At Home Vacation

This Labor Day I took some vacation time. Alexis and I went to see a couple of movies, caught a couple of fish at lake Lavon, worked a bit on the shower, and went to a FC Dallas soccer game.

The two movies we went to see were Gamer and 9. Gamer was not a good movie at all. The concept of controlling someone remotely in combat as if one were playing a game was interesting, but wasn’t explored completely. There wasn’t much of a friendship between the player and the guy pulling the trigger. 9 was a good movie although it lacked a decent ending and the characters were a bit shallow. I liked the fight sequence with the flying bird-like machine. It involved several of the 9 and put more of them at peril, requiring them all to work together. The best line of the movie was also said at the conclusion of the fight, “You owe me a cape.”

The FC Dallas soccer/futbol game was quite a lot of fun. The game was against DC United. I don’t know who was favored to win, but Dallas seemed to be the better team through out the game. Professional soccer is usually mired in dives, where the player falls to get the ref to call a foul. When a foul is called the team gets a free kick, which is a chance to perform a set play or shot on goal. During this game, it seemed like the ref was biased, calling several fouls on Dallas. One of DC United’s goals came after a free kick and the other was from a penalty kick. The penalty kick was awarded after what appeared to be a dive, but the ref saw it differently. The game ended with a 2-2 tie. It would have been nice to have a shoot out as there wasn’t much closure. The overall experience such as parking, traffic, seating, half-time, and atmosphere were all good. We will definitely go to another game.