87°, sunny, and windy. It was one of those rare, absolutely beautiful days in springtime in Chicago.
Sammy Sosa broke Ernie Banks' home run record, and the fact that the Cubs lost in extra innings doesn't really matter. If there was a day I should have paid the guys on Waveland Avenue to get into the park, this was the day.
Instead, we took in Navy Pier, which is always a great time. And for the very first time, we did the Ferris Wheel. And getting hit by that wind at the top was pretty cool, too. (There's a photo of the Pier on my main page, and I'll edit some of my other photos down for the photo page soon.)
Last night we bought School of Rock on DVD. The kids and I saw it in the theatre in November, and they've been waiting for this to come out. I think it has something to do with the fact that both of them have a crush on the kid who plays the drums. We're on out third viewing now. (I also keep telling the Brown-Eyed one that she reminds me of Summer Hathaway, the class factotum and the band's "manager" in the movie. She points out to me that she isn't quite the "PITA" Summer is. My, how quickly they grow.)
The movie was a vehicle for Jack Black doing Jack Black (which he did pretty well in High Fidelity and Shallow Hal of course), but it also confirmed for me that Joan Cusack (another Chicagoan, by the way) really is a talent. It's kind of funny that the first role I ever saw her in was as a high school student in My Bodyguard, and in this movie she plays the principal of a prep school.
I also think it's cool that my kids knew what Jack Black was talking about when he referred to "the vocal solo in 'The Great Gig in the Sky.'"
And on a barely-related note, I noticed today that the term "Satan's iPod" is now officially listed in Google. Go me.
Posted by jtl at April 18, 2004 07:51 PM