My brillers friend Lyn predicted today was going to be STEAMY in the romance department….

Gorgeouses, Josh and I went on A DATE. For the first time. IN MONTHS.

At around 4pm, we dropped the monkeys off at it’sgrandma and papa’shere’s house, made a run for the car and sped off to the theatres so see….

LOVED IT. Yes, Cheaty AND Josh-O both give this movie a thumbs up. While, yes, it’s geared toward a high-school audience, there’s a lot of wisdom and a LO-HO-HOT of laughs in this movie. I mean, it’s Michael Cera (CANADIAN, might I proudly add)….

…and, you can’t go wrong with Michael Cera. I was first introduced to him, as most of us were, in the TOO-SHORT-LIVED, BRILLERS dramedy Arrested Development.

Then, we fell in love with him in Juno. Sigh, love. And, Gorgeouses, we fall in love with him again Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

In Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Cera plays the same self-deprecating, intelligent, profound, creative, dorky, lovable high-school kid he played in Juno. This time, he plays Nick — a broken-hearted teenager who unexpectedly meets his happily-ever-after, Norah, on one CRAZY night out in Manhattan.

Obviously, Cera’s getting typecast. But, it’s great. Because this type of character is exactly what we all want and NEED to see. We want to see something real, but also lighthearted. We want to see characters that we can both relate to and aspire to become. And, as parents, we want to see role models (Nick and Norah tell each other soon after meeting that they don’t drink). Cera plays this wonderful character like no one else can. He makes JUST BEING YOU beautiful and attractive…. I’d watch him play this character over and over again so I can get to know him better and see more sides of him. He’s FASCINATING! Nobody can play this very timely character BUT Cera.

Norah, played by Kat Denning, is also intelligent, artsy, mature, and quirky — a female version of Nick, in a way. What I liked most about her, though, was her unique beauty. The camera LOVED Denning. Now, the what’s interesting about her is…, at least in the movie, she’s NOT SKINNY. No. She’s voluptuous, and she’s rather PLUMP next to Alexis Dziena — her costar, who plays Nick’s nasty ex-girlfriend. Next to Denning, Dziena looks too skinny. Imagine that: the skinny girl looks almost SILLY next to her STUNNING, fuller-figured counterpart…. Beautiful.

Basically, the movie will DEFINITELY encourage teenage girls to eat a sandwich because there was NOTHING attractive about scrawny Dziena next to the voluptuous, stunning Denning.

Anyway, after the movie, Josh and I went for dinner at a great little Thai restaurant. So relaxing…. No kids…. So relaxing…!

Question: why is my favourite drink called WHITE Zinfandel when it’s OBVIOIUSLY not WHITE!

Yum!

Anyway, go! Check this movie. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Cheaty HIGHLY recommends.

Magic. On a rainy day. Thanks to Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium!

It rained. We watched the movie. And, then it was SUNNY. I’m serious. That’s what happened. It was magic. The movie made it sunny! You’re sooo, like, no it wasn’t magic! It was JUST a movie and JUST coincidence.

But, NO! As this movie shows us, there IS no “JUST” — JUST like there IS NO SPOON. We have to see beyond what’s JUST there, go beyond our limits, and BE-LIEVE! You’ve got to BELIEVE that there is magic in this world. That things aren’t JUST as they seem.

FOR example, Gorgeouses, Minden is NOT JUST A CAT….

…And, like, people have to stop telling me that!

Anyway, Cheaty HIGHLY recommends this movie for kids and adults alike — especially if you love you some Natalie Portman. The girl is STUNNING in this movie. And, Jason Bateman? And, Dustin Hoffman? What more can you ask for….

Here’s the trailer…. Check it!

How come you’re still sitting here, Gorgeouses? GO RENT IT

Yo yo, Gorgeouses, there’s a contest going on over at Cheaty Goodies — CHECK IT!

A good Monday, Fair Gorgeouses! (Can you tell I’m stuck in the 16th century reading The Other Boleyn Girl? Loving it!) Today, I share with thee tales of FIRST MOVIE and FAT fa-freaking LIPS.

With much trepidation, we took the monkey AND the rascal to their first movie:

My GAWRSH, what a FABULOUS movie. Jim Carrey and Steve Carell? Positively SPARKLES. And, O, how I LOVE the whole world-inside-a-spec concept. It’s what I LIVE for. When I was little, I totally thought there were universes in my fingernails, and in the cells within my fingernails. I was such a little weirdo. But, LO, I should have known this book back then…. Maybe I’d have felt a little more, say, normal or something…. Cheaty TOTALLY recommends this movie….

Sorry, I can’t hear myself think. The rascal’s having a wail-a-thon. Freakin’ FRICK. Sometimes — like, on a Sunday night when you’re still battling the world’s wickedest cold — it’s just a little too much to handle. You know? Too much to handle, yes, but s’okay. I must go to him. Await my return, kindly! Adieu for now.

(While I go to him, the monkey will serenade you with her brillers rendition of Alicia Keys’ No One. She’s grateful for an audience other than Mama and JOSH. Revel!)

Uch, MARGE was just drinking from my giant Starbucks mug o’ water. Do you think I can still drink it? Or, do I have to go ALL the way back downstairs and get another? I drink it. Mmmm….

Anyway, here’s the monkey at her first movie:

Popcorn bag was BIGGER THAN HER! LAAAAA!

Here’s the rascal at his first movie:

Kiss his head! Kiss his head! It’s the most kissable head. Seriously. I’m always kissing it. Oy oy oy!

I’m surprised the monkey devoured that entire tub of popcorn (with Josh-O’s help, ‘course) because she split her lip that morn…. Salty popcorn on split lip can’t be pleasant…, can it? Check it (preferably on an empty stomach):

Ow! My poor widdo BABY!!!

There was blood EVERYWHERE when it happened — at my friend Lolo’s baby naming. ALL over her face. On her sleeves, in her ear.

Basically, she fell walking up a stair and bit her lip. She has two perfect tooth marks on her lip, where the teeth went in…. And that lip is FAT, man! My poor baby. But, she was brave, Gorgeouses. So brave.