Prepare for Shock and Awe!

I went to a movie. In a theatre. Yes, really. No lie.

For the first time in oh, nine-ten months, I went to the theater to see a movie. It reminded both why we do go the movies, and why we don't go to the movies. First the bad: Two adults, a soda and a large popcorn = $39. For a matinee. A matinee. Ye gods. Then the people sitting behind both me and Mom kicked our chairs the whole movie. The woman next to me apparently bathed in perfume. Her husband snored most of the movie, except for when he was talking to her. And they spilled their popcorn all over me. This is why I like to stay home.

The good: yes, I finally saw 'Avatar'. Now, if someone had told me before that Richard Taylor & Weta were involved with the film, I would have made a greater effort to see it sooner. And it was better than I was afraid it might be. There was still some clunkiness (unobtainium? Are you freakin' kidding me?) and it was 'Dances With Wolves' gone interplanetary, but it was alright writing-wise. A little more death and destruction than I care for. But day-um that was a planet. Pandora was amazing, both flora and fauna, and even the skyline. Floating mountains? Most awesome. The planet was worth the price of admission. So in summary, I thought it was a good movie. Not the be all and end all that some seem to think it is, but worth the time and pretty much the money. And if it wins Best Picture, well, there's certainly been worse films that have won it. I saw 'An American In Paris' last week. I'd much rather watch 'Avatar'.

Weekend Wrapup

Other than seeing a movie, it hasn't been dull. CJ finally got a bath yesterday - her breath is still awful and we won't get into her farts, but in between smells much better. Did laundry, cleaned up more of ITunes, etc. Hauled Mom and Dave to a GCOM event in the area - that's the local gaming community. Learned Transamerica and Winners Circle; Mom & Dave learned Campaign Manager. I kicked patootie at Ticket To Ride, was creamed at Can't Stop. Met a lot of nice people. We'll be back, I do believe. And Dave's interested in Alphabet Soup now.

Today I indulged Mom with her renovation projects. We shopped for TV stands and multimedia stands (we looked at them online Friday night) and found ones we liked at Best Buy. I can't get the TV stand out of the car for the life of me but the shelves made it indoors. Then we shopped rugs and found some acceptable to Mom, so they've been ordered. Then the movie. Also got the recycling out before I went kerplooie. We were supposed to do grocery shopping but I don't know when we'll get to that, not least because we can't put anything in my car for now. Dunno how much Oscars we'll watch, but we'll see.

And that's the weekend.