dynamite. I had heard a bunch about this movie before and how funny it was supposed to be, but perhaps I heard it a few too many times. I wasn’t all that impressed with the movie, but I can see how it could be one of those “cult classic” type movies. Perhaps I will watch it again after Phil burns a copy of it. Next up was Garden State, which Kim really wanted to see. The funny thing is she had already seen it and didn’t like it, she just forgot right up until we started it again. This was another one that was built up to be so good, but I think that did more damage than good. I didn’t particularly care for it, although I think I dozed off at one point. I guess you either love it or hate it. In my case I really just didn’t get it. At this point we probably should have gone to bed, but Kim decided to try one more movie, 13 Going On 30. Is it wrong for me to say that this was the most entertaining of the night? Yeah it?s a modern day version of Big involving the opposite sex, but at least it entertained for a short time…

Saturday I woke up to Kim attempting to file her taxes. The hardest part was trying to work with the “survey” that H&R Block had setup to simplify the process. The problem is that we have so few things to enter I would have actually preferred to use the actual tax form. Either way, we will soon be over $1000 richer, money that I’m sure will be used towards credit cards or some things for the new apartment. From there we got an oil change, ate at Chipotle, and then went to the grocery. Once we got back home it was time for movie night two. We started with Ray which was definitely better than the movies the night before. I actually learned quite a bit about his life from this movie, and found it to be quite entertaining. I felt like it ended strangely, but the two and half hours were enough I guess. From there we attempted to watch Troy. I think we made it through the first hour or so before both falling asleep on the couch. The movie doesn’t seem to be that bad, but it also doesn’t seem to be that good. Winner for the weekend would have to be Ray.

Sunday we took care of some more errands: Petsmart, Target, grocery store. Afterward we cleaned a few things around the apartment and before we knew it the time had come for the Super Bowl. We headed way out to the suburbs to meet up with Joel and Amanda along with some of Joel’s roommates aka Money and Noid. The bar we went to was Zig & Mac’s which looks much better than the website. The place was covered with TV’s and was far from full, the perfect place to watch the game. They also had $10 buckets of Rolling Rock! The commercials were a bit of a letdown this year, however it started strong with the Bud Light skydiving one. There were a couple good ones from Ameriquest, and an honorable mention to careerbuilder for all the monkey commercials. When we entered the bar, we were encouraged to put our names on a couple of squares for the standard Super Bowl Squares game. I ended up with 7-7, 8-4 and 9-5 (I cannot remember the teams for those but it doesn’t really matter). Hopefully you know what game I’m talking about. The coolest part is that I won at halftime, since it was tied 7 to 7! I got a big Ketle One bottle chiller, a Smirnoff martini set, a couple shirts and a hat. You can’t beat free prizes! Overall, the night was very good even though the game was not always as good…