Merry Metal Mauling

Another Wednesday, another update. Today is Christmas Day, but let me start at the beggining.

Monday: Played CS, lifted weights, read Jane Eyre (which is beginning to grow on me), took a little nap, went to see the Two Towers. Now, I'll go into more depth with LOTR:TT. I liked the movie overall, but perhaps not quite as much as the first. I thought the integration of the actors with the CG characters (i.e. gollum / smeegle) was absolutely incredible. I did not however, like the liberties that Jackson and others took with the humor end of Gollum's character. He's tormented and never really respected in the books, and I would've liked it that way, I guess. Gimli was adequately droll and provided great comic relief, I thought. My second issue with the movie came with the scene involving the Ents. First of all, I would've liked them more leafy and much, much taller. They looked like wimpy trees, but they did kick some serious butt. Jackson again took some liberties with the Ents and their breaking the dam in order to beat Sauruman, as in the book they diverted a river instead. I felt that the dam was just inserted to make the movie shorter. I guess I'll have to wait for the longer DVD version (+woot+).

Tuesday: Read Jane Eyre, and had the Christmas Bash. My mother, father, grandfather, uncle, and my grandfather's lady friend were all on hand. We open presents from my mom's side of the family (including the one's for me) on Christmas Eve. I like this arrangement. I received a computer Case, Best Buy Gift Card, a weight set, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, and SOCOM:Navy Seals. Hey, I can't complain.

Wednesday (Today): My Mom's cousins from California made a surprise stop-in. I had barely just gotten out of the shower. They were a wonderful surprise, and my grandfather showed up again to say hi, and to pickup some presents he forgot. I played lots of Tony Hawk 4, and my Dad's side of the family came to our house for more present opening, the majority of which went to my 3 year old cousin, Michael. (insert cute AWWW here). Afterwards, I put together my new computer case, and gave myself numerous scrapes and cuts from the rough metal edges. But now I've got more fans in my case, so that's a good thing (8) right? Now it's time for Bed.

Today's Music (Triple Dose)
Good Charlotte - Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous
The Exies - My Goddess
Cold - No One