fun day today

song+ Easy Breezy- Hikaru Utada -Exodus
book+ the Narnia series
scent+ care bears fruit snacks
quest+ posting more often again
upper+ scarborough next weekend
downer+ today went way too fast
attire+ comfy pajama bottoms and a tank top
drink+ nothing currently

so today was really really fun. it started when my alarm went off at 7 so i'd have time to do morning things and be ready to leave at 9:30 for moose's senior recital. that didn't work so well since i fell back asleep, but mom called and re-woke me early enough that i was still ready to go on time. she sang really well, though i still think she could have rocked "on my own" from les mis better than one of her other solo songs. she rocked her duet hardcore though, a lot of people cried. xD not me since i have no soul, but you know, regular people.

after the recital moose and i hurried home to change and find movie times so we could go see prince caspian. speaking as a person who 1) is never 100% satisfied with movie adaptions of books, 2) comprehends the difference between "based on ___ by whomever" and "taken word for word from the original!" and 3) has loved the Chronicles of Narnia since early childhood; i will say the following.. it was a really good movie, but it was seriously flawed, and not as awesome as it could have been.

i knew going in that this one wouldn't be half as accurate to the source material as the first one was, because then you wouldn't have a movie, you'd have several hours of character development, a ton of CG and a 10 minute battle. the book Prince Caspian is easily the weak link in the chain of narnia stories, it's seriously all the character development you need to get out of the way so you can have fun with the next two (which are awesome on an epic scale for any who haven't ever read them). i'm okay with things being changed to make a movie, but some of the changes didn't make sense in the context of the last book/movie the Last Battle which they really need to make because it's when you really get any closure for any of the characters you've come to love. i felt that Lucy and Edmund were exactly where they needed to be character-wise to be ready for the Dawn Treader. the seeds were planted well for Susan's eventual loss of faith and betrayal of narnia, but the two romantic bits were entirely a waste of film. my main frustration was the added Peter/Caspian rivalry over power. High King Peter was never that spoiled or power-hungry. he never acted like he did in the movie, he never took the lives of his followers for granted or invaded the telmarine stronghold. while that was a really cool fight scene that showed off what they could do with the mythical creatures better than a fight on even ground ever could, it just didn't make sense to me. also they left out several chapters of really awesome aslan stuff including bacchus, and dancing with the dryads and nyads. i don't understand cutting all that and putting in a needless White Witch cameo. she shouldn't show up again until caspian is an old man, as the Lady of the Green Kirtle in the Silver Chair. i was however thrilled that they kept my absolute favourite part of the book, the scene with reepicheep and peepiceek and the other mice talking to aslan about the honor in a mouse's tail. that part makes me tear up when i read it and it made me cry a little in the theatre. i guess i was basically fine with plot-related changes, but not the character stuff, which was unfortunately 75% of the changes. X.x it was still really good and i'm definitely looking forward to the next one, and i'd recommend it to anyone looking for a good movie, i just hope that Dawn Treader is a bit more respectful of the source material.

anyway, after the movie the moose and i totally hit bennigans for potato skins, monte cristos and brownie sundaes. xD most of which was brought home and put in the fridge. it's kinda strange, but as of last weekend i don't like potatoes anymore. it kinda freaks me out, since i used to love potatoes, but something in me just changed while i was sick. it's seriously bizarre. after putting our feast in the fridge we settled in to nap until moose had to go to work. all in all, i had a really good day and i was happy to spend it with one of my favourite people.

speaking of spending time with people, i did get the second week of june off from work. that's the 9th through the 13th. if anyone wants to do anything on one of those days, let me know. moose and i are thinking of doing something early in the week, but i'm keeing things relatively open, so we'll see what happens.