Avatar and shopping.

I watched the movie I got from Harry and Liz after the past few days: Avatar. In spite of its semi-liberal tone (the natural-loving natives versus the invading, greedy military forces), it is a very compelling movie. The visual effects are compelling: the floating mountains, the alien animals, and the bizarre plants take one's breath away. Sigorney Weaver is in rare form as Grace, showing a mixture of the toughness she had as Ripley in the Alien movies and the compassion for others she had in Galaxy Quest (and probably some other movies she did that I haven't seen like Gorillas in the Mist). The big lesson I got from the movie was that greed and prejudice can blind a person to the beauty and inmeasurable value found in life itself.

Besides watching Avatar, I did some shopping this weekend using two of the gift cards I got for my birthday. On Saturday, I used the gift card I got from Cosmo and Wanda to get some supplies, a four-pack of the live-action Batman movies (before Christian Bale took over the role), and the 2nd season of "Heroes." Today, I bought Doctor Who: The TARDIS Handbook and a card game version of Monopoly using the gift card I got from Clark.

Happy Birthday to me!

I had a pretty good weekend leading up to my birthday. Harry and I got together on Saturday. He and Liz gave me a number of gifts: some books, a T-shirt, and a DVD (Avatar). I ordered myself a present (pictured above) that I received last week in the mail, which I showed to Gwen, Cosmo, and Wanda yesterday when they came over to celebrate my birthday.

Yesterday, I got together with Diana, Gwen, Norman, Cosmo, and Wanda. We went to a buffet/arcade place for lunch, then played minigolf. To my surprise, I tied Cosmo for first place (normally he wins at minigolf, even though I'm pretty sure he only plays on my birthday). We went back to my townhouse and had cake and ice cream.

Today, I had the day off of work and kept busy. I had donuts from the store for breakfast. I took a few more pictures, then uploaded them to my laptop to edit. I finished watching my "Doctor Who" DVD's. I did some cleaning stuff and wrote checks for some bills. I watched half of my Star Trek (2009 version) DVD and ate more of my leftover birthday cake. Clark, Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda called and wished me a happy birthday. I got a number of cards in the mail, including one from my former coworker Pat.

The Last Airbender Predators.

I had a pretty good weekend. I saw two movies and got some stuff down around the townhouse.

Friday night, I went to see The Last Airbender with Harry and Liz. It was a pretty good movie: it had amazing special effects, and it kept you guessing. I'll be interested to see if they make a sequel or two.

On Saturday, I got together with Harry and Liz again. We had lunch at Hector's. Harry and I went to see Predators (Liz would have seen it with us, but she wasn't feeling well). It was exciting and had some amazing effects. We ran a few errands, and he took me back to my place. I did some laundry and some reading. I also watched some of my "Doctor Who" DVDs.

On Sunday, I watched more of my "Doctor Who" DVDs. I stayed indoors most of the day and watched some episodes of "Mythbusters."

Fourth of July Weekend.

I had a great time over the Fourth of July weekend. On Friday night, I got together with Harry and Liz. We went to a friend of their's home to light fireworks (like the one pictured above). I lit several, as did Harry and a friend of his from his job.

On Saturday, I did a lot of stuff. I vacuumed most of the townhouse. I did some ironing. I watched more of my "Doctor Who" DVDs. I worked on laundry. I did some reading.

On Sunday, I did the usual stuff Sunday stuff. That evening, I got together with Harry and Liz again. We went to Harry's parents' house. We watched The Cowboys (a John Wayne movie) and ate apple pie. Harry lit some leftover fireworks. When I got home, I did some more reading.

Today, I watched TV. I took a nap, then did some ironing. I watched more "Doctor Who."