Let’s See If I Can Stay Awake To Finish This Entry

Today was one of those nonstop days.
It started with running out for bagels, then over to the orthodontist for Becka (where I learned that Dr Schneider, my orthodontist and the guy who instructed Beck’s, is still alive and kicking). Emma had her dance class, then we picked up Lisa and went to Subway. Then it was time for Emma to be picked up followed by Becka having to be driven to the mall with three of her peeps, and on the way back I saw Art for a haircut.
Oh, but that’s not all. We took Lisa home so she could head off to a party with her pals in Indy, and Emma and I went to the SWANCC Computer and Electronics Recycling Event to get rid of a bunch of old computer and video parts I had collecting dust in the house. Then it was off on the promised trip to Borders, where Emma got another Magic Tree House book and I picked up Heavy Words Lightly Thrown, which so far is a very interesting read.
Becka went out again to see Elizabethtown, and Emma and I went to see The Corpse Bride. Becka gave her movie a 4/10 rating, and I gave the movie we saw an 8/10.
(A mini-diversion/capsule review follows:)
I never saw The Nightmare Before Christmas so can’t make any comparisons, but I have been a fan of Tim Burton’s since Beetlejuice. Corpse Bride continues the dark, strange view of the afterlife, where, certainly in this case, there’s a far more colorful life than what the characters with pulses enjoy. Johnny Depp is great voicing the man who accidentally marries a dead woman, and Helena Bonham Carter brings the character of the deceased Emily to, uh, life (sorry, it’s late). Tracey Ullman is wonderful as always, and Richard E. Grant (whom I know best as the manager of the Spice Girls in Spice World) plays a really evil dude who’s responsible for a lot of this mess. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen.
Whew. Now I am going to catch my breath and watch the Cinemax SCTV episodes I taped back in ’84 while I convert them to DVD.

jtl