Trips and such...oooh and Bourne!
Tomorrow I'm off to Seattle with my mom to see my sister (and her husband who is also very cool). I'm quite exctied. There will be a winery, a chocolate factory, and the Seattle Public Library (which was a big deal in the library world when it opened, is supposed to be either very "revolutionary" or "weird" depending on your point of view). And yes, in order, those are my priorities: family, winery, chocolate factory, public library, good seafood, the rest of the city.
And I'll see Bri!
This weekend was nice, I worked a bunch so not as restful, though I do therefore get to take comp time for part of this vacation.
huckleberrycake and I had a Bourne marathon. Saturday night we watched the first movie because I couldn't remember it. I couldn't remember if I'd seen the second one at all. We were going to watch it, but we kept getting caught up talking (which happens to us rather a lot and is why we almost never make it through movies, too much to say), and it got too late. I took the second one home and watched it. Turns out I hadn't seen it. Then on Monday we went to the Theatre to see the third one.
The entire time we were sitting there making little fists and pumping them in the air, bouncing in the seats, and cheering for Jason Bourne (mostly pretty quietly). We're such geeks. One movie website I read describes him as the "thinking man's action hero". That seems pretty much about right to me. Jason Bond is too polished, too smooth, and seems to operate a lot on luck, gadgetry, and such. Bourne is just cool. He thinks, he always thinks, he never turns it off. Everything he does, every move he makes is a completely calculated thing and he never misses a beat. He's smart and he knows how to use any situation to his advantage. He can use anything as a weapon (in the third movie he beat a guy up with a book), and it is just an awesome thing to watch. Plus he's unbelievably hot, attractive, handsome, etc. Matt Damon is pretty much incredibly cute, but in the character of Jason Bourne, he just sizzles. Yummy.
Someone expressed surprised that I like action movies, but I do like them. I also really enjoy big scifi blockbuster type things. Pretty much what I don't like is gross/stupid humor (see Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura, Something About Mary, and pretty much anything that stares either Jim Carey or a Saturday Night Alum). I also like horror movies, but I can't handle them. I always think I can handle them, but I can't. I end up at home, with the hall light on, and my laptop for a nightlight, singing/praying my terrified self to sleep. Part of the problem is I do believe in devils, demons, and evil spirits. Just as I believe in God, I believe in the existence of the devil and his ability to control and command demons and evil spirits. I believe in spiritual warfare that can literally exist on our plane of reality. So it is a little harder for me to "shake off" or write off those horror tales as flights of fancy.
And I'll see Bri!
This weekend was nice, I worked a bunch so not as restful, though I do therefore get to take comp time for part of this vacation.
huckleberrycake and I had a Bourne marathon. Saturday night we watched the first movie because I couldn't remember it. I couldn't remember if I'd seen the second one at all. We were going to watch it, but we kept getting caught up talking (which happens to us rather a lot and is why we almost never make it through movies, too much to say), and it got too late. I took the second one home and watched it. Turns out I hadn't seen it. Then on Monday we went to the Theatre to see the third one.
The entire time we were sitting there making little fists and pumping them in the air, bouncing in the seats, and cheering for Jason Bourne (mostly pretty quietly). We're such geeks. One movie website I read describes him as the "thinking man's action hero". That seems pretty much about right to me. Jason Bond is too polished, too smooth, and seems to operate a lot on luck, gadgetry, and such. Bourne is just cool. He thinks, he always thinks, he never turns it off. Everything he does, every move he makes is a completely calculated thing and he never misses a beat. He's smart and he knows how to use any situation to his advantage. He can use anything as a weapon (in the third movie he beat a guy up with a book), and it is just an awesome thing to watch. Plus he's unbelievably hot, attractive, handsome, etc. Matt Damon is pretty much incredibly cute, but in the character of Jason Bourne, he just sizzles. Yummy.
Someone expressed surprised that I like action movies, but I do like them. I also really enjoy big scifi blockbuster type things. Pretty much what I don't like is gross/stupid humor (see Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura, Something About Mary, and pretty much anything that stares either Jim Carey or a Saturday Night Alum). I also like horror movies, but I can't handle them. I always think I can handle them, but I can't. I end up at home, with the hall light on, and my laptop for a nightlight, singing/praying my terrified self to sleep. Part of the problem is I do believe in devils, demons, and evil spirits. Just as I believe in God, I believe in the existence of the devil and his ability to control and command demons and evil spirits. I believe in spiritual warfare that can literally exist on our plane of reality. So it is a little harder for me to "shake off" or write off those horror tales as flights of fancy.