Here You Go, Dustin
I don’t have much to post about. So here’s a picture of the slow progress we are making on the shower.
This weekend Alexis and I went to see “Where The Wild Things Are”. Despite what the odd guy at the concession stand said, it wasn’t depressing. It was a bit sad, but not terribly so. The movies is about a kid, named Max, trying to cope with life by escaping in his make believe world. I don’t know how the movie relates to the book, since I don’t remember ever having read it. The movie was good at catching the silly things kids do. The story that Max tells his Mom about a vampire loosing his teeth is a good example of said silliness. I think this would be a good movie for a psychology class. The need for a king which is referred to in Max’s make believe world is a symbol of his dad. Other events and animals though the movie have a counterpart in the real world.
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.
August Finale
Alexis and I have spent the majority of our weekends in August working on the master bathroom. Here’s the latest pictures:
We managed to squeeze in a movie one weekend and saw District 9 , which was very gory and awesome. The main character is detestable in the beginning of the movie. You absolutely wish he would get hit by a bus, but by the end of the film you sympathize with him. It had a great mix of story and action. Talking about it makes me want to go see it again.
I also want to wish my nephew, Hunter, a happy 1st birthday and congratulate Dustin and Shannon for surviving a year of poopy diapers and long nights.
