Miscallany

Look out. I got one more post in this month. Thought I'd drop in and let you all know what's been going on.

DeAnne's doing good. She's pretty much back to normal. She still has some numbness in her leg, but the doctor said it can take a while for that to go away. The important thing is that she doesn't have any pain any more. She also has a new job. She's going to be teaching 2nd grade at the Christian academy in town. It's not a lot of pay and no tangible benefits, but she's only going to have 8 or 10 kids and it's just going to be a better environment over all. She's pretty excited about it and I'm just glad she found somewhere that she feels like she might be able to actually teach instead of just worrying about trying to keep control of the class.

On the games front, I finished Super Paper Mario the other day. I really enjoyed it. If you've got a Wii and you're looking for something to play, it's not a bad choice.

After seeing the new Harry Potter movie, DeAnne could now be said to be "into" Harry Potter. She hasn't read any of the books and neither had I until this past weekend. I bought the first two and read them both over the weekend. They were pretty good but I'm really wanting to get to around 4 and 5. That's where the movies seem to have taken on a more cohesive feel. The first two books seemed really separate from each other in the sense that you could have reversed the timing and made book 2 year 1 and made book 1 year two and I don't think that anyone would really have seen much of a difference. One didn't really carry over into two any, it was just the next year whereas it seemed like the fifth movie was really a continuation of the fourth. Anyway, now that I've beat that dead horse...

I was somewhat wrong about my early feelings in regards to the new Smashing Pumpkins album. The first six songs are great. Track seven I could live without and then out of the last five songs, 3 are probably really good and the other two are decent. Overall, I'm happy with it. If you liked the Pumpkins in the past, say during Mellon Collie, you should be able to find a couple of songs on the new album to make it worth your while. I would suggest buying it from Target or iTunes. The bonus tracks on those versions are better than the Best Buy bonus track.

I'll be glad when summer is over and I don't have to cut grass anymore. The sod is doing well. It actually looks really good. Now if it'll just spread and fight off some of the weeds, I'll be really happy with it.

Later,

--Paul