The Royal Blog

Waiting for.....

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2

The Kingkiller Chronicles, day 3

Septimus Heap, book 6: Darke*

The Throne of Fire

The Son of Neptune

The Devil Colony*

A Dance with Dragons*

 

*will probably wait for the paperback

Waiting......

• Dragon Heir

This title will be released on September 1, 2009 wait. that's the paperback version. do i wait or order the hardcover?

• The Last Olympian

In Stock  wait. what? in stock? it's out already? do i wait for paperback or order now??     

• Book Five of the Song of Ice and Fire series

HA!

• Superior Saturday

In Stock  wait. what? in stock? it's out already? do i wait for paperback or order now??     

• Harry Potter and The HalfBlood Prince

15 July 2009

 

I'd give it a Bee +

Our local theater was showing Bee Movie for free* so I decided to risk an outing with the human tornado.   E2 did fine during the movie - a lot of squirming, seat switching and some talking - but for her, she did a great job.  And that's the nice thing about these free morning movies - lots and lots of squirmy, noisy kids; it's expected and accepted. 

After the movie, unfortunately, E2 decided to make us chase her around the entrance/sidewalk and I was pretty steamed when E1 finally caught her.  I told her if she couldn't behave, she'd have to go to Mango's Place.  Then I realized that a. that wasn't exactly a punishment for her and b.  that made a free* movie not-so-free.

Anyway, Bee Movie was much better than I expected and I really liked it.  There were a couple double-entendres that I felt could have been left out, but I think they went over the kids' heads. 

*by free, I mean the tickets.  Snacks were a different story......

And I ate buttered popcorn and M&M's!!

Prince Caspian was a pretty good movie.  The character Trumpkin was the best part.  I thought the guy who played PC was a sub-par actor with an annoying accent; E1, and her friends C & H thought he was mega-cute and were "fighting" over him on the way home. 

The trailer for WALL E was adorable - can't wait to see it.

The trailer for Hancock was pretty funny - might have to go see it.

I was VERY excited to see the trailer for The City of Ember - I had no idea it was being made into a movie!

Twice the price and half as long? SIGN ME UP!

Yes, E1, Z & I went to see the Hannah Montana 3d movie at 8:00 this morning. 

I made no effort to take E1 to the Hannah Montana concert when it was in town (I still think she mostly wanted to go because one of her classmates was gloating about going) but decided on a whim Friday to get tickets for the movie.  My choices were 11:45 pm Saturday night or 8:00 am Sunday morning.  Except for the 9:30pm shows M-Th, everything else was sold out. 

Z*, to his eternal regret, invited himself along.   E1 (reading my mind) said afterwards "That was the longest hour and 15 minutes of my life!"  (she did enjoy it though and was mesmerized throughout the entire movie).  I really did think, repeatedly, "this is the LONGEST hour and 15 minutes of my life" over. and over. and over.  It was well done, I loved Hannah's/Miley's sparkly clothes, and the 3d aspect was cool but my mind wandered a lot and I truly wondered if it would ever end. 

The 3d trailers for Journey to the Center of the Earth and Coraline were cool and I'm looking forward to seeing those movies. 

(*I asked Z, "so, you gonna tell anyone at school you went to see the HM movie?".  His response?  "NO.")

Marion Ravenwood

Karen Allen is going to be in the fourth Indiana Jones movie! I'm so happy!

The Alethiometer says I'm telling the truth

Looks like it's time to re-read The Golden Compass - just saw the trailer for the movie.   And, hurray, the Dakota in the movie is Dakota Blue Richards and NOT Dakota Fanning.  And, boo, according to the official site, it's not being released until December.

Miscellaneous

Sunday:  the boys went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the Italy/France match.  I don't know what is more satisfying, Italy winning, or France losing....  Then E1 and I went to Target; E1 wanted to take some money from her spend jar and go shopping.  She got some junk from the Dollar Spot (which is soon to become the See. Spot. Save area) and wanted to pick out a toy for her baby sister.  Unfortunately, while there, she lost her green Gymboree purse.  Hopefully that will teach her to take better care of her stuff.  After Target, we went to see POTC: Dead Man's Chest .  It was looong, and lacking some of the charm of the original, but it was still pretty good. 

Monday:  B's car was in the shop (needed new brakes and tires) so he worked from home.  Later in the afternoon I took a very long nap and the big kids worked on homework packets.

Speaking of Heaven

B & I watched Constantine last night. I thought it was excellent.  Intriguing story, visually interesting, and I liked the cast.