A regular day in the Beebe house, and Star Trek

So lately "the view from here has been rather gray..." - Pride and Prejudice.

I.Love.That.Movie.

And I really can't express that enough.

But anyway, life has been pretty dull recently. No more Ecuador, just getting back to our normal, not that exciting lives, haha.

So lately I have been fascinated with the wonderful world of KSL. I LOVE KSL. I have been converted.
Lately, I often catch myself looking at random things without even realizing what I'm doing. But thankfully it paid off.

Brendon and I don't really own furniture. Like at all. We bought a used bed from his old neighbor that has been pretty awesome, but no bed frame or headboard. Just the mattress and the box spring. We're so awesome.

So, while on KSL, I decided to look at the couches on sale. And magically I found a couch and love seat set that was being sold for only $115!!! It was truly miraculous.

So we contacted the seller, borrowed Brendon's parent's trailer, and headed down to the seller's house. We jumped on that sale 'cause we knew how good it was. And I'm so glad we did! They're in PERFECT condition, and she threw in the pillows too! And I gotta say, the couches look pretty good in the room.

The first picture of the couch is a little off in color because the flash wasn't on.

So Brendon and I were very excited about them. :) Made my week. You can't find that great of a deal.

The art on the wall is all from Ecuador as well! When we got back, we went to a framing shop and they made the frames and all and took around 2 weeks to do so. So we finally got them back and hung them up! :)


Now, one of the reasons why I even wanted to make this blog, besides because of Ecuador, was due to rating movies. I wanted to give my point of view about movies that I have seen, am anticipating, and the ones that I think are classics and should always be talked about.
So to start us off.....

This past weekend, Brendon and I went to go see Star Trek: Into Darkness. I was really excited because I absolutely LOVEDDDD the first one. I think it was brilliant. The writers did a fantastic job! It is filled with wit and funny lines, and Chris Pine did a great job as well. I loved every bit of it.
The acting in general was impeccable. The chemistry between the characters just flowed, with friendships and with conflicts.

So, I didn't really expect much less for Star Trek: Into Darkness, which was rather silly of me.
This movie was really good, don't get me wrong, but it lacked a lot of what the first one had. The wit wasn't really there, only for a couple of instances, and I was just not attached to the characters as much.

The best thing, by far, about this film was Benedict Cumberbatch, or Khan. He was nothing less than PHENOMENAL. My gosh, I hated him sooooo much! Really got you on the edge of your seat.
I first knew of him from Sherlock, of course. And the wit and acting in that show, btw, is ridiculously good. A friend told me to watch it but I didn't until a couple months later. And I was hooked immediately. It's too bad there aren't a ton of episodes.....but anyway, back to Star Trek.


The story line was pretty good, but not as good as the first. The writing follows the same pattern. The acting was great, as usual.

So I give it a 6/10.


This weekend, Brendon and I are going to see Man of Steel, and we have both heard that it was fan-freakin-tastic. I have a friend that even went as far as saying it was better than the Avengers, Ironman, and every other superhero movie made. I think he's going overboard, personally, but I guess we will see!

So excited.

I still have yet to see Lincoln, Les Miserables, The Great Gatsby, and Before Midnight.

I have been questioning if there was going to be a third film to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, so you can imagine how excited I am now that it's out. After 9 years, once again. Gosh, I can't wait.


Oh, and did I mention that it is almost our 1st anniversary?!?! No, I didn't.
It is, and I'm so stoked! We'll be in California celebrating our friends' wedding, on our anniversary. :)
It's going to be legendary.

Well that's all for now.

Oh, and as I always end my notes, letters, and journal entries that I write (in my actual journal), I will end with a few words:

"From the immortal words of The Doors: the time to hesitate is through".
- Lucas from Empire Records


Aren't we cute? :P One Year Baby!

The reason for it all

Christina speaking here.

So, this wonderful blog was made to document our trip to the wonderful and beautiful Ecuador :)
To sum it all up, I have never traveled really, like EVER in my life. I've gone to a few places in the US, and I crossed the border to Mexico by walking, going to Progresso and Reynosa (which don't really count, considering I was only there for a couple hours) and that's it. So going to Ecuador was a pretty crazy thing.

At first, Ecuador was a big shock. I have never been anywhere like it in my life. The first place we went to, Otovalo, was different than anywhere I have ever been. I was a bit scared, not knowing Spanish and walking around at night, and I felt very vulnerable, but Brendon made sure that I was safe and secure.

As time went on, I began to feel better about being there. It was only for three weeks, but I was pretty scared the first three days or so. At the end of our trip, I was ready to come home, but I wasn't scared anymore. I think the trip was a very humbling experience for the both of us, and I'm SO GLAD we went. Brendon got to see all of his old friends and he was super happy. Happier than I have ever seen him, really. I have never seen him more excited before. It was wonderful sharing this experience with him.



ANYWAY....

So the reason why we decided to call our blog "You're Always Right" is because that happens to be what we always say to each other. We'll argue about something and take sides, and then when we figure out the answer to our problem and I am right or he is right, we always say "You're always right" to the person that was correct. :P

It's silly, but that's how we dooooo.



Now that the Ecuador trip is over, we got down to business. Brendon needs to work a lot to make us that money, and I'm working at night and tidying the apartment. We moved right before we took off to Ecuador, and threw all our crap into the apartment and slept and then took off the next day.
So the first week living here has been us organizing and whatnot. It's been crazy, and pretty freakin fun!

We are in the process of getting all of our artwork from Ecuador framed, and we can't wait to get the pieces back and hung up on our wall :)



That's pretty much it for now. ^_^ whoop!