yeah, I still think 8 or 9 is too young for that movie.
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Well I decided that *she* was too young. But then again, I think she's too young to read the book too, but I let her do that, because with the book I figure she can control her reading experience.
Yeah, make no mistake: I'm not going to begrudge or criticize any parent who brings an 8-year old to the film, mind you, (not really my business) but for most 8-year-olds, I think the movie is too much for them.
It isn't "Saw", but it isn't "Up" either.
Even "Up" was too upsetting for my kids, but they were wee when it came out.
I never finished watching Up, because the scene with him sitting outside of the courtroom was just too sad. I knew it would get better, but I just couldn't handle it.
Up was super super sad. But I would not bring a kid under 13 or so to Hunger Games. Maybe a 12 year old or 11 year old with heavy prepping and if they'd already read the book.
Skipping to apologize, while it's at least the right month, because I didn't have any computer access during the entire two couple of days, so I've missed wishing libkitty on time for her birthday (which was the 30th of March).
Happy third-day-of-your-new-age, libkitty! With lots of wishes for a great, um, weekend? And a wonderful year!
Insomniac/hip pain posting:
He called to tell me he had a really nice day, there is a literature thing going on in Oxford and he'd just come back from some sort of thing with Derek Landy and got to hear him talk about Skullduggery Pleasant
Holy crap. He's an author I would pay to see speak. That's awesome. I'm only moderately seething with jealousy.
Come on, ibuprofen. You can start working on my hip any time now.
OMFG, there is a picture of my dad (thankfully obscured, but I know that cap and stupid grey jeans) in the fucking Daily Mail. I knew he was out on a mission in the Gila for a missing long distance runner, so odd to come across it in a crappy gossipy UK rag.
Oh, and cleaning-up files on the computer and putting order in them counts as cleaning stuff up for Pessakh, right? So in between stuff, now that I have my computer up and running again, I can at least share [link]