I forgot to mention the movies that I've seen lately. My mom and I saw 12 Years a Slave last Thursday, and it was excellent. Chiwetel Ejiofor, who played Solomon Northup, and Lupita Nyong'o, who played Patsey, another slave on the same plantation as Northup, were incredible, but the entire cast was terrific, even the ones playing the bad guys. Parts of the movie are very tough to watch. One reviewer said, "This is the best movie that you'll never want to see again," which is about right.
A few weeks ago, my mom and I saw The Butler. It also was a terrific movie with great performances. I was glad, though, that some of the more horrific moments in the story weren't actually a part of Cecil Gaines', the title character's, life, although the violent responses to the Civil Rights Movement were historically accurate. Sentimental person that I am, I had tears in my eyes when the title character saw President Obama elected. (It was strange to watch the coverage in the movie, which was CNN's projection that President Obama would win, knowing that I saw the exact same thing at the time.)
I live on Lean Cuisine, and am part of their rewards program, which gives points for each code from a Lean Cuisine box that you enter. I cashed out a bunch of points for a $15 Amazon gift card, which I promptly spent on a DVD with four Lauren Bacall movies. (It was a little more expensive than the gift card, but still, four movies for $4 is a good deal.) I also redeemed points for a coupon good for a free Lean Cuisine dinner and to enter a drawing for a $1000 Visa gift card. I guess that this is a good time to cash points out. However, I have a bunch of boxes here to enter and a couple of bags full of boxes in storage, so I should be able to build up points again quickly.
Anyway, this is not helping me get stuff done....
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