1. The Departed
2. Little Children
3. Half Nelson
4. Clerks II
5. Inside Man
6. V For Vendetta
7. The Last King of Scotland
8. United 92
9. Perfume
10. Borat

More movies for me to catch up on. I’ve only see 4 of his 10. I’ve wanted to see Little Children for a long time and after seeing that it’s on his list I really want to see it now! Hopefully, I’ll catch it before it leaves the theaters.

Little Children 82% on RottenTomatoes

In a suburban town full of perfect parents devoted to rearing their children for Harvard futures, a stay-at-home mom has an affair with an ex-jock, stay-at-home dad who rebels against his wife’s wishes that he become a big-bucks lawyer.

Little Children takes a penetrating look at suburbia and its flawed individuals with an unflinching yet humane eye.

This is pretty hot. Go here for a list of stores that accept paypal.

Too bad this doesn’t work with my roomate. We do all of our bills through paypal: rent, electricity, phone/dsl, etc. It’s great! Don’t have to worry about writing or depositing checks. I highly recommend you use this method if you are living with roomates.

I’m sure most of you who heard about the man who was planning to propose to his gf during a Superbowl commerical were wondering what happened when the commercial never aired. Well it turns out the company sponsoring him pulled out at the last minute. They ended up airing the commercial during Veronica Mars instead, which is his gf’s favorite tv show. I missed it but of course it’s on the internet. Check it out:

The proposal is ok, but the gf’s reaction is priceless. Go here to see it.

I love these products from One Good Bumblebee.

Retro TV Alarm Clock: I like how you can turn off the alarm with the remote. ha!

Ticket Stub Diary: I wish I had this when I first started going to shows. What a cute way to remember them!

Key Caps: I think I am slowly getting obsessed with key caps. I’ll make that a future post…cool key caps! haha These have such a cute pattern and are a great way to differentiate your keys.

pfadvice has posted an interesting article about where to hide your money from a burglar. How did he find out the answer to this? From a former burglar!

What I got from the article:

– Best place to hide your valuables is AT THE BANK!
– Don’t hide your money too hard or your house will get trashed. If a burglar is intent on finding money, he will go to great lengths to get it. Suggestions were to leave a little bit of money around or to leave a marked envelope in an easily accessible drawer with “Bank Safe Deposit Box” on the outside and a list of items on the inside to tip off the burglar that you keep your valuables at the bank.
– If you have a safe, make sure it is the bolted down variety.
– A good place to hide money is in toys in a children’s room, bottom of a trashcan, or in a box of laundry detergent.
– Don’t hide money in electronics (duh!) or in weird places that seem out of the ordinary. His example was a campbell soup can in your bedroom. The object is out of place and draws attention to burglars.

I was reading this interesting story on getrichslowly where this guy was mysteriously getting billed from Sprint even though he didn’t even have a Sprint account! Luckily, his mail was still getting forwarded from his old house which was where he was getting these bills even after 6 months (usually they stop doing that at 6 months). If he did not get these bills, he would have had a really bad mark on his credit history and accrued a lot of late payment fees.

From the article, I learned that you are entitled to 3 free credit reports a year. To obtain this, go to annualcreditreport.com. You’ll have to enter in your information, including your SSN. From the report you can find out if there’s any suspicious activity going on with your credit. Perhaps, someone has opened an account using your information and you don’t even know it. Or in the case of the previous article, someone is billing you and you are racking up an unknown debt! With the amount of identity fraud going on nowadays, it’s a very smart thing to do to look at your credit report 1-3 times a year. It’s easy and can save you a ton of headaches down the road. A lot of people don’t think it will happen to them, but I would say every other person I know has had some time of identity fraud done to them, including myself! It happens more than you think

I’m in the midst of planning my next big vacation…Peru. As always, I am on the lookout for good travel guides and I stumbled upon Wikitravel. It’s great! Just like Wikipedia, people can update it with their own thoughts and suggestions which is great for travel recommendations. I always like reading what the average person thinks is fun to do, see, or eat in another country.

wikitravel

I was checking out the page for Cuzco, Peru since that is where we need to go to start our trek to Machu Picchu and I saw this picture:

SICK!!!! roasted guinea pig.

I would have these cute things in it (from modernpoverty.com)

salt + pepper shakers: these are so geeky, i love them!

a tooth toothbrush holder: how fitting!

diner snapshot plates: boo on boring white plates! yay for cool photography

help! drain stopper: so cute

I found a recipe for my extinct Lemon Coolers!!! I’m not sure if these are the same as the ones that the Girl Scouts sell but at this point I’m desperate. It seems so easy too, I can’t wait to try it. Perhaps I will make it this weekend if I make it out to the grocery store.

1 (18.25-ounce) package lemon cake mix
1 (7-ounce) container whipped topping, thawed
1 large egg, slightly beaten
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C).
Mix together cake mix, whipped topping and egg.
Drop by teaspoonfuls into bowl of powdered sugar and roll to coat; shaping into balls.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Do not brown.
Makes 3 dozen.

MMM, how I missed the airy, tart goodness of LEMON COOLERS. haha