A Good Day

Today would have sucked, except for a two things (other than Rachel, and the girls, that is). Kirk Gallion, see first blog posting, and I were talking at church on Sunday about his experience watching Transformers: The Movie. He took his son, and right towards the end, Elijah was complaining that his throat hurt. He kept on about it to the point where Kirk was forced to leave with Elijah before the movie ended. Upon arrival at home, and with Dee asking question, it was discovered that Elijah had swallowed a candy that still had a wrapper on it, and thought he was going to die. Later, at church, I was talking to one of the dental students before Gospel Doctrine, and he asked me if I had seen Transformers yet. I said, nope, that we had gone to see Harry Potter and the OOTP (more Harry Potter news to follow). He said that he had seen it three times already, and said it was a can't miss. I replied about my love for movies, and how I think CGI in movies is almost too pervasive now i.e. Star Wars, Spiderman, Superman, etc. I miss the old special effects, and camera tricks that they used to use. I said that since Transformers was right up this alley, that I was probably going to wait until the video came out. Well, then Kirk asked me if I wanted to go and see it, since his wife was going up to Palmyra for the weekend for the Pageant. Boy, am I glad I went. Although bordering on campy, it blew me away. I loved the fact that they used the same actor's voice for Optimus Prime that I remember from the anime when I was a kid, really loved Shia LeBeouf's character, and fetching loved the new Camaro they showed. I can't wait to buy this, or see again.

Okay, so second good thing is that my copy of Willow I bought off half.com came today. I was on vacation last week, and we spent a few days at Mom's. One afternoon, I popped the movie in, and started to watch it. I remembered the two "bobbins" mostly, and how darling I thought that they were. I didn't get much of the way through it, as I fell asleep in the recliner (I know, shades of Dad). So, when we got home, I found a used copy online and bought it. I also watched a few clips from Willow on YouTube, but I don't have to anymore. Can't wait to finish the movie, now that it's been added to my collection.

I have to say, there was one little hiccup to my day, though. I was at a worksite today, and was repairing the computer that controls the phone system for this site. I finished it, and went to the back to work on another issue. I went into the manager's office when I was done, to close the tickets. I happened to swivel around to say "Hello" to someone who greeted me, and I saw three boxes on the floor. The one on the the bottom I recognized immediately from the white and red print, even before I read the outside "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". The two boxes on top were plain brown, but bore stickers that read same and "Do Not Open until July 21st" but whose tape was cut. The box was kinda open, and I couldn't resist. I closed the door, and opened one of the boxes. I held the book in my hand, turned it over a few times to enjoy the adrenaline rush, and then put it back in the box and reclosed it. Talk about temptation, I so could have stashed two copies in my laptop back, left the money and then walked out of the store. Danged Honesty. Still, the rush was kinda cool, and I'm one of the few of the millions who are waiting for the books to have seen and held a copy. Nonetheless, I didn't read any of it, so I have nothing to tell you about plot, who survives, etc. Just thought it was cool.