Weekend Update

Friday
Lots of people from work gathered at The Shack to celebrate Sucka MC's birthday. It was nice to see a few old co-workers who have since moved on, and everyone had fun. Surprisingly, there were quite a few children at the bar. I'm one of those people who don't really like seeing kids at events or locations meant for adults. It seems irresponsible and possibly negligent to bring a small child to a place where people are rowdy and drunk.

Saturday
Lounged about for most of the day, ran a few errands and ended up watching the 10.50pm showing of Letters From Iwo Jima.

It starts of somewhat slowly but builds up to be one of the most powerful, yet disturbing films of the year. I am not a queasy person and can watch surgery scenes or people getting killed with absolutely no problems. In Letters there was more than one scene where I literally felt nauseous and sick to my stomach. I don't think it was because it was gory (it really wasn't), but rather that what I was seeing was so hard to accept. I'm looking forward to renting Flags Of Our Fathers this Tuesday.


At home, we watched Who Killed The Electric Car?. It's a documentary that investigates the creation and destruction of the EV1. Ford released the EV1, the first mass-produced, fully electric vehicle, then slowly recalled them and had them crushed for no logical reason. The filmmakers discover numeous reasons for the demise of the zero-emmision car. It's very interesting and you'll probably find yourself going, "Oh yeah...I remember that car. What happened to it?"


Sunday
Watched the Super Bowl of course. I was so excited at the start of the game; it looked like Chicago would be able to hang in there, but alas they couldn't pull it off. Oh well. My favorite commercial was the Snickers one where the two guys "accidentally" kiss and then pull out their chest hair. Haha!

Also went to Bed, Bath & Beyond to buy a new dish rack thingie, measuring cups and fruit basket. I love buying new stuff for the house.