It randomly occurred to me this morning that I never posted about Halloween. Probably because there wasn’t much to report, really – N was still in Florida awaiting the shuttle launch, so my mom came into town to help me wrangle the kids. My sister also happened to be here, and she came in handy in terms of picture-taking and bunny tail-making.
Miss T decided at the last minute that she didn’t want to be a dragon (fortunately she’d already changed her mind several times throughout the month so I was just planning to reuse one of AE’s old costumes), and wanted instead to be a pink bunny rabbit instead. O…kay. But we had bunny ears and she has plenty of pink clothes, so Sher fashioned a tail out of cotton balls and I drew whiskers on her face. Voila! Bunny rabbit.
AE was geeked out about his clone trooper costume (I’m not a storm trooper, MOM) until he realized he couldn’t see a damn thing with the helmet on, poor kid.
We did our usual, headed over to the Halloween carnival that our HOA hosts every year. It’s pretty lame, a bunch of silly carnival games and an ever-increasing mob of people, but the kids always seem to enjoy it. Every year I worry that AE is getting too old, but as usual he surprised me by having a great time.
Mom and I walked them home afterward, and they trick-or-treated at several houses along the way. Miss T got the hang of it pretty quickly and was clearly enjoying herself immensely. I’m sad that N wasn’t here to see her have so much fun, but there’s always next year.
Wow, that was the most boring Halloween post ever. Sorry about that. No wonder I didn’t write about it before. Here, have another picture to close things out and pretend you didn’t read it.
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N was apparently feeling indulgent last night (probably because he knew I’d had a shitty day week at work), so he agreed to watch 12 Rounds with me. When it arrived from Netflix I was all, What movie is this and how did it end up in my queue? And then I remembered. John Cena.
Every time I see a promo for Monday Night Raw – which happens a lot, since I almost exclusively watch USA Network – I can’t help but think how cute he is. Way too huge and muscle-y for my usual taste, but still cute. Kind of like a roided-up Mark Wahlberg, and it is no secret that I love me some Marky Mark.
I am so sure that my husband loves it when I write posts like this. Ahem. Anyway, we watched it and I felt bad for him, because there was nary a hot chick in this movie. The female lead was…unfortunate-looking.
Though I know N would not agree, I didn’t think it was bad at all. Not an original plot line (bad guy kidnaps good guy’s girl in the name of revenge) but plenty of action and adventure and things blowing up. John Cena is a surprisingly decent actor, especially given that his career consists almost exclusively of pro wrestling.
(Side note: While I was linking to the IMDb page just now I noticed that Cena was in another action movie before this one – The Marine. Hmm, his girl gets kidnapped in that one too. Nevertheless, into the queue it goes.)
In summary: Entertaining – if occasionally cheesy and predictable – action sequences, surprisingly decent acting and an attractive leading man. If you can get past the thin plot and lack of eye candy for a male audience (which I can, sorry N), 12 Rounds is worth the watch.
