Busy busy weekend

I wrapped up a busy weekend by watching the news of Katrina (of course), sitting in bed with the whole family, discussing weather, eyes, wind, floods and the like with Adrienne and Rhiannon. They were both fascinated, and really enjoyed the weather radar pictures. Rhiannon especially had some great questions, about past hurricanes, what is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane, how high will the water be, there must be quite a traffic jam, etc. While we don't generally watch the news with them (it is usually just too depressing), we figured that Nature is okay:

Katrina makes landfall, moves north - Hurricane Katrina - MSNBC.com

Otherwise, I was face deep in paint - I am repainting the upstairs hallway and spent virtually every daylight hour doing just that. It is important to paint in the day, as artificial light tends to cast harsh shadows that make it very hard to see what you are doing. By Sunday evening, I was feeling woozy and light-headed, I think because of all the fumes, although they didn't seem to be too bad. But it is coming out pretty good, and I should have some good before and after pictures.

I also got to watch some movies for the first time in a while. I picked up a new remote (a friend said that it must be a guy thing to want a $60 remote:-) from Woot, a Universal Remote Control Inc. Home Theater Master MX-500. While Woot deals are often not quite the amazing bargains they first seem to be (for instance, the MX-500 had an original list price of US$190, but can now be bought new for about US$80, and I paid US$60 for one), this seemed like a good deal, and I've wanted a more powerful remote, so I picked it up. So I spent some time programming it, and to test it out, I popped in my rental of The Station Agent, just as a test mind you. But it was so enthralling I watched the whole thing, even though it meant I was up until 2:30 in the morning! By the way, kids don't care how late you were up - they still wake up at 6:30am and insist on you joining them in their early morning revelry:)

You can view my movie watching log on my home theater review site, Incredible Brightness of Seeing. I usually try to post more complete reviews, but unfortunately have let it slide for awhile. I do try to keep track of everything I watch in the Log entries, anyway. I hope to do a ful review of The Station Agent though. I will also add a review of the MX-500.