Weekend Recap

Let's see, Friday night was dinner with the in-laws at Amada's Cafe. Once again, I ordered chilaquiles. Mmm...chilaquiles.

Saturday afternoon was doomsey's Christmas party at Maggiano's. Like past years, the food was delicious. I particularly liked the sponge cake with vanilla ice cream and chocolate. Mmm...sugar coma. I got the chance to geek out with two daughters of doomsey's co-workers about knitting. Apparently, they've both taken up knitting and were interested in learning more. They knew the knit stitch, but they didn't know how to purl. I gave them a quick demonstration and then suggested that they should find some how-to videos on YouTube. I also pointed them to Ravelry.

Late Saturday evening, doomsey and I watched "Let the Right One In." I've been wanting to see that one for a while now. ( Spoilers: Random Observations about the Movie )

On Sunday, doomsey went to see "The Christmas Carol" at the Goodman Theater with his folks, and I went to my parents' house to celebrate my sister's birthday. It was fun spending time with my nieces. E is surprisingly verbal, and watching her use language and learn new words is entertaining. Oh, remember how I said that E learned the word, putz, on Thanksgiving Day? Well, last week, she called the furnace repair guy a putz. Fortunately, she didn't say it to the poor guy's face. I knew that was going to happen one of these days.

Books I've read so far this year...

( Previous Books )

15. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons -- I've wanted to read this book ever since I heard that Season 1 of "Heroes" stole a lot of material from it. And the answer is yes, they did swipe a number of things from them. Let's see. You had one character that was a watchmaker and who, after an accident with a nuclear reactor, was said to be leaking radiation that caused those around him to develop cancer. It turns out that, in the book, that this last part wasn't true. You also had a plot to blow half of New York to bits. I found that I had a hard time getting into this book at first, but I stuck with it and eventually I was hooked. The ending was also quite unexpected. It makes sense that it had to end that way, but I was still thinking "Bzuh? What just happened there? And we're really okay with this?" And just who watches the watchmen anyway? :)

Also, there's a film version of the book coming out in March 2009. Hmmm...maybe I'm just going to have to see it in IMAX. :)