the chosen one

well there were no hayden christensen look alikes at the show on thursday, but i did see two storm troopers, a couple of yodas, and a mini darth vadar. i missed the light show cause i was in the loo, but it's ok, there were enough saber fights in the movie to last a lifetime. i gotta say that i enjoyed revenge of the sith. george lucas' writing is still somewhat wooden but there were blessedly less cheesy moments between natalie portman and hayden. none of that lame ass frolicing on naboo for large portions of the movie, although at one point, portman did say, "hold me like you did on naboo" and i almost laughed. but those moments were few and far between in this one. i also liked the way that the film sort of wrapped everything up to make way for episodes 4, 5, and 6. after seeing it, i totally wanted to go home and put the old ones in. they are so good (none of that digitally remastered and altered crap though, old vhs all the way). and ewan mcgregor was great. love love him. i think he and hayden christensen have more chemistry than anakin and padme, sadly. it was so sad when they were fighting after anakin had turned and obi-wan says, "you were the chosen one...you were supposed to bring balance to the force." breaks me heart. so anyway, i would say you should see it if you like star wars. i always felt a special bond with luke and leia cause i have a twin brother, too. we're not really close but whenever there's a brother/sister twin thing, i get a little sentimental.

and damn is it hot in la this weekend. i had to think of things to do in air conditioned places this morning. first i went to unwind, oh poor me. cecily and karyn were lovely, as always, and helped me pick out a luscious shade of artyarns fable. it's mostly cotton with a bit of silk. i had this huge urge to make something summery and nice and i wanted some new yarn. so i got some and i love it. karyn also showed me how to use the ball winder and now i have two fat cakes of yarn.



and because i am such a nice girl, i made cookies for my friend's birthday, even though my house was already about 80 degrees inside. my friend is coming over tomorrow for lunch at the ivy in west hollywood. yes, she is a swanky girl. but swanky girls like chocolate chips like everyone else.



i am now going to turn up the a/c, put on star wars: a new hope, and swatch my new yarn. stay cool!

ps- guilty movie of the week was mindhunters with hottie jonny lee miller. gotta love it.