The Dark Knight Followed By a Dark Night

On Friday night Kent and I saw the new Batman movie. In IMAX. The movie was big, it was dark, it was scary and most of all it was AWESOME! The villian in this batman movie is the Joker-and let me just say that he was so good at being phsyco, unpredicable, downright frightening, and even hilarious that I had nightmares about him the night after we saw it. Now I'm going to gush a little--I pretty much love all the guys in this move: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman (the mustache!), Michael Caine (I could use someone like Alfred to clean my mansion!)--They are all just fantastic. The story was good, the stunts were sweet, and I can't wait to watch it on blu-ray along with all the special features.

The biggest loser?

At work last year, the engineering department had an informal 'Biggest Loser' competition for anyone that wanted to participate. For those not in the know with bad "reality" television, The Biggest Loser is a show where a bunch of fat people compete to see who can lose the most overall weight and win the grand prize -- money to spend on food...

But anyway, they decided to do it again this year, except that this year it's company-wide and sponsored. So, this year, they can afford a scale that can measure a person's body fat index, and hopefully offer a better prize than last year. I don't even know what the prize was last year, so it couldn't have been terribly enticing. Also this year, the competition will go from August to April of next year. What this means to me is that there's a chance for those that are serious to make some lifestyle changes rather than binge dieting then binge eating.

While I don't think I'm FAT, I recognize that I'm a tad on the pudgy side (or both sides, really). So, I've decided that I'm going to participate in this Biggest Loser competition. I probably won't win, because I've seen the competition and they're going to be much bigger losers than I am by virtue of them being much BIGGER losers already. Uh Huh. I'll be cutting out some of my basic food groups: soda pop, M&Ms, etc. To do that, I'm going to keep a daily food diary to record everything that ends up in my stomach via my mouth. We'll see how it goes.

The Kids Enjoy Some Juice and Some Shade at Payson Lake

We took the opportunity to go to Payson Lake with a friend from work and his wife. It was nice. It's a long, winding drive up Payson Canyon. I was surprised by the volume of people that were there. They just kept coming. We stayed long enough for the kids to get a little wet, eat a few hot dogs, and each have a s'more.

I was also surprised to realize that I had been there before. I believe it was when Bethany and I were dating. Her family went up on a weekend, and I tagged along.

After returning from the lake, we made a quick couple of stops in town and headed home. I replaced some sprinkler nozzles, pulled some weeds, and trimmed the lawn edges while Bethany mowed the lawn. She's awesome like that.

We also watched Batman Begins on our El Largo TV on HD-DVD. We're excited to go see The Dark Knight, but didn't go this weekend. We've become addicted to seeing movies on the IMAX screen when they're available in that format. It's awesome to see a movie in the theater when the heads on the screen are bigger than your car. All you can see is the movie, and that experience is much more immersive than the "normal" movie-going experience.

We're hoping to get tickets this weekend to TheDark Knight, and we'll be taking my brother and the same friend/wife combo that we went to the lake with.