We spent today at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (photos coming later), and I always love going over to DinoLand and hearing them play songs like R.E.M.’s “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” and this one that I posted the video of back in November of last year.
Two days ago I was watching the first 11 minutes of the new Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie that opens two weeks from today.
In the opening scene we find out that Cap, aka Steve Rogers, who is trying to catch up on recent history and pop culture following his 70-year suspended animation, has been keeping a list of “To Do” things to assist him. He mentions that he has also found the Internet to be helpful in catching up. HIs list includes TV series, movies, books, music, people and even food. As soon as he pulled out his notebook and began writing, I snapped a screenshot of what was on his list.
Apparently the ONLY thing he has crossed off his latest list (since there are previous pages showing, I’m assuming he HAS accomplished the items on those previous pages) is Star Wars. I didn’t capture this detail from the video with the screenshot, but if you watched the clip or look closely at the screenshot you can see that the entry line is actually “Star Wars/Trek” and “Trek” is not crossed through.
I’m struggling to understand why anyone would choose to watch Star Wars before Star Trek. I guess even a Super Soldier isn’t perfect.
Of course, that’s just a good-natured dig at my friends who DO prefer Star Wars to Star Trek.
The obvious reason is that both the Star Wars and Avengers franchises are under the Disney umbrella and the subliminal message is that Disney Studios productions are worth watching first.
This past Tuesday evening Cindy and I attended our oldest granddaughter’s Second Grade Performance of Patriotic Songs and Prose. We knew Heather was going to be singing with her class, but we did not know she would have her own spoken part to perform until we saw it in the show. She did so well!
Here are some photos from the event and a short video we got of her speaking her part.
Heather and her mom after the performance.
We are quite proud of her!
This is the first photo ever taken of me and I was 1 day old. My mom would turn 21 years old 5 days after this photo was taken.
Ah life, if only I knew then what I know now, lol.
Yesterday we had the mournful experience of attending the funeral of Cindy’s Aunt Arleen who passed away from a sudden and massive stroke last week at the age of 85. I did not know Arleen that well, having only seen her perhaps a half-dozen times over the past 17 years, but Cindy and her brothers had grown up with her and she was married to my mother-in-law’s brother, who passed away himself 7 years ago. As Cindy pointed out to me, her mom had known Arleen longer than she had known Cindy’s dad, and they’ve been married 61 years!
After we returned home later in the afternoon, Cindy and I accompanied her father to the Apple Store at the Florida Mall so he could get his first iPhone. The day before, he had already switched his cell phone plan to one that would be compatible with a smartphone, so all he had to do was pick out the size (16GB) and color (black) iPhone 5S he wanted, then the Apple gurus set it up through his carrier and showed him a few basics. He seems happy with his new phone and now his grandchildren can send photos of his great-grandchildren directly to his phone for immediate viewing, Here’s some photos I took from the Apple store.
My father-in-law getting his contacts transferred from his old cellphone to his new iPhone.
Cindy looks on as her dad gets ready to use his new iPhone case.
Cindy and her dad discuss his new iPhone.
This video is incredible! I was just astounded at what happened.
