Friday evening: Woohoo, fiiiinally Friday. This week lasted way longer than any week has a right to, or something. We went to see our friend Scott in one of his last performances of the musical Buddy at the San Jose Stage. It's a musical version of the Buddy Holly story, and Scott's name appears in the program god only knows how many times. :)
Friday's performance was the second time I'd been--I'd gone the Saturday before, as well. It's great to see him get so much stage time, and he plays some very distinct characters, which is really cool. The musical itself is great, and the rest of the cast is likewise awesome. The guy they have playing Buddy Holly's got a great voice. The kid who plays Ritchie Valens (and he IS a kid, he's 14) sometimes sings the national anthem at Sharks games, so I'm at least a little familiar with him. Much fun all around, and I think that Brett enjoyed it.
Saturday: We were almost an hour late meeting folks for Faire--sorry! It was just...one of those mornings, you know? But again, much fun was had--Jeremy and Leon were there, and I met Jason, known to everyone else there from NERO. Scott had purchased tickets in advance, so we bought those, and in we
went.
There was a lot of laughter and teasing, trying on silly hats and things. I tried to find my mom's cousins, but failed utterly--again. I'll try next weekend. There was a whole group of girls who started shrieking at the sight of the guy playing Sir Walter Raleigh, which immediately gave me a splitting headache and made me extremely cranky. We stopped by the Gypsy Soles booth, and eventually, I'll get another pair...but probably not this year. Maybe next year at Southern? Hm.
Saw Grace, the carved candle lady's booth. At some point, I *am* going to learn how to do that, dammit. I also saw several things I wanted to buy, but I was very good, and am either going to wait until next weekend (after payday), or do without. We'll see how well that works. ;)
Saturday night was our first hockey game of the season, a preseason game. We got there late, I managed to spill soda on the poor guy sitting in front of us, and the Sharks lost. They played a good game, though, and holy crap, Scott Parker--nice to have an enforcer around, I'll just say that. Nabby made some amazing stops, Marleau had a nice assist on Thornton's goal, and it was all good. So glad hockey's back again. :)
Sunday: I heard on Friday that the preview for Return of the King was going to be with Secondhand Lions starting this weekend. I'd seen the previews for it and mentioned that I wanted to see it--I'm a big fan of Robert Duvall and Michael Caine anyway.
The RotK trailer didn't disappoint. I spent two and a half minutes barely able to breathe, with HUGE goosebumps and practically crying. If the trailer was like that, god, I can't imagine what the movie itself is going to do to me. But seriously...watching Aragorn with Anduril, wow. And Eowyn. The abject grief on Eomer's face when...well, nevermind when, but my god. Can't wait til December.
Secondhand Lions also did not disappoint, I really enjoyed it. I won't say much, because I don't want to give away the plot--and I definitely do recommend it. It's more a boy's coming of age story than a chick flick, and it was really well done. There are a few moments which are pretty blatant (here, let me TUG those heartstrings), and it's a little predictable in a place or two, but still VERY good, very worth seeing. As Brett said, not something that I'm disappointed at seeing in the theater.
After we got home Sunday, we watched Identity. I bought it several months ago and just now got around to seeing it. That's yet another movie that I really don't want to give anything away for--and to say just about anything about it would be really giving the whole plot away, which I definitely don't want to do. I'll just say that it's an excellent psychological thriller--not really much in the horror vein. Very good. John Cusack, Ray Liotta, and Amanda Peet are wonderful, and Clea DuVall is likewise great. I look forward to watching it again, so I can pick up on some of the things I missed before--things that I'll be able to pick up on things more easily now that I know how it ends.
And...that was the weekend. Busier than I thought it was going to be, but nice. Yay, good weekend stuff. And it sounds like we're off to Faire again this upcoming weekend, since there are things we wanted to buy but didn't.
We rented Identity while my parents were here, and quite enjoyed it.
Posted by: Melissa at September 30, 2003 12:49 AMIt was good to meet you too! Such a fun day.
Posted by: Jason at October 1, 2003 12:44 PM