Jennifer's 365 Project

This weekend is Thriller! Chiller! at Wealthy Theatre and Chris's friend and co-worker has a short film playing (The Forever People). So we headed down this afternoon to check out a bunch of short films, including Dave's The Forever People (which is nominated for an award for special effects!).
We had a good time and enjoyed several of the shorts. After each filming the directors, writers, and actors came up to the stage and discussed the film. It was kind of nice to hear about everyone's experience and creative process.

If you've never stopped in for Thriller! Chiller! before, I wold highly recommend it. It's a great way to see independent films and shorts. We didn't go last year, but we definitely had a good time the year before and this year, of course.

Its Tuesday, and there's a good movie tonight at Wealthy Theatre - Batman.

So Chris and I decided to eat out and watch the movie.

we ate at Brick Road Pizza, which is a tasty restaurant on Wealthy that serves all kinds of food, ranging from meat to vegetarian, to straight up vegan.

They have a super tasty veggie burger that I like to get there. I'm not a vegetarian but if I could make burgers like that I'd had no problem becoming one!

What better way to celebrate the last free Tuesday before next semester begins (and our tradition of Tuesday-night movies is on hold for a few months) than to see Flash Gordon?

I'd never watched the campy film, riddled with Freddie Mercury's voice thanks to an all Queen soundtrack.  When I was little I had caught a piece of it when my dad was watching it and I spent a very long time thinking Flash Gordon and The Flash were the same (hey, the word flash and the color red were involved here people).

Needless to say I was set right tonight.  It was a crazy movie, and I'm glad I finally saw it - if only to finally get some popculture references.

Yesterday was Tuesday and the Wealthy Theatre was playing a classic - The Princess Bride.

Since the story holds a special place for both Daniel and Sherry we all decided to go out to see the movie together.

We had dinner at Brick Road Pizza, which is just down the street from Wealthy Theatre.

It was a pretty full house tonight.  Nearly every seat was taken and the line to buy tickets was longer than usual.

There was even a small presentation by a representative of the Grand Rapids Public Library who had some trivia and information regarding the movie and the public library.  It's the first time I've seen Wealthy Theatre do something like this and it didnt bother me at all.

Anyway, as you can see - I took much more photos today to make up for yesterday!

Day two of working downtown went well. I had some service/signal issue with my Sprint service so I used the map kiosks to direct myself to Monroe Center. I was looking for my bank but I didn't see it, gave up, and just ate lunch down there.

After work I spent some time in Heartside Park, enjoying rainbows and children's laughter in the sunshine.

We headed out to Wealthy Theatre to enjoy Breakfast Club with my cousin's Dan and Sherry.  It was a good time and I look forward to the next movie with them - and dinner too!

Tonight Wealthy Theatre was playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which means one thing - awesomeness on the big screen.

A few of Chris's co-workers were interested in seeing the movie as well, and we had dinner with a few people before the movie. We met up at Brick Road Pizza, which has an interesting array of foods (organic, vegan, veggie, and meat all served here).

After a tasty (but slightly odd as i'm not accustomed to it) dinner we headed to Wealthy Theatre and our group was complete.

It's been awhile since I've seen the movie, so it was great to see again.  And it looks like they've got some good movies lined up for the next several weeks, including Breakfast Club next Tuesday!

I'd put off watching Labyrinth the movie in it's entirety for years. I'm not a fan of singing in movies and I'm indifferent to David Bowie, so the idea of him running around singing in a movie that would otherwise be awesome put me off for quite some time.

So at Wealthy Theatre they were playing it last night and Chris and I went.  There wasn't nearly as much singing as I thought there would be, but the movie made up for that with crotch-shots of Bowie in tights.

Outside of that, the movie was good, given what it was and when it was made. I've always liked the puppets (Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, The Muppets to name a few) and I've always been a fan of fantasy critters, so it's still surprising I'd never watched the movie in one sitting before.

As a bonus, I apparently had an art book by Brian Froud and Terry Jones that was on the characters from the movie (The Goblin Companion) for the past ten years and had no idea. Oops.

Leki liked the book though!

Tuesday always has the potential for a movie night at Wealthy Theatre.  This week they were showing the cult-classic The Big Lebowski, which Chris had never seen.  So after work we got a quick bite to eat and headed to Eastown/East Grand Rapids to walk around and enjoy the weather before the movie started.

Tonight Wealthy Theatre is playing a great movie - Star Trek II.  So Chris and I headed down to the theatre, slightly earlier than the last few times to ensure decent seating and not having to wait in line too long.  Still, it's great to see more people coming to the theatre, enjoying the atmosphere and great movies.

The theatre was in a very Star Trek mood, playing music from the movie prior to it playing and using a Spock stamp for hand-stamping.

Apparently, they were even serving Romulan Ale.

There is a park close to my work that I've decided I am going to start trying to visit more often.  They've got a walking path, some disc golf, and play structures.  Really I'm interested in taking a walk on lunch and getting out of the office.  With the sun shining and the weather getting warmer it is increasingly harder and harder to concentrate - even if my back is to the windows at my desk.

So I took a stroll, shot a video playing around on my phone, and listened to some podcasts. Good lunch. Looking forward to making it a regular thing.  I will probably start using my SLR as well.

Anyway it's Tuesday which means there is the distinct possibility of going to East Grand Rapids and watching a movie at Wealthy Theatre!  As you can see, that is precisely what we did.

The Wealthy Theatre in East Grand Rapids is pretty awesome.  They play some pretty cool movies on Tuesday evenings and today was no different.

Tonight Spaceballs was playing, and if you've never seen it I'd recommend watching it.  It's a great parody film of late 70's/early 80's sci-fi films such as Alien and Star Wars.  I've always enjoyed the movie, though admittedly the ending part at the diner scared me to death as a kid, as I watched Spaceballs before ever seing Alien (of course that meant Alien wasn't all that scary anymore when I did :D).

The theatre was more packed (kind of hard to tell on the video) that I'd ever seen it before, and the audience more engaged with laughter.

I look forward to the next awesome Tuesday night movie!

Tuesday started off ok. I had a frustrating project that needed tackling at work in the AM and by the PM I was in desperate need of chocolate.

Tuesday was a busier day for me. I had lunch with an old coworker and caught up on old times. And then, after working to get a hackintosh running (no success yet), I met a friend for drinks and dinner, as we do every month.

Then in the evening Chris and I ran out to see Big Trouble In Little China at the Wealthy Theatre. It had been YEARS since I'd seen the movie and really only remembered that green eyes were important.

When we got out the snow had started to fall and the anticipated bad weather looked to be finally setting in...

This evening, after Chris got out of work we headed out to Wealthy
Theatre in East Grand Rapids to watch 12 Monkeys.
if you haven't seen the film yet (and like sci-fi), you should. Its made of win.

Day one of unemployment started out with job searches, working on my research paper, and a few other things. I ran the roomba for a bit to clean (not that it really needs to clean but its good to get the cat used to it). I also finally made the focaccia recipe Varvara (friend of Chris' from Russia) gave to me. She was even kind enough to translate it from Russian to English and metric to US customary units.

The day ended with Chris, as most days do. I cooked dinner and we headed out to Wealthy Theatre to watch the cheesy 80's movie, The Howling. The theatre is older and pretty awesome to chill in. I was impressed and the pics don't do it justice.