Archive for June, 2009

Baby Rory

Jun 29th

I only took me a bit over 4 years, but here’s a little video of the dramatic day Rory was born. Stuck shoulders and all!

Laundry Day

Jun 25th

Posted by chris in BlaBla

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My wife, Jade, muttered tiredly, "I don’t want to fold clothes." So I
dumped the basket on her and made this image using my iPhone and an
app called Pano!
Thanks for all you do Jade!
Also, I helped fold laundry:)

Laundry Day, originally uploaded by ChrisMundell.com.

The Hangover

Jun 23rd

Posted by chris in Did I Hate It?

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I saw The Hangover a couple weeks ago, but only now can bring myself to type “Zach Galifianakis in a jock strap”.

The Hangover is FUNNY! It has the same ratio of raunch to funny as 40yr Old Virgin. It’s got to be the funniest situation-type comedy of the year. Not Huxtable SitCom, mind you. The end credits sequence is insane, but I’m not sure Bill Cosby would approve:)

The 3 groomsmen who lose the groom in Las Vegas are played by Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms & the aforementioned Zach Galifianakis. All three of these guys turned in their most memorable movie roles yet in this one. You would likely recognize Ed Helms from The Office and Bradley Cooper from Alias and other films. I am most pleased to see Zach Glifianakis finally hit it big. He’s been doing funny comedy shows and stand up for along time.

My bachelor party experience consists mostly of prayer, sports, farting and food. Not necessarily in that order. So, while I can’t claim to have any direct experience with accidental stripper-marrying, I can relate to intense regret and panic. I think we all can. Anyone remember Milli Vanilli?

Actually, there’s a stripper in the movie with my wife’s name. I know what you’re thinking, but I can’t install a pole in my room. We rent.

OK, now I’m realizing that I might have offended my wife by suggesting that the only thing keeping me from installing such a thing is the fact that we rent. I was NOT assuming that she would be in any way supportive of the idea even if we owned our home. I’m not sure I would even like it that much, especially after the third or fourth time I ran into it in the middle of the night. Also, houses are expensive where we live. So please forgive me, Jade? Come on, I’ll do a naughty little dance for you!

I did not hate The Hangover!

UP

Jun 14th

Posted by chris in Did I Hate It?

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I was so looking forward to seeing Pixar’s UP! That is mostly due to the fact that I HEART PIXAR MOVIES!

UP is about an old guy called Carl. But, it’s also about living life, fulfilling your dreams and starting over.

I don’t have a ton of experience with senior citizens. I once asked my Grandad what it was like to be in the twilight of his life. I expected something deep & introspective back from him. He said it was terrible and that he wasn’t much for introspection. Fair enough. His generation isn’t as touchy feely as mine:) I miss him, he was awesome. I know it’s unusual for me to get all nostalgic while reviewing an animated movie, but that’s the magic of great storytelling. It takes you to a place & makes you think about your life. I think one of the big themes of this film is that life is an adventure.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get anybody to go with me on this adventure. So, I was on my own up there floating around the theater alone. Turns out, it was apropos since the main character, Carl, is alone. At least for a while.

Carl, voiced wonderfully by Ed Asner, meets up with Russel, voiced equally well by Jordan Nagai and they find in each other a friend, unlook for. All the characters in the film are so fully realized by the animators, voice actors and storytellers that I really related to them.

I didn’t really cry watching the movie, but I did when I was telling my wife about it. Weird, huh?

I did NOT hate it UP there!