May Sky

Ah, the comforts of home. I drove in to the Fort this afternoon, after a leisurely Sunday morning of packing and chatting with the people still in Blacksburg after the graduation festivities this weekend. Not much here has changed, as always, except that my grandmother has moved in with us (although she's visiting one of my uncles this week). That only means that there are some cosmetic changes around the house, which I immediately noticed with my x-ray vision. I also noticed a high school graduation announcement from one of my little cousins. While that could easily make me feel old (and it does a little), it mainly brought back memories of my graduation in 2000. Mom asked if it seemed like ages ago, and I could only respond that it really didn't. Time flying and all that...

These next few days in West Virginia look promising. I usually get a lot of projects lined up so that I won't get bored, and if I get any of them done at all during my stay here, I'll feel productive. Tonight, we watched October Sky, which I'd bought months back and never had the chance to watch again. Tomorrow, my mom and I will join Dad at East Lynn Lake, where my parents have taken the camper for the week. I'll more than likely come back here for the evenings so I can work on some stuff, but an afternoon or two at the lake sounds good to me, even if it is going to be pretty humid.

Another point: a group of us watched Adaptation Friday night. I knew it was connected to Being John Malkovich, which I didn't care for too much, but I did not realize that Charlie Kaufman also helped write Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, a movie I loved. I'd just never made the connection before, though the overall themes of exploring the human psyche run through all three movies. Thus, after my initial skepticism, I really ended up enjoying the adaptation. It's clever, and I like me some clever.