Summer so far; Unrealistic movies--or is that redundant?

July 7, 2011

My son, Spencer is here visiting for a week. Michelle didn’t come bcs their baby is due in two weeks. It’s been fun to have him around although my house is a little boring, especially with the two youngest at their dad’s. Yesterday, Melody and I voted to see Larry Crowne; Spencer and Nathan voted for Transformers 3.

So we ended up at the action movie. It’s not really my kind of movie though the demographic they’re catering to loved it, I’m sure. I don’t want to like Shia Lebeouf but I guess nothing about being a jerk in real life precludes good acting ability. (Or does good acting translate to lots of money which generates jerkiness in real life? He seems to have a lot of company in Hollywood.) In any case, his facial expressions are really great in the movie. He has one very funny, terrifying scene with his car, flying through the air above the freeway and ending up back in the car. But the plot and stunts are ridiculously implausible and the “humanizing” of the machines (features making them old, young, bad guys, feeling pain, etc.) is so fake. But I’m sure that will appeal to kids. The battle scenes went on and on making for an almost 3 hour movie. Two hours would have been more than enough. My kids liked it—Nathan thought it was great.

I have no school now until late August and it’s SO nice to have no homework; no thick books to read two or three times in the next two months. I will hear sometime in July if I am accepted in to the accounting program at BYU. I got an A and an A- in the two prereqs I took Spring term so I’m planning on getting in. I’m still working, too but not very many hours. I will lose my job at the end of August since I’m not a student at UVU anymore.

The current plan is to clean out a closet or cabinet every day while I have time off and to exercise. I made some good progress at first but it’s been slow-going this week. My house is looking much better and less cluttered. I’ve been running, jump-roping without a rope, and skating. The treadmill is drudgery and I have to force myself to go get on it but skating is better, though hard, physically. Just reporting to keep myself accountable.