Skeptickle

I had so much fun this Halloween . Rob and I went up to the City to hang out with our friends M & G and danced the night away. The only sad part was that M was sick so he had to go home early, but other than that it was one of the best parties I’ve ever been to.

Pictures:

Vampire Bill (from True Blood).

A very sick Santa, literally.

Keepin' it together.

Scary tooth-fairy.

I was a Renaissance pirate wench.

Much needed H2O after a tiring night of dancing.

Hope you had a fun Halloween too!

R.I.P. Heath. You did great work and we will surely miss it.

I’m reposting this video that I found on Mrs. Shortcake’s blog. It’s too cute not to share!

Disney/Pixar did it again with their new movie Up. I have to admit, I used to be skeptical about Pixar’s animation especially when they were acquired by Disney. I didn’t think their creative genius would last. I mean look at Dreamworks. They used to be entertaining when they made Ants and Shrek (I &II) , then it all went downhill from there. They now seem like they are trying too hard to be like Pixar and have very little original or interesting storylines of their own. And when they do, they go over the top and try to be “cooler” than their audience (check out Sharks Tale and Shrek III and you’ll know what I mean). Maybe I’m so unhip that I can’t relate to their characters anymore, even though I can always emotionally relate to Pixar’s characters.

Pixar just has an elegant way of telling a story and their jokes are always tasteful. Anyways, I was still skeptical of their latest movie Up because the trailer made it seem like the characters were very one-dimensional. So what if an old geezer tied a bunch of balloons to his house and told everyone else to piss off? Why should I care about him or that chubby cub scout?

Well, my inner pessimist sure got silenced within the first twenty minutes of that movie. With the exception of Grave of the Fireflies (which I wouldn’t recommend to anyone who doesn’t want to feel deep and utter despair), I don’t think I’ve ever teared up during an animated movie before. Don’t get the wrong idea though, Up was not nearly as depressing as GOTF. I had to really hold it together because we were sitting amongst Rob’s co-workers and apparently Rob was feeling the same way at the time. The old man’s backstory helped us relate to him at a deeper level. I won’t give it away because it was a surprise to me and I think it’s better as a surprise. Every time Rob and I come out of a Pixar movie we’d reevaluate our favorites, and Up has definitely made it to both of our top 5 Pixar movies list. Here’s my current list (so far):

• -Ratatouille
• -Up
• -Toy Story 2
• -Finding Nemo
• -Wall-E

I’m really looking forward to the release of Toy Story 3 that’s scheduled to come out next year!