Weekend Round-up:Fun Fun

I had an unusually active and friend filled weekend, so I figured Id hit the high points in on post.

Friday
Pretty much chill. Stayed in, watched some TV (PBS was replaying Masterpiece Theatre, I know, I'm a dork!) and then came lots of reading before I went to sleep. Honestly over this weekend I got over half of Lady Chatterley's Lover read.

Saturday
Started early, got up before 8 to have time to relax a little, listen to NPR and start prepping for my day of Movie Madness. I met-up with my friends Jack and Jill, a great married couple who love movies as much as I do, and we made our own double feature. We went to the 11 am Wall-E (seriously nothing is better than a morning movie) had a break for a snack and a few drinks, then back for Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D. Oh, so much fun!

Morning movies are my new favorite because you can see a movie and have lunch and still have most of your day open for other fun, or for more movies. Wall-E was fantastic, seriously Pixar's best movie and just so well done. The only downfall was one group of Mom's who teamed up to bring their kids...and then did nothing to shut them up when they started talking. Journey 3-D was just good cheesy fun. I hadn't seen a 3-D movie since one of the Imax nature films at the Smithsonian. If this movie hasn't been in 3-D is would not have been worth watching, but the 3-D just added the cheap thrills and cheesy effects that made it engaging. A few moments where focusing was hard, but overall it was just silly fun.

As often happens when I hang out with Jack and Jill our outings turn into day long hang-out sessions. Inevitably we head out for more food, drinks, or occasionally an afternoon of games. Saturday was a stop at Trader Joe's to pick up snacks and then back to Jack and Jill home base to eat, chat and play XBox. I learned I suck at Halo, but am better at a few other games. I think I'm too used to the Wii controller...but I digress.

The only down side was I was so tired at the end of the day (combine drinks and early start with my ever increasing age) that I had to miss another outing with friends. I had to miss an outing organized by Princezz to see our friend VeganAvenger, and I had to be all old and lame...sigh. Oh well, it was still a good day.

Sunday
Sunday was BooKlub. A very small turnout, Jack and Jill were there and my friend PolitiChica, everyone else had last minute plans or were tired from VeganAvenger night. As per the usual, not a ton of book talk, but lots of chat and good food. Lasted a few hours and then it was back home to read and relax. By evening a case of the sniffles had settled in. I have had a remarkable streak of good health, so this apparently mild case of sniffles won't be that awful, but it is annoying.

Overall, I had a damn fine weekend filled with generous friends, good movies and lots of activity. Hopefully next weekend will be a just a nice!