The Holtonian

Weekend Events

The weekend came and wifey ran out on me... not in a bad way, she went to Birmingham to reconnect with her old college mates. I used the time to hang out with my brothers. Hunt and I spent most of the time playing Risk, the game of world domination. The game sucks, I mean I got beat every time. And granted when there is only two people playing its going to be a land-slide win for one person, but I was especially terrible. Lets hope I'm never called to defend america with the roll of a dice because I consistently seem to roll a 2 and 1 every time. It was embarrasing! All I can do is beg the Ukraine and Madagascar for forgiveness, "I tried mighty countries but alas my pudgy fingers were not capable of stopping the blitzkrieg of Hunt."
      We watched the cards lose saturday night, which was terribly frustrating. Lima was pitching terribly yet winning the game. Every strike he pitched was right down the middle and for some odd reason the cards seemed to be watching them go by instead of blasting them out of the park, its all ok in the end as the cards played their game on sunday night, but still Saturday's game was obnoxious.
      Hunt and I went and saw the movie The Village, and I must say that was by far the best movie I think M Night Shallywallybingbang has done. I thought it was well shot, great cinematography, great acting, and a hugely interesting story. Those who poo pooed it I say, "Go poo poo yourselves!" I don't know, maybe its just me, but I eat up M. Night Slammajammaman's movies. I find them so intriguing and I love the twists or the little conclusions. Plus I think he provides interesting social commentary, maybe not the deepest commentary but still relevant. The problem with his movies is if you begin to discuss them (especially in a format such as this) you'll ruin the ending, which I really dont' want to do with this one, just in case someone hasn't seen it.
      Church was good too, though I kept thinking about the monster from the Village, so I went to evening service to make up for my distraction during the first service. Second time the Word seemed to take hold better as I was not so worried about a monster coming after me.
      Work's been good I guess lately. Sometimes its like an episode of Survivor with all the politiking going on, but I try to keep my head low and just do my work.
      I really missed the wife this weekend and really didn't like her being away. I'm kind of glad most of my friends live in town. Wish more lived in town, but there's a good contingent.