Friday v. 2

Alas, it is Friday, we have relaxed all evening, and now I'm barely awake enough to type.

We saw a good movie tonight with friends, "House of Flying Daggers." Absolutely beautiful, and quite enjoyable to watch, although the ending was a bit obscure.

Tomorrow is looking to be a fun day back in Naptown for a little while!

Neti Pots

So in my continual all-out attack on this cold, I tried the neti pot at my sister's recommendation. I'm desperate. If you do not know what a neti-pot it, it is basically a small pot that looks like a tea kettle, or a genie's lamp. You fill that with water and a saline solution, place your head above the sink, stick one end of the pot in a nostril, tilt your head, and let the water flow through your nose and out the other nostril. Odd.

But it WORKS. I'm still not cured, however I think this will definitely help clean out the nasties that insist on staying.

In other news, tonight we watched "Kite Runner" together. While not easy to watch, I'd recommend it to those interested in other cultures.

Tomorrow our plan is to buy final items off our registry that we need with a 20% off coupon we got in the mail for Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Looking forward to it!

Movie: World Fastest indian

Yay for Sundays! Jon's parents came for a short delightful visit, and then headed back this evening. Thereafter Jon and I kicked back and watched a movie. Both of us were in an easy going mood, went to the Netflix queue, and picked "The World's Fastest Indian." Starring Anthony Hopkins, it tells the true story of a 67 year old man from New Zealand, who has always dreamed of trying his motorcycle on the salt plains of Utah, at a yearly major speed event held there. He is already a featured motorcyclist in New Zealand, who works out of his shed - which he also lives in - and lives off his pension checks.

The story shows his home town of New Zealand, his trip to the United States, his trip from Los Angeles to Utah (and all the characters he meets on the way), and the final speed event.

It was a great date night movie - the type of moving that neither person has to convince the other to watch! It has relationships, which appeals to women, but none that are gushy, which saves the men-folk from yawning. And the last bit has some great speed scenes, which I think strikes a chord with the men-folk, but at that point I was so wrapped up in the meaning of it all I didn't mind! It is also 90% family friendly (two wake-up in bed scenes, with nothing shown before, and a friendly cross-dresser in another scene), so maybe even worth watching with teen-aged loved ones.

So when we land upon a good date movie, we'll post it here. A few other favorites:
Princess Bride
Evan Almighty
Date Night
Invictus
The Lives of Others (German film!)