Shopping

Not too busy out there today. I was able to get around without too much hassle. I got through the lines quickly. I was able to find decent parking spaces wherever I went. I even got home by 1pm. Yay.

In the evening, we rented and watched two movies: "Over the Hedge" and "The DaVinci Code." "OtH" was a cute animated film about a group of foraging wild animals who wake up from hibernation to find that a huge hedge now separates them from where they used to gather food. Unfortunately, what's on the other side of that hedge is now a subdivision where people live. A ne'er-do-well raccoon, by the name of RJ, needs to gather junk food for a bear he stole from. So he persuades the foragers to gather food, only they believe he is helping them. Antics ensue. It's a really cute movie and DD enjoyed it.

"Code" is based on the book by the same name. I thought the book was mediocre, and although the film tries to tell a good story, I think it's hampered by some of the book's esoteric ideas. If I recall correctly, some of the paintings referenced and the puzzles the two main characters had to solve were left out of the film. It was already long enough, but in spite of the film's length, I never felt like I was watching the clock the whole time, wondering when it was going to be over.