Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Last night, I watched the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

As a rather large Robert Downey, Jr. fan, I'd been hearing how amazing it was for quite awhile but still had yet to see it. When I realized it was on HBOGO last night, I was thrilled!

Although the plot is kind of difficult to follow, the acting is incredible! It was RDJ's first big (I'm using big somewhat loosely here - although it was a decent hit overseas, it wasn't much of a hit here in the US) movie post-rehab/jail/all that fun stuff. If you're a fan of Iron Man due mainly to RDJ's acting, you'll like this one, too. If you just watch Iron Man for the explosions, you might also like this one. 

Here's the trailer if you want to judge for yourself:

Perry: Look up "idiot" in the dictionary. You know what you'll find? 
Harry: A picture of me? 
Perry: No! The definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are!

30 Questions: Popular

What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?

I'm not 100% sure that most of the world has this wrong...but I'm going to go with the notion that different is bad. 

I think different is amazing.

People who dare to think differently are the ones who change the world. Without differences in opinion and background, we would never see any sort of change. Difference makes the world go round.

"There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" - RFK

Think different!

My Recent Life in Photos

New bedroom with a new duvet cover!

My first piece of IKEA furniture ever.

Another IKEA item that also caused me to throw out my back.

Sporting 2006 Olympic-wear to work

Mountain life

Wandering Park City's Main Street...what ski resort are you trying to find?

New World Trade Center building in NYC

Bright Uggs!

Still the best vanilla cupcake I've ever had!

Cupcakes for Margaux's 21st!

Taking notes in colored Sharpies makes life a little brighter.

Repping the U.S. Ski Team

Absentee ballot!

Nice day in Salt Lake City

More delicious NYC cupcakes!

Gotta work out since I enjoyed all those cupcakes!

Mountain morning

Hot air balloons by the office

My first Utah rainbow

AWOLNATION with Korey and Ashley

Delicious, overpriced cookies.

Truth.

30 Questions: 3 Fears

“I don’t believe you should be ruled by fear in anything in life. I don’t like anything that scares me, I prefer to face it head-on and get over it. Anyone who says they’re not scared is a fool or a liar or both. I just don’t want that fear in my stomach to be a part of my life, so I work to eliminate it.” 

- Anderson Cooper

So, three fears...

A little preface about me and fears: much like the Anderson Cooper quote above, I believe in facing fears head-on.  When I'm afraid of something tangible, I make a point of doing just that.  For example, I was afraid of snakes...so, when the opportunity presented itself at Late Nite in college, I went and held a couple of snakes. While I'm still not exactly a fan of snakes, I can say I'm not afraid of them anymore.

That being said, there are non-tangible things that I certainly have fears about.

1.) Failure. I've always been a bit of a perfectionist and hold myself to high standards, particularly where academics and career are concerned.  I'm not entirely sure where this one came from, but I'm guessing it has something to do with being the oldest child and always wanting to be someone for my siblings to look up to.  Going along with this, I'm afraid of what I consider failure in my personal life: not getting married and being a mother somewhere down the road.  I've never had much success in romantic relationships, and being the nomad I am, I'm guessing it'll take a very special person who wants to wander around the world with me.  I've accepted that there's little I can do other than be open to possibilities in that area of life, so here's to hoping something great comes along!

2.) Getting old.  This one's both exciting and terrifying to me.  I look forward to seeing my friends and family experience life and growing with them.  I'm terrified, though, of failing health, losing control of my body and experiencing the loss of loved ones.

3.) Fanatics/extremists in positions of power.  I don't care what people believe...I'm a staunch advocate of separation of church and state and respect for individual beliefs.  However, I am not okay with people trying to legislate their extreme views or opinions.  I won't get into it here, but I could go on all day.  Some of the officials and politicians out there are absolutely terrifying to me.

There you go.  I'm two for two so far on this thing!