Fruit Ninja

10 Real Life Lessons of Fruit Ninja

Fruit Ninja is one of my favorite game apps! This article about the 10 real life lessons that you can learn from it is surprisingly insightful. My favorite is number 5: that which is critical is often random, referring to the fruit that you slice that turn out to be worth more than the others. It comes out of nowhere, looks like all the others, yet gives you 5 times the point of any other fruit.

Lord of the Rings marathon

Over the weekend, I attended a Lord of the Rings marathon at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. They screened all three movies (the extended versions!) from 6pm to 1am. LOTR is one of my favorite movies (well, trilogy of movies) of all time. I could watch them over and over again and never tire of it. You’d think it would be difficult to sit through so many movies all in a row, but to me, they are so enjoyable that it was very easy. We made sure to get good seats: up in the balcony, right next to the ledge - plenty of leg room as well as a place to put your feet up. We also brought snacks, energy drinks, and plenty of water - essential to being able to stay energized and awake til the very end! They gave us 20 minute breaks between films, which was just enough time to go to local convenience stores and restaurants to get something to eat quickly and stretch your legs.

The movies just flew by, to me. I never once felt bored or antsy. In my opinion, it’s because the movies are just that good - so engaging and beautiful that, despite the fact I could probably recite dialogue along with the characters, I still enjoyed the experience of seeing it yet again. An added bonus was that I never actually saw the first two in theaters, so it was great to be able to see them up on the big screen.

Frenemies

Frenemies are usually a bad thing, but I've found the exception: The Frenemy. This chick is my new lady crush. I am ridiculously envious of her hilarious and unique writing style. It's like she takes my inner monologue and makes it more funny and less pathetic. She makes me believe that I'm not alone in this weird subset of modern 20-somethings: we are not teenagers anymore, but we're not married olds with kids. We're somewhere in between and we are confused, malcontent and a little bit drunk. I LOL at every post and usually save them so I can quote them to friends later on.