Nope! He Doesn't Like Me - Ep: 33

Movie Review

This weekend Teresa and I watched The Artist, the 2011 Oscar winner for Best Picture. I had wanted to see it, but kept forgetting to add it to my Netflix queue. 

The Artist, starring Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, and John Goodman, is about a silent movie star who meets a young lady who is trying to make it in the picture business. She slowly moves her way up to being a star. She is also in the first talking pictures, while the silent movies and silent movie star gets pushed aside.

This movie was a lot of fun to watch. Who would have thought making a silent movie in 2011 would be successful! I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is a fan of old movies.

Book Review!

My favorite books to read are book that are made into movies. I love to read the book, then go to the movies to see how it has been brought to live. This usually happens in that order, book then movie. However, this is one of those times where I read the book after seeing the movie. 

Book Summary: Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.

I actually saw Hugo, the movie, a few months ago and enjoyed it very much. It was a magical movie, and the book was just as magical, if not more. It is a wonderful story and it is beautifully illustrated. I would recommend this book to everyone!

Top of The Hops!

This past week I won a pair of tickets to the Top of The Hops beer festival from the Jackson Free Press! I was so excited. This is something I had wanted to go to of the last couple of years, but didn't really want to fork out the $40 bucks to go. 

I took Teresa with me. Although she is more of a Cheerleader beer kind of gal, she had been wanting to branch out and try real beer. So this beer festival was perfect! And it helps that I have a co-worker who is a beer connoisseur, who printed the beer list and highlighted all the beers Teresa should try. Thanks Lacey!

There were over 150 different kinds of beer to try. Of course, we didn't try them all, but we did try to hit up the bigger breweries that were there. With the new beer law that pasted last month, the festival was the biggest one thus far. We had so much fun! Looking forward to next years festival.

Today I got...

a library card! This is something I had been meaning to do for a while but hadn't gotten around to it until now. Mostly because A) I had a love for owning books and B) in order to get a card I needed to bring two proofs I live in Hinds County, my electric and water bill, which I kept forgetting to put in my bag. Today I finally remembered! Yay!