Lest we Forget... 11:00AM. Moment of silence.

Had a super-fun time with Tusker yesterday. We decided to go and see Monsters Inc this weekend and I offered to make dinner at my place, first. I decided to go all out and make a tasty scallop dish, and have some yummy chewy-crust bread with a vinegar/olive oil dip inspired by Doug and Ali's favourite Seattle Restaurant Zoe.

We ate until we were STUFFED and then thought twice about the plan to attend the 7:10 showing... thinking that there would be fewer young children at the 9:30 show - we opted for that one and sat back and watched Ladyhawke on DVD. Tusker had never seen the whole thing - and she giggled at the 80s music as much as I do (even though I love it because it is Ladyhawke music). She loved the movie, too and we enjoyed some yummy Cozy Shack Rice Pudding for desert.

We trundled off to the movie theatre for the 9:30 show and saw what we thought was a big lineup... turns out it didn't even half fill the huge theatre that the show was in -- so we got seats that we liked. Monsters Inc. rocked... and even before we saw the feature we thought we'd gotten our $10.75 worth. Why? Because we saw the Star Wars Epidsode II "Breathing" trailer. I literally leaped out of my seat. I wasn't expecting it! A lot of people whooped and cheered when it was over - myself included, of course.

Then, true to Pixar fun and form we saw an animated short film about some little birds on a wire. Tons of fun, the whole audience was laughing. I was ready to go home! Pixar always provides such amazing entertainment value. After being completely entertained by Monsters Inc, Tusker and I wandered home wondering why most movies suck so much. Why can't they all be as engrossing and entertaining as Monsters Inc.? or Memento? or Mulholland Drive? Why do we have to sit through things that *should* be great but totally fall short of the mark - like K-PAX? It was "okay" but not the greatness it could have been.

Anyway... it was a great night, and I got to sleep in until 10AM today. AHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh... sure wish I had tomorrow off, but thankfully McCow starts his new job in my department AND in my group tomorrow! Cool! Something to look forward to.

Now to fix my bike, meet RoundTop to return his networking book, and make stained glass for my family and friends!