Big Damn Thanksgiving Weekend

Two for one edition, with Thanksgiving and Serenity...

Okay, so, yesterday I did the Thanksgiving Dinner thing with the family. It was pretty good.. had good turkey, good ham, good gravy, good mashed potatoes, okay turnips and carroty carrots, and rolls, good pumpkin pie, and so on. Also there were plenty of leftovers to take home (some of which I just finished for dinner today), and no cheesy 'go around the table and everyone say what they're thankful' things I hate.

So that was cool. And there's still pumpkin pie left for later.

In other news, saw Serenity again, 2nd time, and officially making it the first film I've ever seen twice in the theatre. This time I took my brother and his girlfriend along, my treat because they really couldn't afford to go, Serenity's sadly not doing very well in the box office and I'd like to support it, and I'm just a nice guy... plus my boss said he'd pay me a little extra for coming in late on Wednesday, and the extra is basically just enough for two extra tickets. They both really enjoyed it, as did I although maybe not quite as much as the first go-around.

More specific thoughts, some spoilery, behind the cut.
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Oh, in other news, before we went into the movie I stopped off in the bookstore and go Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling which just came out in paperback and I've been interested in for a while. For those who've heard of the Island in the Sea of Time series, this is the story of what happened to the rest of the world that Nantucket disappeared from (to wind up in the Bronze Age) - apparently that same moment some weird phenomenon made most technology in the world simply stop working. Hopefully it'll be good.

Big Damn Thanksgiving Weekend

Two for one edition, with Thanksgiving and Serenity...

Okay, so, yesterday I did the Thanksgiving Dinner thing with the family. It was pretty good.. had good turkey, good ham, good gravy, good mashed potatoes, okay turnips and carroty carrots, and rolls, good pumpkin pie, and so on. Also there were plenty of leftovers to take home (some of which I just finished for dinner today), and no cheesy 'go around the table and everyone say what they're thankful' things I hate.

So that was cool. And there's still pumpkin pie left for later.

In other news, saw Serenity again, 2nd time, and officially making it the first film I've ever seen twice in the theatre. This time I took my brother and his girlfriend along, my treat because they really couldn't afford to go, Serenity's sadly not doing very well in the box office and I'd like to support it, and I'm just a nice guy... plus my boss said he'd pay me a little extra for coming in late on Wednesday, and the extra is basically just enough for two extra tickets. They both really enjoyed it, as did I although maybe not quite as much as the first go-around.

More specific thoughts, some spoilery, behind the cut.
( Read more... )

Oh, in other news, before we went into the movie I stopped off in the bookstore and go Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling which just came out in paperback and I've been interested in for a while. For those who've heard of the Island in the Sea of Time series, this is the story of what happened to the rest of the world that Nantucket disappeared from (to wind up in the Bronze Age) - apparently that same moment some weird phenomenon made most technology in the world simply stop working. Hopefully it'll be good.