Movie review, baby name and possibly something else

I actually have seen HP6 twice as of this writing, but I knew I would spend most of my time during the first one figuring what got left out of the books. It always takes until the second viewing before I get a real sense of how I feel about the movie. I can safely say it's pretty damn cool. It is a weird sort of film though. We spend a lot of time with the gang as they make their way through the hell that is teen age romance. There are several funny moments that come about through all this hormonal turbulence. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, we get reminded that things are getting darker and more dire.

I gotta say that I loved Alan Rickman's performance, along with Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy. Both actors have dealt with their characters being used more for comic relief in the films and now they get the big pay off for their patience. Felton has almost no dialogue in the movie so his performance completely relies on his ability to let us see his character's turmoil via visual cues. It's pretty impressive.

I only have two minor complaints. The first would be that I would have liked to have seen a bigger moment between Harry and Ginny. I will say that my opinion is highly biased by the book. I saw the movie with people who hadn't read the books and they really enjoyed the quiet-ness, if you will, of the moment in the movie. I'm probably just being picky.

The second would be I'm not entirely sold in the director's choice for how Harry reacts at the end of the movie when he confronts Snape. Again, I am biased by the book. And on my second viewing, it struck me that perhaps the director didn't want the reaction to be too similar to how Harry acts after he brings back Cedric's body at the end of Goblet of Fire. It also struck me that Snape smacked down Harry repeatedly, so Harry may not be able to react the way I want him to. Still, just being picky I'm sure. It's the wanna be director in me having a mini bitch fest.

On the work front, I have now entered the era I like to call The Second Maternity Leave Countdown. This translates into working exclusively for the other sales rep for about the next 2-3 months. I don't know how long Disney is going to take off, which means I also don't know when my next vacation is going to be. When I found out what Disney named her kid, I almost used a naughty word or two. In general, I can handle non-traditional names for kids. I have a couple of friends who have gone down the unique name road. But, I have what is probably an unreasonable dislike for the "cute-sy" use of the letter Y. Disney's name choice...Jayla Skye. WTF? Really? I'm baffled. I think I'm gonna Google Jayla and see what I get. Maybe she was hopped up on pain killers after the birth and she meant to say Kayla? Oops.

On a final note, there is almost nothing better than driving on a freshly re-vamped road in the midst of a sunny, 75 degree, blue sky day!

just wondering...

So, who thinks it's broken? I rammed the last third plus of my right foot into some furniture this morning and now my next to last toe is purple and a bit swollen and sore, my nail scraped and squished. I'm not feeling crazy pain so I'm thinking it's okay. Sure looks purty though don't it?

Ow.

just because

While doing some reading on the last NIN tour, I just now find out that my beloved Trent got engaged. And it wasn't to me. Poop.

A (Sadly) Not Fully Functional Death Star

A few weeks back I built a Death Star Pinata with my friend Cherrill. It was for her youngest son's birthday party. I believe this is the 4th one we've done. And while we get better each time, we still haven't quite hit D.S. nirvana.




We made a light saber for the kids to use to smash the pinata. I tried to get her son to pose with it, but (shocker) we were watching Empire Strikes Back and he was too engrossed with the t.v. to look at the camera.



In case you can't make it out, the buttons on the light saber read "on"/ "off"/"ouch." It's good to have options.



This is our book that shows what it is supposed to look like.



But, we don't play by the rules, so here is what ours looks like. If you click on the picture, I think you can enlarge it and see the word "fire" written in the center of the black circle along with a stick man storm trooper.

ROCK!

Death by Co-Worker, almost

Once again it's been a very busy week...weekend...more of the week. I have stories to tell about fireworks, a Death Star pinata, and expired driver's licenses. But, right now I have time for one story.

On Monday, I drove over to the Subway that is housed in hell, also known as Super Wal-Mart, to get lunch. The road I take back to work has a moderately tight turn and it's in an industrial area so any moron knows to take it at no more than about 35 because you never know when a semi might be turning onto the road just a bit in front of you.

I went around the curve and saw a semi, with it's right signal flashing, on the street next to our parking lot. I peaked in my rear view mirror and saw no one behind me and was saying a quick prayer that the semi driver would wait till I was past before he started to turn. He did wait for me and as soon as I got by that street, I hit my signal and slowed down. While waiting for traffic to go by so I could make my left hand turn, I looked in my mirror again and saw the semi making it's turn.

Next thing I know, out of flippin' no where, this pick up truck comes flying past me on the right hand side. They were in the grass shoulder and I swear they were doing at least 45 to 50, if not more. While uttering a few choice words, I notice the driver is a female with their brunette hair in a pony tail and wearing a blue t-shirt. Once the shock of the moment passes, it hits me. It was freakin' DISNEY driving the truck!!!!!!

Now, we in the office are somewhat familiar with her lead foot and crappy driving skills, but none of us had experienced it yet. Thankfully, she didn't hit my car or crash into anyone in front of me. I go inside and utter that I was 90% sure that she had virtually side swiped me.

She came back a few minutes later, McDonald's in hand, and I asked her if she had been the one almost clipping me earlier. She goes all drama queen and declares that it was the semi drivers fault. She claimed the semi "came out of no where" and because it was having to make a wide right hand turn, she had to swerve to avoid hitting it and when she got around the truck, she suddenly saw me and had to go on the grass to avoid hitting me.

I really wanted to correct her and her version of events, but it seemed pointless at the time. I wanted to shout, "NO NO NO!! Liar, liar! You suck!" Instead, I will bitch here and just keep my eyes peeled for the crazy, shitty driver. Argh.