Movies and Toys and Stuff

Went to see Lord of the Rings last night. I can’t really give away the details and ruin it for you because it’s too friggin’ long for me to remember all the details. Long, long. LONG. In fact, even when I ask people who are big fans of the genre and Tolkien and whathaveyou, their first response is still “it was long.� Or, “well, it tells the whole story, doesn’t it?� So, if even big huge fans are saying that, imagine what ordinary people like myself think. I mean, I like the movies and stuff but the honest truth is that I watch them so I don’t get left out. I just have to watch it because everyone else did.

I NEED to know!

But, the movie was amazing. The scenery was still amazing, the creatures were amazing, the fight scenes were amazing. But, it was still long. That’s just an exceptionally LONG time to sit in one place AND pay someone else to do it!

One of the most amusing parts for me was that Scott had already gone and seen the movie the day before, and so when I started checking his watch about mid-way through the movie he took that as a cue to start giving me the countdown at various key parts of the movie that would feel like the end. Something would happen that would feel like the climax and that ending was just around the corner and Scott would whisper “you think that’s the end? There’s still an hour to go.� At least I knew what to expect, and knew that I should shift positions in order to save valuable ass resources! They should have a counter installed so you have an idea just how much more you have to watch. Or something.

So, go see it because you know you have to say that you saw it.

In other news, I finished my Christmas shopping Wednesday night. If I forgot to buy something for someone, then they’re just not getting anything. Sorry!

The other thing that I realized is that I have a really hard time giving gifts to people that aren’t “fun�. Here’s your underwear, here’s your socks, here’s your whatever. I figured out this was leftover kid stuff. When I was a kid when I didn’t get “toy� stuff for Christmas, it was kind of a lame Christmas. The neighbors would get bikes and stereos or whatever, and I got clothes. And books. Snore. This feeling of disappointment must have carried over into adulthood. I fee ys a little disappointed when I don’t have any toys on Christmas morning. Isn’t that silly? But even more so when I don’t have any toys to give!

Anyways, that’s all the news for now. I checked the Sitemeter and I haven’t had one damned visitor in forever. So, I’m back to basics and writing this stuff for myself! Where are you??

HP