The New Hobbit Hole

[SuziQ]

My F-I-L is not doing well at all. Kidneys have shut down. Other organs have shut down and he has rejected dialysis.

Sounds like he has made his peace, Corin. I hope your wife's family will be at peace with his decision. I'll include him and her family on our Parish Prayer line this week, and I'm praying for y'all right now!

[2Jedismom]

Praying here for your FIL and family.

[Corin Stormhands]

Thanks all for your prayers and well wishes.

My wife is on her way to Raleigh this morning. I'm here trying to stamp out the sparks that could turn into wildfires if I have to leave suddenly.

My father-in-law is at peace, and I think he's ready to go home. Those of us who believe in Christ Our Savior believe this world isn't really home anyway.

The hard part will be dealing with the family. My wife is the strong one, and will be so in the next few days/weeks. She'll need a lot of support from home, which hopefully the boys and I can give her. But the rest of the family pretty much wrote the book on dysfunctional. The younger sister that lives here in Richmond said she'll go "later." I just hope she doesn't regret that.

Anyway, I'll be bouncing in and out cause nothing really is holding my attention for that long. But I do need to get some work done.

Thanks for caring.

[HairOfTheDog]

Sorry about your Father in Law... My condolences to you and your wife. Keep us posted. Glad you can take her there this morning.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Best wishes and strength to you and your family at this difficult time. Rose and I will be thinking of you.

[ksen]

...cause nothing really is holding my attention for that long.

Sounds like you need a good long 54 post sneak to keep you grounded.

[RosieCotton]

I can't remember who had mentioned having seen "A Beautiful Mind" recently, but we finally got around to watching it last night. My brothers came over to do laundry (they made dinner and rented the movie as trade-off, which was nice!).

It was OK...interesting because in a sense you are drawn into his delusions and it's confusing and upsetting when you suddenly aren't sure what's real and what isn't (just like he must have felt). Could have done without some of the sexual references, but that's about par for the course these days.

I still can't believe it beat FOTR!

[HairOfTheDog]

I was at least one of the ones that mentioned seeing ABM recently! - I was interested in it too... like you, and the twists of never knowing for sure which what was real till the end was good wrting/editing/directing... BUT not has hard as writing/editing/directing a 10 hour story into under 3 hours, or creation of an entire world we believe exists that doesn't, or making us believe that hobbits are only 4 feet tall, because we have seen them with our own eyes!

[RosieCotton]

and the twists of never knowing for sure which what was real till the end was good wrting/editing/directing...

I'm STILL confused, though... POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!! Did he EVER have a code project with the Pentagon, or was that entire thing imagined?

I admit I was also curious about Russell Crowe - I had never seen him. He DID do an incredible job of acting, but I don't get why so many women drool over him. Granted, that probably is NOT his most appealing role, but...

[HairOfTheDog]

No - he never did have a project, I don't think (jeesh, now I am doubting.... only saw it once, LOL!)

I can see Russell Crowe as attractive (even if an insufferable jerk) out of that character. And yeah, it wasn't a sexy role. Likewise I think Tom Hanks is attractive (and a nice guy), but not sexy as Rain Man ;~D

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I was also curious about Russell Crowe

Two other movies with Russell Crowe in them, that I enjoyed, were L.A. Confidential and Gladiator.

[Corin Stormhands]

Sounds like you need a good long 54 post sneak to keep you grounded.

ksen provides the definitive answer to the question, "Have you no shame?" ;-)

[RosieCotton]

I like Tom Hanks...seen a lot of his movies. He does the "appealing normal guy" thing very well!

I don't know about his politics and I'd rather NOT know...seems like so many people here get completely wrapped up in who and what people are off screen and have to keep track of which directors or actors they'll allow themselves to see. I'd rather not go that route.

[HairOfTheDog]

[snicker!]

[RosieCotton]

Two other movies with Russell Crowe in them, that I enjoyed, were L.A. Confidential and Gladiator.

I think my brother saw and liked Gladiator. Maybe I'll get around to seeing that one of these days!

[ksen]

I watched Gladiator recently. I wasn't particularly impressed by it. It didn't feel like a whole lot happened in three hours.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah, when I say he is a nice guy, that is completely without knowing his politics. He just seems like a nice personality... A friendly aura.

Russell Crowe, however, has the aura of an arrogant jerk that is not much fun to be around.

[RosieCotton]

You mean some of the things he says in the movie ("I don't like people much, and they don't like me") apply in real life? Seems like I've read some stuff that would prove you right.

And Tom Cruise has the aura of an arrogant little twerp...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

It didn't feel like a whole lot happened in three hours.

Was it a 3-hour movie? I don't remember... I know when we saw it in the theater, I didn't notice how long it was running. That usually means the movie is keeping my attention.

While I enjoyed the movie, I don't think it deserved quite all of the praise it got. I think the quality of scriptwriting in Hollyweird has fallen so low that when a half-way decently written movie comes along, it seems extraordinary to the critics.

[ksen]

ksen provides the definitive answer to the question, "Have you no shame?" ;-)

What? What'd I say? heh heh.