The rest of Vacation from vacation [edited]

I never did finish telling about our stay at Ardith's. Jason already posted about that, but of course he left out a few things.

First, you know that the real reason we went down was to help Ardith test out her new TV. Sister #2 just has to show it off, since sister #1 probably won't. It's a nice improvement over what she had, as you can see here. My, that thing is big. Actually, that "old" TV was the best one we had before Daddy found us [a used] widescreen. So guess where the best "old" one went, now that Ardith's done with it? Daddy put it out in the garage. After all, people who work out in garages like to stay informed too.

As I mentioned, we went to see Eragon Thursday night. It was a powerful movie, considering how we reacted to it. That is, Jason was not impressed, Kendra was not thrilled, I never cried, and Ardith got all riled up. To get the real lowdown on how the movie plays copycat with various science fiction and fantasy works, you will have to ask Ardith... but even those of us with limited experience - that is, LOTR, Narnia, and Star Trek - could pick out clear rips: a spoken intro, sweeping-vista shots, an Aragorn figure, a group of slightly dangerous Ranger-types, etc. etc. Not to mention the poorish acting and the pathetic plot (and by pathetic, I don't mean a plot that makes your heart wring in anguish, unless maybe because it's just that bad). All that could be overlooked more easily if it weren't for stealing other people's ideas.

Oh yes, Jason convinced Ardith to put on Hellboy on Friday (not linking it for the sake of younger siblings). I don't know what it's supposed to be... superhero or horror or comedy or fantasy or just a very confusing mix of all of those.

For Friday night supper we had a good conversation topic - since we ate in the living room, and Ardith's living room has a lot of outlets, and this means plenty of laptops plugged in at once and plenty of newssurfers going at once. All that to say that we learned that Saddam Hussein was to be executed Saturday morning... that is, about an hour later that night our time. Then followed a discussion of why the process had been speeded up, who might have ulterior motives, and more generally, whether questions had one, two, or three-plus sides. Seeing as the trial wasn't (supposed) to be broadcast live, we went to see Night at the Museum, which movie we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Saturday we all managed to get up at a decent hour and get spiffed up for a nice lunch of deli food (fifth heaven for some in our family!) with the rest of the family. Eventually we all ended up in the basement, mostly so the little boys could try out all Ardith's TV seating (beanbag, beanbag footrest, weird rockerless rocker).

That's plenty of "we"'s for one post!, plenty of movies for one vacation, and plenty of posting for today.