Dinner with Friends

Tonight Harry and I went over to our friends John and Moises's apartment for dinner. Joining us were our friends Tom and Bruce. It was a fun night, we celebrated the 12th day of Christmas and had goose. I had never had goose so it was intresting to try something new. It wasn't bad, tasted a bit like dark meat of a chicken.

The Golden Compass

Today I was finally able to watch The Golden Compass. I read the books right before the movie and I have to say I thought the first book of the trilogy was really good but had a very depressing ending. The movie on the other hand went very fast and they left out the final three chapters where the really bad stuff happens. I know they filmed it so maybe will get lucky and see it on the DVD since a sequel seems out of the questions due to the low numbers it got at the box office. I enjoyed the movie, I thought the little girl they got to play the lead Lyra was perfect. The special effects were awesome and I will be buying it when it comes out on DVD.

The Holidays are Over

It's that time of year. As much as I love the Holidays and Christmas I'm very happy when it's time to take all the decorations down and recycle the Christmas Tree. Took me about three hours today to pack everything up, but it's done.. at least until next Christmas.

Re-Vamped Website

Well since the holidays are over and I'm currently out of work I have been working on my personal website. I have re-vamped my entire main page. Check it out... www.geocities.com/dathon1

New Years Day at Wally's

This has become our new tradition for New Years Day to go over to my Uncle Wally's house for a Mexican feast. Again this year it was a ton of good food and great company. Cousins Renee and Darren along with their families came as well as some of Wally and Dora's family. It was a full house but alot of fun. These people are crazy and it's so much fun to watch.

Happy New Years

For New Years Eve Harry and I went to our friends Chris and Marks house out in Pasadena. We have done this the past few years and it's always fun. This year was a bit subduded but was still alot of fun. We hung out till about 2am chatting with friends but had to get going since we had to be up in a bit and head out to my Uncle Wally's house.

Pan's Labyrinth

Hey everyone I just got back from seeing Pan's Labyrinth.

Wow.. what a powerful movie, it's totally not what I expected. It's violent and beautiful, the harshness of reality during the Spanish War against the beauty of Ofilia's fantasy world is so intresting. Even the fairytale world is dark and disturbing. There is one scene in particular that just thinking about it gives me chills. The only complaint if you can call it that is having to remove your eyes from the beautiful fantasy world while reading the subtitles and just so everyone knows this is not a children's movie. If this movie is playing in your area, it's a must see. I went into this movie thinking it was going to be this "dark" fairytale but it's so much more.