Pousson Weekend

I took a half day Friday and drove up to MN. I got into town in time to eat some yummy broccoli with peanut sauce that Brian made. We had time to kill before Mom and Dad got in, so we went and saw Watchmen. I didn't know anything about the graphic novel or the story. Deffinitely different. Kinda crazy.

Saturday, we had brunch with two of Brian's friends at Hell's Kitchen. It was good food and good company. I saw several bald eagles on my way up Friday, so we decided to see if we could see some Saturday afternoon. We drove down to the National Eagle Center in Waubasha, MN. It was a nice drive. Mom and Dad both got to see bald eagles, which I don't think they had before.

One of my favorite things so far this weekend has been Mom commenting about the snow on the ground and the river being frozen over. Pousson's can tend to read aloud the signs we see on the side of the road. When you are out in the country and there aren't any signs to read, Mom would randomly comment about all the snow. :) I forget that it's normal for me and Brian but totally foreign for TX.

with all due respect...

...George Lucas has gotten pretty lame in his old age. We went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. I must say that Cate Blanchett was pretty good. I just kept waiting for her to say "moose and squirrel." Most of the special effects were pretty cool, but there was a scene where they're in an army vehicle chase in the jungle, and they're sword fighting between two vehicles and it was just entirely too contrived and very "green screen" looking. By that, I mean you could not suspend disbelief because you could SO tell that it was done on a green screen. So, I give it an "Eh." It was entertaining, but it kept making me think of how crappy the end of Return of the Jedi turned out when Lucas re-did them.