As usual, I thought, hey, I get invited somewhere and everything falls apart.

It all seemed to work out in the end.

First of all, my parents got home about ten minutes after I was trying to call them, and they had groceries. (Again. How the hell much do we eat anyway?) So I helped them lug a few of those in, and then Mom told me just to give it up and start getting ready. So that's when the I noticed the God awful smell emanating from the bathroom, but for no reason. After my shower when Mom was looking around again, she found the problem. Ethan had spilled milk in his room last night, cleaned it up with a towel, and put the towel in the laundry basket, so no one ever knew. It was soured milk. *gag* Nasty! And weird, 'cause who'da thunk it? Teenagers.

I managed to be ready well ahead of time, and even got to eat supper. I called Sammi at 10 to 6 to see if they were on their way, and of course they weren't. We were going with her roomie, Elaine, and her friend, Myles, and Elaine was still at her parent's house. But somehow they managed to get here about 6:15 and we made into into the theater about five to 7. The previews had just started, that's all I know.

The theater in College Station is installing stadium seating now, and Underworld was in one of the finished ones, so that was different. I think I would've liked it better if we'd sat further away from the screen, because we were on row four, and my neck still hurts. I hate being that close.

Anyway, I liked the movie more than I thought I would after some things I heard about it.

SPOILERS!

It was dark, very dark of course. I usually don't care for movies without a single light moment or at least some sense of humor somewhere, but this didn't seem to be the place for it. It was loud, I think the surround sound has been revamped too, so holy cow! I thought my ears were gonna bleed during the gun battles.

The werewolves were super nasty. I swear to God, I don't know if I'll sleep tonight. One dream about werewolves running along walls, and I'm turning the lights on and staying up the rest of the night. ;)

I felt bad for Michael. And I felt bad for Selene for the way she was betrayed. Damn those buggers Victor and Craven. A tangled, tangled web. It had a bit more of a plot and twists along with it than I'd really expected. Not that a few of them weren't predictable. I didn't trust that Victor was all Selene thought he was from the beginning.

Why they promoted a love story I'll never know, since there wasn't one. I mean, there was something there, but I got the impression when stuff started to come out about it that Michael was already a lycan, Selene was a vampire, and they were in love, which was a problem because of the war, so they were in deep crap. Nothing of the sort, really. There was attraction, and more than just concern about why the lycans wanted Michael on Selene's part, but it wasn't some gothic Romeo and Juliet.

Not that I wanted it to be, that probably would've sucked.

I also didn't hate Kate Beckinsale, which is an odd thing, since I've hated her since Pearl Harbor.

And like someone else said recently, when did Scott Speedman get hot? *puzzled*

END SPOILERS!

So yeah, I liked it just fine. There was this majorly annoying kid the aisle over from us who just babbled the entire time. It wasn't bad enough the kid was around 2 and it's retard parents brought it to a really scary rated R movie, but she wouldn't shut the hell up. This is what I heard the entire movie: Blah, blah, blah, AAAAA! AAAAAA!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! *screams* *cries* La la la la la la la la la la la la la la

I usually love little children, but I was ready to smack this one. Or at least it's parents. But then at the end of the movie I learned where she got how to be rude in public, when, during the last fight scene her dad SHOUTED, "Gooooooooooooollllllllllly!!!!!" WTF?! Then he yelled something else at the very end. Frickin' morons.

Anyway.

After the movie let out, we went to Chicken Express (really, that's the name of it) so Sammi, Elaine, and Myles could eat. I'd already eaten, so I just sat there and talked, and Sammi shared some of her chicken and fries. Fortunately, though Myles is a 17 year old boy, he's relatively easy to get along with, and we're interested in a lot of the same TV and stuff, so it wasn't hard to participate in conversation. I'm usually uncomfortable around new people, but not tonight.

After we finished there we headed to Starbucks, where I pulled a big cheat and got a caramel frap. But hey, I've been being way too good food-wise, and I'd been craving one anyway. Heaven in a cup.

Then possibly the funniest portion of the night commenced. Even though it was 10 o'clock on a Tuesday night, the girls wanted to drive out towards Navasota and see Myles' new house that's being built. So we drive out in the middle of absolutely nowhere, possibly further out in the boonies than I live to see his partly finished house. All we had was the headlights and a flashlight, so considering we'd just seen a trailer for Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Underworld, there we were hanging out in the dark like four really stupid horror movie characters. LOL So we go in the house through the garage, and I'm just trying to live through this. Not because I think there's some guy with a chainsaw out there or anything, but just because it was dark and creepy, the doors don't have locks on them yet, and there could easily have been just a regular old psycho hanging out there. ;)

So of course Sammi and Elaine have to start with the horror movie cracks, and in a move I missed somehow by trailing behind, Myles scared them. They went upstairs for a minute, and I stayed at the foot near the headlights. Elaine left with an "I'll be right back" (yes, she is a smartass). lol I was just standing around, and as I heard them about to come down, I thought I'd try to scare Myles back for the girls. So I ducked into the utility room just beside the staircase, and fortunately he was the first down. All I did was jump out with a flourish of my hands and hollered BOO (oldest in the book), and I swear the boy jumped and nearly fell backwards. hee hee hee The girls loved that, let me tell ya.

We finally decided to get out of there, and the road back toward home was deserted. Elaine thought she saw a box in the road, so Sammi convinced her to turn around and see what it was. Myles got out to check it out, but it was just a bag of some kind, so he jumped back in the car, and we drove off squealing. It really did feel like we were in a horror movie, but the horror never came, fortunately. lol

Then they dropped me off and Sammi popped in a sec, and that was all. I had a lot of fun though, so I'm glad I went.

After I relayed the evening's antics to Ethan, we watched Gilmore Girls.

SPOILERS!

First of all, how much did I miss Lorelai talking so fast it takes my brain five minutes to catch up? Let me count the ways... LOL Lauren's amazing, I would so pass out trying to do her lines.

I can't believe they didn't bring Luke anything from Europe. But I did like that they couldn't find anything "good enough for him". hee! Apparently they could find something good enough for everyone else, but Luke's special.

When Luke finally spilled and told Lorelai he was married, she freaked. It was written all over her from head to toe. And then the total relief and her wanting the certainty that there was nothing else when he said they were getting divorced. Goooodbye, Nicole! I really, really, really hope this was the Big Fat Wakeup Call Lorelai needed, but the preview for next week is probably just yanking my chain, as usual. But at least she might've finally bought a clue. And it's taken her long enough.

Emily? Royal Bitch de Jour! God, I wanted to smack the holy living crap outta her! She may have agreed to pay for Yale, but that doesn't mean she owns Rory, and if she'd act like a normal human being instead of a jealous and/or "neglected" freak, maybe it wouldn't kill Lorelai to spend a little time with her now and then. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

Can't wait for next week! Rory and Paris as roomies is gonna be fab!

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Then it was Witches in Tights for Charmed, which is actually the first ep of that I didn't really care for. Happens.

I've been writing this for an hour and a half, I should probably set a tape for my morning Charmed and hit the hay. If I can sleep... hee

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