Venecia (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thesecondcircle) wrote,@ 2009-07-07 06:20:00 |
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Long Weekend Update
Had Friday off for the 4th. Myra came by and took the Ham swimming and then we partied -- well, so much as people in their 30s with a kid party. Despite being 1000 degrees out, we had a lot of fun eating, chatting, drinking, talking, watching movies, conversing and dialoging. We watched Armageddon in honor of the 4th (Myra had never seen it and thought it was hysterically bad). (1) She crashed out at our place and we all hung out most of the next day as well.
For the 4th, we drove up to a nearby pocket part at the top of a little hill and watched a couple different displays. Good view, but low key, with most of the participants being locals from the neighborhood (you could tell the locals because they all carried up glasses of wine). Ham stayed up very late indeed.
Sunday was catching up day. In the morning, I took Ham and some neighborhood kids over to the little walking park. In the afternoon we had some errands to do. Finally, about 5 in the afternoon, the weather broke and a cold front moved in. It was such a relief. It was a good weekend.
Finally figured out the mysteries of fully automatic sourdough starter bread machine bread. Now I just need to tweak the recipe.
(1) Bryn and I have a theory that Armageddon was more popular than The Core not only because it had bigger stars, but also because it's more anti-intellectual. The Core, for all that it's as formulaic and far fetched as Armageddon, is about smart people solving hard problems across nations. Armageddon is about average American Joes saving the world's ass with really big power tools.
The Core
Dr. Josh Keyes: Is there anything you can't do?
Maj. Rebecca Childs: [smiles] Not that I'm aware of.
Dr. Josh Keyes: I find that incredibly intimidating.
Maj. Rebecca Childs: Yep. Most people do.
Armageddon
Truman: No, we don't have a back up plan. This is it.
Harry Stamper: And this is the best that you c - that the-the government, the *U.S. government* can come up with? I mean, you-you're NASA for cryin' out loud, you put a man on the moon, you're geniuses! You-you're the guys that think this shit up! I'm sure you got a team of men sitting around somewhere right now just thinking shit up and somebody backing them up! You're telling me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight boy scouts right here, that is the world's hope, that's what you're telling me?
Truman: Yeah.
Had Friday off for the 4th. Myra came by and took the Ham swimming and then we partied -- well, so much as people in their 30s with a kid party. Despite being 1000 degrees out, we had a lot of fun eating, chatting, drinking, talking, watching movies, conversing and dialoging. We watched Armageddon in honor of the 4th (Myra had never seen it and thought it was hysterically bad). (1) She crashed out at our place and we all hung out most of the next day as well.
For the 4th, we drove up to a nearby pocket part at the top of a little hill and watched a couple different displays. Good view, but low key, with most of the participants being locals from the neighborhood (you could tell the locals because they all carried up glasses of wine). Ham stayed up very late indeed.
Sunday was catching up day. In the morning, I took Ham and some neighborhood kids over to the little walking park. In the afternoon we had some errands to do. Finally, about 5 in the afternoon, the weather broke and a cold front moved in. It was such a relief. It was a good weekend.
Finally figured out the mysteries of fully automatic sourdough starter bread machine bread. Now I just need to tweak the recipe.
(1) Bryn and I have a theory that Armageddon was more popular than The Core not only because it had bigger stars, but also because it's more anti-intellectual. The Core, for all that it's as formulaic and far fetched as Armageddon, is about smart people solving hard problems across nations. Armageddon is about average American Joes saving the world's ass with really big power tools.
The Core
Dr. Josh Keyes: Is there anything you can't do?
Maj. Rebecca Childs: [smiles] Not that I'm aware of.
Dr. Josh Keyes: I find that incredibly intimidating.
Maj. Rebecca Childs: Yep. Most people do.
Armageddon
Truman: No, we don't have a back up plan. This is it.
Harry Stamper: And this is the best that you c - that the-the government, the *U.S. government* can come up with? I mean, you-you're NASA for cryin' out loud, you put a man on the moon, you're geniuses! You-you're the guys that think this shit up! I'm sure you got a team of men sitting around somewhere right now just thinking shit up and somebody backing them up! You're telling me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight boy scouts right here, that is the world's hope, that's what you're telling me?
Truman: Yeah.
