King Kong
So we went out last night Rebecca's brother Jon and saw King Kong. It was pretty good, but I won't go see it again. Like other movies in this genre, character development was poor, there were LOTS of leaps of faith and logic, and there were stupid plot holes that you could drive a truck through. But the animation on Kong was great, the detail on the island was great, and there was a lot of action. It is worth seeing in the theatre over a TV set, but mainly cause it is pretty. It is also long. And I don't do too well at long movies.
Overall, pretty to watch. Don't go in expecting much of the storyline.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
We just got home from my parents, which was very nice. (Pics). Got dishes and a kelty baby carrier amongst other great things. Now it is time for bed... and tomorrow we do the same thing with the other half of the family!
Have a great Christmas everyone!
Marshall Field's….
Everyone is treating it like a friend is about to die. That is weird. You should NOT be crying about the changing of the name of a department store. It is just a store where you buy nationally available crap. It isn't like it is a boutique full of unique stuff. It isn't like it is the closing of a manufacturer. It isn't like you won't be able to get the EXACT SAME SHIT at any number of nationwide stores. It is not like you won't be able to walk through the SAME doors later and buy the SAME shit from the SAME people in the future. The door will have a different name on it. The credit card charge will have a different name on it. Your bag will have a different name on it. Other than that, it will be the same.
This should NOT be causing you pain, unless you are an employee, or somehow are otherwise involved in the company. Being a resident of Chicago and an occasional shopper is not reason to be sad. Seriously. You need more important things in your life.
Secret Santa….
So my little office did a secret santa thing... I drew the name of Mr Kiss... we had also all written little short lists of things we wanted. The limit was $25. Mr. Kiss made a normal list of a couple books that he wanted. A couple of the rest of us had made lists of dorky things. I had put on my list things like a robot, a helper monkey, etc.
After that, Mr. Kiss went back and added a couple dorky things to his list, one of which was a transporter beam between Chicago and Cleveland, as he has family in Cleveland and he often travels between the two locations.
I decided that I wanted to be witty and make something... so Monette got me some butcher paper and I made a 'transporter' beam and taped it to the wall in his office. Upon seeing it, Ysidra and Melissa chimed in and a little bit later, and some a tin foil later, we had a much cooler 'transporter', as well as a 'hat' and a 'wand'.
This morning, when Mr. Kiss got to work, we were all there and pictures were taken. He laughed. It was funny. Goal accomplished.