December 13, 2002
OK, well, don’t I just suck. I mean, it’s been over a month now….and even though the elections sorta kicked me in the groin I don’t think that really excuses the lack of content here. I was at a party at my parents house and ran into Travis. We of course spoke of our lives & the corresponding web pages that attempt to document them. So, mainly in fear that he would post a link to me and my last update would be over a month old……
There is actually a whole boat-load of stuff going on today. First of all, this is 3 years to the day that I bought Dante. Dante is my 1999 Toyota RAV4 named after an infamous Clerk. Amanda & I are going to make the trek up to Duluth today, so as to make with the skiing at Spirit Mountain.
Speaking of trekking, (the sad thing is I really do these things unintentionally…) Today is also the opening day for Star Trek: Nemesis. Which, in addition to being an even numbered film, also appears to rock if the articles I read in TV Guide (which had in my opinion multiple spoilers…) are to be believed.
And, like Fox, I want to believe.
May 15, 2002
Well, here we are, about 8 hours away from the 12:01am showing of Ep II, and I am just as anxious and excited as I said I wasn’t going to be. Let me back up a bit….
After what can be described as a lukewarm personal response to Ep I, I became determined to not get overly-excited about the latest Star Wars movie. After all, the more I watched Menace, the more I appreciated it. However, I still felt some kind of geek obligation to go and see the movie at 12:01, I mean, that’s when I saw Lord Of The Rings the first time, and that’s when I saw the first 3 Batman movies, etc. I even thought I would go to the new shiny AMC Eden Prairie 18 to see it. However, after repeated attempts at purchasing tickets online, I finally drove over to their box office and they told me they were sold out.
This is where I realized that my geekdom was merely in hibernation. I was really starting to worry that I wouldn’t be able to see it @ Midnight. I checked with 2 other theatres nearby and they too were sold out! What was I to do? I finally did find out that Marcus Cinema Oakdale (Which, coincidentally, was where I first saw Fellowship.) had tickets available online, and I was able to purchase them.
So, My wife & I, (and eight of our closest friends) will be attending this Midnight show, and IT’S ALL I CAN BLOODY THINK ABOUT!!! I guess maybe my name tag should read “Super Geek“.
