Fourth Edition. In the role-playing world, nothing is bigger than the release of fourth edition dungeons and dragons. I’m beginning to think it is no coincidence that Gary Gygax, the inventor of D&D died this same year. From what I’ve seen, I’m going to pass on this one. I’ve dragged my feet in changing over to version 3.5, but now that the series is discontinued and I no longer feel pressured to change, I’m liking it more and more. Especially in comparison to the new version. It has a very, online feel to it, and there is hardly anything in the manner of treasure in the game. I don’t know, the charm seems to be lost. I’ll be content to stick to the old game.
Sunday- Church, swimming, and a Chick family reunion at Ellice’s brother Joel’s. The Chicks brought a load of backlogged gifts for the year past, including a medallion of St. George, some blown glass cups and a whole bunch of chocolate from Austria.
Monday- Classes resume. The class I started is American Sign Language, and it is totally immersive, no voice. It is kinda cool, but it will be a lot of work and time on campus. The rest of the day was taken up by swimming and DND. A good session was had by all.
Tuesday was a little rough, parking ticket, difficulty at the pool, an emotional breakdown, and then an upturn with Get Smart at the Movie Tavern on half-price day.
Wednesday we got our birthday gift to each other, a discounted Gamecube with Ellice's favorite game Mario Kart. (I also got Star Wars: Rogue Squadron as part of the package deal). With our selling back a handful of games and movies, we made out quite well on the deal.
Thursday-bowling and Bob Evans with the Chick family. It was Bob Chick's birthday party, and the kids and momma Chick chipped in for a violin. He was really surprised and rather pleased with his new toy. I also started my other class for this summer session, and it will be another bear. The workload is intimidating, but we've gotten through the other classes, so there is no reason to expect anything different with this one. We also had a picnic lunch on the grass at EKU.
Friday was Cracker Barrel and softball. This was the last makeup game of the season. We lost miserably in the coed game, but fun was had by all. I was asked to play in the men's game too. Long story short, I scored the winning run in extra innings, 19-18. When I came to bat, there were two outs and we were down by 3; one of the guys said I was 'clutch' (I should probably add to this that the only reason we were in extra innings is because I walked a whole bunch of people and we should have won in regulation, but it sounds better to put the good stuff first).
Also on Friday, we had a new addition to our weekly writing group, Kim. We look forward to her feedback and submissions.
Get Smart
This movie was a surprise to me. The comedy was an excellently done fusion between Steve Carrell's deadpan and the shtick 'Get Smart' humor of the original series. That wasn't the surprise. The surprise was how much great action the movie had-I wasn't expecting that at all. Great fight scenes and chase scenes of the proper length. Carrell's Smart is loveable and moral; a guy you can really root for. Carrell's preservation of the character's charm is what is most impressive. Good for the whole family. ***1/2
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Mmmmm, chocolate.
When's your birthday?
Get Smart - liked it! Also a surprising like (rental): Lars and the Real Girl. Nothing what I expected and so worth seeing - some compared it to Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, etc). I'd give it 3-1/2 out of 4 stars. (It is a little slow-paced but not bad...just not loads of action/bellylaughs.)
Does your church have interpreters? I was thinking you might sit near them and watch. It couldn’t hurt.
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