Random Thoughts 4/21/08

• When Elijah has been asked what he wants for his birthday (turning four next Monday), he always answers by naming people he wants to see. It's awfully precious. We're just glad he's turning four because people don't believe us when we say that big ol' kid is only three.
• Well, I guess I missed out on the big holiday yesterday. 420, it turns out, is a major marijuana holiday. I didn't know they had such a thing. Perhaps I'm not the drug culture aficionado I thought I was…
  
• We've recently watched a few movies that were noteworthy. One was Juno (2007). Juno is perhaps one of the best movies I've seen in the last few years (not counting the classics I've been watching). I was very impressed with it. I was also surprised by Denzel Washington's Deja Vu (2006), from which I wasn't expecting anything at all. But it's a well acted little thriller and that does a few tricks you've never seen in a movie before. Both of these movies have a small amount of objectionable content, but Deja Vu is a fun ride and Juno is required-viewing level material.
• Our cute meter is just about maxed out. Brennan (seven and a half) is becoming very clever and witty while Tanner is exiting his "prickly" stage and becoming very sweet and affectionate. Elijah is about as adorable as a doe-eyed kid can get and Graham, our happiest and funniest, is beginning to talk well, which is a laugh a minute. Add to this our floppy ear, sad-eyed Beagle and our adorable little lap dog. It's all oohs and ahs at the Altic house.
• The Chiefs will draft this weekend and hopefully I'll be too busy to watch the train wreck. Please, please, please don't mess this up!
• Speaking of movies, the last ten films or so on my AFI top-100 list, have been just about impossible to track down. I've been looking for half a year and those films aren't shown on regular television (or basic cable) nor are they usually available at the video store. If I had Encore or HBO I could probably finish out this list of classic movies but I'll probably have to search the public libraries to find them all.