Rantings, mostly…

My daughters and I just returned home from seeing this on its opening night, and I can say this — none of us were disappointed!

This movie had us on the edge of our seats laughing and loving the main character, Remy the entire time.  Mixed with the antics of his brother Emile, and the gruff resolve of his father Django, this movie was a hit all around.

Remy, the main character.  Together, with Remy, you will understand loss, fight through oppression, and learn to embrace your desires and unleash your potential.

Emile, the lovable, rotund older brother of Remy.

Django, the sagely father who’s not too old to learn a lesson himself.

This movie, all 1 hour and 50 minutes of it, took us through hardships, and very poignant moments where we were left to delve inside ourselves and understand the artist that lay within all of us.  The hidden emotion that we so often fail to express to each other was unleashed in waves of eager wisdom, conveying to us the desire and emotion of a kindred spirit, one found, oddly enough, within the confines of an admirable, yet humble rat named Remy.

I highly suggest any lover of Pixar films definitely check out their latest, and longest installment.  Definitely worth the price of admission.

We were also lucky enough to see two other Pixar greats.  The short-film “Lifted,” and also the preview to the movie “WALL-E,” coming 2008.

Make sure to visit Pixar to check out all their great offerings and check out information on all their upcoming releases.  In fact, if you have a nice broadband connection you can go straight to Pixar’s theater and view tons of their work.

All images are the sole property of Disney and/or Pixar.

No, no… I am not talking about the monstrous entity that consumes the minds and bodies of a thousand young starlets, thirsty for a new life paved with the promise of golden treasures awaiting the end of the rainbow, no…

I am talking about my beautiful little lady.  My youngest daughter, Muirgheal.

Now you see why I called this post “Hollywood,” huh?

…I thought she was a goner, but she wouldn’t stay away.

OK, it was not *exactly* the very next day, but close enough.

No, seriously!  Like always, I forget to blog about things when they actually happen.

My wife and I actually sat on the phone for hours the very night of the day she left.  Within two (maybe three) days she thought she had made the wrong choice (leaving that is).

Needless to say my wife and children (all my ladies in the house) have spent the night here 18 days out of 24 gone.  I know, it cracks me up too.

Later on today in fact we plan on going house shopping.  I’ll ditch my current domicile, she’ll abandon the apartment she rented (and regretted) and we’ll find a much nicer, larger home.

It’s amazing the things you argue about when you are married with children, sharing a home, a life, hell, everything.

My wife made some mistakes, some poor choices.  If I were to sit here and tell you that I was a perfect gentleman enacting only the most logical of choices, I would not only be a liar, but I would be a fool for not admitting it takes two.

And um… well, that’s about that.

Yeah, sure did.  Apparently being the biggest possible asshole you can be is *not* a way to insure a long-lasting marriage.

No one told me!

She actually left Saturday, the 31^st of March.

Believe it or not, for a time on April 1^st, I kept thinking I was going to hear a knock on the door.  Pfft.  Seems my wife does not abide by the spirit of April Fool’s.

I also thought about leaving this information off the blog.  Then I figured why the hell not include it?  Is this not the point of a meaningless web existence?

Sadly my birthday was stricken with illness.  My darling 11 month old infant, only 22 days shy of her birthday now, is taken with bronchitis and as told to us is now anemic.

You wouldn’t know it to see her on an average day.

Well, with a bit of medicine and antibiotics we are all doing much better.

I should have something for you lads and lasses in a few days.

Thanks to those who e-mailed.

Be well in this new year.

Looks like I definitely fell off the wagon, but I am here to say…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

OK, truly I do not care *that* much, but my kids do, so nyah-nyah, neener-neener.

Sorry, I have no clue where that came from.