Statutory Warning: Reading long blogposts can be injurious to health...
/*now don't u say, i didn't warn you*/
So finally SA made a half century... we celebrated his 50th birthday this Saturday without much ado... d plan was that SA and yours truly, Rat spend the whole day, cook, frolic and host the party... really trust the Rat to spoil all d plans... i woke up as late as 11 in the noon... (Note to self: Don't take ur pencil and sketch book the nite before a big day.. Note to Readers: will scan and upload the new sketches someday...) without any announcement i reached SA who was sitting, fuming regd my absence... he had finished his bfast and here my stomach was doing rock n roll.... :-( hogged upon few dairy milks...R was away at school so i grilled SA about his funlist... he went on bluffing that he wanted to see his sons happy, build a dream house... a hit in the head with a pillow made him come to his sense and he blurted out about taking a walk in his farm, run around the nearby park and watch a movie... it may sound weird, guys , but our DEAR SA hasn't done all these simple things for past 4-5 years... these CEOs have a tough life, i say....
Cooking together was out of question as SA's mom called up from US of A and commanded to get a fav cook of hers to cook us(oops for us)... who can parry a supreme court order, huh? the cook filled the house with mouth watering aroma, while i hunted out the DVD collection of SA... man, that was an awesome collection... we picked up a couple of movies and ended up doing a marathon with 5 movies back to back....
**Bling BLinG blINg** spoiler alert spoiler alert: but all of these are classics/old ones..so no harm there...
Sons of Desert :
a Laurel and Hardy classic.... it starts with L and H attending a fraternity meeting.. they are to attend a convention at Chicago... L is reluctant stating his wife wont allow and H assures him.. back home wat happens is complete opposite with Laurel's wife allowing him and Hardy's wife planning for a trip to mountains instead...
a complete riot follows with H trying to deceive his wife with false sickness (L actually gets a Vet instead of a Doc) and going to Chicago... but gets caught as all husbands do...
Real LOL moments: H makes a bed in attic and L thanks him saying "Well, for the meticulous care with which you have executed your finely formulated machinations, in extricating us from this devastating dilemma."
L says to H's wife : oh he is suffering from Nervous Shakedown
L : Honesty is the best Politics
L gets caught eating a wax apple.. H's wife "Oh, so that's where it's been going. That's the third apple I've missed this week."
:-D
We Faw Down :
yet another L n H classic... L n H plan for a poker game but say their wives that are joining their boss for a play at Orpheum Theater... On the way to the poker game, they run into a couple of women who have lost a hat under a car. While they attempt to retrieve the lady's hat, a street-sprinkler soaks them with water. Soaking wet, they go to the girls' apartment to dry their clothes. Meanwhile the girls flirt with them. Unfortunately, one of the girls BF bursts in on the two couples and chases the boys from the apartment. Meanwhile, a fire has burned down the theater that day, and Laurel and Hardy have a lot of explaining to do when they return home...
LOL moments: H imitates wat they saw at the theater ignorant of the mishap occurred.. L gives hints but H mis-interprets and its a real LOL riot... ultimately L notices the headline and the moment has no words to explain... :-P
Sister Act:
Whoopi Goldberg's movie.. had me in splits.... Deloris Le Cartier is a singer in love with a married mafia leader... she does a flip and reaches d police when she sees a murder... d police hide her in a convent as a nun... how she overcomes all this mess is real fun to watch.. a feel good movie
(i would prefer watching this with my dream date, hmmm.... dreamy eyed and cough cough)..
Moments to watch out for:
Vince, d lover gifts her a mink coat after a tiff, Deloris is touched until she notices the coat embossed with Vince's wife's name... transformation of anger into happiness and back into outrage is something Whoopi does beautifully here...
Mother superior assorting thru Deloris clothes and finding myriad colors.
Deloris:i look like a penguin (after wearing the Habit)
The scene wr a couple of nuns visit a Pub and start dancing... LOLzzz
The choir's transformation from a drag to lively concert...
I LOVED this movie...
Anger Management:
another hilarious movie by Adam Sandler... pity that i saw its spoof before watching this original... Yeah
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi and yet another tamil movie were made on similar lines... so the novelty went amiss...
and at times i got irritated by Jack Nicholson...
watched a couple of SA's pick..not able to remember the name as it was all Spanish... he he he :P
then the cake arrived...
Had a blast... finished dinner, sent R to bed , talked to SA for some more time and returned home very late at nite...
the day evoked many hidden (never forgotten) memories... went to walk with Vicky... actually speaking, i was walking around alone and it was 11 in the nite.. wen Vicky knew this he ran to join me and returned home, only after i was safely tucked in my bed.... its a different story that i didn't sleep a wink..
Did i miss??? the dinner menu arrayed between peas n aloo sabji, Paratha, Jeera pulav and mouth watering Chicken Hyderabadi.. Chocolate Pudding was awesome as the dessert...
