The Calendar Girls

The Calendar Girls

Summary
-Chris Harper and Annie Clarke are two middle aged friends living in Knapely, in Yorkshire County. They represent the Yorkshire chapter of the Women's Institute, whose motto is "enlightenment, fun, friendship". After Annie's husband dies of leukemia, she wants to donate the money from the calendars they do to a local Yorkshire hospital. So they decide to make the next calendar a little risqué and do pictures of nude members of the Women's Institute. This idea comes from the idea that sex sells

Cast
-Helen Mirren: Chris
-Julie Walters: Annie
-John Alderton: John
-Linda Bassett: Cora
-Annette Crosbie: Jessie
-Phillip Glenister: Lawrence
-Ciaran Hinds: Rod
-Celia Imrie: Celia
-Geraldine James: Marie
-Penelope Wilton: Ruth
-George Costigan: Eddie
-Graham Crowden: Richard
-Harriet Thorpe: Brenda Mooney
-Lesley Staples: Jenny

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Bridget Jones Diary: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones Diary: The Edge of Reason

Summary
-4 weeks after the first film, Bridget Jones is in an uncomfortable relationship with Mark Darcy. She now deals with a bad vacation, a strange new boss.

This cutie right here proves not all English guys are ugly, like the stereotype says. This one is HOT!

Cast
-Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones
-Gemma Jones: Mum
-Jim Broadbent: Dad
-James Faulkner: Uncle Geoffrey
-Celia Imrie: Una Alconbury
-Colin Firth: Mark Darcy
-Neil Pearson: Richard Finch
-Hugh Grant: Daniel Cleaver
-James Callis: Tom
-Paul Nicholls: Jed

Did You Know?
-Bridget makes a comment talking about Mark in a wet shirt. This is an obvious reference to Colin Firth's famous scene as Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice, where he appeared to Elizabeth Bennett in a wet shirt after swimming in a lake

Bridget Jones Diary

Bridget Jones Diary

Summary
-Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling with the things most women struggle with: work, her weight, her age, minor flaws and her inability to get a relationship. As a New Year's Resolution, she decides to take hold the reigns of her life by starting a diary telling the complete truth. Things really start when her boss takes an interest in her. Along for the ride are her group of quirky friends and a guy she can't stop running into or stop finding attractive

Cast
-Renee Zellweger: Bridget Jones
-Gemma Jones: Bridget's Mother
-Celia Imrie: Una Alconbury
-James Faulkner: Uncle Geoffrey
-Jim Broadbent: Bridget's dad
-Colin Firth: Mark Darcy
-Hugh Grant: Daniel Cleaver
-Felicity Montagu: Perpetua
-Shirley Henderson: Jude
-James Callis: Tom
-Embeth Davidtz: Natasha

Did You Know?
-To prepare for the role, Renee Zellweger had to gain 25 pounds, and worked at a British publishing company for a month. With this, she was able to perfect a posh English accent along with developing an alias
-Hugh Grant thought she was actually English because her accent was so perfect. He did not know she was American
-This movie bears a striking resemblance to Jane Austen's novel Pride & Prejudice
-First movie role of James Callis
-Kate Winslet, Julie Benz, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham-Carter and Elizabeth Hurley were all considered for the role of Bridget

Stuff My Buddies Post on Facebook

I was inspired to do this post by a fellow blogger called 'SummerBaby'. Who I think is the coolest person ever! She is, from what I've read on her posts, is a student attending the London College of Fashion. Pretty awesome!

And because of her awesome sense in this stuff, I was inspired to post about things my friends post on Facebook

Amanda Ackerson posted this

Adam Hegge posted this about his truck

Jane Hlad, my high school art teacher, posted this

A girl nnamed Ann Papaneri posted this

My high school music teacher Tim Kennedy posted this

Robyn Meyer posted this

Hug Pugs. One of my favorite Facebook pages

Facebook for Hire!

Yeah, the title should attract attention. While I was in class on Tuesday looking at different social networking sites, the teacher for the class informed us that some employers hire people based on what is on their Facebook account. Personally, this is ridiculous, no employer should hire someone based on what is on their Facebook account. What an employer should hire someone because of is how they work with others, their qualifications or something else, not a Facebook account. I mean, I have an account and if an employer were to look at mine, they'd see that I'm a music lover, because most of the stuff on my Facebook page have to do with music, like announcements for Rihanna going on tour, U2 going on tour, Paul McCartney going on tour, the Beatles releasing an album, etc. I personally think it's stupid that some employers would hire you because of what is on a social networking site that you use. Because when we looked at Facebook accounts, I'm pretty sure everyone in the world has seen mine and they pretty much know that I'm a  music lover because of all the music tour announcements, album releases, etc. But I just think it's stupid that some people would do that, it's almost an invasion of privacy, I mean, on Facebook, you can say just about anything and that some people who hire would look at one's account and see something like someone talking about partying or something, that might make the person hiring a little hesitant to hire.

What I think an employer SHOULD look at is what that person can bring to the table, their skills, if they can work well with others, their qualifications, what they can do, their interests or something, my dad has a friend who is a Graphic Designer and he told me he thought that it was ridiculous that some people hire based on what one has on a social networking site. He said that most should hire because of skills/qualifications. And if Denise reads this, I'm totally with her on the whole Facebook issue, no employer should hire a person based on what is on a social site like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.

Personally, If I'm going to look for a job, I'm just going to keep the same Facebook account that I currently have, if you ever see mine, there is never usually anything dirty on it, most of the stuff on my wall is stuff pertaining to the Breast Cancer Foundation, I'm a strong believer in there being a cure for breast cancer, it runs in my family, happy joy!, Shriner's Hospital is on my wall, I believe in kids getting miracles, a-lot of the stuff on my wall is charity and good stuff and music tour dates, music album releases, musician announcements, etc and just friends talking, but unfortunately, most of the friends I have on there like to talk dirty and I usually tell them I don't talk like that and they just keep on doing it!

Just thought I'd make my text green because of the rapidly approaching Christmas holidays. And thank the Good Lord I have my Christmas shopping done. I swear, I never knew shopping for family would be so hard, I have my sister taken care of, I bought her a blanket of this cartoon character she likes, called Invader Zim, and a book about this athlete she likes, Apolo Ohno, I bought my dad a movie,The Expendables, he loves all those exploding action movies, I bought my mom a book about the topic of Organized Crime, she finds in interesting, I bought my step-father a set of model race cars, he's a major fan of all those car races, like the Le Mans, Indy 500, etc. So hopefully, they love their gifts, I care about family and just wanted to give them something they like.