Yesterday was one of those days when there were simply not enough hours in the day. At 11:30 last night I was fighting to stay awake and I remembered I had told Mother I'd help her get her post done for her blog - and it's one of her best, so be sure and check it out. I thought I had heard all her stories about going to Italy with Dad, but I was wrong.
The first time my parents went to Europe, I picked them up at the airport, and asked Dad what all they had seen. Dad said in Paris they had seen the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, etc. Mother didn't say a word, I noticed. I asked what it was like to go up in the Eiffel Tower. "We didn't go inside," was Mother's dry comment. Dad's idea was to "see" things, you drive by. They "saw" the Louvre in about 30 seconds!
Dad, on castles in Germany: "You've seen one, you've seen them all!"
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I am reading a lovely book, by Deb Amend, called A Dress for Anna. I met Deb because we both belong to a Yahoo group for adoptive parents of children with limb differences. Deb adopted her daughter Anna from Ukraine in 2002. Anna has limb differences of her legs and one arm, but she's an amazing, feisty little girl. Deb writes beautifully. Anna is a champion swimmer now, and doesn't let her limb differences slow her down. She reminds me of Michael.
RANTING
I was horrified to hear that Harrison Ford is considering yet another Indiana Jones movie. I remember seeing him in Star Wars in 1977, when I was in high school, and thinking, I want to marry that man! What a hunk. In the last Indiana Jones movie, though, he was looking his age and the movie stank. I love the first 3 movies, but I hated the last one. So here are my reasons for not wanting to see Harrison make an even bigger fool of himself with another movie. I should send these to David Letterman. I love writing Top 10 Lists.
Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Want to See Another Indiana Jones Movie:
10. Does the Spielberg movie franchise need a new injection of money?! Just write a script for the Wiggles and you’re back in black. Don’t trot out old men to swing on vines.
9. Arthritis will interfere with his use of the whip.
8. So will bellbottoms.
7. Sean Connery now looks like Harrison’s brother.
6. Shia Laboeuf, although great in Transformers, lacks the charisma to replace Harrison in Indy’s adventures. [Who do you think sounds more macho, “Shia” or “Harrison?!” See?]
5. I don’t want to see Indy wearing his pants low, under a pot belly.
4. The next step is Indy as grandpa, and a poopy diaper might be his worst foe yet..
3. Each of the prior movies took place in the 1930’s, 1940’s, and 1950’s. What evil folks could Indy do battle with in the 1960’s, the Manson family?! The Viet Cong?! Angry feminists?!
2. There were so many CGI effects in the last movie, it looked like it was filmed with pantyhose over the camera lens. What’s next, a tee shirt over the lens?!
And the number 1 reason I don’t want another Indiana Jones movie:
#1 Nobody wants to see Indy break a hip.
