Snapshot Chronicles

Susan Getgood's personal blog

Born to be Wild

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Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

On Sunday, I am so excited to be among a small group of women going to Harley-Davidson Summer Camp in Milwaukee for a few days. I get to tag along with Mom to the Screaming Masses, Sugar Jones, Kelly (Mocha Momma), Scout from United States of Motherhood, Stephanie Quilao, Missy from Bitten and Bound, Mona from Kirida.com, Jill from One Good Thing by Jillee, Karen the Graphics Fairy, Burgh Baby and Morgan from the 818.

The trip is part of a sponsored program with BlogHer (my employer, which is why I get to go). Harley-Davidson is also a sponsor of the upcoming BlogHer 12 conference in NYC.

We got the itinerary Friday and the good stuff on this program pretty much makes up for the fact that I can’t take a vacation this summer.

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My Jeremy Renner Obsession

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Last month we saw the Avengers movie, and since then I have been battling with what might be considered an unhealthy obsession with Jeremy Renner. Seriously, I watched Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol for a second time purely to watch Renner, and I am planning to BUY The Hurt Locker (and films about war are not usually on my must-have list).

I just can’t get enough. In case you feel the same way, I have some goodies for you.

The trailer from the new Bourne film, The Bourne Legacy due out August 10th. And yes, I like Matt Damon too, but it is quite alright with me that the next installment is all Jeremy.

A link to a video of Renner singing New York State of Mind on the Jimmy Fallon show.

And a clip of Renner singing Stuck in the Middle with You with musician Brother Sal and friends.

You’re welcome.

Avengers Assemble!

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I will admit it, I am a total fan girl when it comes to comic book hero films. Superman. Batman. X-Men. But there is a special place in my heart for The Avengers. Especially Iron Man. Because, seriously, Black Sabbath AND Robert Downey Jr.

But like the Grinch, my heart grew  a few sizes this past weekend when we saw The Avengers movie, to encompass Thor, Hulk, Captain America and most especially Hawkeye and Black Widow.

In their standalone films, Cap and Thor were, well, a little bit dull. Hopefully, their sequels will be a bit more energetic, but I have no complaints about them in The Avengers. They struck the perfect note.

And RDJ is always perfect as Iron Man. Even when the script isn’t that good (Iron Man 2), he makes you love him, even though you know he isn’t that loveable.

The big surprises in The Avengers — Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk had some of the best lines, and I enjoyed Black Widow far more than I did in Iron Man 2. And oh Hawkeye….

Jeremy Renner. That is all.

But seriously… The Avengers is a perfect movie.Not the best movie ever made. But for its genre, some of the best acting and writing ever. So good, I wanted to press rewind more than once and was ready to watch the movie all over again as soon as it was over. Joss Whedon did a tremendous job with the story and direction, and all the performances were superb. Including and especially the small moments like Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson.

 

And oh, do yourself a favor — there are two easter eggs. Stay til the end, the very end of the credits.

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