Julia, Rick, Jess and I saw Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring before work this morning. In a word: Wow. I was duly impressed. Why can’t EverQuest look like THAT?!? I have never read the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I have gleaned bits and pieces of the story from friends and what I remember from the 1978 animated movie. I think that I will either get the book on tape/CD/mp3/something and listen to it. According to Rick, the changes that they did make in adapting the story from the book did not hurt the telling of the story. Or, I may just go Old School and… ::: deep breath ::: … get the books and read it. Peter Jackson and the cast and crew did an excellent job of making a work that didn’t drag laboriously for three hours. Of course, seeing the new Spider-Man, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and The Time Machine trailers didn’t hurt, either. One of the funniest movie previews that I have seen in a long time was the one for Austin Powers in Goldmember.

Work was “work.” It was a typical day. And, on the “plus” side, three days done means only two more in the work week. That elicits happy thoughts.

Sleep. That, too, brings happy thoughts.

Peace.