the future begins

Chekov, Kirk, Scotty, Bones, Sulu, Uhura

Bill and I saw Star Trek last night, and we loved it!

I really liked how they integrated lots of "old" Star Trek themes - the music, the sound effects, the colours of the uniforms, and some of the characteristics of the previous actors. For example, to me (and apparently many others) Bones wouldn't be "Bones" if he didn't say "Damn it Jim, I'm a Doctor, not an Engineer!" lol

Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto did an excellent job of portraying James T. Kirk and Spock, and I thought it was nice that Leonard Nimoy made an appearance. Bill was disappointed that William Shatner didn't. In the new movie, Chekov is very young, and I thought that was so cute. I quite liked the young Scotty, too.

The nicest thing was that we went on cheap night, and since we had a $25 gift certificate to start with, we paid only $6 in cash for the entire evening.

Love that part the most.

please set your phone to vibrate

My step-dad, Jim had hip replacement surgery this morning, and he's doing very well. I am so relieved! I met my parents and Jim's brother and his wife at the hospital this morning at 5:45, and stayed with Mom after Jim went down to the operating room. By early afternoon he was feeling pretty good and I was able to finish a few errands, before coming home for a quick nap.

After going back to see him again this evening, we went to see Watchmen at the cheap theatre. Good movie but long, and there seemed to be a lot full frontal nudity. Not that I mind.

My moniter tanked again - for the second time! Right now we have a TV moniter fit into the desk, and it's so large that it's freaking me out, lol.

Have a good night!

an old favourite

One of my all time favourite movies is The Color Purple, with Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg. It came on TV late last night, and I stayed up to watch it while Bill slept beside me.

I have the novel in my office downtown, but haven't started to read it yet. To be honest, I never realized that the book is quite a bit different than the screenplay, particularly around two of my favourite characters, Albert and Shug. In the movie, I love to hate Albert when he's young and mean and taking a lesson from his own father, but I absolutely love it when he redeems himself by helping Nettie find her way back to Celie.

As for Shug, it seems unlikely that I'd like her at all. It's never really explained what her "sickness" is when Albert drags her home, but I've always thought it was booze and heroin, even though I'm not sure it was as prevalent in 1916, when Shug first arrives at Albert's house.

At any rate, I guess it's not just Shug that I like, but her entire story. Obviously, she was the black sheep of the family. The wayward daughter of the local preacher, she spends decades trying to prove to him that she's worthy of his love, but he won't have any of it until she realizes that he wants her to follow God. By the time she makes her Grand Gesture, belting out "God is Trying to Tell You Something" from Harpo's jukejoint to the little church just down the road, I'm pretty much in tears. It's even worse when the man actually hugs her, and she shows such palpable joy - I need a whole box of tissues just to get through it, lol. You can watch it here.

Today I'm thinking of going over to the retirement home where Bill used to work. Even though I'm still smarting over the rejection from H&M, I need to make some money while I'm regrouping and there might be something for me to do there. I'll be checking out the job boards too, but those listings are getting smaller and smaller every day, and the line ups at the food bank are getting longer and longer. I'd like to see my area put some money into infrastructure soon - our city has seen so much growth and the wear and tear is obvious. We need another school and another hospital, but that's another story altogether.

Happy Wednesday.