Ahhhhh vacation!

[basildestiny]

I'm having a great time in Florida. I've been in the pool twice and we went to look at the beach.

My dad likes Matt and has already said he meets his approval. He's really excited that he's a SciFi guy. And of course they're both gamers. They've played the same games and watched the same shows.

The house looks great! I love the colors of the walls.

We saw War of the Worlds last night. Phew! What they say is true. It really is a roller coaster ride. I was on pins and needles the whole time. You didn't even want to root for the main character, but you couldn't help empathizing with his situation.

No church today. Which is kind of sad that I'll miss out on worship, but we'll listen to the sermon later today when it's posted.

Instead we're having a party with family. Ethel has been joking that Matt will be the main attraction in which everyone will judge him and decide if he meets their approval! Poor guy, but I don't think it's really been bad at all. Everyone seems to be getting along great.

Breakfast time!
~Bas

PS The drive was a PAIN!!!!

Comments

[coachvee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was really stunned by War of the Worlds! I'm glad another thinks the same, I thought it was actually one of the scariest (as in most suspenseful, I guess) films I've seen for ages - and possibly the first that i GENUINELY thought that every major character was going to die.

I'm actually reading the original book now. It is slightly uphill going, since it was written at the turn of the century and so they are using all kinds of phrases which sounded serious then, but funny now! It's still interesting though, just to see what they added to it for the film.

[basildestiny]

Sorry for the last reply. I wasn't at the computer while on vacation.

I'd like to read the book though. I haven't and I find that really sad of me.

That movie was awesome though. The fact that it was established pretty early on that all characters could die (like you said) and that all it took was one blast from a ray and that was the end, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. My thing question though: What's with Morgan Freeman narrating but not being in the film? :( When Tim Robbins appeared on screen, I was thinking "I escaped from Shawshank for THIS?!"

[waking-epiphany.livejournal.com]

Isn't being at the beach great? I just got back from North Carolina and being back in PA sucks in a major way.

And getting the Dad's approval is always a great moment, very reassuring. And your dad is a gamer? My dad still doesn't understand emoticons.

Saw War of the Worlds too. What was that red stuff? I never figured it out.

[basildestiny]

The beach was great! Although I'm paranoid about sharks and didn't really enjoy it. I like standing near the water, but in it so much. I know that they don't usually bite, but I'm just not that excited about it anymore.

My dad is a gamer and tends to forget that I am one too. Or at least he forgets sometimes. It was funny when we were down though because he was exploring areas of the game we'd already discovered! And we discovered games that the three of us want to get! So maybe we'll be playing a family guild or something. That'd be awesome.

The red stuff was some kind of flora I think from the "Martians." It really didn't say, but it didn't act like fawna so I'm guessing Martian vegetation. Good flick though! I want to see it again for the sheer "sitting on the edge of my seat" feeling. Those rays were freakish!