Yuck. I woke up a few times last night so I’m really dragging this afternoon. Fun.
Not a bad weekend overall. We were up far too early Saturday to drive down to Naperville to meet up with unclekage, who was in town for Duckon. Breakfast was acquired at Juicy-O (missed you by 24 hours, perro!). As always, the meal was excellent and we had a great time discussing last-minute Anthrocon business. We hung out and talked a bit more (and complained about Anthrocon’s stealing Midwest FurFest‘s ideas on a certain nifty tidbit, though really it was just that they hit on an idea at the same time we did 🙂 then we took our leave. On the way home we picked up a few things from the MFF storage locker and ran a few errands, then takaza took a short nap once we got back home.
A short while later it was down to Lincolnshire to see Kung Fu Panda on the biiiiig IMAX screen with linnaeus, genet, and midwestcougar. The movie was technically excellent – they did a really great job on the textures and the character design, and that was really highlighted on the ginormous screen. The content of the movie…Eh. I’d call it adequately entertaining, but nothing too fantastic. My biggest problem is the same one I always have with stars cast in voice roles – Jack Black spoke and I didn’t see a giant panda, I saw Jack Black. Others may not have a problem with this and may enjoy the movie more, but it didn’t really blow me away.
After the movie Jaycee had to take her leave, but the rest of us drove through a sudden thunderstorm up to Gurnee to meet roho for a tasty Indian meal at Bombay City. Nom naan nom!
Sunday was stressful, even though we didn’t even leave the house. I spent the day working on Artists Alley stuff, programming registers, finalizing documentation, and other fun stuff like that. I got most of what I wanted to accomplish done, but I still have several documents to write up. Dan was working on similar things for the finance office and I think we both got stressed out and started annoying each other. We got it worked out, though, and were able to relax later in the evening.
And here we are, eight days before we hit the road for Pittsburgh. I still have a lot to do, including making the Artists Alley/Con Store staff schedule. It looks like we’ll be getting together with some friends on Wednesday, then next weekend is pretty much shot with Dan’s company picnic and other stuff going on. I should be able to take a breather sometime around July 4th. Yowza!
I agree about Kung Fu Panda. I liked the animation (I wasn’t too keen on all the main characters, that snake was AWFUL) but some of the design was really awesome. But the story was ‘eh’ and Jack Black, bleh. He wasn’t as annoying as I expected him to be but it was still distracting.
Indian food <3! Good luck with your AC prep. 🙂 I hope everything goes smoothly and you get some good time to relax after its all said and done!
Perhaps it didn’t get to me at all ’cause I really don’t know much of Jack Black’s work. Then again, actually, there were a few movie buffs in both of my viewing groups who commented that the movie worked well because Jack Black didn’t act like himself. (Yes, I saw this movie twice, and yes, the groups did overlap slightly.)
That said, seeing the movie twice was enough for me. I think a lot of the humor worked well on me the first time ’cause it all caught me by surprise. The second time I anticipated more of the lines and didn’t enjoy myself as much.
Part of the reason why I’m still hesitant to go see KFP despite all the rave reviews from the majority of my circle of acquaintances (aka furry fandom) is exactly what you mentioned above. Hopefully the big IMAX screen helped distract you from that on a visual level, otherwise I’ll be sure to wait for it either at the Buffalo Grove or Vernon Hills second-run theatres.
We should also consult on pre-planning for the July catering menu. Poultry is primary, but any seasoning ideas for it yet?
We’ve got some bare-bones ideas for the July menu, but I’m loathe to commit to anything until I have a chance to try some of the recipes out. Heyyyy…we seem to have a nice 3-day weekend coming up on July 4th. Would you care to come help us test out some recipes?
I’m game if roomie’s invited too (which I’m sure he is but better to not assume).
But of course!
i still need to watch that movie some day, and im jealous of your Imax, i have yet to be in one myself