Just got back from playing dog wrangler/photographer at the Parents'. They had a dinner/birthday party for the Da and his BFF. It was, well, it was nice. The food was tasty and everyone was very polite, I was just the only person there under the age of 40 so, you know, not a lot of conversational common ground. But like I said, the food was very tasty. And I got to bring the last of the pineapple upside-down cake home with me. nom nom nom
I got the Da season 5 of NCIS. He was most grateful. Huh, I should track down the backdoor pilot that they did as an episode of JAG and give that to him for Father's Day. It's fun when parents fan things. ;-)
That reminds me, I never let you all know that the Mum finally came to her senses re: The Wrestler's girlfriend. I'm not sure who gave her the swift kick in the ass, her own consicience of the Da, but she got her game together before Christmas so there hasn't been anymore race drama in the family. Thank God.
In other news, the
baylorsrs and I went out to see Coraline last night. It is a fantastic, delightful movie that gets two big thumbs up from this corner of lj. It's visually stunning and the story is absolutely terrific, which, of course it would be since it's based on a Gaiman novel. I'm not sure which part was my favorite, all of the Michigan stuff, Coraline's spunkiness, or the subtle creepiness that skittered under every layer of the film, even the supposedly non-creepy parts. Seriously, go see it, you won't be disappointed.
And see it in 3D, if you can. It was really fun.
Speaking of movies, I Netflixed Becoming Jane this week and was less than impressed. It felt either cliched or anachronistic, I'm not sure which. Plus, I'd already seen the wonderful Miss Austen Regrets that the BBC produced which was such a compelling, intimate look at Jane Austen RPF which wasn't really what I was looking for. That's okay, I sent it back and next I'll be getting another disc of Deadwood season 3. That should be most satisfying, even if it does weird things to my vocabulary for a couple hours after I watch it.
FYI, there are clouds of ethyl alcohol just floating around out there in space. That seemed like info that everyone should have.