Mindless Juices

So, since my hockey post didn't go over well, I'll try to avoid the subject in that intensity. Meanwhile, I do need to tell you that Nick and Kelli came down for "Christmas." We went to dinner, went to a movie and went home for presents exchange and dessert. First, we went to dinner. We went to Firebirds at Southpoint mall. Unfortunately, it was the worst service we've ever had there. Sabrina and I ordered a steak and a salad to split. Usually, Sabrina eats most of the steak and I eat most of the salad. Unfurtunately, the salad didn't come out until after everyone else was done eating. There were a few attempts to get it out sooner, but they didn't work. Also, our drinks hit bottom and stayed there for a little while in the middle of dinner, especially mine since it was all I really had to eat. Then, it turns out that they ran out of glasses, so the waitress had to take ours to refill. Luckily, the waitress did her job and let the manager know about our rouch experience. He adjusted our bill a more than fair amount, in my opinion. Overall, our past experiences have all been so good that we won't let one little bad experience ruin our favorite steak. Plus, we were taken care of, so we'll pretend it didn't happen. Then, we went to see "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." Disney did a surprisingly good job with C.S. Lewis' work. In conversation with Sabrina, she told me that C.S. Lewis was not particularly fond of his works being made into any sort of visual art. We are of the opinion that he wanted to excite people's imaginations and the visual arts would take away from our imaginations. Well, the movie fleshed out my imagination. It definitely didn't take it away. It's an excellent movie and worth seeing in the theatre. If you have kids, I would NOT recommend taking them to see it. There is a lot of violence... very Lord of the Rings/Braveheart. And, there are certainly scary aspects and a smaller screen may be the better way for kids to experience this movie and this story. On a side note, there was a mom who brought her very young kids to the late show, 7:45pm. She did not keep particular control and did not really seem to care how her children were disrupting other people's experience. Her very young son did not understand how to whisper. He asked a ton of questions and would askover and over again until his mom answered him, which she usually didn't do until he asked at least three times. I tried to be patient and it wasn't the child that really upset me, but the mom who was inconsiderate for bringing the children to a late show and, at least, not attending to the child to minimize the disruption he was obviously causing. Lastly, we headed home for dessert and presents. My wife made creme brule. It was excellent, as usual. We exchanged presents. I got a Logitech Gamepad... it will make playing some Gametap games more fun and easier to play. I am very excited about it. Although, currently, I'm starting to feel pretty tired... I had to stay up until midnight last night for work again... and I'm working today... I hope I have energy for the party tonight.