282- I'm Not an Ostrich!

I believe in signs. I think the Universe has a karma system and while I'm not high up on its list, I think it realized I needed some good times in my life. Maybe it was that complimentary upgrade or staying late to help with a project. I'm partial to thinking it was letting that guy go ahead of me on the interstate even though it was my right of way.

  But getting a Sunday off and having one of my best friends in town (Shell from Toot Sweet) is a pretty big freaking sign that my recent decisions may actually be a good thing.

 We decided to go to lunch and a movie to celebrate her upcoming 23 B-Day which I will be unable to celebrate since she is returning back to Chattanooga tomorrow. We decided I should put on cowboy boots and headed out.

 We popped over to Russo's New York Pizzeria which always has a good pizza. Shelly got a giant pizza slice while I got adventurous and tried a BBQ Pork Calzone with Jalapenos. I know but they're actually pretty good together.  I didn't end up eating the bread but picked the insides apar Our waiter was a lovely gentleman (...) with two tone hair and an attitude but hey, enjoy the 15% tip. Get a haircut.

   We then headed to see Rio.

Really, Really, Really Quick Movie Review

     I was interested to see a movie about birds in peril in Carnivale in Rio. Sure it had some laugh out loud moments as we followed the last two Blue Macaws where one of them is a domesticated Minnesota pet who can't fly (Blu) and the other is a freedom loving female who can't understand how she ends up stuck with a flightless bird (Jewel). A nerdy book store owner (Linda) is as close as humanly possible to her bird but is convinced by a Bird Specialist that she needs to bring Blu to Brazil to mate with the last of his kind.

  Of course, we get an evil cockatoo in the picture who works with his owner to kidnap the birds right from Bird Man's Love Nest which leaves Linda struggling to find him just as Blu struggles to escape and return to her. Along the way, he meet some musically talented avian friends and watch as Blu finds his rhythm

  There are some laugh out loud moments and it's a fun movie but if you're not interested in feel good slightly funny movies where animals talk, you obviously weren't raised on Disney and you could skip this one. However, listening to Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathway have some fun with voiceovers and getting some beats from Jamie Foxx and Will.I.Am is not bad. My favorite moment had to be Jane Lynch and Wanda Sykes as two trash talking geese from Minnesota.


    Now, I'm going to go get my bikini on with the ever lovely Miaya G.

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