Interesting weekend. Mom was over for the family kiddo birthday party. Always good to see the mom.
The party itself was nice and low-key. Not too many relatives there because several were out of town, so it was a good number of people. Kay made a really yummy casserole and we had brunch. I had two mimosas. Yum.
Favorite quote of the day? "Everybody hates the phone company. Even Bedouins."
( The day before, Mom and I saw 'The DaVinci Code' )
Anyway. I didn't ever think the book was as amazing as everyone seemed to think it was. I enjoyed it. It was fun and interesting, but not any great work of literature. And not that controversial anyway. It's not like the idea is a new one.
During the movie, I mostly kept thinking about The Sparrow. I think I may re-read it this summer. It's one of those books that really got to me and during The DaVinci Code I kept wondering what The Sparrow would be like as a movie. If it could be done well. Whenever I tell people about this book, I always explain it as "Jesuits in Space!" because how can you not laugh at that? But it's actually fairly heavy and certainly hit me emotionally.
I have a feeling that's a crappy paragraph, but I'm too lazy to do anything about it.
The party itself was nice and low-key. Not too many relatives there because several were out of town, so it was a good number of people. Kay made a really yummy casserole and we had brunch. I had two mimosas. Yum.
Favorite quote of the day? "Everybody hates the phone company. Even Bedouins."
( The day before, Mom and I saw 'The DaVinci Code' )
Anyway. I didn't ever think the book was as amazing as everyone seemed to think it was. I enjoyed it. It was fun and interesting, but not any great work of literature. And not that controversial anyway. It's not like the idea is a new one.
During the movie, I mostly kept thinking about The Sparrow. I think I may re-read it this summer. It's one of those books that really got to me and during The DaVinci Code I kept wondering what The Sparrow would be like as a movie. If it could be done well. Whenever I tell people about this book, I always explain it as "Jesuits in Space!" because how can you not laugh at that? But it's actually fairly heavy and certainly hit me emotionally.
I have a feeling that's a crappy paragraph, but I'm too lazy to do anything about it.