Sunday, December 14, 2008

Why Do Today -- Follow Up

Several follow-ups, actually.

Well, Dad was supposed to come home from the hospital today. Unfortunately, his heart went into a-fib. They got it back to normal and have him on a new drip. The doctors assured us it happens with heart patients. *sigh* We've got our fingers crossed for no more problems and getting him released tomorrow. His dog is just beside herself missing him.

I've also been thinking more about "The Dark Knight." Even before the phone call last week, watching it again on DVD just didn't feel as...awesome. The more I thought about it, the more I came to this conclusion: TDK is a movie theater experience. It translates well to the small screen, but watching it at home doesn't have the power of widescreen, surround sound. The explosions and car chases and the musical score....I didn't get the same power from those things last week, not like I did after seeing it twice in the theater. It was almost disappointing.

I wonder if anyone else felt that way after seeing it at home.

And on a HAPPY personal note, yesterday's Big Sister Baby Shower went off smoothly. I had a lot of fun and, apparently, so did my guests. Lots of compliments on the decorations and the food (YAY!). Big Sister got lots of cool gifts. I got to see some family I hadn't in a long time. I was completely exhausted after I finally cleaned up and was able to sit down. I was in bed at 10 pm, which is hugely early for me. I'd been planning this for two months; now that it's over, I still feel like there's something I should be doing for it.

Weird.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We just need to buy a big screen plasma tv and a nice surround sound system.


:D

Linda Robertson said...

Hi! Just read your post over at FFF and I'm rather new over there too! Welcome! My debut novel is to be out in 2009 as well, though the date has moved from March to Feb and now, as there are things in the works at the publisher, (good things)it's getting moved again. :-) Anyway, I just wanted to say hi, congrats, and I'd love to chat!

Kelly Meding/Kelly Meade said...

Ooooh, congrats on the debut! Feel free to drop me a line anytime. whitejazz98 (at) yahoo (dot) com. :)