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The three of us, Jonathon, Trinity, and me, went to see Hell Boy II Sunday to celebrate being done with the first draft of DARKNESS. Friends Mark and Sarah met us there, with their son, John. It was sort of a double celebration, because he’d just learned he had his first job out of college, and it’s actually in his field, using his degree. That’s getting to be rare these days. (I’m not mentioning his degree or job in detail, because I haven’t checked with them that it’s okay to mention it here. I really try to err on the side of caution when it comes to talking about other people on the blog.)

We all loved the movie. I think it may be better than the original, which is not something you get to say about most sequeals. It’s so nice that Trinity is finally old enough to see more grown-up movies. It was interesting that we all got to bring our kids. Mark and Sarah’s "kid" just happens to be in his early twenties and taller than me. But then, most people are, taller. I became friends with them when John was three, I think. So cool that he’s all grown up now.

Jonathon and I went to see Get Smart on last week’s date night. I needed something light since the book was still not done at that time. That was also a really fun movie. I’m not sure it was quite as good as Hell Boy, but they are very different movies. But I can’t remember the last summer that I saw so many good movies, and had so many more that I was looking forward to seeing. Journey to the Center of the Earth is on my want list now. Dark Knight is this weekend, I think. The third Mummy movie has Trinity, Jonathon and I all saying, yes.