Graceland: My New Favorite Post

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

My New Favorite Post

I love this idea as reminiscing is one of my favorite things! Here's the deal:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

12 comments:

Heidi P said...: I remember being 6 or 7 watching you put on makeup, and listening to Wham, and Thompson Twins- wishing I could be just like you when I got older.

Funny how that hasn't changed! :) Love you Bets!; July 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Stephanie F. said...: Remember when we were in Alaska and that guy was leaning over the back of his truck and you said, "he has a really nice...." and then paused because you couldn't think of the word cooler.
And just the other day how you said you wanted to watch a movie in a nice cold theater and I thought you said nice cold beer.
I love how we still quote silly things we made up, like feet heet.
And... chips & salsa.
I really love how silly we can all be together. I hope we never "outgrow" it.; July 22, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Afton said...: Memories coming too fast...can't pick one...must focus...

The Steve Young paper doll with clothes from the J Crew catalog...

Driving and sliding on the ice in AK and you saying, "take your foot off the brake! take your foot off the brake! you're over correcting! you're over correcting!!!!

You telling me about the cookie shute and "hog sue, hog sue, hog SUE!"

You telling me that you will never eat canned salmon, but not giving me really specific details and me always thinking it was maggots, but you saying it wasn't.

Me and you talking in the kitchen of your old Sandy family home and I guess we were talking fast because Heidi looked at us and said, "I can't understand a word either of you are saying."

You getting your tonsils out and being so miserable post surgery you wished you'd never done it.; July 22, 2008 at 3:06 PM
plainoldsarah said...: for me it would be sitting on your couch telling dating stories. but i think even earlier i remember admiring your clothes/jewelry/shoes in rs and thinking "she's cool and lynn says so too" i hope i get to know her better.

and i really remember going to lunch last summer and you gave me that beautiful silver bracelet - thank you again for arranging for the gifts that still touch my heart. i am blessed.; July 22, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Scully said...: When you drove the boat for Allison up at Bear Lake and I thought (again), "Wow. She's so cool!" Also your gift of the custom essential oils. So incredibly thoughtful. Even though I think mine turned me into a charity case magnet. I need more practice using it:); July 23, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Anonymous said...: HI Betsy too many wonderful memories..., but a darling little girl dressed in homemade clothes that I thought were so cute and singing songs and dancing when you were only 2. Just the beginning of all the neighborhood plays which were joyeous times. I still love your singing and dancing. Mom; July 24, 2008 at 6:30 AM
Mindy said...: Most of my memories with you involve Grandma and Grandpa Hintzes house. My favorite is the fourth of July and meeing you and your family there and having grandmas yummy pink popcorn. The parade was also way fun with all us cousins and your dad and Raymond would make fun of the floats...good times. I guess not really make fun of the floats but say funny things about them.; July 26, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Chardell said...: One memory I have of you is when your family invited me to your ward talent show. You and Stephanie were going to do a tap routine in shiny gold costumes and you insisted on a quick practice in the driveway despite Stephanie's mortification. I loved your confidence and talent!; July 28, 2008 at 9:55 PM
Betty Grace said...: Ha ha. that was probably more about embarrassing Stephanie. :) These are fun. I so don't remember a lot of this stuff. Thanks for playing everyone!; July 29, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Heidi P said...: MOM COMMENTED!? What? I guess your the favorite daughter..; July 29, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Jill said...: I am a bit behind but I have a memory. It's mostly an experience. When I was trying to set you up with "a certain someone" I know it didn't work out between you two, but it helped us become closer and I am so happy for that!; July 30, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Hey Jill- me too. The date that never happened was just so we could start sending silly emails about it and become friends. :)
Betsy; July 30, 2008 at 10:22 PM

My Movie Reviews

Quiet Earth. B-. Another SciFi recommended by Netflix, although this one was actually interesting and enjoyable. A guy wakes up and everyone is gone. Made in New Zealand, it claims to be one of the top ten movies in the US in the year it came out (sometime in the 1970s). After it was over, we agreed that it was good, but the ending was a little confusing, so we watched the ending again with the directors comments. Lame. Apparently the whole movie was supposed to have an anti-nuclear message and the director takes credit for his movie making New Zealand nuclear free. So.... pretend you don't know that and enjoy the movie.
Sunshine. C-. Netflix. That's it. We are not trusting Netflix's rating of sci-fi movies again. The sun is dying so a crew is going with a nuclear missle to "re-start" it. I kept hoping aliens would show up or at least something would happen to draw me in. A lot of things almost happened, but when they did, it did not make much sense.
Warm Bodies. B. Red Box. I was surprised by this movie. I'm a fan of a good zombie flick, but when I heard about the plot, it seemed a bit too much. It turned out to be very entertaining. I'd rate it pretty high on the must see zombie film list and very high on the cheesy teenage romance film list.
Wolverine. B. I'm a fan of the X-Men movies. I'm also a fan of Hugh Jackman. It was hard to go wrong going in with those two biases. The fighting sequences were too long, but that was expected. If you've like the X-Men movies, you should like this one too.
The East. B. I forget how much I love the indie flicks at the Broadway. This also had an environmentalist-based plot, but was written well and I liked how it ended. A women goes under cover in an environmental terrorist group. It goes with the obvious plot of her having sympathies for members of the group and trying to balance that with her personal beliefs. Worth seeing.
World War Z. B. I was in the middle of the book and didn't want to see the movie until I finish, but I couldn't help it and saw it opening weekend. Not a big deal as they are very different. This is a different kind of zombie movie. While most are horror flicks, this was more of a suspense movie. They cut out the gratutious gore associated with most zombie movies and gave it more of a plot. Fun for zombie fans and non-zombie fans.
Silent Running. D. Netflix. I have no idea why this is rated so well on Netflix. Sci-fi movie made in the sixties with blatant environmental message. Forests have died on the earth so they are growing them in a space station orbiting Saturn. Earth decides to abandon the project and for some reason that means they have to blow up the forests. One man understands the impact of losing all our forests so he kills everyone. My description made it seem way better than it is. At one point, he programs his robot helpers to play cards and you watch them play cards for about 10 minutes. Skip this one!

My Book Reviews

The Rent Collector. B. I loved this book while I was reading it. Then the author's comments on the back disappointed me. It was fiction! I was so inspired by the "true" story of this woman living at the dump in Cambodia and learning to read. The whole way through I thought it was true. I was mad when it wasn't. Although toward the end, it started getitng a little unbelievable. It was based on real people which bothers me wondering how much is true and how much is fiction. I still recommend the book, but know what you're getting into.
Divergent. B+. Fun, quick read. YA fiction. Your basic strong female in post-apocolypic world fighting to make change. Even though the story's been told over and over, this one was very engaging. I can't wait to read the next in the series!
World War Z. B+. For staters, this is very different from the movie. It's 10 years after we won the zombie war. The book is a series of interviews with survivors. I was hesitant about the way it was written and that I wouldn't stay involved without a central character. However, the book created a very real world. So much so that when I was getting off the freeway one morning and saw some homeless people waking up under a bridge, for just second, I thought they were zombies. I also wanted to bring it up in conversation. Like when someone was talking about North Korea, I wanted to say, "Did you hear how they handled the Zombie Apocalypse?' It was a fun book. I've never read a zombie book before and I may never again, but I'm glad I read this one. It also was welcome to read a book that isn't a strong female character overcoming incredible odds. I'm seriously weary of that plot line.
Waiting to be Heard. B+. I've followed the Amanda Knox case for several years. I thought, since I knew most details of the case, this might be boring. I was surprised at how engaging and well written it was. She is a quirky girl and, while the complete lack of physical evidence makes me sure she is innocent, I can see why people think she is hiding something. The book was haunting to think the someone who doesn't understand a culture coupled with a corrupt prosecutor could put an innocent person in jail for years.
Girl Gone. C-. Maybe it was called Gone Girl. I don't remember. Book club book. I've never gotten into mysteries. This one took a while to get into, then I couldn't put it down, then it ended and I wished I never picked it up. Ridiculous ending.
The Kitchen House. B-. I have no idea how to rate this book. It was slow to start. Once things started to happen (murder), I found myself sucked in and not wanting to put it down; however, once I did put it down, I didn't look forward to picking it up again. I'm not sure why. Maybe because it's similar to a bunch of other books I've read. I'm just getting weary of the genre and need to mix it up a little. Overall, an interesting read. The story of a young white girl who is indentured when her family dies on the boat from Ireland to America. Her relationship with her new family (the slaves whom she is sent to live and work with) and how her life is different from them because of the color of her skin.
The Happiness Project. D. I'm reviewing the book, but I'm not going to finish it. I knew this wasn't my favorite genre, but it was the book club pick this month so I thought I'd give it a chance. I didn't see the point of reading someone's goals. I sometimes feel like these "self-help" books are an excuse for people to feel like they are doing something to be happier, when really they are an excuse to avoid working on yourself by living through someone else's experience. Instead of reading the book, how about spend that time working on your own "happiness project". As I read, I kept thinking it should have been a workbook for readers to complete their own project while reading hers. I'll be interested to hear how others in book club liked it.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

My New Favorite Post

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