Went tree spinning tonight at the Zilker Christmas Tree—an old honored Austin tradition that my dad and my husband have finally participated in, and it will probably be another lifetime before they do so again (:-) ) We did get to see Doug and Luciana, which is always nice, and Jonathan got to spin under the tree with his Boppa, Daddy, Mummy, Auntie Jenny, and he also got to walk Homer to the car when it was time to go. Who could ask for more? I did get a funnel cake that was shared by all, although we did wish that Brian (Dale’s dad) was there to eat the rest, since he’s so good at it.
Afterwards, Jen & Stepan took Homer back to their house, then came over to ours to share some dill smoked salmon and some caviar in my dad’s new caviar serving dish that Mom gave him for Xmas. The caviar was actually a little bland, but we don’t know if that’s a comment on the caviar or a comment on our taste buds.
Then we settled down to watch The Terminator, which turned out to be a lot more campy than ieither Dale or I remembered (it was an Xmas present to me from Dale)—Jonathan [meaningful throat-clearing here] gave Terminator II to me last year for Mother’s Day.
May I say at this point that no matter how campy a movie is in terms of soundtrack or graphics, it is SO COOL to watch it on a a 57” widescreen television?!?!?!?
Posted by elizabeth at December 28, 2002 01:42 AMI watched a campy movie last night. I could not sleep and the movie Commando came on. It has Arnold Swartzenager (sp) and Rae Dawn Chong. I love the scene where he rips the telephone booth out of the floor and tosses it around the mall before the bad guy can make his phone call that would result in Arnold's daughters death. His daughter was played by a very cute Alissa Malano.
Posted by: Rita on December 30, 2002 10:15 AMSounds like that Monolith is part of the family already!!! I saw Moulin Rouge on Danny's 57incher and it was really cool. Alas, my Primary Boyfriend, aka, Mr. Rhett Butler only has the 43".....
Posted by: Meredith on December 30, 2002 12:45 PMMeredith, you certainly shouldn't be unfavorably comparing the size of your primary's anything...some men can be touchy about that.
Elizabeth, you do have a nice set up. I think I like Danny's tv better, but he definitely can't beat your sound system or living room layout. I look forward to watching more movies over there.
Posted by: Jfer on December 30, 2002 04:30 PM