Comments on: Tricky Little Suckers http://www.parsingnonsense.com/tricky-little-suckers/ This is what I do when I should be working... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/tricky-little-suckers/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Erika Wed, 06 May 2009 20:29:51 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=809#comment-1052 -Blanche, Those are some serious commutes! You have to figure out what works best for you, you know? -Blanche, Those are some serious commutes! You have to figure out what works best for you, you know?

]]> By: Blanche http://www.parsingnonsense.com/tricky-little-suckers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Blanche Wed, 06 May 2009 17:50:34 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=809#comment-1051 Every so often my inner Sociology major comes out and wants to play. We both spend a lot more time outside the house with work, running errands after work, and commutes (40-50 minutes for me, 1.5-2 hours for DH round trip), and its a good 20 minutes via interstate to entertainment, so once we get home, that's it, we are in. DH also uses movies/tv to relax so it's worth it to us to have the entertainment options available at home (and my overwhelming familiarity with tons of movies I wouldn't have watched otherwise). As for dates? What are those? Every so often my inner Sociology major comes out and wants to play.

We both spend a lot more time outside the house with work, running errands after work, and commutes (40-50 minutes for me, 1.5-2 hours for DH round trip), and its a good 20 minutes via interstate to entertainment, so once we get home, that’s it, we are in. DH also uses movies/tv to relax so it’s worth it to us to have the entertainment options available at home (and my overwhelming familiarity with tons of movies I wouldn’t have watched otherwise). As for dates? What are those?

]]> By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/tricky-little-suckers/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Erika Wed, 06 May 2009 16:56:14 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=809#comment-1050 -Blanche, I liked the Underworld movies, but I imagine the prequels wouldn't cover much new ground. They just love milking these stories for everything they're worth, don't they? Kate Beckinsale must love wearing pleather. Then again, if I looked like her that's probably all I would wear too. As for how we spend our money, for us it's really more of an excuse to get out of the house. Wes works from home and we rarely go out for dates, so even if the movie is mediocre we'll consider it money well spent just for the chance to escape the same four walls for awhile. -Blanche, I liked the Underworld movies, but I imagine the prequels wouldn’t cover much new ground. They just love milking these stories for everything they’re worth, don’t they? Kate Beckinsale must love wearing pleather. Then again, if I looked like her that’s probably all I would wear too.

As for how we spend our money, for us it’s really more of an excuse to get out of the house. Wes works from home and we rarely go out for dates, so even if the movie is mediocre we’ll consider it money well spent just for the chance to escape the same four walls for awhile.

]]> By: Blanche http://www.parsingnonsense.com/tricky-little-suckers/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Blanche Wed, 06 May 2009 12:43:02 +0000 http://www.parsingnonsense.com/?p=809#comment-1049 Looks interesting, but definitely a rental (or cable On Demand) for us. I'm wondering if it's like the recent prequel to the Underworld movies - there had been so much back story in the earlier movies that there weren't really any major plot surprises. (On a side note, it's interesting where people choose to spend their hard-earned $. You go to movies, we pay for cable and say we see the same movies for "free" when they come out on HBO or Starz. Instant vs. delayed gratification. Hmmm.) Looks interesting, but definitely a rental (or cable On Demand) for us. I’m wondering if it’s like the recent prequel to the Underworld movies – there had been so much back story in the earlier movies that there weren’t really any major plot surprises.

(On a side note, it’s interesting where people choose to spend their hard-earned $. You go to movies, we pay for cable and say we see the same movies for “free” when they come out on HBO or Starz. Instant vs. delayed gratification. Hmmm.)

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