Friday Night at The Movies

We had a good time at our Friday Night at the Movies gathering. Tom arrived first and started the evening out by taking pictures of all our stuffed animals we have positioned around the house. Wendy had asked Tom to take the pictures. He took them with his spiffy new Canon Elf camera. I told him the names of the various animals as he was taking pictures and we also did a video clip of me singing with Perry Penguin. That turned out to be a classic. So, the evening started off with a bang!

Terry arrived just a little while later, with the pizza from Round Table. He was right on time. The guys are always hungry when they come over and any dieting gets thrown out the window on movie night. So, we started right in on our pizza and salads. No waiting for Beales. Dave arrived - about twenty minutes late - as usual. Luckily for him, there was still some pizza left. You snoooooze...... you loooose!

We had our usual discussions about current events i.e death of Jerry Falwell, Oppie and Anthony being suspended from XM, the proposed changes in immigration laws, etc. After we solved all the world's problems we took our candy (yes, we always have candy) into the family room and bantered somewhat regarding which movie we should watch. I thought the guys might be burnt out on the violent type movies, but I was wrong. "The Departed" was chosen hands down over "The Pursuit of Happyness" and it proved to be a good choice. There were more twist and turns in "The Departed" than in any movie we've seen all year. The acting was absolutely superb. And the violence factor was way up there, along with the cursing. I think we'll be seeing "Bambi" #10 at our next gathering. Time to tone it down a notch.... you think?

We had cheese cake and ice cream at intermission and later some almonds while we watched the end of the movie. We do like our snacks!

The evening ended around midnight and three of us checked our pockets (no, I know what your thinking, but this had nothing to do with Beales) to make sure we had our cards with the names of our horses that we drew for the Preakness race tomorrow. We have a thirty dollar pool going and each of us has three chances to win the pool. Beales got the big favorite - Street Sense, along with a couple of dogs with big odds. I drew Curlin - and Tom has Hard Spun. A pretty fair match up overall. At least each of us has one horse with a real good chance to win the Preakness. We''ll know the outcome in a few hours. Good luck guys!!!

Wendy, below is the posting of the video that Tom took, using his new Canon Elf camera. It's a clip showing Perry Penguin and me doing a duet. I must apologize for the ending. I concluded by saying Perry and "I", rather than Perry and "me". I must have been confused. Anyway, I don't want to mess up your English lessons, so I thought I'd better correct that error. Enjoy!

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