Baby is doing fine, Ellice has a minor stomach ailment and I'm swamped with homework. We had two snow days after MLK day last week, so that was really nice. Just enough time for me to catch my breath. One of my teachers (the online one) promised that the work would slack off after the first few weeks, so here' to hoping.
Had Mike Gabbard over to watch the Family Guy spoof of Star Wars--more on that later. Umm...Oh, I'm an Uncle and Ellice is an aunt. Hayden Blakely Chick was born last Wednesday to Ellice's brother Joel and his wife Sonya. He came into the red corner weighing in at 5 pounds 13 ounces. This is baby Gullett's first cousin so we are pretty jazzed. Actually I'm happy about it, but Ellice is positively gushing over the child. Had game on Saturday, went to Outback and movies with the Mauck's and had an absolute blast all day. Good times, good times.
Rambo
This is quite possibly the bloodiest movie ever. I really enjoyed it, but it was definitely a guy movie. Very visceral. The depictions of the inhumanity of warlords in southeast Asia was so real, you really wanted the aging special forces guy to kill them all by the end. The hook is that Rambo now lives a quiet, benign life catching dangerous snakes in Thailand, when a group of well-meaning missionaries asks to charter his river boat into war-torn Burma. Of course, bad things happen and he ends up having to help save them with the help of some mercs in the end. This film is not for the faint of heart. Think the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan to the second power. On the plus side, and even if many may not think so, saying he is past his best years, I think Stallone can still make a good macho flick. However, I'll have to knock this one down just a peg cause it is certainly not for everyone, and the evil depicted on screen at times, while seemingly an accurate betrayal of human injustice, made even a jaded guy like me more than a little uncomfortable. **1/2
Blue Harvest (DVD)
This family guy spoof of the first Star Wars movie was hillarious. I love a parody done from the spirit of fans, as the creators of the show obviously are. If you like the Griffins and you love Star Wars, this one has to be on your shelf. ***
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