Monday, May 23, 2005
Fun weekend...
I had quite a fun weekend. Nothing exceptional, but it certainly was relaxing and enjoyable. Friday evening I went to the Macaroni Grill in Kingstowne. I had a delicious salmon filet (no - it wasn't Alaskan salmon....) and the most delicious glass of red zinfandel I've had in a long time.
On Saturday, I went to the Joint Services Open House (that seems to be military-ese for "Air Show") at Andrews Air Force Base. I've never been to that ... it always seems way too hot out to think about standing outside in the sun on concrete all day long. But the weather on Saturday was gorgeous, though, and I took my new camera and got lots of fun shots (like the one you see here). THEN, I went to see Star Wars Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith. (It was okay ... I still liked Episode II better. Regardless ... Yoda rocks!!)
On Sunday, after playing in the orchestra for the first three church services, I came home with every intention to get chores done around the house and to take a nice long walk in the gorgeous weather. Well, at about noon, I sat down at my computer to look at a couple of things about planning for my trip this summer and did some research online. I had my DVD player going (I always multi-task!!) and before I knew it, I had watched three DVD's (My Dog Skip, Hotel Rwanda, and After the Sunset) and it was after 7:30. No chores, no walk. I'll be a busy girl tonight around the house and won't get out walking in the rain. Oh, well ... at least now I know what to pack.
Finally, a quick comment on Hotel Rwanda: you MUST see it!! There is this significant theme in the film that many Westerners don't really care what happens in the African continent. I admit guilt in the area of not caring enough to know what goes on there. In 1994 there was genocide of a million people. I don't even remember. How horrible! This film honors a man who was a manager of a hotel in the capital city in Rwanda. When the genocide began, although his race was the same as that of the killers, he allowed over 1200 Tutsis (the people who were targeted) to hide in the hotel until they were moved to refugee camps. The nerd that I am ... I watched absolutely every single special feature and was so impressed with this man (the actor was Don Cheadle, and they also had commentary and interviews with the real man, Paul Rusesabagina ) and his commitment to saving as many people as possible. The horrors portrayed in the movie were supposedly downplayed (significantly) from what really happened. Please see this movie!!
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