So proud

I am so proud of my sort-of hometown. This story has made national news!

Movie Review - Knowing

Knowing

"Synopsis: Nicolas Cage stars in Knowing, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future—and sets out to prevent them from coming... Nicolas Cage stars in Knowing, a gripping action-thriller of global proportions about a professor who stumbles on terrifying predictions about the future—and sets out to prevent them from coming true.

In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.

Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands of young CALEB KOESTLER. But it is Caleb’s father, professor JOHN KOESTLER (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As John further unravels the document’s chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional events—the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve John and his son. When John’s attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place.

With the reluctant help of DIANA WAYLAND (Rose Byrne) and ABBY WAYLAND, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies, John’s increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster—and the ultimate sacrifice. --© Summit Entertainment"

Some of the graphics were very disturbing - people/animals burning to death - but they were really well done. We didn't know a whole lot about the moving going into it except that we figured it was going to be some type of "the world is coming to an end" movie. Was it doomsday? The Rapture? Aliens? Who know!

I wouldn't recommend paying movie theatre prices to see it, but paying $1 at Redbox would be ok. It's typical Nicolas Cage - think "Ghost Rider", not "National Treasure".

A lovely conversation....

Back story - Jeremy and I had just gotten our hair cut. I didn't see him because he was sitting right behind me in a chair. I'm done and am being turned around.
Bonnie - "Wow! You look handsome!"
Jeremy - "Thanks...so do you!"
Slam! against my short hair.
Jerk.

Movie Review - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
"When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone wears striped pajamas. Unaware of the fate of those Jewish prisoners or the role his own Nazi father plays in it, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp. Mark Herman directs this gripping adaptation of the novel by John Boyne."

A friend of mine lent me this to watch last week. The movie was excellent as was the soundtrack. As long as I stayed in the mind frame that the movie was fictional I was ok watching it, but the actuality of it all kept creeping in.

I honestly think that this movie could find it's place in the classroom. I remember reading about the Holocaust, and while it was sad, it was incredibly hard to fathom. This movie brings an understanding and an incredible amount of truth to the Holocaust.

For some reason, I always pictured in my mind that everyone in Nazi Germany knew what was going on and that they all agreed with it. This movie ended that idea for me. They all didn't know and they all certainly didn't agree.

I would recommend watching this movie.

Progress

As of this morning, I am officially done with occupational therapy. Woo hoo! No more getting up at 5am two times a week, driving for an hour, being worked on for 1-1/2 hours and then rushing to work. I am not pain free but that should come with some more time. Next round begins in July with my left hand. Let's hope and pray that this one ends up being typical.