Well, these are lazy days at the moment. I imagine most of my friends are in the same post-holiday haze, being lazy and visiting.
My major activity today?! Having lunch with my two BFFs.
The kids and I watched a good movie last night, Jobs, about Apple founder Steve Jobs. He was a fascinating man. The second half of the movie was problematic. It concentrated on business dealings and got so far away from the personal story that it was hard to follow, and hard to care. I have to give Ashton Kutcher props because he was excellent. I really don't care for him in anything but his characterization of Jobs seemed very nicely done.
I bought my brother the Walter Isaacson book about Jobs when it came out, and I skim-read it, and just that much exposure made me know the movie is deeply flawed.
To be fair, reducing anyone's life to a 2 hour movie would be tough.
The kids [Michael particularly] were paying attention. They were seeing a part of history that is "new" history, that has had a direct impact on them. As we started the movie, I pointed out that they were both holding iPhones, Lesleigh was working on a laptop, I was on my iPhone - we were all using technology directly influenced by Steve Jobs.
He was undoubtedly a genius but from all accounts not necessarily always a nice man. I imagine most geniuses are not always nice. They don't think the way the rest of us think, so it's not surprising.
Alesia continues to do well, I feel. She is talking about getting a job, which is good.
Here's my girl:
