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Movie Review: Me Earl and the Dying Girl

Every year there's a movie that comes out of Sundance that ends up transcending into a bit of commercial success. We're not talking Jurassic World numbers or anything. That movie this year that received a ton of buzz out at Sundance was Me Earl and the Dying Girl. A coming of age story about a young guy (Greg) and his friendship with both Earl (his friend) and the dying girl (Rachel). The premise is right there in the title. It's about Greg and his relationship with his two friends and their impact on his life. 

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Welcome to Our Latest Abode - Our High Rise Apartment

By now you've probably read my post "Sometimes the Right Decisions Are the Toughest Decisions". In that I talked in depth about our struggle to decide what to do with our home. Spoiler, we sold it. When we accepted the offer for our home we had (no exaggeration) 14 days to find a place to live and move out. Crazy right? We went to look at a a couple of places but fell in love with one place in particular the Essex Skyline.

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Movie Review: While We're Young

Over the last couple of years I've really grown fond of the more quirky indie movies then I have the big summer blockbusters. I like movies that make me feel and think. While We're Young felt like the movie for me. It felt like a movie that would speak to where Jenn and I are in our lives. Where is that you might ask? Thinking about what the next stage is going to hold for us. Where we're going to live. If and when we are going to have kids. And trying to enjoy our youth for as long as possible.

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TV Review: Silicon Valley Season 2

I realize that last year I didn't write up a review for the first season of Silicon Valley. That's a shame because it was a great opening season. Silicon Valley is a 30 minute comedy on HBO from the writer of Office Space. The show has a very similar feel to the classic comedy Office Space. It's about a group of guys who are developing a new piece of compression software. 

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Movie Review: Inside Out

I've been meaning to write this review for a couple of weeks now. But if you read one of my recent posts, Jenn and I have been quite busy. However on one of the weekends we were forced out of the house due to an Open House we went and saw Inside Out the latest Pixar movie at the Big Newport theater in Fashion Island. One thing to note about the Big Newport Theater its under going some renovations and now have huge loungers for seats that recline. A great way to take in a show. 

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Sometimes the Right Decisions are the Toughest Decisions...Deciding to Sell our Home

When I started blogging in 2003 I used it as a journal. A way to just jot down thoughts about my day, my life, my friends, my tennis career, and my pursuit of Jenn. It slowly morphed from that into a highlight reel of my life. A way for me to have a place to look back on the fond memories. A timeline of events so that one day in the future when I want to remember what I ate in Paris in 2008 when I got off the train I can (it was shrimp risotto from the hotel room service). It's an amazing life to write about. I've been blessed. I have an incredible, amazing wife who's my best friend. I have the best family I could ask for. I have a great job. I get to travel the world. I've been incredibly blessed. 

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