New Year! Let's talk about celebrities and junk.

OOOOOOOh. January. You pretty clean thing. I love how you are the start of a new list. I love making lists, but really doable lists. Like, I will make a list of things to do and include things like washing my hair, because HEY that is important. Then you can make that satisfying little check with your ultrafine sharpie. You could use a different pen, but I don't recommend it. I don't make resolutions anymore. I set the bar pretty low for myself. That way I am pretty much always satisfied with how things turn out. Like, new clothes sounded good so, I bought myself a red cardigan at Target and I'm pretty much elated for the rest of the month. See how that works? Pretty keen.

I have seen a bunch of movies lately. The new James Bond, Skyfall, was AWESOME. Great pace and that Daniel Craig is tres HOT. The film Les Miserables was REALLY GREAT! Also, I saw that one with some lovely ladies and that just made it all the better. I didn't know the story which I think made it better. It was emotionally wrenching but I did not cry as much at the movie as at that damn preview for The Impossible. What the what? That one just about killed me. How am I going to watch that? Then, I saw Django Unchained which was very entertaining. I liked its style, though it was kind of choppy in some parts, over long in others. Christopher Waltz is so skilled. I would definitely recommend it if you like Quentin Tarantino. He has a pretty fab cameo, by the way. I saw The Hobbit with my kids over Christmas Break, which was also very exciting. I loved that book and watching that movie reminded me of reading it in the fifth grade. I dressed up as a Hobbit for my Halloween costume that year and NO ONE knew what the heck a Hobbit was. Surprisingly I am still alive, because in New Orleans public school being a nerd geek doesn't always work out so well. Anyway, I digress. Then, I saw Paranorman which was very good. I liked how they did the hair effects. I thought the faces were sort of distractingly weird, but it was fun.

Okay, so since I am discussing movies. I wanted to ask you... have you ever had a celebrity encounter?? I want to know about it. These are some of the celebrities I have met over the years. Mostly just a hey, how are you kind of met, not like, they took me to dinner and offered me a job based on my lovely eyes or anything. Here's my list in no particular order:

1. Pat Morita (in Thailand, have it on video!)
2. Mare Winningham (she bought art supplies)
3. Gene Hackman (he also bought art supplies, my co-worker Barb about fainted, we saved his visa slip and framed it.)
4. Tom Hulce (he came into our import gallery, he had a dog and glasses and was nice)
5. Richard Chamberlain (wore a running suit, my husband said he looked so familiar.... haha!)
6. Harvey Keitel (signed our guestbook)
7. David Byrne (bought markers for his daughter. He is hella tall..)
8. Barry Bostwick (import gallery signed the guestbook)   

I think I have also met some local sports celebrities but YAWN. Just kidding, sports fans. Cliff Robinson was really nice and bought something impressive from the toy store. Everyone wanted to write hold for UNCLE CLIFFY on the tag. We are DORKS.

I did a lot of capitalizing in this post. I am hanging out with my husband a lot lately. Tell me your celebrity encounters. Also, Happy New Year! Thank you for reading my BLOG! You guys are AWESOME. Let's go get coffee sometime. xoxo