Sorry I've kinda been neglecting my posting duties the last few days (although I suppose it isn't a rule that I must post everyday or anything, of course). I've been keeping myself a little busy.
This weekend I worked on Saturday & then after work I read a bit before going over to my sister's & spending time with her & my brother. Brother & I also went out to visit my mom at her apartment (still not anywhere near finished with the whole moving in process). I fell asleep at her house & slept though the beginning of some movie we were watching. Though I then woke up & powered my way through the rest of it. I don't know what the movie was & didn't recognise anyone in it, but it was about some sort of murder + real estate scam thing going on in Chicago.
Synopsis of Mystery Movie:
So some guy murders a brother & sister who have inherited a fortune including a massive & very ritzy estate home. Then he & an accomplice girl pretend to be the victims (although apparently they didn't realize the vics were bro & sis/assume they were Mr & Mrs, this be what gives an already no longer needed clue that they're the villains & be scammin') & dupe this cute but naive chicky who is kinda dabbling in real estate but is a tad clueless/doesn't really know what she is doing, into selling the house for him. The Imposter asks that the house be sold WITHOUT LISTING IT & that it be paid for in CASH. (as if! You would think at that point someone would clue in to the whole thing seeming just a little sketchy, n'est-ce pas?)
Of course, she immediately finds a buyer, some Saudi consular official who wants to move in right away & pays $10 million +. She receives a nice fat commish check for $650 grand for her seemingly minimal amount of effort, before everything goes to crap.
How everything goes to crap: The caretaker of the house is offed when he gets too close to the sketchy criminal happenings. The bodies of the dead siblings be found & their deaths are reported in the paper (the morning after the sale, most conveniently), Mr. embassy guy looses his brain when he shows up to take possession of the house & finds the next of kin/new real owner there. Little Miss Realtor is questioned by the police. Oh & after all that, when she finally gets home, her Frenchy BF "Monseur Boeuf Bourguignon", we'll call him, dumps her. Then her BFF & partner in the sale is hit by a truck while in hot pursuit of Imposter/Killer's female accomplice.
So Little Miss Realtor decides to unravel the mystery & solve the crime herself. All the pieces fall into place, she scores herself a new love interest in the form of the next of kin/new inheritor guy (who by the by, is apparently a spoiled rich kid, turned drug addict, turned army guy, now Chicago's best carpenter), accomplice girl gets killed herself by Imposter/Killer who is then caught (but obviously not before Little Miss Realtor gets herself in danger's way at his behest! Does "behest" make sense used in that context? Whatevs! But no worries because new love interest saves her from danger deux ex machina-style! Then she saves him from close call at the hands of Imposter/Killer, since this is supposed to be a post-damsel in distress era, after all, isn't it?) & BFF girl wakes up from her Mack truck induced coma with nothing to show for her sorrows but a band-aid on her forehead. Fini/happily ever after!
Wasn't a bad movie actually, twas decent/not too shabby, although 199.99% predictable. The weird thing is that lately whenever siblings & I go over to watch a movie with my mom, mom ends up inadvertently selecting a movie with at least one (in this case several) sex scenes. I find this quite consistently results in some degree of awkwardness.
I had Sunday off work, which I spent helping out with things at my Mom's new house (getting things ready to move in type help, I also watered some of their newly planted trees, which were planted quite conveniently while I was working a shift at work.), eating very unhealthily & then hanging out with brother & sister & brother-in-law. We watched a show about dinosaurs & then a zillion episodes of The Office.
How unhealthily was I eating today? The facts: Harvey's bacon double cheeseburger combo with fries & a diet coke (as if it being a diet helps me, who do I think I'm kidding? LOL), buttery popcorn, chocolates, iced tea, a coke (not a diet) & pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut. AKA: I've fallen off the "I'm going to start eating better" wagon. I've actually gained like 5 pounds in the past few weeks. I think all the treats "L" brings into work & thus I am inevitably tempted by is partly responsible. But naturally, I have no one but myself & my willpower to blame!
Perhaps you're wondering why, I've included "I'm mad at Rainbow Cinemas!" in the title? Well, my friend & I are supposed to see Avatar this Tuesday & last time I checked they were showing it at 4:25 & 7 on Tuesdays, but they've since changed that & ceased to play Avatar. A seriously serious LET DOWN this be. Lame! I'm hoping she still wants to do something that day, as I would still greatly enjoy her company.
That be more than enough rambling for one day, I'm certain... so until next time, au revoir!
PS: Ramble! Bla bla bla! Yadda yadda yadda!
I'll just rent Avatar when it comes out. That way I can pause it before I go bananas because of sitting too long.
ReplyDeleteWhat's up with your two different fonts??
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ps. that movie sounds really strange
ReplyDeleteIt's already out on DVD!
ReplyDeleteWhat is up with the two different fonds: I was trying to scroll down with my trackpad on my laptop & it did something weird & supersized the font of parts of the blog entry & then I did a half assed job of fixing it.
It was kinda strange.