Next weekend I'll be in Austin, attending a legal seminar on mental health issues. It sounds like it'll be a very interesting seminar, and I'm definitely looking forward to getting away for a weekend. I haven't had a weekend getaway since last September (I only realized today just how long it's been). My seminar is all day Friday, and then I'll have the rest of the weekend for fun, shopping, and unwinding. It's much needed.
This weekend though was nice and slow. My Saturday night was all for me.
The Buitoni ravioli was excellent, this particular Arbor Mist was so-so, and the movie was fantastic. If you haven't seen The King's Speech, go and rent it! After seeing this movie, I absolutely agree that it deserved the Academy Award for Best Picture. The acting was superb, but more than that, I loved the scenery and the colors. It was a beautiful movie, and the history major in me adored it. It was just the touching, warming movie I needed after a long, hard week of work.
I'm trying to watch more movies so if there's a movie you think I must see, please leave me a comment. I'll watch anything but sci-fi movies. This week I also watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Abandon. I think we all remember the Indiana Jones movie, but you might not remember Abandon.
Abandon was a 2002, pre-Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes' thriller that is definitely worth watching. Katie plays smart college senior, Catherine Burke, a young woman on the brink of graduating and landing the job of her dreams. Benjamin Bratt plays a newly sober detective called in to investigate the disappearance two years before of Catherine's boyfriend, Embry, a wild, egotistical art student. You'll never see the end coming, and you'll be glad you watched. I'd forgotten just how good Abandon really is.
Well, I should get back to doing laundry and reading. Hope everyone has a nice week!
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