Returns And Departures

I hope you all had an enjoyable Memorial Day. Mine saw the return of my family from a weekend of camping. I remained at home during those days, watching over the house and resting up for the week or so of travel that's coming up for me. So, it was good to have them all home again.

I wasn't really alone all that time, however: I hung out with my brother and his fiance on Friday night, and we had delicious burgers. On Saturday night, I did likewise, except this time it was with my old high school buddy Amanda. Mary came by later on, so that was cool. It was a bit of a reunion! I also caught up with Amanda's younger brother, Marc, who just graduated Tolsia with a lot of awards (just like his older sister did a few years ago), and Taylor, a veteran of the old Stuff TV summer days. (That's a long story; remind me to tell it to you sometime.)

In continuing with the theme of hanging out with old friends, I finally saw Revenge of the Sith last night with Joe. I have to agree with the general consensus of the Star Wars fans I know in saying that it's the best of the new trilogy, but it doesn't quite rank up there with the original three movies. Well, maybe ahead of Return of the Jedi. For me, though, it definitely ties a lot of things together, and even though I knew what was inevitably going to happen, it was still a bit hard to watch Anakin heading down that dark path. (Part of that difficulty was due to the mildly bland writing, though). Daryl mentioned all the severed limbs in the movie, and I have to agree that I lost count, as well. That makes Luke's single hand in The Empire Strikes Back seem petty, doesn't it? At any rate, the special effects were astounding, and it's put me back in a sci-fi/adventure kind of mood as the world bids farewell to new Star Wars movies for the time being.

Next up for me: The Return to Blacksburg, Part I, where mom and I will be moving out some of my stuff. I'll be traveling up to Maryland to see Gina before heading home. I'll post when I can!