Last night our family unit attended a fundraising banquet, for our friends at Compassionate Action for Animals. It was even fancier than we’d expected (had I realized I might have worn something a little classier than cargo pants and chucks). The dinner was held in the President’s Room of Coffman Union. We were assigned to tables where volunteers served us food from area restaurants (the husband provided two of his chocolate almond midnight cakes for the event). And, here’s the kicker, the little man was on his best behavior. We can’t explain it. But he sat, fairly quietly, mostly in his own seat, for nearly an hour and a half. There was no frenzied running around, jumping up and down, screeching or screaming. The boy sat calmly beside me, allowing me to converse with the person seated on my other side. At one point he seemed a bit bored (but quietly bored) while waiting for the main course to arrive, so we read through a book I’d prudently grabbed when leaving the house. It was such a pleasant time out with him…we started to worry he was ill or something. But I think it was just a fluke.
I received an email update from the folks behind the Tideland site (one of Terry Gilliam’s upcoming movies). There’s no trailer just yet, but some behind the scenes footage, photos and suchlike. From the synopsis:
Jelia-Rose drifts from the harsh reality of her childhood and escapes into the fantasies of her own active imagination. This is a fantasy world to rival all others; here fireflies have names, bog-men awaken at dusk, monster sharks swim down railroad tracks, and disembodied Barbie heads share in her adventures.
Sounds good to me. In other movie news…at long last, there is an official trailer for the upcoming Wallace & Gromit full length (via Jonathan). And Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior is finally showing on the big screen…in the Twin Cites, anyhow.
And lastly, some short-lived happiness. For his birthday the husband unexpectedly received an iPod mini from his parents. A very generous and thoughtful gift that he played with, non-stop, for a few days. Until the hard drive died last night. Doh. I’m hoping it will be relatively painless for him to have it exchanged or repaired. On the more painful front, he has his job interview this afternoon. Mine’s on Tuesday. Keep your fingers crossed.
Bonus: Starfire has struck off on his own with Le Garage, and the fabulous Diablo Cody is back at the Pussy ranch.
