12/06/2009
Action Packed!
Wow, that weekend was a blur.
Christmas shopping with Louise on Saturday, which actually went pretty well - we managed NOT to buy things for ourselves, only gifts, despite the magic words spoken by the sales staff @ Goodie Gumdrops in Burien: "Have you heard about our sale on Lego and Playmobil?"
Sunday PM, we watched Return of the Jedi. Louise likes Ewoks, decided that C3-PO is pretty cool, and jumped about a foot off the ground when Darth Vader fired up Luke's Light Saber near the end of the movie (quiet scene, high tension drama, then suddenly ZHWOOOOOMMMM!!!!).
Chair Peak, Snoqualmie Pass
Then, Sunday morning I squeezed in an early quickie Ski-Tour with Jimmy-Jam - snow conditions were just this side of horrible, and we wanted to get back to Seattle by noon so we didn't get far, but it was still fun. Happy to have gotten out to shake out the cobwebs and get some skinning in.
Then, Sunday PM it was FANTASTIC MR FOX in the theater. Rated PG for "Action, Smoking and Slang Humor", I want to see this movie again already. Roald Dahl. Wes Anderson. Stop-Motion Animation with puppets made from real fur. Bill Murray. There is much to like about this movie. And now I see from the website, I can "BUY THE IPHONE APP". There goes another $0.99....
And just to make sure there's a couple more random links thrown in here (to make up for not posting anything yesterday):
David Byrne Radio is often quite good, this week it's pretty standard indie-pop fare, but some good stuff (e.g. Thao and the get down, which Lisa said reminder her, in a bad way, of Mazzy Star). We listen to it on iTunes almost as much as Radio Deliro. I think they're both filed under 'eclectic'.
Christmas shopping with Louise on Saturday, which actually went pretty well - we managed NOT to buy things for ourselves, only gifts, despite the magic words spoken by the sales staff @ Goodie Gumdrops in Burien: "Have you heard about our sale on Lego and Playmobil?"
Sunday PM, we watched Return of the Jedi. Louise likes Ewoks, decided that C3-PO is pretty cool, and jumped about a foot off the ground when Darth Vader fired up Luke's Light Saber near the end of the movie (quiet scene, high tension drama, then suddenly ZHWOOOOOMMMM!!!!).
Chair Peak, Snoqualmie Pass
Then, Sunday morning I squeezed in an early quickie Ski-Tour with Jimmy-Jam - snow conditions were just this side of horrible, and we wanted to get back to Seattle by noon so we didn't get far, but it was still fun. Happy to have gotten out to shake out the cobwebs and get some skinning in.
Then, Sunday PM it was FANTASTIC MR FOX in the theater. Rated PG for "Action, Smoking and Slang Humor", I want to see this movie again already. Roald Dahl. Wes Anderson. Stop-Motion Animation with puppets made from real fur. Bill Murray. There is much to like about this movie. And now I see from the website, I can "BUY THE IPHONE APP". There goes another $0.99....
And just to make sure there's a couple more random links thrown in here (to make up for not posting anything yesterday):
David Byrne Radio is often quite good, this week it's pretty standard indie-pop fare, but some good stuff (e.g. Thao and the get down, which Lisa said reminder her, in a bad way, of Mazzy Star). We listen to it on iTunes almost as much as Radio Deliro. I think they're both filed under 'eclectic'.
