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It was really nice not to be obligated to do a second dinner with the extended family; we just ate here and watched our traditional Thanksgiving movie. Also nice was that we had roast potatoes instead of mashed, which meant I didn’t have to time the last minutes before eating very precisely. David was a great help with the apple pie, and I also had him make the fruit salad (which was just sliced bananas and raspberries).
Our movie was How to Train Your Dragon, which D. had already seen (twice). I’ve only read the book. Before watching it, I thought it was going to be odd to have them add the girl character, but once the movie started, I realized that the entire story was different. Hiccup (the hero) and his dragon Toothless were very different, the premise was different, the message was different, and although the theme of the outcome was the same, it was only broadly so. This Hiccup was into technology; the original was more of a humanities guy. I guess creating dragon prosthetics that let you fly them is a lot more interesting on the big screen than learning to speak Dragon so you can attempt to negotiate with them. Taken as an entirely different story, it was fine, and fun, but I do recommend the book.
I also watched bits of Spider-Man and about three-quarters of The Incredibles. I am insisting to myself that I not even think about work today. Maybe I should look around online and try to find more of my ancestor William Bradford’s edifying writings, beyond the excerpt in today’s paper.
Our movie was How to Train Your Dragon, which D. had already seen (twice). I’ve only read the book. Before watching it, I thought it was going to be odd to have them add the girl character, but once the movie started, I realized that the entire story was different. Hiccup (the hero) and his dragon Toothless were very different, the premise was different, the message was different, and although the theme of the outcome was the same, it was only broadly so. This Hiccup was into technology; the original was more of a humanities guy. I guess creating dragon prosthetics that let you fly them is a lot more interesting on the big screen than learning to speak Dragon so you can attempt to negotiate with them. Taken as an entirely different story, it was fine, and fun, but I do recommend the book.
I also watched bits of Spider-Man and about three-quarters of The Incredibles. I am insisting to myself that I not even think about work today. Maybe I should look around online and try to find more of my ancestor William Bradford’s edifying writings, beyond the excerpt in today’s paper.