As you can tell, I haven’t posted anything for a week. I guess I was just a little busy/lazy and I was sick over the weekend, which added to the laziness. I started to feel sick on Thursday afternoon and it just got worse on Friday and Saturday. It came at a very inopportune time because Corey and I were going to go to the funeral for the father of my nephew-in-law Greg. He passed away on September 9 after a three-year battle with lung cancer. Unfortunately, because of being sick, we couldn’t make it. Corey and I felt really bad, but I think it was better that we didn’t get everyone else sick. And, Greg’s family has been in our thoughts and prayers, so we were still there in spirit.

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Corey and I decided to make the weekend a movie-fest since we couldn’t do much else. We bought two movies from iTunes and downloaded them to his AppleTV. (AppleTVs are awesome and so much fun.) We downloaded The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Timeline.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is extremely creative and very funny! At first, I wasn’t quite sure what I thought of the movie because it was so different. But, it grew on me and I absolutely love it. Marvin, the robot, is my favorite character! He’s a robot with GPP or genuine people personality. In his own dismal words, “I’m a personality prototype. You can tell, can’t you?”

The movie’s based on the books by Douglas Adams. There are five of them, which I have added to my giant book list. Interestingly enough, the books were not the first version of the story; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was a radio program before anything. But, it was such a hit that Douglas Adams turned it into books. Each rendition of the story has similarities, but they are purposefully different, which I find very fascinating!

Timeline is a fun movie as well. I enjoy the story, even though it’s quite impossible. But, I think that’s why I like it so much. It encompasses many genres, such as romance, action, history, and adventure. There’s something for everyone in the family, not to mention a few hotties like Gerard Butler, Paul Walker, Ethan Embry, and Marton Csokas.

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My co-worker Becky lent me the Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card to read. She lent this to me right after I read Eclipse so I’ve had it a while. I started to read it on Saturday and I’m really enjoying it. It’s a historical fantasy and it’s the first book in the Tales of Alvin Maker series. I’ve learned quite a few new words reading this book, but that’s another post.

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On Sunday, Corey and I went over to our friends’ house to play their Nintendo Wii. We played Mario Party and had a lot of fun. Dayna and Corey shared a player because Dayna was in the process of dying her hair and couldn’t play the entire time. They creamed Nate and me. (I was okay as long as Nate didn’t win.) Nate and I are very competitive when it comes to games. Whenever he plays the GameCube with Corey and me, the only thing he cares about is beating me, which I must say, is pretty hard to do because of my GameCube prowess.

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The best thing happened yesterday. I had the opportunity to meet a couple of the girls, who live in Provo, I’ve befriended on the Twilight Lexicon. We all went to see Becoming Jane last night. It’s so great that we were able to meet and do something fun with each other. The Twilight Lexicon is dedicated mostly to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight universe, but we talk about a lot of other things as well. I feel like I’ve been able to make some really good friends that share a lot of things in common with me. It’s so great how technology allows us to do that. I hope that I’ll be able to meet more of my friends soon.

Now, as for Becoming Jane, it was very well done. I loved the movie. There’s a lot of speculation as to whether the story’s fictional instead of being historically accurate. I hope it’s historically accurate because it’s such a wonderful love story. I’m also sure the experience would’ve helped Jane Austen give her characters much more depth. I now have a greater desire to read her novels.

PS–I found out I’ll have another niece or nephew as well as a couple of new great-nieces or my first great-nephew in a few months!