View From the Bushes

On Friday, after I posted my blog for the day, I found out about the treachery of my sister and her husband. Despite the fact that I mentioned it repeatedly in my blog, they decided to let my sons watch Episode Two while I was in Arizona. Now I know I couldn't have kept Episodes 1 and 2 from my kids forever, and I know that all of my kids are going to love both 1 and 2 and probably 3, but I just wasn't ready yet. When I confronted them, my sister gave me some lame excuse like they weren't even watching it. Of course, this is belied by the fact that my five-year old can now quote the entire movie verbatim and has even managed to develop a rather solid Hayden Christensen impersonation. The fact that he's five helps out enormously.

One of the things my son remembered vividly and recounted with some glee to his older sister was that there was a wedding. My daughter, who is obsessed with all things bridal immediately demands to see Episode 2. I can sense that having seen the procession and the fanfare at the end of A New Hope that she is convinced that it is going to be the most spectacular wedding ever. At which point I'm forced to tell her that they eloped. 15 minutes later, after I've explained what it means to elope and indoctrinated her on the worth of same, she's somewhat disappointed but still demanding to see the movie.

As I may have mentioned, I'm a University of Utah alum. I don't know if you've been paying attention to this at all, but their football team has been doing quite well this year. On Saturday it only took them 15 seconds to score a touchdown -- certainly one of the most demoralizing things I've ever seen in a football game. Not only that, but the initial BCS rank was seven and their victory on Saturday moved them to sixth which guarantees them a spot in one of the BCS bowls if they can hold on.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross