Meet the parents

[sillyzilly2k]

My parents are visiting this week, off and on, which means my weekend was packed and crazy, but also a lot of fun. Parent hang-out time...woot?

On Saturday, we went to my new favorite museum, Newseum (a museum of the news, and not, as I had vaguely imagined, a new museum or a museum of new things), which is a) where Josh Lyman was shot and b) a

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[enigmaticblues]

I'm glad you got some quality time with your dad. He does sound like an awesome human being.

[sillyzilly2k]

He is an awesome human being. I have always thought that if I could grow up to be like him, that would be a successful adulthood. (Also, for this reason, I am very much in favor of the girls-marry-guys-like-their-dads theory. Quality!)

[bilunabirotunda]

Your dad is sounding eerily like Erik's dad, in the reading/stained glass/jam departments. Though his dad and stepmom just make jam, rather than provide employment through jam, which I think is an excellent idea - if only there were fruit enough to employ more homeless people...

Sounds like a pretty decent weekend, bar the church-going struggle. I am thankful we didn't have *anything* to do yesterday, so read, bought picture frames, cleaned house a bit, watched Doubt (which was excellent, except I thought the very end was a little cliched?), generally mooched around. So a very good weekend here too.

[sillyzilly2k]

Your dad is sounding eerily like Erik's dad, in the reading/stained glass/jam departments.

Actually, I have often thought that my dad and Erik himself would get along grandly. If nothing else, Erik could start the fires and my dad could put them out. :)

if only there were fruit enough to employ more homeless people...

Yes. I have this vision of my dad someday running an entire life-changing jam empire--it's the kind of thing that happens, I think--but that may just be me.

I am thankful we didn't have *anything* to do yesterday, so read, bought picture frames, cleaned house a bit, watched Doubt (which was excellent, except I thought the very end was a little cliched?), generally mooched around. So a very good weekend here too.

That is a fabulous weekend, indeed. I'm the last person on the planet who hasn't seen Doubt--I meant to see it pre-Oscars, but it kept getting pre-empted--but I very much want to. I love movies adapted from plays, especially when the language remains more or less intact (Have you seen Closer? I don't even

[bilunabirotunda]

"If nothing else, Erik could start the fires and my dad could put them out. :)"

We'll have to try that sometime!

Re Doubt: Wow, yes, you need to see this! It being a play would explain a lot, including the ending. I guess cliched is a bit too harsh - maybe too pat? *Eventually* you can let me know what you think. :-)

[sillyzilly2k]

Ah, but this is the new Newseum and Josh was shot at the old one in Rosslyn.

This is very true. When I first moved here and learned how close Rosslyn is, I was all, "Don't go there! That's where Josh Lyman was shot!" I guess I've gotten over it.

Have you been to the Spy Museum yet? That is still one of my favorites in town.

I went with a friend last weekend, but we ran out of time and only got through the first floor. We both really liked it, though (Alias dorks, unite!), and definitely have plans to go back.

I am curious what was going on downtown! A movie is currently being filmed here - maybe it was for that? Interesting!

We never did figure it out--not even the news said anything--but whatever it was, it was big. The entire Mall was blocked off, end to end, from about E St. down on the north side, and on the south side as well. Also, do you know what movie's being filmed? I know there was something with...Brad Pitt, I think? awhile back, but it must be something new by now. I should keep better track of these things. :)

I

[sillyzilly2k]

Watch ITSOTG again and see what happens they figure out the Prez was shot. "Code blue! Code blue!" and they the limo does a 180. VERY cool shot, but why would they turn around and go BACK to Rosslyn when they're heading towards GW?

Ah, TV. Making reality more complicated, forty-two minutes at a time...

I think Owen Wilson is in town filming with...someone. Not sure the movie, though.

Hmm. I...think I can live without running into him. (Actually, I saw him last month at the Night at the Museum 2 stuff, and kind of avoided him. Eh.)

When he is not scared, though, he rubs heads with me. He's so cute.

That is awesomely adorable. (Also, Neville = fantastic cat name!)

[sarita_m]

I'm glad someone cleared up the Newseum thing, because I was all, "No, that was in Rosslyn." Also: Really, you like the Newseum? Huh. I do not. It's way too busy for me, and overstimulating. Also, $20? Not cool. If it were $10, okay, but I don't think its worth the price of admission. So, um, I'm glad you went to that one without me. Ha.

Glad you had a good weekend with your parents. I wonder what the unidentified event was yesterday? Glad you made it out of Southeast. Eesch. Scary.

[sillyzilly2k]

I'm glad someone cleared up the Newseum thing, because I was all, "No, that was in Rosslyn."

No, I know it was. But: Newseum! Same institution, so I'm calling it good.

Also: Really, you like the Newseum? Huh. I do not. It's way too busy for me, and overstimulating. Also, $20? Not cool. If it were $10, okay, but I don't think its worth the price of admission.See, I thought it was much more thoughtfully conceived, more complete, and had better and more current stuff than most of the Smithsonians (while I love the Smithsonians, I do occasionally wish they were more in-depth--like, the American History is cool, but it pretty much stays on the surface rather than getting into the whys and hows of the topics it covers, and it stays away from anything even remotely intimate or offensive). I liked the topics they picked, and I liked that they had a lot of cool and less-censored or more emotionally significant things. I also liked that it was WAY less crowded than any DC museum I've been to so far. We actually didn't finish, and I'm totally

[sillyzilly2k]

I also meant to say: I can totally see it being overstimulating. There's a LOT going on--lots of screens and lights and little theaters and all that. I totally almost cried at the (montage!) orientation film, and that was only the beginning.

And I didn't mean to make it sound like you SHOULD like it, or that you are weird for not. Because you shouldn't, if you don't.

[ciachick711]

Awww man, I wanted to go to the Newseum when I came! (I may make you go again if I ever get down there.)

[sillyzilly2k]

Any day, any time! I will totally go with you. WHEN you get down here. WHEN. :)