Daily Update

I had to leave work early. I had arranged a pickup with someone I know deep into Santa Monica territory. It was out of my territory, but it was necessary. I met up with Jesse, from school, and I also ran into L-Train, and Corey the Mullet. You see, it was Jesse's wife who was letting me borrow the accordion. And to make the transition as easy as possible, I traveled out there. An hour's journey, but it will be worth it.

Yes, thats right, it was the long awaited Harry Potter Night. Right after I got back I went right over to our movie meeting spot, which was only temporary. This time it was finally on the big screen, this is the moment so many of us have been waiting for (special thanks to the Selby Girls). The last 4 or 5 weeks have built our anticipation up to this pivotal moment. (special thanks to AD for getting the tickets too.) The first wave of fans drove over at 7:45 to be in line by 8. There were only 5 people (1 family it looked like) who was even nerdier than us, who were in line in front of us. Allana was smart to bring card games, but she wasn't as smart to play with jeff and i. (the first game she brought out was all about color recognition, jeff is unable to participate is such activities. and the second was Phase 10. I have yet to be beaten at that game. No, I'm not on a 'high horse', just on a really tall mound of dirt ((sometimes called a hill or mountain)) that has a castle built on it with a huge moat, and I am on top of that castle, standing next to that 'high horse', with guards surrounding me. thats all. [I think it this last thanksgiving where me and my two brothers played this card game with 3 of my new sisters. they kept getting mad cause me and Dave kept winning, and we had never played before. It was glorious.] It was fun (for me) but we ended cause the line started moving. The others were happy to end, cause they weren't wining as much as me.

So it started out just the five of us in line. Then two left, then another group came, then another one or two trickled in, then the two came back, then a group of three came and left, then a group of four came, then another group came, then another group, and then another. I kind of feel bad letting bunches of people lolly-ing up to us in line, but honestly I didn't think that that many people were coming with. In all fairness, I DID announce pretty loudly to the line that I was
holding places for 'a bunch of people'. Whether they decided to head my announcement or not was up to them. In the theater, we reserved almost an entire row for our group. I didn't mind cause there were a bunch of us there, but Josh didn't like having to save seats. he never has. (I was reminded of many years ago when going to a movie with a bunch of guys and some angry one angry lady was trying to save like two rows, as my group would have none of that, so we took what we wanted and the lady started putting more clothing on all our chairs, so JT threw her jacket back at her and informed her that OUR seats didn't want HER jacket on them,
and that if she put her jacket on our chairs again he would be forced to turn her clothing in to the lost and found. She had jackets and purses everywhere. later some guy we knew from church showed up and was in her group. kind of awkward, yet funny.)

The movie was good. I liked it. A bit scary at times, and I didn't like how NOTHING would go Harry's way, even the girl he liked double crossed him. It was a little much, and there were a few things I think were left un-resolved [to my liking anyway]. You all should go see it too.

After the movie I went home and worked on my movie for a while, until I fell asleep, I woke up at 6am in my chair with my head-phones on, staring at a blank computer screen. So I went to bed. I have to finish my movie tonight. And then practice the accordion!

Lunch was sponsored by jamba juice, a healthy AND refreshing treat.

I'm listening to One Man Army right now. They could be my most favorite band. So many groups are fun to listen to, but you get sick of them after a bit, this one however, I can listen to for a long long time.