At World's End

Tonight we went and saw the third Pirates movie and... It was adventurous!

We had a wedding this afternoon, and we didn't leave the reception until about 5ish. After that, we drove over to the Hodson's house and hung out over there. Then we got involved in playing their Wii, and sort of . . . lost track of time. Next thing we knew, it was six thirty. And the showing we wanted to go to was at 7:15.

First, when we realized what time it was, we pretty much gave up on going. We were thinking it would be better to just hang out and stuff... but then my brother stated very decidedly that he wanted to go. And I seconded him.

Rush! We all piled into the Hodson's van, andRuth drove us down to the movie theatre. We jump out of the car and practically run over to the box office. Then we look down the sidewalk and see a rather sizable line that has formed outside the theatre . . . for Pirates.

Worry! While Ruth bought our tickets, the guys went over and started keeping a place in line. By the time we girls got over there with them, we only had to wait about a minute before they let us go inside. We hurried in to the stadium, hoping that we could get seats together . . . and proceeded to get what were possibly the best seats in the house.

Six seats, all together, in the very middle of the stadium, in the back row. And the seats even tipped back, even though they were in the back! It was awesome. I was so thrilled. We had perfect timing! =D It was like we planned it!

So, we sit back and get ready to enjoy ourselves. We laugh at the self-proclaimed "stunning special effects" in Ghost Rider. We tell stories about friend's friends meeting Nick Cage. We sarcastically applaud bad commercials. Basically, we have fun. Then the movie starts, and we sit back for some great swashbuckling Pirate adventures! And, for about an hour, everything goes great!

And then the power goes off.

Climactic scene! Biting-of-the-nails! Much intent on the screen--and flick! The screen goes dark, and the emergency lights turn on. "The end!" someone exclaims. "Four years until the next installment!" someone chimes in.

Then the emergency lights turn off, and only the exit lights are lit. A somewhat confused murmur goes around the theatre. Did the power go off, or what? Sure enough, a worker comes in a second later and explains that a transformer blew right next to the theatre, so they're temporarily without power. But the movie should be back on in just a minute.

Just as promised, a few seconds later, the lights turn off, and the movie starts up again! We missed a couple minutes of it, but it wasn't anything crucial (I guess), so that was fine. And the rest went without a single glitch, so that was good.

As for the movie . . . It was infinitely better then the second one, although that wouldn't take much. I had heard some bad reviews of it, so I wasn't going in expecting too much. But still, I was expecting lots of cool Pirates and everything related to Pirates. And I wasn't disappointed! As I said, it was better then the second.

There were a lot of different plotlines worked in, but I think that the movie was long enough to make those plot threads all weave together really well. I mean, the movie is almost three hours long! That's plenty long for multiple plotlines! ^_^ I really thought they did a good job.

The ending . . . I'm not too sure I liked the ending. I think out of our group, I liked it the most. But it was still . . . I don't know. It was kind of irritating. And frustrating. And sad.

But I don't want to spoil anything, soo... I'll shut up before I give something away. =P Just suffice it to say, that it was waaaaaay way better then number II, and it's somewhere close to number I. Great movie. I really loved it. I'd go see it again in the theatre, even though tickets are outrageously expensive. It's worth it.

Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow...

Saying goodbye to your friends is never easy. In fact, it's almost impossibly hard. Especially when you know that you will most likely never talk to them again.

I had my last Grammar & Composition class today, and I was actually astonished at how much I cried as everyone said goodbye to each other... You really don't realize how much you love people until you have to say goodbye to them.

I had become extremely attached to Mrs. T, and to all of my fellow students over the course of this year, and saying goodbye was really hard. Even though I did manage to attain a few of their email addresses, I know it won't be the same. Never again will we have incredibly off-topic tangents that make us die laughing. Never again will we hear Mrs. T give her hilarious exclamation of: "Thanks a LOT, Troxell!" Never again will we be subjected to the plottings of the evil David and his angelic twin. Never again will we see Alyssa's insanely long, but amazingly encouraging and helpful comments when we do peer reviews. Never again will the Davids and the Chrises have to ask Mrs. T: "WHICH ONE? L or C? L or S?"

God has blessed me so amazingly with this class. He gave me a wonderful teacher who made even the dullest concepts enjoyable. He gave me hilarious and helpful fellow students who kept the class intriguing (and random!). I can't even begin to thank Him for the incredible blessing this class was to me... I learned so much. And, wonder of wonders, I grew to love labeling word functions, AND diagraming! Hooray for hoogie boxes! Stair-step highrises! Highrise slash-heads! Only Mrs. T could make diagramming so much fun...

Thank you heavenly Father, for giving me this class. I have learned more in these 32 classes then I thought was possible. Thank you for my fellow students, and for my wonderful teacher. Thank you for all the valuable lessons you have taught me through this class--for the overseas students' amazing stories, for Mrs. T's faithful guidance... You are so good...

Now Watching: Spiderman 3 The IMAX Experience

After weeks of looking forward to it, I finally saw Spiderman 3! And on the amazingly huge IMAX screen!

But the day was not without adventure... For weeks, we had been planning on going to the 1:20 showing. However, as always seems to happen, we were running late and there was traffic! So, as we sat helplessly in stop-and-go traffic, the clock trudged steadily along until it decided that it was a good idea to say 1:00.

Thankfully, this was as we were getting off the freeway and pulling into the theatre parking lot. So, we scrambled hurriedly out of the car and raced to the box office. There wasn't much of a line (thank goodness!), so we made it to the ticket window relatively quickly. This is what happened:

Ticket buyer #1 (I can't remember which of us it was): "One for IMAX Spiderman."
Ticket dude: "The 1:20 showing?"
Ticket buyer #1: "Yup,"
Ticket dude: "We're sold out... next showing is at 4:10."
Us: "O_O."

I found this exchange quite hilarious, as I had just been saying on the way over that I didn't think that IMAX stadium would ever fill up all the way. *koff* Shows what I know!

Anyways, after a quick discussion, we decided that we would just hang out around the theatre, and then go to the 4:10 showing. So that's what we did! We bought our tickets, stowed them somewhere safe, and then hung out. The teenagers (plus one 20-year-old) of the group walked over to Barnes & Nobles, since my sis had to pick up two books that she had on hold there. I also gave in and bought Shawn Twilight. I would've bought New Moon too, but they had misplaced all six copies. o_O *lol*

After we had completed our book-browsing, we walked back over to the theatre (with only a few fights breaking out between the guys) and headed into Fudrucker's for lunch. Mmm... burgers! =D By the time we finished eating (And laughing hysterically at many amusing anecdotes told by our table mates), it was about time to go line up for the show. Which we did.

We had about ten people in front of us, I think, so we were pretty sure we would get good seats. Which we did, although we were maybe a bit too far forward. Oh well. The screen is so huge, it doesn't really matter where you sit! It's still crazy-awesome. My caffeine was kicking in at about this point, so I was going totally crazy as I waited for the movie to start.

At 4:10 sharp, the movie started! No trailers, just the movie! And oh man, it was awesome! I think, even after seeing it only once, I like it more then either of the other two! It has a lot more depth to it then the first two, and is considerably more serious. I mean, a main character dies! And oh man, that sucked... I would have cried rather hard, but I had promised a certain person that I wouldn't, soo... *rolls eyes* Curse you, Shawn! ;)

Anyways, it's a great movie. I definitely want to go see it again (so I can cry properly)... Maybe after that, I'll write a real review of it! =D But yes, it's definitely an awesome movie! I'm not quite sure why it's getting such horrible reviews--I'd recommend it for any fan of Spidey, and even some people who aren't fans!

One more thing: Peter going emo = Hilarious.

Check it out!

Okay. August 3rd cannot get here fast enough. *glares at calendar*

Sleep-lag

sleep lag:
–noun
a temporary disruption of the body's normal biological rhythms caused by a short period of sleep after a long period of waking time.

Okay, so I just made up that word. Still, it's about how I feel right now... :P

I set my alarm for 6:45 before I finally went to bed at about 1:30 this morning, planning that, when the alarm went off, I'd hit snooze until about 7:45 and then get up for my class. So, 6:45 came, I hit snooze a few times, then looked blurrily at the clock, saw the "-:00" and decided: "Well, I'll just get up now... that'll give me longer to get my pre-class stuff done."

So, I got up, re-read my composition, submitted it, and then looked at the timestamp groggily. 7:20... I still had over an hour until my class!

Needless to say, I was a little angry. *rolls eyes* I've almost done this on several previous occasions, but this is the first time I actually got up and woke myself up too much to go back to bed. :P

Ah well. It gives me time to do some fun stuff before class... like blogging! ^_^

On that note, you have my apologies for not writing as frequently as I usually do. I just feel like I don't have anything incredibly interesting to write about, and I don't want to bore you. heh. I'll try to be updating at least once a week, though... Even if it's a short post, and not about anything spectacular.

Well actually, I suppose I do have something spectacular: last week, my sis and I booked our flights out to WI!!

So, the dates are now set, and we have our seats picked! We're flying Jetblue, so we got to choose our own seats. I've got the window seat on both flights! *is excited* I've never flown before, so I'm very excited... and a little freaked out. :P I'm not sure how I'll handle the height. o_o I think I'll just not think about that, and think about the fact that I'm going to WI instead!

59 days!! ^_^