Ice Storm, Early Christmas, and I Am Legend

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I’m tired.
Tamika, Nya, Talisha and I all went up the Philadelphia this weekend to visit Mommom and Poppop Pinkney for their anniversary party.

I’ve been running a top speed all week; staying up until 2 or 3 in the morning working on projects. The good news is I’ve been outsourcing some of the work (keeping the art direction and design myself, of course) and hiring people to help me with projects. The bad news is that one of my web coder’s computer died, which left me up a creek and missing a strong paddler. I had them working on the PrayForFrance.org website. I had been adventurous with the design because I knew the abilities of said coder were exceptional, but it proved tedious to pick up where they left off to try and figure out the rest myself.
I’ll be fine, though, and should have everything (God willing) up by tonight for it. That ad that I did runs in Pray magazine today, which means that people will be expecting to see the website up within the next couple days.
I am tired, though.

We gave gifts with the Pinkneys on Sunday evening; they got us lots of cool stuff! One of my favourite gifts is a digital video camera. I haven’t used one in ages (since I was at home as a kid making stop-motion movies with my brother) and I plan on having a blast with the thing.

Tamika and I went out to see I Am Legend last night at the Regal theater in Perkasie. Despite the fact that it was technically a “zombie movie“, the movie was actually quite good. I had high expectations, of course… it was a Will Smith movie, in which he plays the last man on earth. The bulk of the movie is deeply psychological, dealing with the main character’s intense loneliness and feeling of loss. And it’s well done, too. You don’t get the feeling of a pity party, and the special effects used to turn New York City’s bustling downtown into a overgrown no man’s land are impressive but not over the top. My only critique was that the movie seemed rushed at the end, where it could have used a little time to allow for digestion and tackling of the sociological issues the movie brings up.

Being curious, and seeing the name Richard Matheson in the credits, I looked up the book that originally inspired the movie, also titled I Am Legend. After reading Wikipedia’s entry on it, though, I’m debating whether I really want to read it or not. It seems like a really cheesy vampire movie. Now, I have to give Matheson credit; it does seem like he came up with the idea of scientifically explaining mythological creatures first… but I’m so tired of the subject matter that I really have doubts.

I was surprised to find that he wrote the book for one of my most favourite movies; What Dreams may Come. Perhaps I’ll read that first and see what I think.

Tamika and I have been doing wonderfully well. I am so glad I married her; it’s truly the best thing I’ve ever done.