On the Road

I really love the scenery on the drive from Henderson, NV to Grand Junction, CO, so I wanted to take pictures of it.  But I didn't want to stop the car.  I was torn between my desire to have pictures of the scenery and my desire to not stop.  

This is one of the pictures I took through the windshield.  I think it's okay.  I had other pictures that just show bug dots on the windshield, not the scenery.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa was great.  I got to spend time with Grandpa,  go to a movie with Dawnee, eat tres leches cake for the first time, and watch Wall-E.  

I asked Grandpa about his time in Japan right after WWII, and looked at his pictures from Japan.  Grandpa really enjoyed his time there and said that he was seriously planning on going back as a civilian worker, but the Korean War broke out and he ended up staying in the U.S. because he didn't want to be involved in that.

The movie Dawnee and I watched was Escape to Witch Mountain a remake of the 70's Disney movie with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.  I thought it was cute.  A couple things stood out though. For one,  The Rock's teeth were noticeably WHITE.  Every time he spoke or smiled, I thought to myself, "Yep, white teeth.  Didn't this character just get out of jail? Doesn't he live in a motel, and drive a taxi?  Is teeth whitening part of the exit package for prisoners leaving jail these days?"  So, I definitely noticed the teeth. 

 The other thing that stood out in a perplexing way was the relationship between the girl alien and The Rock's character.  During most of the movie, the action was quick with not a lot of time for relationship development.  All of a sudden, in the last 15 - 20 minutes, The Rock's character and the girl alien seemed to have a really close relationship, not inappropriate, just closer than the rest of the movie led me to expect, so when they had their emotional good-byes, I was a little uncomfortable.  I couldn't help wondering where all the pathos had come from.  

I did read a book this week.  I read the third book in Lois McMaster Bujold's "Sharing Knife" series.  It was good.  It's a fantasy series that's not too 'fantastic'.  It's more down to earth and the characters come across as likable people who don't, usually, take themselves to seriously.

I really like the manga "My Heavenly Hockey Club" too.  It's about a girl whose main goals in life are to sleep more and to eat more.  She's really lazy.  She gets into a prestigious high school by studying her butt off, not to change her ways and get a quality education, but because the school is only 5 minutes away walking distance.  She wants to sleep as long as she can in the morning.

This manga is really silly, and I like it because it has food, travel, bishies, and a clueless heroine.

I think I'm done. 

 Yep.