Well That Was Awkward

I just finished Well That Was Awkward by Rachel Vail. It was cutesy and I felt like I was back in middle school myself. It was like rampaging hormones and confusion all over again. Mostly teeny drama of who likes whom and dealing with death of a sibling. It's not high brow or even the best book, like ever, but the person who wrote it has connections with someone I know. It's a good thing to say I've read the book, for their sake. It wasn't completely without merit. There was standing up to bullies and dealing with your own inner junk. *deep* I am pretty sure though, my vocab may have taken a dive in the last few weeks (note: it expired before I could finish and then it was already on hold for someone else, so I had to wait to get it again to finish it). The main character and her friends have some good and witty quips. They were definitely nerd material and I loved that.

The Magnificent Seven

I have wanted to watch this movie since I first saw the trailer. I'm a little late to the watching of it. I haven't watched the older version either. I didn't realize until recently that this was a remake. I like all the actors they have in this remake.

I was folding my laundry and doing chores while watching it. Action movies, kind of like Hallmark movies, you can keep one eye on it and keep doing other things at the same time. It's about a town taken over by a rich miner. He's trying to scare them off the land (including killing a few towns people) to turn a profit. One of the women goes to seek out someone to help them stand up to jerk. They come up with a motley crew of guys and they take on all that money can buy. It's basically a western version of 300, but with 7. It was still a good action movie and I'll have to rent the older version too to compare.

Money is NOT the Root of All Evil. That's the Andrews Sisters

So I have a pet peeve. It is people misquoting things and acting all smart and self-righteous. When someone posts this, it takes all I can not to just drop knowledge. I will just write this one post instead of commenting on many posts. 

When you see this, you are confusing what the Bible says with a song by the Andrew Sisters. It's a catchy fun little song, and I love the Andrew Sisters. That song, does grate on my nerves though. The Bible does not say that money is the root of evil. Inanimate objects aren't evil. Not even the apple that got us all in this mess. It was disobeying God that brought sin into the world. 

The exact quote from 1 Timothy 6:10, "For the love of money is a root of>all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pang.">It's not even really the desire for money that is the issue, it's that the desire of money pulls you away from God and depending on his goodness and provision. You make money your idol and source of satisfaction; unfortunately, money (insert any other earthly thing) will never satisfy your need for God.

De-Stress

This weekend, when I was out walking and listening to my audio book, Titus lunged at something and I was caught off guard. I didn't think anything of it at the time. All yesterday, my whole left leg would go numb and just throb with pain. I did lots of stretches and yoga poses to work out my hip flexors, hammies, and quads. I did pigeon and it felt like heaven (probably the only time I'll say that) and I alternated between sitting and standing at my desk a lot. I got home last night, did my 3 walks, and then rested with my leg raised. Before bed, I also rubbed my leg from hip to calf with muscle "de-stress gel." It worked and I was able to go to bed like a little baby. 

Today, my leg was cramping up again. For some reason, I touched my low back and felt a jolt of pain. Ding ding ding. We have a winner and now I know why my leg hurts so much. It took my until this morning to link leg pain to back pain and back pain to Titus jerking my low back on Sunday. I targeted my stretches to my low back. It's still tender and my calf muscle is super crampy tonight. I'll have to resort to my muscle gel again, but I'm not sad. I'd love to have my back and leg feel like a million right now, but for needing muscle gel, this stuff is amazing. It smells delicious; it's a mix of rosemary, black pepper, lavender, and ginger. Most importantly, it does the job! And tomorrow, I won't have to ask my coworkers if they have a stash of icy hot. I can haul this to work with me and use it at my desk without fear of people being grossed out by the smell. 

What If?

So if you know me, know me, you know I like weird knowledge books. The book, What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions  by Randall Munroe is just one of those books. I loved it. I listened to it as an audio book, so I lost some of the math element that I could have worked better seeing it written out.
My favorite sections are the "disturbing questions" that have been submitted. I think my favorite one was how cold would your teeth have to be to shatter upon drinking a cup of hot coffee. His response was: "thanks for my new re-occurring nightmare." That reminded me of a friend that has a re-occurring nightmare of all their teeth being pulled out by gum.
This is just a great book of odd knowledge and math. I like math but I'm not good at science. I never took physics. I probably would have struggled but ultimately liked it. Just, if you're a nerd, you should probably check this book out sometime.

Braven

Whoa! I actually watched a movie...last Sunday. Life has just been so crazy getting ready for the house, I haven't been writing as much as I'd like to lately.

So Jason Momoa is yummy. I used to watch Battlestar Galactic just for him. When I saw this movie in the Prime free movies, I jumped at the chance. Last Sunday it was rainy and nasty all day long. I napped and watched Braven.

The premise is that Joe Braven, is a logger (in Canada?). His dad has been having memory problems since a traumatic injury and he decides it's time to confront his dad about it. He's got a little cabin out in the woods where he takes his dad to discuss these issues. One of Joe Braven's coworkers, the truck driver, is also smuggling drugs in a hollowed out log. The semi crashes during a winter storm, it's close to Joe's cabin. He stashes the drugs there for safe keeping, until he can come back. He is accompanied by all the big bad drug traffickers on a retrieval mission. Unlucky for them, Joe and his dad have already arrived.  The drug dealers just want to kill them and take the drugs, but Joe and his dad aren't going down without a fight. There's also another problem, Joe's daughter stow-awayed in the back of the truck and came to the cabin too. And, as you can see by the picture above, there is a big show down.

It's a pretty typical action movie. Guy, against all odds, defeats bad guys and saves the day. It didn't mean that it wasn't entertaining. Hell, Hallmark movies are all the same and somehow, you can't stop watching them. The only thing I didn't like was how they so quickly glossed over the memory loss/mental health issue. There was a slight mention of it and then the problem is gone. Tied up in a neat little bow. No actually having to face the scarier issue of mental decline in a loved one. Having helped take care of my aunt with early on-set Alzheimer's, some days, it would have been easier to fight off the whole battalion of bad guys than to have stayed patient while trying to help her dress.

Independent Women

I have been working 10 hour days. 2 down, 2 to go. I'm tired and I shall go to bed shortly. Some days my job is a circus. I'm just so glad to be blessed with a way to provide for myself. I got my FabFitFun box today, one of my brothers told me it was such a waste of money. It's so nice to get "presents" in the mail when you're an adult, even if you bought it for yourself. I was like: no one else buys me presents, and if I bought it, then Miss Independent, go me! Lol. I think he was a little taken aback. Also, he probably didn't get my Destiny's Child reference. Lol/Ugh, I'm so old! I so remember when this was my jam in middle school.