Purchases of the Week: February 18, 2011

The Negotiator - Love this movie. Kevin Spacey was awesome. I think this was before Samuel L. Jackson was in a ton of movies which kind of made him ridiculous. 

Scott Pilgrim - I was not too excited about this movie till I saw it. Probably because SDCC whored it like crazy and when things are too hyped I lose interest. This was a very enjoyable movie. Kieran Culkin sealed the deal for us to get this on blu-ray. 

 
The Wedding Singer - Adam Sandler was at the height of his charm when he did this movie. Now it feels like he's lost that something that made him loveable. I think he stopped being funny. Nate says maybe he grew up from the juvenile humor he's well known for. Either way, we both love this movie.

I can say I am disappointed in blu-ray sales for President's Day. Nothing too much to get excited about. Not as fun as Thanksgiving, that was blu-ray buying paradise. I was hoping that some strangely high priced movies would go down to $9.99 or less. Alas, hardly any reached $13.99 or less. So we just picked up three. Two to replace DVDs and one new movie.

It might be time to hit up Amoeba to sell off some old stuff.

Purchases of the Week: February 13, 2011

Amarkat Cat Tree - Model B7701

A place for our beloved cats to hang out and play. I know the boys will appreciate the height since they often sit at the top of the banister. I plan to rub a bit of catnip in the condos. Marley would love that. This will re-direct their coach potato habits.

I've been researching cat trees for quite a bit. I've seen super complicated ones, modern style ones, too simple ones and the pricing is ridiculous with most.

I know my cats. I know what they love to do. Those sisal posts would be scratcher heaven. Marley loves batting toys and Dhani likes to lounge and sleep all day on one of those pedestals. I can't wait to get this!

Purchases of the Week: February 13, 2011

• Dead Space: Downfall - Nate and I are obsessing over this game, the books, comic books and whatever else we can get our hands on. We really love the whole Dead Space universe. This anime gives us a window as to what happened on the Ishimura before the USG Kelion carrying Isaac Clarke and crew arrived.
• Event Horizon - A lot of the elements we see in Dead Space we first saw in Event Horizon. This was an awesome and scary movie. The vent scene still gives me chills to this day.
• Galaxy Quest - Sigourney Weaver! I liked it. Yes, Tim Allen is in it but the rest of the cast was enjoyable. 
• Ghostbusters - Classic Bill Murray. Enjoyed the movie when I was kid and saw it again as an adult and still liked it. Every year I see people cosplay them at SDCC.
• Inception - We heard a lot of buzz about this movie but never saw it in a theater. We resisted reading about it and spoiling the storyline for us. We saw it only last month at Nate's parents house and it was like wow. Now we wish we saw it in the movie theater.
• The Other Guys - Unfortunately, I didn't get to see this movie as I was concentrating hard on Zach and Kristina's iPad playing Plants vs Zombies. But I could hear everyone laughing. A lot.

I love BLU-RAY.COM it's a great site and we use it extensively to read up about blu-ray, upcoming releases and sales! None of the movies listed above were more than $14 each. Don't pay full price for your movies if you don't have to!

Purchases of the Week: February 6, 2011

Unexpected cash came and I was able to purchase something this week. Something for the house and something for laughs.

Anchor Hocking 10 Piece TrueSeal Storage Set 

I've been looking at ways to have less waste around the house. We never liked the plastic storage containers for storing leftovers and I was looking for alternatives for food storage. I found this set and it has generally good reviews. It's microwavable, oven safe (not the lid), and dishwasher safe. No more wrapping our bowls with cling wrap or foil. There are other sizes but I'll give this a try before I get more. They look promising though.

Beerfest - First few minutes of Beerfest and my first thoughts were, This movie is gonna be dumb." But then I started laughing. Cloris Leachman, bless her, was hilarious. I haven't seen Super Troopers. I should. It's the same crew. It's a great, silly movie and we enjoyed it. That's enough reason to get it on Blu-ray. Now if only they would release Kung Pow - Enter the Fist and Grandma's Boy on blu-ray I'll be a happy camper.

Nodame the Goofy Alpha Cat

No purchase at the end of this week. Unless you count some address labels. But most of the day I spent sleeping.

I woke up after noon and started doing chores. As I went up and down the house, Nodame was just sitting in the living room getting some sun. Marley was sitting at the window. Nodame always likes to sit reclining style. Like an old man. LOL

Essentially, most of our time as a family is spent upstairs. We hardly hang out downstairs which is a shame. The cats have the full run of the house except the Fourth Room and they have claimed the living room as theirs. This year, I mean to take it back.

I have plans for the living room. I want to make it a space where we can sit and chill, enjoy some movies and gaming. A place not just for the cats but for everyone. But before new furniture enters the house I have to direct their natural instinct of sharpening their claws elsewhere and I already have something fun for them to hang out in. I'll probably get it at the end of the month.

Toy News
Nate and I are very excited about the Paul Kaiju x Blobpus Boss Carrion Lottery. One per household so I entered Nate's name as he has better luck than me. I'm not going to lie. I thought about entering again just to improve our chances but when I look over and gaze at that beautiful Golden Mibora and how awesome it was to pull that from one bag, I changed my mind. We started the New Year toy wise in such a great way I am not about to ruin that by being greedy.

If we win, awesome! If we don't, there will be other opportunities. Learning to accept that and having the patience of a glacier keeps the hobby fun. We'll find out in 72 hours! There's other stuff dropping that I am looking forward to as well.