Hanging in the Hood

Last Saturday was “my” day, so after sleeping in, we took our time getting ready, and then I took Mer to Canton to see the movie Red Riding Hood at the $1.50 theater. I was seeing the movie largely on the basis of Amanda Seyfried being in the title role. I was utterly charmed by her in the movie Letters to Juliet, but quite a bit less so in the movie Dear John. Red Riding Hood fell somewhere in between – better than Dear John, but not so heart-warming and cute as Letters. I thought it was worth a risk at $3.00 for both of us.

It was a solid film. It was not too deep, and the acting was uneven in places; Amanda and Gary Oldman were very good all through the film, but some of the supporting roles were hit-or-miss. The film did a very good job with the wolf – the computer effects were not distracting at all, and the major part of the film keeps you guessing as to who the wolf really is. It was an entertaining film on the whole, and was worth the $3.00. AND I got to see a BBC America ad for Doctor Who before the film began!

On the way home from Canton, we swung by the Gurnish household to see if they would be interested in getting ice cream. They had just wrapped up killing some chickens to eat, but were happy to get ice cream. We had no problem waiting for them to get cleaned up. Nate and Rachel’s son decided to stay with the new neighbors’ two oldest girls, who are a little older than he is. An ice cream date turned down for two girls! Where are the boy’s priorities? We had a nice visit with the Gurnishes over ice cream, and then we headed home, albeit briefly.

We were pretty much only home just long enough for me to look up where in Kent our friends’ band Bethesda was playing. Having ascertained that, we headed to Kent. Bethesda was playing a twenty-five-minute set as part of a fundraiser to help a ministry raise funds that would help the poor. We had not been to a Bethesda show in months, so I wanted to support them and the cause. Sadly, the show was running about thirty or forty minutes behind, so we arrived in time to see Bethesda only to find out we had to wait. Meanwhile, a talented but very loud band played for about thirty minutes.

Bethesda finally took the stage, and it was great. They played mostly new songs, and I believe it was the debut for their new and very talented violin player. She added a nice sound that supported Shanna’s lyrical voice very well. There were a few minor sound problems (the bass amp went out during a song), but the sound was well mixed on the whole. While the show was short, it was good to see the band again, and we got to hang out with Shanna and Eric some before their set.

On the way home, on a whim, I swung into a mom-and-pop restaurant called Eddy’s. It turned out to be pretty good – the fries I had were excellent. We then headed home for the evening.

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