Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Saw the movie last night! I really liked it. I haven't read the book but i think i want to after seeing the movie. I think I read that when they were doing the movie they weren't trying to re-do the 70's version but work from the book so I want to see what happened in the book and figure out the differences for both movies. Anyway, I was thuroughly entertained. The theatre we went to (the most awesome theatre in columbus ... the arena grand) had a chocolate fountain! When we bought movie tickets we were given golden tickets that let us through a snack line with the fountain. The computer generated parts were okay. I didn't really like the oompa loompa songs but i loved the way they/he looked. I liked Johnny Depp in the movie, I thought he was the right kind of wierd.

I am reading Stiff. It's about "the curious lives of human cadavers." It's really interesting. The author writes about reasearch she has done in the history of the use of cadavers and how they are used now. She writes about what she experiences when she visits organizations who deal with cadavers. So far I have read about disection as a learning tool, impact tests for engineering, experiments done with decomposition, a little about embalming and the history of body snatching and anatomists. It is written with some humor and the author goes out of her way to pack it with interresting side facts. It can get a little grusome but with this subject what do you expect?!

I finished Slaughterhouse five. It was a really quick read. I kinda wish I had read it in school because I think it would be interresting to learn more about what it all means. I understood some of the symbolism but it would be fun to discuss.

and here's a fun picture of me and Nikki in June ... my graduation!