Whatever Wednesdays: My First Time.

YOU WISH. Like I would ever publicize those kind of shenanigans. For free. Without a book deal.

So what are we talking about then?

My first time watching Harry Potter. Which was this past Sunday. Please continue to shame me.

Listen. When HP came out, I was far too cool for that shit. You know? I just was. That and 19,000 other movies that I am now catching up on. SO I AM SORRY that I was once too cool for these things. Or things in general, really.

However, when I was included on a group tweet that was Harry Potter related, I finally owned up to this horrific secret. No regrets, ladies. And then I had the brilliant idea that would lead to this blog content. Because something has to give me content.

After telling Justin an equally long story as the one above we sat down, post-Tiffany-nap, to watch Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone. I had no idea how long that effing movie was. Are you serious with that? For a target audience of young adults? I had the ants in my pants, but I watched all 2 hours and 25 minutes of tiny Harry and his tiny friends.

These tiny people haven't even hit puberty and they are using magic and turning people to stone? IN YOUR DREAMS.

Hold your mouth for a second. I am not, in any way bashing Harry Potter. I love my life too much.

What I'm saying is that I need to watch the other movies before I make a final judgement on this situation. I'm also thinking that maybe I should've watched these before I turned 30 so that I could appreciate them more. Also, MORE DRAGONS. Baby dragons are the way to my heart.

At least I won't get cyber-bullied anymore.

Silver linings weekend.

Friday night I finally, FINALLY saw Silver Linings Playbook. And here I sit on Sunday night still thinking about it and tearing up looking through gifs and photos. My heart still so full and so broken from this film. Just believe me when I tell you that it is incredible. Bradley Cooper. Jennifer Lawrence. Robert DeNiro. Jacki Weaver. All so absolutely incredible. So wonderful that I would even allow Bradley Cooper to win the Oscar over Daniel Day Lewis. THAT GOOD.

Without getting in to it too much or giving away fine details, this movie tackles mental health issues in a way that a movie never has before. Nothing too serious, too unrelatable. Actual issues that people struggle with daily, that I have struggled with and that someone you know has struggled with. That is what makes this film so genuine and so heartbreaking. That we all have been there and we all will go back there, unwillingly and unknowingly. It is not a Rom-Com; it is a movie that will shake you to the core and fill your heart with life.

But enough of THAT talking about feelings and the like. I mean, that's not what you come here for. You come here to read about shitshows. So here is a shitshow story.

My best friend came to see our apartment for the first time since I moved to the great north (20ish minutes away). You see, I used to live two blocks from her. We used to walk over to each other's bachelorette pad or meet up in the middle for Thai or Mexican, or a drink. So this was our first official bestie night in Mira Mesa. 

Mira Mesa is a far cry from the hip neighborhood which she still inhabits. It is, dare I say, suburban. So we chose the fine establishment of El Torito for dinner, which has all night happy hour. LITTLE DID WE KNOW, Friday nights at the El Torito in Mira Mesa are CLUB NIGHTS YOU GUYS! Upon entering the bar area, we got carded by a BOUNCER. And then we were nearly defeaned by a variety of Pitbull jams and various other Top 40 hits from 2011. We genuinely shouted across the booth at each other to try to have normal conversation.

My absolute favorite part of the entire ordeal were the MOMS out for a crazy ass Friday night in good 'ol Mira Mesa. One lady, with a killer hair piece, even got grinded on by an ethnic man in a denim-on-denim ensemble. Dare I say they got jiggy with it? They sure did.

Denim-on-denim aside, it was an entertaining and interesting start to our Friday night which was finished with the viewing of an INCREDIBLE MOVIE GO SEE IT NOW. Have I made my point yet?