If there's a bright center in the universe...

So despite a very rocky beginning, Valentine's Day (or as my mother always said...Valentime's Day) was not a total flop. We went out to dinner with a large group of friends. Had to drive over an hour to get to the place on the bumpy and rutted highway from hell...I think I was airborne several times...with everybody trying to play follow the leader and too many people wanted to be the leader. It's a good thing we'd made reservations for our own little room ahead of time because the place was packed. I got some evil looks as we were whisked by the crowd. But then when we got ready to go to the salad bar awhile later we had to wade back through the ones waiting (the same ones too and they looked VERY hungry for my little bowl of salad. LOL). I ate wonderfully spicy blackened fish with a huge stuffed potato and a bowl of crawfish ettoufe on the side. Needless to say I was stuffed. My hubby picked at his fried assortment of seafood and sighed dramatically several times. NOT MY PROBLEM I told myself and had a great evening.:)

It was a long but interesting and good day. I suppose that is what we can hope for, a day with no tragedy or bad feelings. I worked with a couple of different people than I usually work with, it was a nice change. It's surprising what you have in common with people you don't even really know.

I have a doctor's appointment early in the morning for bloodwork, so no eating and only barely enough water to swallow my medicine tomorrow. It's only a routine thing but I do dread it and can think of a thousand and one other things I'd rather be doing.

Title: Do I Know You?, Chapter 5
Author: tatooine_dreams
Fandom: Star Wars AU
Characters: Darth Vader, Mace Windu, J-45-9G (Jay), Jesnuk, Luke Skywalker (mentioned only), Emperor Palpatine (mentioned only), Obi-Wan Kenobi (mentioned only), Ahsoka Tano (mentioned only)
Rating: Rated G
Settings: Unnamed city, Vader’s star destroyer, Tatooine
Word Count: about 2700
Disclaimers: I do not own the character of Vader; I do not profit monetarily from writing this; this is a work of fanfiction.
Summary: The man who was Darth Vader is in the process of making some drastic changes in his life. Emperor Palpatine is a constant threat to his secret plans as is his own mental stability in this AU story.

( Do I Know You? Chapter 5 )

Do I Know You?, Chapter 1

Do I Know You?, Chapter 2

Do I Know You?, Chapter 3

Do I Know You?, Chapter 4

The last episode of The Closer was hilarious. Team Provenza and Flynn manage to lose a car full of evidence, literally. The wife trying to off her deadbeat husband was a hoot. Everybody scrambling trying to watch the couple, murderous wife Angie and scum husband Alex, had a grin on my face all the time, as did Brenda's attempts to explain the mess to Pope. Sometimes, though I do like Fritz, I wish Brenda would have had another fling with her ex.

WARNING! If you have not watched Saving Grace this week, don't whine that I spoiled the show for you...I am now GOING TO TALK FREELY ABOUT THE EPISODE AND IT'S NOT BEHIND A CUT.

I just finished watching Saving Grace. Grace leading a band of junior cop kids around the station. Yeah, I'd want good old Grace to be my kids' role model. Uh huh. The best thing about it though, and possibly the best part of the whole episode, was Clay giving Ham the evil eye and informing him it wasn't cool for him to be fooling around with Aunty Grace AND be married to somebody else. THANK YOU, CLAY. You have more sense than all the other adults on the show put together. Actually, after getting an eyeful of the other nutcases...uh, children...that are running loose at the station (precinct?), Clay's looking wonderful. Grace uses her magical powers to deduce that something's wrong when kids Tommy and Sophie explain their mom's been gone a few days. Grace and Sophie bond over Sophie's hickey. *Gag* Tommy freaks out about something, claws Grace (I dearly hope somebody gets him tested cause I wouldn't want Grace's blood on me and now this kid's got it under his nails) and then freaky Dad shows up and everybody fights. Dad says he doesn't know anything about the ex-wife and he only hits Tommy to calm him down when he has one of his hissy fits. *Blinks* Dad thinks daughter Sophie is some kind of devil child cause she don't smile at him and was adopted. Ooooookay. Social worker Michelle is called in to observe the family's craziness but immediately had the hair on the back of my neck standing up by her creepy fascination with Butch, they must of had the date from hell cause when she wants him to call her again, he looks like he'd rather gargle nails. I've never seen poor Butch look like that. Then Clay's dad show's up to say Clay didn't have permission to be a junior cop and that makes Grace mad...with her vast experience of parenting she knows everything about kids and everyone should defer to her judgment...and I'm thinking way to go Dad, cause I wouldn't want my kids around that bunch of cops either. Grace finds Sophhie's hickey-making boyfriend and proceeds to flirt with him, I kid you not. Well, Ham was watching cause it was a setup but why do I get the unsettling feeling both him and Grace really got off on her flirting/bonding with that kid. Ew. Grace goes off to talk with Earl about sex again...sex therapy anyone?...and says she lost her virginity at 16. Now aside from the fact that the evil Priest whats-his-name raped her when she was 11, I can't picture Gracie waiting until the ripe old age of 16 so somebody's lying or else the writers screwed up again. Anyway, long boring story shortened...Tommy bashed Mom over the head and hickey-marked Sophie was just protecting him. Dad and stupid hickey-making boyfriend aren't guilty. Grace and Doug fuss about Clay being a junior cop and he finally comes out and says he doesn't want Clay being like Aunty Grace. *LOUD CLAPPING* Seriously, I was sitting on my couch clapping, the show actually has an adult with sense. The show ends with the cops and Michelle staging a mock suicide hanging (hers) to scare Butch. I don't get it. This woman's weird and obsessed so the other cops use her to pull a prank on Butch? Then Grace and Clay frolic in a busted fire hydrant and all is right with the world.

Saving Grace, I love it and I hate it sometimes. It's unusual that I can so completely dislike the show's...heroine?...but then like the show so much. In the last episode, "A Little Hometown Love," the cast was gathered in a bar and downing so poor old guy who was going to retire. Grace and Ham decide to screw around in the bathroom, the FILTHY public men's bathroom. Do the writers actually think this is sexy. To see scrawny bony Grace wallowing in men's pee? Apparently, Ham thinks it's sexy. His wife needs to count her blessings that she hasn't already caught something and get as much alimony as she can. Anyway, the celebrated/hated retiree Ed manages to get his throat cut, in a building full of cops but then we have Grace and Ham's example as to how much they were noticing their surroundings. Then one of my favorite 80's songs, "Venus" by Bananarama, was forever ruined by Grace and Ed's crazy wife Gretchen singing it over his dead body. The guys get together and totally blow any respect I might possibly have for the species of male cop by giving wild speculations about Ed's death and ending in some stupid arm wrestling thing between Ham and his equally stupid brother. Then Gretchen admits to asking somebody to kill Ed cause she didn't want him retired and home all day with her. *snicker* That's the most logical thing in the whole episode. Grace ran around all episode either smoking or drinking or trying to figure out how to get Ham out of his pants again. Seriously, I've never been so squicked by the idea of sex until I had to watch Grace's antics one too many times. And this dream thing with Grace, Earl, and Leon Cooley...I'm not interested, just get to the point. Why do I watch this show????? I suppose because it has the promise of hope. If these people can do better then we all can. And they were, once upon a time, well-written characters.

A friend was trying to talk me into taking a cat that belonged to one of her other friends. The woman's going on some extended thing through the university she works at and will be in Spain for a while and she doesn't have close family to take her cat so she's decided to try to find him another home. I was VERY tempted but Shaz has depleted my money stash with his vet bills already plus I have the outside cats that were once stray cats but now they've claimed me and I've grown attached to them, especially Luke, and would like to get them to the vet for shots. And I don't know how well Shaz would share his space. And my husband would probably divorce me if he discovered another animal on the place.

I watched The Closer that the VCR actually taped. I still love this show though I haven't been faithful about watching it recently. Brenda and poor Fritz are always good for a laugh. He pulled his back during a little romp and she goes off to work and leaves him on the floor. And he's still there when she gets back. Didn't he have to pee any during the day? And who would name a guy Fritz? Or is it a nickname? Or part of his last name? I just realized I don't know what his last name is. Anyway, I wasn't too big interested in the murder storyline until it turned out that Flynn was involved. Brenda almost busted a vessel over that one.

I had also taped Doctor Who one night. I'm still puzzled by it but I'm determined to figure it out. I hope.

So far I haven't got many comments on my latest chapter of "Do I Know You?" I like the story but I'm still cautiously sifting through all the ideas I have for the characters and have a lot of information about them I want readers to understand but I'll have to do it slowly. But anyway, what I was trying to say is I wonder if some who read the first chapter or two have found the last two boring

A couple of my friends keep trying to get me to do a myspace thing. But I'm just not that interested. They seem to spend a LOT of time making sure their page looks good and that there's current pictures of this, that, and everything and I'm just really not that interested in plastering my personal life on there. I like the anonymity I get here. I can talk/write about my own quirky intersts or even my personal life but I don't feel like I'm all exposed. And I know you can fix your myspace to allow only certain people to see it but I just don't have time to do something like that. I don't even have time to post here as much as I want to.

And here's Shaz, finishing up his meds and this evening he threw up all over the kitchen floor. Well...not all over but bad enough, and I felt I had to disinfect and mop everything. Then he went and pouted in the front window which caused my ouside (and unfixed) cat Luke to decide he needed to protect his territory and spray pee all around the front door, a distinctive fragrance that immediately alerted me and probably anybody else nearby that he was the alpha male. I didn't even know where to start so I made sure everything was closed up tight, stuck a towel under the bottom of the door, and got the hose and blasted the whole porch with it. Then I sprayed it all with a bleach cleaner and did it again. Now isn't that an exciting way to spend your evening. But now my porch is clean and free of smells, cobwebs, and Luke. Luke was sitting on my car the last I looked, plotting evil revenge I'm sure. Then hubby came home and asked why everything smelled funny.

I've had a friend visiting for a couple of days and I cried buckets when I had to put her on the plane last night. Then I thought I was going to get run over when I was trying to get away from the airport. I just don't see well at night, I can't tell how far or near things are, even on very well-lighted streets, and my mind translates the wrong things. So I was very happy to get back on the interstate home though I had to watch myself there cause I have a horror of falling asleep since there was little traffic to watch out for. By the time I got home my hands and shoulders were tired from clutching the steering wheel. I was happy to pile up on the couch with Shaz and doze through...something...I can't even remember now what I tried to watch.

I was awake again at 5:30 this morning, ditched the couch for the bed but still couldn't go back to sleep. So I finally got up and did laundry and cleaned up the mess I'd made in the kitchen yesterday. Then it was time for Shaz's medicine. Yeah. That's a ball. Two more days and that'll be over with. I don't know if you've ever had to give meds to a cat but it's not fun.

Anyway, I'm ever so glad that I had the foresight to take today off from work. I actually did it because I'd invisioned us sitting in the airport half the night waiting for a late plane or something, which has happened to me before, and me dragging home about getting up time. I'm sure I'll cringe at the amount on my next check but at this moment it seems worth it amidst the anticipation of a day home by myself.

Title: Do I Know You? Chapter 4
Author: tatooine_dreams
Fandom: Star Wars AU
Characters: Darth Vader, Jesnuk, J-45-9G (Jay), Luke Skywalker (mentioned only), Emperor Palpatine (mentioned only)
Rating: Rated G
Setting: Imperial City, at some time after events in The Empire Strikes Back.
Word Count: About 1750
Disclaimers: I do not own the character of Vader; I do not profit monetarily from writing this; this is a work of fanfiction.
Summary: The man who was Darth Vader is in the process of making some drastic changes in his life. Emperor Palpatine is a constant threat to his secret plans as is his own mental stability in this AU story.

( Do I Know You?, Chapter 4 )

Do I Know You? Chapter 1

Do I Know You? Chapter 2

Do I Know You? Chapter 3

We've just got back from a mini-roadtrip along the coast. Stopped at Gulf Shores and it was wonderful and beautiful. And PACKED with people, I'd recommend you not going near the time of a holiday! But we were lucky enough to find rooms not too far from the beach and were out early to get us a spot. And I'm still sunburned even though I drowned myself in sunscreen. We didn't have too much money (hotels near the beaches apparently triple in price!) but did eat good and window shopped. I would LOVE to live there or at least within driving distance.

Now I'm confused as to which day of the week it is. I'd left my key with a friend so she could look after my cat. She swears he blames me being gone on her and gave her the evil eye every time she tried to come over. I didn't say I knew he'd never liked her but I knew she'd be the most reliable person to check on him.:) He's been giving me the cold shoulder since I've been home.

I've a ton of stuff I need to wash. Even the clothes I didn't wear have a different smell so I'm just washing everything. And my pillow! I'm so glad to see MY pillow! No more hotel pillows or funny weak coffee.

Souvenirs...some t-shirts, a magnet for a friend who collects, a gazillion pictures, postcards, and I wish I could have bought some of the boards people were using on the beach. There was one shop where they had special made ones that local people painted but they were so expensive.

I'm off to read a couple of chapters and then to bed early...with my pillow of course.:)

I almost made a horrible mistake! I almost didn't go see the new Iron Man movie! I read the comics a long time ago but had never quite liked him as much as Spider-Man or the X-Men. I have changed my mind. When I first heard Robert Downey, Jr. was playing the part I thought it was weird. Now I've always liked him but it was just hard to picture him in the role of Tony Stark. But he was PERFECT! I was drooling over the man. And the suit! Congratulations to the special effects people or whoever was responsible for it cause it looked better than it ever did in the comic book.

Now I have a sudden urge for comics again...and not a comic store in sight...

I need Iron Man icons! Heeeeelp! Have you seen any?

UPDATE! I've found ironmanfans and ironman_icons!

Indiana Jones you're my hero! Even if you are 60-something and have gray Ben Kenobi hair now...you've still got what it takes! I was so mellow and happy after walking out of the theater after seeing the movie that my legs felt like rubber. I started to run to WallyMart and get me some action figures but I resisted the temptation...so far.

I loved everything about the movie except for Cate Blanchett's ugly wig and Shia LeBoeuf's greasy hair.

Invincible effectively put an end to the LOTF series...but not in the way intended. I kept reading and reading and it kept seeming more and more surreal. Now both Solo brothers are death and we'rew left with Jaina of the fickle heart. And I kept thinking where the h*** is the rest of the story?

I've rediscovered my love for horseracing. Yes, I've been watching the TV, not actually there. This last Kentucky Derby was heartbreaking, it's hard to cheer for the winner when the almost-did-it second placer keels over and has to be put to sleep. But today I could cheer for the winner, amazed at how effortless he made his win look.

It's been years now since I rode a horse. Heck, I'm not sure I could even get myself up on one. Riding a horse uses a lot of muscles that you don't even know you have, you're not just sitting there looking pretty.

I'm writing, writing, writing...and it's going nowhere, nowhere, nowhere...

Have you ever written something, looked back at it and thought that's not me or I didn't write that, it doesn't even sound like my stuff?

I want warm weather. I want Dean and Sam back on every Thursday night. I want little magical elves to come in and clean my house. I want to relive my teenage years and have the sense to enjoy them. I want Lucas to make episodes 7, 8, and 9.

Hmmmmm...I was reading at several of the Star Wars communities and one of them, meditation_pod I think, was talking about the Death Star book and how the author wrote that Vader can't be out of his suit at all which completely contradicts what he wrote in an earlier novel in which Vader was sitting naked in his meditation chamber...pod...whatever it's called. I like the idea of Vader being able to get out of the suit now and again. I really want this Death Star book now though I don't think Vader's actually in it much.

I found a new community for the new Clone Wars series, theclonewars. Check it out if you get a chance. There's also going to be a movie of it in the theaters, Aug. 15. Now isn't that something. I thought I'd never be sitting in a movie theater watching a Star Wars film again but good old George has slipped this in. It's set between AOTC and ROTS so...Anakin, Padme, Obi-Wan, Mace, Yoda, etc. The only gripe I have is the way Anakin looks...NOTHING AT ALL LIKE HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN...which is a damn shame.

I haven't written anything in forever it seems, I'm undecided about where I want my stories to go. I've been reading sporadically but can't concentrate, hopefully that will pass because I've always thought reading was good for my mental health, calms me down and helps me be nice to people.

My husband's grilling chicken, why I don't know because he hates chicken, but I didn't say anything since it's rare for him to do anything. He's such a gloomy person and seems to get little enjoyment out of day to day things. Anyway, I made some noodle thing to go with it but I'm short of fresh vegetables since I just did not want to go shopping this weekend.

I'm still not feeling well. Part of it's having that virus thing that was going around but even before that I didn't feel well. I had a checkup and the bloodwork and everything else was fine but I just don't feel myself and hurt all over sometimes.

I can't believe Christmas has come and gone so quickly. I got everything done that needed to be done but I didn't get to relax and just enjoy everything, too much going on with work until the last minute.

And I have to work on New Year's Eve! Not that I had plans but I still would rather have been able to stay home.

I bought the new Darth Bane book and plan to curl up with it later today. It's freezing outside and I'm not going anywhere.

Come and check out my new community! It's for those Star Wars fans who read the Last of the Jedi series of books by Jude Watson. We're just getting started with it so come check it out and post something!

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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I didn’t have to cook too much, we went to my sister-in-law’s so I was in charge of bring two desserts. I thought I got off easy. The company was nice and we saw several relatives we hadn’t seen in a couple of years. New little kids running around, so cute. I ate too much and was still snacking after I got home. I keep telling myself…you can have turkey and dressing any time you want to make it so there’s no need to eat it like you’ll never see it again…but it hasn’t sunk in yet. I think it’s a subconcious thing, when I was young a family dinner at Thanksgiving (or Christmas) was a very special and relaxing thing. It’s still special but I seem to have traded in the relaxed for stressful somewhere along the line.

GROAN, I have to work tomorrow morning, have to be there at 6:30. Everybody else will be shopping. Not that I really wanted to go shopping but I didn’t want to work either.

You Are 45% Left Brained, 55% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

I am TIRED. Too much work. I kept thinking we'd quit early and go home because of bad storms and some flooding in the area but the higher ups never would give the okay for it. Then had to drive to another town through the heavy rain to get to a wake for the mother of friends of ours. Had to go since I can't go to the funeral services tomorrow. I should be in bed now but as soon as I close my eyes it'll be morning again and I want to delay it a while longer.

I got my Supernatural Season 2 set Tuesday! Went to buy supplies for work and snatched up the DVDs as soon as the clerk set them on the shelf. I've only got to rewatch two shows and the commentary on AHBL by Kripke but I'm satisfied that it's sitting in my shelf anytime I want to see it.

I did finally finish Sacrifice and I did like it though the character of Jacen is...a completely different person than I was first intoduced to. And it's not just him turning all dark side and becoming Darth Caedus...it's as if the character was completely remade by writers into someone else. His basic something...personality?...no, not the right word. Anyway, he's not the same character. Even Vader still had some of his old character flaws and tendencies. I was happy to see Luke with a bit more backbone. Now if he can keep it up he might actually remind me of the old Luke instead of someone who lets the world go by while he ponders the most effective Force driven way to react to something. But if you can ignore the characterization differences, it's a well-written story and definitely held my attention. Don't know how the writers will manage to bring it all together at the end. Probably with another slaughter.

I was told it would be a busy day at work because of it being the first of the month and other things going on too but so far it's been like any day. I was hoping to leave at 12.30 but so far haven't got that confirmed. It would be nice to go home and have the house to myself for once.

And I've been reading again and that's nice. A couple of mystery/detective books this past week. For a while I couldn't read much, I simply did not have the time and then when I did I found I couldn't concentrate. Hopefully, that's past because I really think it does me a lot of good and relaxes me to be able to get quiet and concentrate on a good book.

My writing...isn't going too swiftly. I figure it's best not to force it even though I want to finish my stories. I'll get up one day and write all day, just whenever it hits me.

Well, my dear husband is giving me the cold shoulder lately. I don't know why but I have neither the time nor the energy nor the want to figure out his current problem. He'll have to work it out himself or else be more talkative about it.

Title: Do I Know You? Chapter 3
Author: tatooine_dreams
Fandom: Star Wars AU
Characters: Darth Vader, Mace Windu; mentions of Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine
Rating: Rated G
Setting: In Imperial City, some time after events in The Empire Strikes Back.
Word Count: 1865
Disclaimers: Star Wars and its characters do not belong to me.
Summary: The man who was Darth Vader is in the process of making some drastic changes in his life. Emperor Palpatine is a constant threat to his secret plans as is his own mental stability in this AU story.

( Do I Know You?, Chapter 3 )

Do I Know You?, Chapter 1

Do I Know You?, Chapter 2

Well, it's soon to be goodbye to the beat up, old grey ghost. It's been faithful...usually. It's got me to where I wanted to go most of the time. I suppose I'll miss it. But there's a new baby sitting in the driveway and I can't wait to drive it tomorrow. Oh, it's not brand new but it's the newest thing I've ever had. And it was my husband's idea, all his, and I'm still slightly leery of that...I feel unsettled somehow. But I think it's because the past few months have just really been a strain, now when good things happen I'm suspicious.

Has it been so long since I posted here? Guess it has. Where did March go? It just passed me up in a blur of work, work, and more work.

I haven't been getting to write enough...like right now I could write a chapter on one of my stories...but I'm tired and my brain is looking around stupidly and thinking, now what did she just say do?

And I know I've forgotten to do a million things. Everything is just slipping through my fingers. Thank God I didn't go back to school like I had considered doing. Even one class would have ended up more than I could handle right now. Besides, I don't have much interest in going back now. I probably need only 12 hours to get my Master's but I'm just not interested right now. And I figure if I'm not interested...then I won't do a good job. Right? Right.

Well, right now I am going to bed and get my 6 hours...yeah I know, not the recommended amount but around here it's rare.

Title: Do I Know You?, Chapter 2
Author: tatooine_dreams
Fandom: Star Wars AU
Characters: Darth Vader, Mace Windu
Rating: Rated PG
Setting: Imperial Center, some time after The Empire Strikes Back.
Word Count: 1600
Disclaimers: Star Wars and its characters do not belong to me.
Summary: The man who was Darth Vader is in the process of making some drastic changes in his life. Emperor Palpatine is a constant threat to his secret plans as is his own mental stability.

( Do I Know You?, Chapter 2 )

Do I Know You?, Chapter 1

Title: Do I Know You?, Chapter 1
Author: tatooine_dreams
Fandom: Star Wars AU
Characters: Darth Vader
Rating: Rated G
Setting: Imperial Center, formally Coruscant, some time after events in The Empire Strikes Back.
Word Count: around 1050
Disclaimers: Star Wars and its characters do not belong to me.
Summary: The man who was Darth Vader is in the process of making some drastic changes in his life. Emperor Palpatine is a constant threat to his secret plans as is his own mental stability.


( Do I Know You?, Chapter 1 )



Do I Know You?, Chapter 2

Thursday night has got to be my favorite night to watch TV. Smallville and Supernatural!!!

I missed the first half hour of Smallville. I did see the part where Lex visited Clark and said something about when Clark once mattered to him and unraveling (unlocking?) the mystery of Clark Kent. Wish I could remember the exact quote! Anyway, it sounded slashy. Jimmy/Chloe on again! I like them together. If the ladies on the show would quit whining after Clark all the time, they'd be a lot happier. And maybe that would force him to get his own life too.

Supernatural killed me. Sam was SCARY. And poor Dean! Why can't the writers give us a break and let them hug already! Family members hug, even guys. I just knew Sam would hug Dean after he saw how he hurt him, but nooooo. And why was Dean driving the car at the end? He had a bullet hole in his shoulder, almost drowned, his face was beat up, he'd been knocked in the head and slammed around all over the place. Oh, so bad I wanted Demon!Sam to kill off Jo. Note to Jo: DO NOT TOUCH DEAN ANYMORE! Thank God Bobby made it, I really thought it would be the end for him.

My son and I have already ordered three movies off of PPV this week, Snakes on a Plane, The Descent, and The Wicker Man. Snakes on a Plane was the better one. I wonder if it was intended to be so funny? Samuel L. Jackson was perfect for the part he played. I had to order my son to close his eyes during some scenes...the bathroom part and the snake hanging off the man's dick thing. He's still young enough that he thinks nudity, especially involving two people is gross.

The Descent was okay, nothing special. Hated the beginning. What a ridiculous and horrible way to kill the little girl.

The Wicker Man looked so good in the previews and I remember being disappointed last year when I missed it at the theatre. Well, it was...weird. And not in a good way. I got bored less than halfway through and started cleaning house. My son went to sleep. I came back for the end...yeah that really made my day. Nicholas Cage is probably wondering how he could've made such a movie.