This past Tuesday my mom and I spent the morning with Michaela Conlin - who plays Angela Montenegro on the tv show Bones - which airs on FOX. (I blogged back in February how we know her)

Anyway, my mom is friends with her Aunt and her dad. She was in town to visit her dad for the holidays and my mom and I got to go to her dad's house and visit with her. It was really cool - just the 4 of us sitting and chatting. She is a super nice, down to earth person.

Have you heard about this?

"An unknown producer from Uruguay, Fede Alvarez, shelled out about $300 to create a cool video of a robot invasion in Montevideo, the capitol of Uruguay. The four-minute short, "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack) features ginormous (but slow-moving) weapon-wielding robots that blow stuff up.
Alvarez told the BBC, "I uploaded 'Ataque de Panico!' on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of emails from Hollywood studios." Long story short, a bidding war ensued. The offer he pocketed: A $30 million deal with Sam "Spiderman" Raimi's Ghost House Pictures. That's a nice return on investment."

The Playlist gushed over this short film but interestingly, the majority who left comments had very few nice things to say, if at all.

I thought it was good. The beginning was pretty interesting, with the kid playing with his own robots and then suddenly seeing huge ones walking by. The shot of empty child swings moving back and forth and then the one scene where the woman let go of the baby stroller and it took off down the stairs - all great ways to have an impact on viewers - I mean it did me but maybe that is because I'm a mom.

Anyway, I'd lvoe feedback on this - what did you think?

Weather in Pa is decent, for the most part. We are in a valley so there are not many hurricanes or tornadoes threatening the area and I am seriously glad for that!

However, winter sucks here. We don't get too much snow, we get that lovely 'wintry mix' and that basically consists of wet snow, freezing rain, then turning to rain - you know, slop. That is exactly what we have going on right now. We have more of a chance of being flooded out than snowed in today.

So, I was awake at 5am and of course immediately went down into our basement to make sure we didn't get water down there. Since we've remodeled the basement we have gotten water once and I hope that was the last time. Being down there reminded me we need to do maintenance on a few things, the furnace and the water softener tank. I need to be on the lookout for better water softeners than we have now, our water is a bit harsh. Hate it!

It's after 7am now, just waiting for the sun to make an appearance so I can better access the roads around here. I am guessing CJ will need to leave for work a bit early today.

Thinking about starting your own business? I know, crazy right, in this economy? Well, I know there’s got to be good ideas out there, it’s just a matter of thinking of them. What about a salon franchise - I'm betting something like that will do well. I mean, come on, no matter what goes on in the world, most people still want to be pretty!

Entertainment, beauty products and technology - all here to stay. Speaking of, I just got myself a pair of kick ass sunglasses - I look rad in them!

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate being a home owner? There is always something that needs to be fixed or replaced. This time it's our home lighting - we need to update it all. My dad is an electrician and he has agreed to help us but he said he won't do it for us.

This means he gives the orders and supervises while CJ and I 'do' - how fun.