Baton Rouge

Cade was supposed to come visit this weekend. Unfortunatey, his dad got sick, and he couldn't come.

Instead, Bridget and I drove to Baton Rouge to visit him. He's come up several times, figured it was time we reciprocated.

We had a great time. Hung out, just talked, went and ate, talked some more, and went to see Batman Begins again. Was Cade and Bridget's third time each, and my second. Love that movie.

We spent the night in Baton Rouge and hung out in the Mall of Louisiana while Cade was at work. Usually Bridget can't stand shopping, even for just a few minutes, but she did very well, this day. Mostly, I think, it was because we looked for items very specifically for HER. We ended up getting her this great skirt and a pair of shoes. Looks fabulous on her. Then we ate dinner with Cade and his folks, and headed to Lafayette, where we spent the night hanging with Bridget's sister and her husband, and Bridget's cousin. Again, more fun was had, and as a side note, Psychonauts looks like a pretty cool game.

Now, we are returned home, and all is well, or as well as working every day for the rest of the week can be.

More squirrels

I think today was the squirrel's Rite of Passage or something. On the way home from work, I had FOUR squirrels stare me down as I barreled towards them. Not only that, I had this behemoth of a Ford truck right on my tail, so I couldn't really brake, or I'd be a smear on his undercarriage. All ran away at the last moment, thankfully. Just rather... odd.

Emotions and Batman

I've been particularly emotionally sensitive lately, and I don't know why. I've always been pretty emotional - I admit, I cry at those parts of movies - but lately it hasn't been taking much. And it's not even neccessarily that I will cry, it's mor of an all-around empathy. Hey, maybe I'm part Betazoid.

Naming-wise, the Betazoids really got the shaft. Klingons, Vulcans, Romulans, Ferengi, Borg... the writers couldn't come up with something better than [planet name] + oid? Come on.

Anyway...

Batman Begins rocks. Went to see it on opening day, and loved it. It's everything I hoped it would be, though it does have some corny moments. Nothing, thankfully, like the cornfest that was Batman & Robin. For those interested in seeing it, but wary because of the last films:

It's loosely based on the Batman: Year One comic book storyline.
It's NOT directed by Joel Schumacher, the guy who did the last two.
It's DARK.
It stars both Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
And they already have 2 more screenplays written, so if this one does well, we can see MORE well done Dark Knight movies!

Picton Castle

During the summer of 1999 I sailed on board the HMS Bounty as a volunteer crew member. It was an obsolutely fantastic time - I've considered doing it again. In fact, the Bounty next year is planning to sail up the Mississippi River. How cool would THAT be, eh?

Then I remembered another ship we ran into once at Tallships 2000 - the Picton Castle. She was a huge ship, and well crewed. And she was SAILING AROUND THE WORLD.

Now, that would be MUCH cooler. So I looked her up. Thankfully, the Bounty website, which I knew, had a link to her. Unlike the Bounty, which just wants bodies to do work, the Castle charges money to be a trainee. Like, $11,000 per leg, or $36,000 for the whole trip. Now, each leg is a good 3 months long, and the whole trip is over a year... but still. That's more than I make in a YEAR.

Ah, well. Mississippi River sounds good to me.

Four and a half

Yeah. Definitely just looked at the clock and thought "It's four and a half o'clock!"

It looks like both Jay and I will be out of town this weekend, which has dire possibilities should something go wrong. I'll be much closer, as Jay will be in Florida, but 2 hours away still isn't all that accessible if I can't fix a problem over the phone.

Everything should be fine, though. I hope.