Harry Potter, Cow Surprise, and a Typhoon.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 came out last week, or the week before, I can't remember (ok, it was really a while ago, because I started writing this, then things got busy, and I'm finally getting back to it). Time is blurring here. But we went on opening day, which is a day ahead of the States! Neener Neener. But with the first showing over here being at 1:15PM and the states showing it at midnight over there, I think we all saw it first at about the same time. I think I should mention, however, that we and our friends braved a typhoon to go and see the movie. That should earn us 50 points for Gryffindor don't you think? Now comes some of the sad parts of movie watching comparisons. Though I think Saipan is a fun place, they really can't beat watching a movie on opening day with the States. Our friends and us actually bought tickets on Fandango, thinking it's opening day, surely we'll need to buy tickets ahead of time. Not! We got to the theater about 45 minutes before the show started and there were only two (2) other people in the theater!!! Granted, it was the afternoon on Friday, but c'mon! People in the states probably would have taken work off to go and see it if it was the first showing. The positive, we totally got the best seats in the theater! Score. More people did show up, by the way, so it wasn't totally empty, but it wasn't completely full either! We saw it. We loved it. I totally cried when Harry used the resurrection stone and saw his family and friends! The boys did really well, and at the end when Voldemort died the whole theater was silent and Ravi said, "They won!!!" Hee hee hee. It was pretty cute.

So prior to going to the movie, Jeremy was running some errands and I casually mentioned, "Hey, can you pick up some lunch so the boys aren't hungry when we go to the movie?" He said, "Sure, no problem." I guess I should have been more specific, because if I'm not, I end up with a story like this:

Jeremy comes home with a bag of food and says, "THIS IS SOOOO GOOOD! YOU HAVE TO TRY IT!" so I get all the forks and plates etc. out and he proceeds to tell me about going to this tiny little bakery/restaurant. He told us it was beef, but when he saw the label he thought, "Wow, I didn't know you could eat that part of the cow." *Warning #1* and informs us that we have to guess what it is (he should have said, "boys, you have to guess" because I guessed it too quickly). We start taking a few bites. True, there is some beef in it. But there's also some questionable things. It also was pretty spicy, so I knew the kids wouldn't like it that much. I started guessing, Tail? No. Tongue? No. Intestine? No. I take a few more bites. He tells me it's a muscle. Ding...it all snapped into place. "Jeremy, is this heart???" Jeremy is silent. "JEREMY!?!?!?!?!" "Yes...and a few other things near the heart." "JEREMY?!?!?!?! IS THIS LUNG????" Silence. "The lady also said there might be some arteries and liver in there too." Aaaaaah! Not exactly the lunch I had envisioned right before going to one of the most anticipated movie of the year. Oh well...it at least makes a good story and is quite entertaining to share with all of you. ;)

Yep, that's what it looks like folks! Cow Surprise and rice! If you ask nicely, I *might* try and get the recipe and I'll make it for you the next time I butcher my own cow.