They actually got a line from BOD that cracked me up. If you’ve ever seen that one you’ll remember the line “I want my 2 dollars!”.

If you don’t care for silly movies you should probably steer clear of this.

I doubt you could find 2 more different movies but I liked them both about equally.

Percy is a lighthearted tale of a young man who learns he is a demigod. A demigod is of course a child of a god and a mortal in Greek mythology. The story follows Percy as he learns of his “secret” and has to battle and work with other demigods to clear his name in the theft of Zeus’s lightning bolt. It had some great special effects and overall was an entertaining flick. Don’t expect to see anything deep but if you liked Lord of the Rings you’ll probably like this.

Precious on the other hand is a very, very dark movie about a subject that hasn’t been covered much. It’s about a 16 year old girl who’s father has raped her many times and impregnated her twice. The story follows the girl named Precious as she learns to fight back a little from her controlling mother and terrible past. Precious is portrayed by newcomer Gabourey Sidibe. Her mother is played by comedian Mo’Nique who I was not familiar with. Mo’Nique won the Oscar for Supporting Actress and she definitely deserved it. The movie was well acted and gives you a look at a side of life nobody would want to experience. I highly recommend it if you enjoy deep movies with a message.

The day after we made reservations there Jocelyn contacted me about them coming out to Phoenix. She said they wanted to do it between Sep 1st and 8th and did I want to come over then? Heck yes we did!

We started thinking about where we would stay and what we would do and thought we could ask Heather to put us up for a few nights and maybe stay in a hotel for a few nights. I am a firm believer in the old saying that house guests are like fish. Both start smelling after a few days. I dislike asking someone to put us up for very long.

Then the night before last I was talking to Heather about the trip when it hit me that we could maybe see the Grand Canyon on our way from Vegas to Phoenix. I was looking at options and we could stay in the park, stay in Williams, or stay in Flagstaff. I’m leaning towards a night in the park but we’ll see.

Last night we looked at prices to see the Blue Man Group while in Vegas. It’s almost $100 a ticket. Not sure if we’ll do that but since Betty really wants to see them and we’ve never done a show in Vegas we probably will.

This will be the first time that just the 2 of us have gone on a trip this long. We are looking forward to it. And of course right in the middle of it is our 17th anniversary and Joce and Erics something something anniversary.

God speed Abby.

Well I for one am glad that Obama has made such a huge difference in how we are viewed. If not for him there might be terrorists trying to set off car bombs in Times Square.

Oh wait. Never mind…

Jessica is a 17 year old girl who decided to try to become the youngest person to sail solo, unassisted, and non-stop around the world. She’s now a week or so from arriving home in Sydney Australia. I’ve been following her since a few days after she started in October and it’s been inspiring to read about her trials and joys. She’s had a few knockdowns and some huge seas in the 7 months she’s been sailing.

Abby Sunderland, a 16 year old from Southern Cal left a few months ago to try to beat Jessica’s pending record but she’s having to put in to port to fix a broken auto-pilot. That means she won’t be able to beat Jessica on the non-stop, unassisted part but she can still become the youngest to ever circumnavigate the globe. Abby’s brother was the youngest when he did it a few years ago.

I’ve got links to both girls over in my Links section. Pretty interesting reading if you’ve got some time.