Children of Men was brilliant in an end-of-the-world dystopia redux kind of way. If you liked bladerunner, soylent green, logan's run, handmaid's tale, that sort of thing, you will likely love it. If you really enjoy the art of cinematography and are amazed by incredibly choreographed long cuts that seem to never end and are nearly seamless, you will be amazed. If you like good, simple stories and the urgency in good suspense/thrillers, you will be on the edge of your seat.

The CGI was the only bad thing about it, and it was totally understandable why they used it. To be fair, my dad and brother didn't even notice the part I'm referring to, but PF and I were both "terrible."

My next movie adventure is probably going to be Pan's Labyrinth because it looks amazing. Maybe 2007 will be known for some seriously good flicks?

In other news, I went to Oaktown yesterday to visit a good friend. I took 680 to 24 to 580 (per my copied down instructions) and was looking for Oakland Avenue, and then suddenly I was facing the bay bridge, and I zipped over to what I thought was the West Grand exit, only to be in the BUS LANE ONLY/$271 Violation lane. Ugh. But I didn't panic. I just sucked it up, made it to Treasure Island and turned around. I found my destination (Oakland Avenue was the same as Harrison, but I missed it completely on the way to the bridge bc 24 amazingly enough drops you AFTER those exits. I didn't realize it until I went back that way to get home.) When I was parking, I scraped my door panel on the wooden garage. It was soft, so it didn't take the paint off, but PF will likely be buffing and cursing my name and driving idiocy trying to get it less noticeable. Other than that, my day was great! Spent time with an old college pal and her lovely 4 year old. Beanie dressed up like an African Princess (sari cloth, tiara, mardi gras beads, butterfly metallic stickers all over her face) and they danced around to us singing Ring Around The Rosie. We also went to Merritt Lake gardens/park/bird sanctuary and wandered around. Pretty lovely day. Minus the scrape and the 271 dollar ticket I am dreading in the mail.

Good weekend. I didn't do laundry, so now I am out of pants.