The Big Green House

Thursday, December 26, 2002

 

Old & In The Way

I never wrote about my birthday, did I?

Well, it was pretty low-key, which is exactly what I wanted. We went out for dinner Saturday night to Mojito Caf�. We were served huge plates of yummy Latin American food (fried plantains are good - why was I not informed of this earlier?) and, of course, mojitos.

Sunday morning meant opening presents. Yay! Both were cleverly packaged together by the loving hands of Science Girl. Both went immediately into the CD player. I wore out my cassette of Let It Be years ago (and I seem to have lost my vinyl copy � I suspect an Evil Ex- Girlfriend). It�s good to know that Mr. Westerberg can still get the job done.

Science Girl�s best friend from high school was in town from Boston, so we entertained for awhile in the afternoon - tea & cookies, conversation, etc. That evening, SG & I went to see The Two Towers. As a movie, I�d give it a B+; as an adaptation of the book, C- at best. I realize that it�s next to impossible to bring a book to the screen intact, but I felt that they did a much better job of it with the first film. This time out they played awfully fast & loose with the characters & motivations, in my opinion. Don�t mind me, though � I�m just flying my geek flag. It�s still a good (long) movie.

bmarkey 12/26/2002 08:02:00 PM