Went to a movie...

X2 to be exact.

It rocked.

Myr went off to spend the night with my folks so Wil and I went out to eat and catch a movie. Got tickets to the 9:55 show because we wanted a late showing on the big screen.

We ate at Herford and Hopps, a local grill-your-own-steak and brew pub. We didn't do the grill thing because we didn't have reservations. (We had originally planned on doing gyros at a local bar but it was closed for vacation. *pout*) It was an excellent meal and I had a glass of Double Stout. It's a beer with kick and was really good. The food was good, too. We sat at the bar and ate and talked and it was really lots of fun.

The movie wasn't packed, which was good. I didn't want to have to sit packed in for this movie, 'cuz I knew that I'd want to be able to whisper things to Wil every once in awhile. And because of the late hour there were very few annoying teenage-types there.

I can only think on one way to explain how much I liked this movie: I enjoyed it as much as I did The Two Towers. I like them for different reasons, of course, but I'd be hard pressed to chose which one I enjoyed more. I enjoyed X2 so much, in fact, that I ended up going to it a second time here in my local theatre as a Saturday Matinee. And I haven't done that since TTT. *grins*

I'm going to LJ-cut the rest because of spoilers. Big IMPORTANT spoilers!

( Here there be spoilers! )

I want X3. I just wish they had filmed the next one already so I wouldn't have to wait three years for it.

Of course, Return of the King is coming out Dec., the final Star Wars is in a year or so and I'm sure that HP:PoA will be release somewhere in there, too. So, I won't be totally without movie options.

Not to mentions DVD's.

*grins*

Character Drawing

I'm lousy at visualizing my characters. I have a very hard time coming up with a picture of what my characters look like. I mean, I know the basics. How tall, color of hair and eyes and types of clothes . But that's it really.

In the most recent story I'm writing, I decided that I needed a better visual concept of the characters. Rather than fight through magazines to find pics I like (because I'd have to buy the mags first), I thought it would be best to draw my character. Only I can't draw. I can't do stick figures. And I really didn't have a complete concept of the character and I doubt if I would come up with a good sketch with what was in my mind. Fortunately, Wil is an artist and he can fill in the blanks. Here is Lodi, one of the main characters in the fantasy I'm writing.



I think she's cool. He had some different concepts of armor that I think I'll use, but the concept is great. I really like the markings on the face (not sure if they are tattoos or paint) and the earrings. I also like the concept of the gauntlets/gloves he gave her. I'll have to find reasons for them.

*grin*

But that's explanations and plotting. And I love that part.

Now. I need to write.