Double Feature....

It was a double feature weekend. On Saturday night I went out to dinner with Henry, Troy and Norman. It was great to see Henry. It's funny, the last two times I've seen him it's been in Italy, we're so cosmopolitan :)

We went to dinner at a French Restaurant in Kensington. We thought we were going to the Green Tomato....but apparently it has ripened and has been plucked from the vine. We had a good meal and then we went to see Cut Sleeve Boys at the Ken. I really enjoy that movie theater. It's definitely has an old school movie theater motif....and it's cheap so that is always a plus. Cut Sleeve Boys was a crazy movie. It a low budget film with Asian style humor (per Norman and Henry) and it was set in London with British slang and mannerisms as well. It was a bit crazy, but quite enjoyable actually. The one guy dressed up as a self described "tranny" and he looked really pretty as a woman. Norman said he looked like Kristy Yamagucci as a woman (which I agree with). To even try to explain the plot wouldn't translate well but it was enjoyable to say the least.

Today was a busy day. I picked Ralph up and brought him to church since he can't drive. The service was really good ~ although we had to leave a bit early because Ralph wasn't feeling well. After church I went to brunch with Henry, Norman and Mito. We went to Baja Bettys. Cute waiter and decent meal. Actually that is a dangerous bar because with the lighting everyone had an angelic "is he really hot?" glow. With a few margaritas that could spell trouble...

After lunch we went to see Invasion at Fashion Valley. Overall I thought it was a good movie. It was perfect entertainment for a hot summer day when you are trying to escape the heat and reality. Nicole Kidman did a good job in it and the guy who played her husband was cute. As we were leaving, I heard someone say that it was totally unnecessary. I'm assuming they meant because it was a re-interpretation of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". In a way I can understand the comment. The 1978 version was really good (and to be fair, that was also a remake). Did this one add anything to the franchise?, not really, but it was still entertaining and it updated the story a bit. It's a tough call, when a movie is really good there almost isn't a need to remake it. You could watch the 1978 version again today and still be enthralled.

After the movie, Mito left to sin...I mean go to church :) and Norman dropped me off at home. I went over to MT and Tim's house so they could give me the instructions about watching the dog and house next week. I should really get to work at reading that manual ;) They also had a friend named Nathaniel over. He was really cute and really nice (and really straight). We chatted for a bit and had some dinner. Tim walked me through all the steps of feeding the dog and turning on the TV ~ and then I took Monroe for a test walk. I told Tim that I would pass on the opportunity to pick up Monroe's poop until I was actually watching him.

I had a really relaxing weekend, and it felt nice and long. It was just the right combination of plans with friends and down time (although it would have been better if my roommate had been here to share in the good times ~ figured I would throw that out there for you Daniel in case you are reading my blog while away :)

Well, I guess I better turn in for the evening.....although I'm afraid to go to sleep.....