DeAnne's sister, Sara, has a friend coming in from Utah this weekend and they're going to go spend the weekend at the beach. They plan on taking Liam with them for one night but then on Saturday DeAnne and I are supposed to head down and spend the day at the beach and then bring the little guy back with us. That's right, Liam's going to spend the night at our house. For two nights. We're pretty excited.
So that's pretty much the plan for the weekend. It'll be interesting to see how things go. There's sure to be some crazy moments, but he's just too darn cute and lovable not to look forward to having him stay with us.
I didn't mention it on Tuesday, but my Mom came down on Saturday also and I got a chance to check out her iPhone 4. It was awesome, I'm jealous and I'd give anything to be able to have one. That's about all I can say about it.
Amazon announced a new version of the Kindle yesterday. It's smaller, has twice the storage, comes in either white or charcoal and now they have a wi-fi only version for only $140. Sure, you can't download a book just anywhere with the wi-fi only version, but how many times are you not around a wireless internet signal these days? I think it's just my gadget envy kicking in when I look at the Kindle. I don't read nearly enough to justify having one and I can't imagine having one equating to me reading more but the new version looks really cool.
Have a good weekend and I'll see you on Tuesday with tales of how babysitting went.
--Paul
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Despicable 3D
Another good weekend is in the books and a new week has begun.
Saturday afternoon we went down to the new movie theater in Crestview with Bryan and Adrienne and watched "Despicable Me" in 3D. The movie itself was great. It had good humor and was just touching enough to be sweet without being saccharin. But that was the content. This was the first 3D movie that DeAnne and I have been too and I have to say, I'm not sure how I really feel about it. It seemed to really be hit or miss with the effect. Some of it was really cool and really believable and then there were times, especially when something was moving fast, that the effect kind of fell apart. Also, and it may just be my poor eyesight, overall it seemed to add a blur to the whole movie. It was almost like it was just slightly out of focus and the edges were starting to blur some. It wasn't a deal breaker, but it was a little distracting at times.
I know I sound critical, but overall, I enjoyed the 3D experience. I didn't enjoy being charged an extra $2.50 per ticket to be able to experience it. I'm also still not convinced that 3D is worth having in the home. I'm sure in time, they'll develop 3D T.V.s that don't require glasses, but until then, I have no desire to where those things while sitting on my couch. HD is plenty amazing on its own.
Sunday was great too. We had homecoming at church so that meant a great service and a great lunch after that service. We didn't have an evening service but we still worked in a little band practice and then a few of us got together and hung out and ate pizza. It was a fairly relaxed, quiet day and was a great way to wrap up the weekend.
See you on Thursday.
--Paul
Saturday afternoon we went down to the new movie theater in Crestview with Bryan and Adrienne and watched "Despicable Me" in 3D. The movie itself was great. It had good humor and was just touching enough to be sweet without being saccharin. But that was the content. This was the first 3D movie that DeAnne and I have been too and I have to say, I'm not sure how I really feel about it. It seemed to really be hit or miss with the effect. Some of it was really cool and really believable and then there were times, especially when something was moving fast, that the effect kind of fell apart. Also, and it may just be my poor eyesight, overall it seemed to add a blur to the whole movie. It was almost like it was just slightly out of focus and the edges were starting to blur some. It wasn't a deal breaker, but it was a little distracting at times.
I know I sound critical, but overall, I enjoyed the 3D experience. I didn't enjoy being charged an extra $2.50 per ticket to be able to experience it. I'm also still not convinced that 3D is worth having in the home. I'm sure in time, they'll develop 3D T.V.s that don't require glasses, but until then, I have no desire to where those things while sitting on my couch. HD is plenty amazing on its own.
Sunday was great too. We had homecoming at church so that meant a great service and a great lunch after that service. We didn't have an evening service but we still worked in a little band practice and then a few of us got together and hung out and ate pizza. It was a fairly relaxed, quiet day and was a great way to wrap up the weekend.
See you on Thursday.
--Paul
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Almost There
It's been one of those long kind of weeks it seems. I guess spending two afternoons cutting grass probably helped that feeling more than anything, but still, I'll be glad when Friday rolls around tomorrow.
Last night was a good mid-week jolt though. The youth service was really good I thought. We had a good group of kids show up even though they all knew that Garrett was going to be gone and Todd was filling in. The music went well too. It was down to just me and Morgan, but we got an assist from Adrienne and the Spirit was working with us on song selection because what we played match perfectly with what Todd had to say. It was a good night.
So heading in to the weekend, it looks like we don't have a lot of plans. Mom's coming in to town Saturday morning so we'll see her and I'll get to see her new iPhone. I'm still incredibly jealous. Other than that, Bryan and Adrienne mentioned watching a movie and hopefully we can also get some swimming in somewhere along the line. I know one thing I'm not doing though: yard work.
Have a good weekend and I'll see you back here on Tuesday.
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