Sophie's Story

     We finished watching the last movie in the Lord of the Ring series. This could possibly be the worst movie I've ever seen.    Part of this is because the movie was long, over three hours. I'm at the point where I simply cannot sit for that long. I have to get up and move around a little or I'll get stiff and sore. There were too many long battle scenes and too may things that were drawn out that could have moved along a little quicker. It felt long and clunky. I covered my eyes for much of the movie because I couldn't watch anymore fighting and killing.    There were a few good parts. I like the part where Eowyn, a shieldmaiden, carried a sword in her saddle and rode with the men to battle. She and Merry Brandybuck killed the Witch-King. I liked the fact that Galadriel, a female elf, was a powerful character.    I enjoyed watching Aragorn, one of the Fellowship of the Ring, discover he was the heir to an ancient kingdom and wielder of a special sword. He summoned t

     C and I finished reading "The Hobbit" a few weeks ago. Since it was a long book we got an audiobook as opposed to reading it to each other as we had originally planned. I enjoyed the book. C said that the movie was even better. I was looking forward to watching the movie.    The plan had been to read all the Ring series books before watching the movies. C got a little impatient so we decided to watch the movies before we finished reading all the books. We started with the first movie 'An Unexpected Journey'. It followed the book mostly and was entertaining. The aggravating part was that it ended on a cliffhanger and meant that we'd have to watch another movie to see what happens next. Fortunately for us it meant just renting the next movies as opposed to having to wait for it to come out.     The next movie was 'The Desolation of Smaug'. This is where it didn't follow the book well, something that irritates me which is why I don't watch movies

     I think it will come as no surprise to anyone who reads this that I am a cat person. I like cats. My favourite cartoon is the Pink Panther.     I actually like all animals and sometimes fantasize about having a dog especially on good weather days when walking a dog looks like fun. It's fun going out to parks like Minnehaha and watching people walking all kinds of dogs. Then I remember that there is a lot of responsibility in caring for a dog. They need to be taken out to do their business, they need to be walked and they need a certain amount of space to roam. The kind of lifestyle I have would not be good for a dog. For much of my life I worked a lot and lived in houses with small yards. Thankfully, I like cats.    One of my reasons for buying my first house is because I wanted to have cats. I was single and working a lot. I wanted to have something in my life beside my job. I also wanted companionship and cats were just right for me. Working as much as I did left me little t

        The books I reserved a few days ago are at the library. I'm very excited to read them. Two of them were referenced on a podcast I like to listen to. I reserved one of them because I was curious. Then fourth book I reserved because I watched the movie version of the book, but never read the book. Since most of the time the book is better than the movie, I thought I should read it.      The first two book are "Rage Becomes Her" by Soraya Chemaly and "Atlas of the Heart" by Brene Brown. These books were quoted in a podcast episode on anger and how angry woman is usually used as an insult. I had something happen recently that has made me angry, reading the first book seems like a good idea.  Brene Brown is quoted on the podcast a lot. I'll be honest, I wasn't really interested in anything she wrote because I didn't think it was applicable. However it seems she is very popular and a few women I respect are big fans. I thought it would be interesti