A Sliver of Brain Matter

Friday night: went to see Iron Man, figuring the crowds would have thinned out by now. Checked on the computer before we left and saw that it wasn't sold out, but decided not to buy tickets until we got to the theater. We left home around 5:30 because we figured we'd get something to eat before the movie. By the time we got to the theater (about 30 minutes later, as we decided to leave during rush hour, even though the movie started at 7:30 pm), the movie was sold out! NOOOOOOOO!!! So, the only thing that wasn't sold out but that Judy and I had both talked about seeing was Kung Fu Panda, so we bought tickets for that. It was a decent film. Not to goofy, but still fun. There were tons more adults than kids in the audience, which was cool. Saturday: Went to Elgin to engrave some equipment. Get there and realize that I must have taken the engraver out of my car at some point. Go inside, Frontier Drum and Bugle corps is rehearsing. I won't speak of that, but anywa...

Friday night Judy and I went to dinner and a concert with friends! We joined Lauren and Brian (who are newly engaged), and Robert and Leti for dinner at Serrano's, a tex-mex restaurant downtown. The food was decent. Apparently the mixed drinks were not strong, however. I had 2 beers, so I wouldn't know. Anyway. Decent conversation and fun were had! Afterwards, we all walked a few blocks to Stubb's BBQ, which I guess is a restaurant, but is mostly known for it's live-music and outdoor "stadium". We saw Data Rock, a band from Hungary (or so they kept saying), and Ladytron. Interesting crowd! Robert bought us all tickets to this show, though I don't know why, so we paid for his dinner. :-) Saturday we didn't do much-- sat by the pool for a little while, but not much of anything else. Judy went to see Sex and the City with friends (read her blog for more about that!) while I stayed home and worked on fixing my phone. It works much better now! :-) ...

I ordered two new mobile phones from AT&T today. One for me, one for Judy. First, mine: the AT&T TILT. It's one of the highest rated phones on CNET (from both the "experts" and actual users of the phone) with an 8.3 out of 10. It's one of them there "SMART Phones" or PDAs. Judy got the Blackberry Curve, which is tied with the TILT in terms of CNET ratings. She got the red one, which I was looking at too, so hopefully she'll let me play around with it a little :-) We both get the personal data plan, which allows us to use GPS, check and send email, download music and videos, and bunches of other stuff too. I can't wait to try out my new phone! They should both be here by Friday! YAY!