Monday, December 31, 2007
National Tresure Rocked, and we got Goofy
Okay, I guess you only got one blog yesterday instead of two, but here's today's right on schedule. NATIONAL TREASURE: Book of Secrets, was a hit with all of us. It was as fun as the first movie, and all the returning characters had good parts, and were not marginalized. I was worried about Diane Kruger's character at first, but the script rallied. It's always hard to be the girlfriend in a movie. Justin Bartha, who played Riley, made the movie for all of us. Nicolas Cage did another good job in the role. You believe him when he… Read More
Posted by LKH on 12/31 at 11:25 AM
Sunday, December 30, 2007
An apology, and a spoonful of nightmares
You're probably going to get two blogs today. This one is to correct the mistake I made in yesterday's blog about the killings in Carnation. I wrote that the woman who killed her family was the sister of the woman she killed, but no, it was the husband who was her brother. The son of her parents, his wife, their children, that she killed. I'm not sure it makes a difference to the horror of it all whether you kill your sister or your brother, but it was a mistake in the reporting and I amend it here. I… Read More
Posted by LKH on 12/30 at 07:32 AM
Saturday, December 29, 2007
The Holiday, the Whirl, and the World
We braved the mall today. The first time we've been near it since the holidays got close. But, it wasn't busy. It was easy to find a parking spot. Bad for the mall; good for our trip. We are on our third day of holiday socializing. Jonathon's guy friends came over last night and we all went out to a nice restaurant. Trinity started to fade and found out she's still not overly fond of French food. Came home, tucked the kiddo in, and then we all sat up and talked, except for the kiddo. Jon is the first… Read More
Posted by LKH on 12/29 at 09:57 AM
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Sometimes I forget that it’s hard
It's taken me all day to bridge from the new Jason and Anita scene to the rest of the book. God, I thought I was never going to get there. I've been averaging between six and eight pages a day over most of the holiday work. I actually took Yule day itself off, because the day before I'd finished the largest new scene. The one I'd been struggling with, and did, I think, two blogs about the difficulties of trying to write it. No one was playing hard to get by the time I finished the scene. Nope, everybody… Read More
Posted by LKH on 12/26 at 01:16 PM
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Happy Yule
Good Morning. Happy Yule. Merry Christmas. All That. I'm up before everyone else here and thought I'd be the one to wish everyone out there a good holiday. I'm not going to try and analyze what the holiday is supposed to be, or moralize on how it should be celebrated. I'm just going to wish each and everyone of you reading this a pleasant day. I think that's enough, you can choose how you celebrate or not celebrate your holiday. You're all capable of that. Yes, some of you are going to be doing things you don't want to… Read More
Posted by Jonathon on 12/25 at 05:47 AM
Bloody Brilliant
Jon and I saw SWEENEY TODD yesterday. It was brilliant, amazing, gorgeous, thrilling . . . Get a thesaurus and just keep going. The movie was that good. Usually, it's difficult, if not impossible to translate a musical to film. Things get lost, and it just isn't as good. Even though they had to cut songs, it still worked. It worked not just as a musical, but as a movie. It just bloody worked. I think one of the reasons may have been something that I read somewhere, (Its been a while so I can't find the article.… Read More
Posted by LKH on 12/24 at 08:33 AM
Friday, December 21, 2007
Happy Solstice
At 12:08 tonight the tide will turn, and the darkest night of the year, will switch over. Winter Solstice is tomorrow, and from that point on the sun will grow a little brighter every day. However you celebrate the return of the sun, have a good one. Be safe, be well, and be happy.
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Posted by LKH on 12/21 at 09:46 PM