Star Trek...

OK.. I admit it.. I have been bitten by the whole Star Trek thing! Pat and I went to the movie today.. and well... I LOVED IT... OMG!!! And Chris Pine as J T Kirk.. he was HOT! Then there was Zachary Quinto who played Spock.. and he looked like a young Leonard Nemoy! They had all the charaters... Sulu, Scotty, McCoy, and Uhura! If you just see this movie and nothing else you understand it.. if you know everything about Star Trek you get it.. it was a perfect movie!!
Thanks for stopping by!
shawn

Last Nights Adventure

For what ever reason... Hannah won tickets to see a preview of the movie Inkheart... I don't know why really she won them.. something about a story she had to write before Winter break... blah blah blah... But that is beside the point.. she won 4 tickets to the preview.. Which was last night.
We were able to change her clarinet lesson to 1/2 hour earlier so we could go, we were lucky that Jeff's student before her had to cancel for whatever reason, which by the way, I think happens a lot...
ANYWAY.. we got to Southdale Theaters about 6:40 for the 7pm showing. They seat 400 people for a preview in 1 theater. AND it was full.. We showed up just as Hannah's best friend Kyla showed up with her parents. Which was nice.. Hannah and Kyla sat with Pat.. I sat with Kari and Greg. I also got to see a TON of other people there too.. LIKE Karen (yup, Poodle Karen.. see earlier blog about my friends...) Who I did try to corrupt her, her ex, and the boys and have them line jump, but nope.. they wouldn't do it..
Hannah and Kyla were both given t-shirts... and I got one too.. they are YOUTH sizes.. so actually Hannah got 2! I tried giving mine to the young lady sitting beside me, but she didn't want it because it would have been too small for her...
OKAY.. sorry, back to the movie.. Pat and I liked it.. Greg and Kari liked it.. Hannah and Kyla liked it.. Poodle Karen liked it.. as did Steve.. Ben (Karen's oldest) said it wasn't like the book... which I haven't read.. but have been meaning to for awhile now, said he liked it..
I really hope that it does well when it opens. It was a good movie. Pat did comment that he could see tons of possibilities for sequels.. or a weekly TV show based on the book..
Hope you all have a good day...
shawn

Valkyrie.. the movie

Yesterday, while Hannah was at school, Pat and I went to see Valkyrie... Pat really wanted to see the movie.. I was... What ever... BUT.. you know what??.. I liked it!! I really liked the movie.. I am not a huge Tom fan, but this was a good movie. There was none of that fake German accent stuff and you didn't have a hard time believing that he was Col Claus von Stauffenberg. He played the part well. I do believe that Stauffenberg was power hungry as well. I don't know if that is the case, but that is how it seemed to play out.
I know that the reviews weren't good for the movie.. but I guess that I shouldn't really believe that everything that is said about a movie.. right???
I do, however, see how it didn't do well on it's opening weekend, with all the feel good movies that opened at the same time. But, if you like historical movies, books, etc, go see this movie.. or at least see it at the cheap price.. or rent it when it comes out...

I also got a box from the UPS man... I got my order from Stampin Up. Which means that I should do some stamping.. Maybe that will help get my mojo back working.. who knows...

shawn