May 31, 2011

Some kind of tired

We had so much fun yesterday and then I stayed up way too late, so now I'm beat! Yesterday we went over to Middle Sister's house and had a cookout. Lots of yummy food, lots of chatting and it was finished off with the best banana pudding ever. Seriously ever. I'm not usually a big banana pudding person, but I really wanted to make my bowl of it my new best friend. And Pie couldn't get enough of it, she "mmmm"-ed and happily kicked her legs with every bite. I'll try to get the recipe.

And then I'm flipping through the channels about to go to bed and I catch Some Kind of Wonderful. It had only been on about 15 minutes and I got totally sucked in. Oh 80s movies, how I love you...even when you're on until midnight.

I hadn't seen this in forever and forgot how completely awesome it is...how will this love triangle ever work out?!
Keith, you idiot, why don't you see how much Watts loves you?
And I forgot what an super, terrific bad guy Hardy was (on left), though I did spend much of the movie thinking he was Bobby Cox (on right) on Cougar Town. They aren't the same person, but without IMDB I would have sworn they were.
But no...Keith couldn't see Watts because he was madly in love with Amanda Jones.
He even painted her picture and hung it in a museum. Husband made two comments during the whole movie. One was that he didn't think the plot worked as well when the best friend was hotter than the "hot girl." The other was that the whole painting thing was super cheesy and would never work. I disagreed and said that move would score Keith second base at the very least.
But in the end everyone comes to their senses and Keith picks the right girl. Ahhhh, a happy ending. 

I'm now seriously jonesing for some more 80s movies. Which ones are your favorites? 

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I don't know if I'd STILL like it, but I watched Can't Buy Me Love almost as many times as I watched Some Kind of Wonderful. I also loved all the John Cusack movies: Better Off Dead, Say Anything, The Sure Thing, One Crazy Summer.
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Oh Swistle...how my love for you grows. I own every single one of those movies. I wan't my two dollars is part of our family lexicon. I'm always amazed at how frequently it can be used. We also like to throw in a "Lane, Lane, are you alight"
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Big Brother · 721 weeks ago

are we back on the dork post again??
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Shut it! You know those movies as well as I do...I mean you were like 112 in the 80s.
Some Kind of Wonderful is my absolute favourite. I also always liked Pretty in Pink. Better Off Dead & One Crazy Summer I will watch if they're on when I'm flipping channels—but have you ever noticed they are exactly the same movie?? xo
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Completely the same and I love each version!
We watched the same thing, one of my favorite 80's flicks! Gotta love it!
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I was completely echausted but I couldn't stop watching...love it!!
LOVE this movie. sixteen candles, footloose, & pretty in pink are pretty high up there too.
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Ohhh...excellent additions. I haven't seen sixteen candles in forever.

My little brother paid a buck at the dance last night to see your underpants.

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