It's been two weeks now since I jetted off for my very first trip to St. Antoine. Armed with cough drops, kleenex, some books, a disposable camera, a bag full of shorts and t-shirts, and miscellaneous other stuff, my cough and I flew off from Midway airport for San Antonio and a short visit with Jenn, Jaimie, Ziggie (and Destiny and Rachel). The travel down was peacefully uneventful and I made great progress in Black, the first book in Ted Dekker's Circle Trilogy (incidentally, it was also the book that was stolen with my backpack in Florida). Jenn eventually found me in the baggage claim area at the San Antonio airport after being thrown off by my new look--goatee and very short hair. We left the airport and headed to a theatre for a hoped for IMAX viewing of the 300, the new movie about Thermopylae. With the theatre location firmly in mind, the movie not starting until 12:30, we detoured to Whattaburger for a welcome supper and some milkshakes. One of my co-workers from Texas had talked up Whattaburger and I was excited to try one though it turned out to be nothing to blog about. The milkshake was mighty thick and provided a solid cheek workout. Pleasantly fed we returned to the theatre and discovered that the Persians had overcome the defenders and flooded the IMAX showing we were hoping for. The bodies of Spartan ticket sellers littered the box office. There was a second showing at 2:45 a.m. but we decided that was too late for us. As a backup we chose to see the 11:45 showing in a regular [sic] theatre. We had a short wait in a long line before settling in for the show. I included the "sic" because despite not being an IMAX it was still a large screen in a big theatre with stadium seating and seats that kind of reclined. I'm a bit jealous, I live in the 3rd largest metropolitan area in the U.S. but I've now been to theatres in Wisconsin, Louisville, Rochester, and San Antonio that are way better than anything around here. The cinema in San Antonio also had a bar which is pretty cool. Anyway I really enjoyed the movie, though Jenn decided it might have been too intense for an IMAX anyway. It's a great story, well acted, very bloody, there's lots of flesh to ogle if you're into that sort of thing, the cgi backgrounds were incredible, and the music was good. The subtlety was extremely understated and if you have the equipment you could probably edit together your own version of the film from Braveheart and Gladiator, but I liked it. I love stories of brave last stands which is why it will surprise no one that we went to the Alamo the next day.
To be continued....
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Do you regret that you didn't get a bucket-o-brews to drink during the movie like that guy in front of us?
Oh, and Rachel would like to know if there's a particular reason she and Destiny are parenthetical.
Jenn, you don't even want to know about Everett and the bucket-o-brews. You all really were out late, weren't you?
Yep. Everett didn't even mention the giant boots he got to see outside the mall on the way to and from the movies, and church the next day.
I don't regret a whole bucket, but a pint might have been nice. Also, having thought about it a little more, Rachel and Destiny were parenthetical, and Ziggy probably should have been too, because I was coming down there to see you. I'm glad they were there and I had a good time with them but they weren't who I was coming to see.
Well, I'm glad you did. :-)
Hey, I just realized something on your profile. Don't you need to update your occupation listing on there? It still says you're a cataloging technician. Aren't you head of cataloging now?
Well, there's something I didn't know--that you went to San Antonio to see Jennifer and Jamie, not just to see the Alamo. And something else I didn't know--apparently you've had a change in position at work! Blog more often, lazy bones
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