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Movies and road trips
be viewed on the big screen.
So I decided to go see it Wednesday. Unfortunatly there isn't anything that I can say about the movie that would be good. To say it stunk would not discribe it. I was disappointed that they chose to mutilate the soundtrack of my life. They took the songs I've grown to love over the years and just ripped them apart. They would change the melody then after about two or three lines from the song, just when you recognized what it was they would change to a different song. Let me also mention the singing neither of the leads have a voice that could carry a song and the villian was horrible. They would have been better off dubing the voices.
I'll just say between the singing, the frenetic pace and a story line I found to be one big cliche, I was underwelmed. The last straw was when they turned a Nervana song about disconnected and dis--------------- teenagers into a song about bored wealthy old men who needed entertainment. I had had enough. I got up and walked out. Something I have only done twice in my life.
On to my weekend I didn't have any plans for the weekend by Friday and thought I would spend a quiet one at home getting some chores done when I got a call from Jon-Michael, David's ex. His grandmother whom David had been very close to died and he wanted to let David know when the funeral would be. His and David's relationship ended on a very sour note and though it had been years I new David and he still weren't talking. I asked him to give me all of the information and told him I would pass it on to him. I then called David and let him know of her death. He was very moved and told me that he had continued to visit her when ever he was down near Joplin. He had just been down that way a few weeks ago but hadn't had a chance to stop in and now regretted that he hadn't taken the time.
He called me later to let me know that he had been in touch w/ Jon-Michael's family and wanted to go down for the viewing. He wanted to know if I wanted to join him for the road trip. My first inclination was to say no. I had gotten used to the idea that I would spend the weekend at home. But when I thought about it I realized that the combination of David and Jon-Michael could be volatile without a steadying hand whom they both liked and trusted. I was sure that if I was there I could help David keep his head. So Sunday morning he and I headed out. The plan originally was for us to head out in the afternoon with our getting to the viewing about 7:00 or so. I had gotten up early Saturday to go watch Chalres and Alma play doubles in a volleyball tournament. I hadn't been there very long when David called to say that he had found out the previous night that the viewing would be at noon instead of in the evening. At this point Charles, Alma and I had watched the beginning of the first match, but I now wouldn't be able to stay for any of their matches. I must admit that I may have been a little short on the phone. I was still a little volatile myself from the preceding aborted vacation week.
