One more thing off my list...

My to-do list before leaving law school has been fairly stagnant as of late, but this weekend I got a big one off there: take a spontaneous road trip.

So how did this happen? I'm sitting in class on Thursday morning, and I sit next to a friend of mine. We're talking about plans for the weekend, and I mention that I might be headed to Seattle for some stuff, but I'm not really sure. And he says "let's go to Forks!"

Forks? Yes, in case you didn't know, I am in fact a Twilight junky, and therefore Forks has a certain appeal.

So I call 'The Hub' and ask his thoughts on the matter. Aside from thinking that my male friend that suggested this trip needs to grow a set, all he can say is that he really doesn't want to go. Which leaves me in the position of deciding for myself whether or not I want to go.

I do. We leave way too early on Friday morning, and get back late Sunday afternoon - over 1000 miles, on less than 24 hours notice. I call that spontaneous.

And to top it off, I had a great time!

Where I've been

Alright. I know I've been M.I.A. all summer long, so here goes the summary, in short:

- I worked a lot

- I had an extra project for school (which totally paid off)

- I went home to visit several times, all of them totally worth it.

- I wrote, way more than I ever thought I would, for fun (now I have writers block)

- I laid by the pool and rolled over

That is pretty much my summer in a nutshell.

What's coming up?

Classes start on the 24th, and my final year of law school is off and running! WOO. My school friends are finally starting to return from their summer 'things,' and everything is going to go back to normal soon enough.

I've got another wedding at home to go to.

I'm going to try to be better about updating... we'll see how that goes.

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - A Review

First - I need to start with an apology for being such a bad blogger, it's been MONTHS since I logged in. Sorry about that. Work/summer was crazy and I will tell you all about it, but let me get this done first.

So last night Tucker Max did a premiere screening of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell in Seattle. One of my friends and I bought tickets and went to go see it. We bought the tickets very early, a good thing because they sold out.

In case you don't know who Tucker Max is, I'd suggest going to his website and reading some of his stories. They're all about his drunken debauchery. They're very funny, and a little less offensive because the guy admits upfront that he is, in fact, an asshole. As to how I found Tucker Max, well, I adore Matt Czuchry, and sometime after Gilmore Girls ended I IMDB'd him to see what he was up to. He was set to star in a film called "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell." I'd never heard of it, so I googled it, and came up with the book of the same title by Tucker Max. Immediately the book went on my to-read list. However it stayed on the list for at least a year because I never remembered to buy it when I went into a book store.

I finally got it as a Christmas gift this year from my mother-in-law. My step-brother in law mentioned that he had read bits and pieces of it and that it was really funny. I started it when I got home Christmas night. I was up reading it for an hour and a half until my husband came upstairs to go to bed. I finished it the next day, laughing all the way, then proceeded to check out his website (tuckermax.com) for additional stories.

I've been following the movie ever since. (He's got a production blog that goes with it)

So anyhow, we get there early and there's already a long line (45 minutes prior to entry time). We get it (late) to find 'swag bags' on each of the seats. It's a pretty small theatre, so there's like 300 seats max. The bags (which are actually semi useful) contain: a pint glass, a pen, a WWTD (what would tucker do) bracelet, a bottle opener, a bumper sticker, a movie poster (mini sized) and a tee-shirt (well you pick those up later).

Then they show the movie, which is so bloody funny. (A different funny than The Hangover, not quite as quotable). Czuchry does a great job portraying Max as a lovable asshole, something the original does not claim to be. Even though he's an asshole, you root for him in the end. While Max's stories lack a redeeming quality (you almost never want to root for him) you can tell that he is loyal to his friends. I will definitely be seeing the movie when it hits the main theatres.

After the movie there's 30 minutes of Q&A with Max and his screenwriting partner Nils Parker. Because the movie is a fictionalized version of a true story, there are many questions about Max's real life experiences, as well as his love of midgets. Max is straight to the point and not afraid to call people out when their questions are dumb. My favorite of the night is probably this gem (not exact quotes)

Girl: What was your LSAT score? [seriously who asks this?]

Max: Better than yours. I got into a top 10 law school with an academic scholarship.

After the Q&A he stayed for pictures and autographs. Now this guy is a self proclaimed asshole, yet aside from jabs at stupid people or stupid questions he was beyond nice to his fans. He may love the money and success, but actually comes across as a relatively down to earth guy. My copy of his book was signed and personalized. Which is great except that my name is, well, a pain in the ass, so my conversation with Tucker Max is not cool or memorable, but lame in me explaining that my parents were not drug addicts for coming up with my crazy name. But, points to Max, he pronounced my name correctly!

All and all TOTALLY worth the $10.00. That's right. $10 for all of that. I saw Stephenie Meyer last summer for a book signing, and concertina (Justin Furstenfeld from Blue October was there acoustically) We got to have one book signed by Meyer and no pics, and the cost was at least $20. Also worth it, but not as fun.