Movie Night

Monster University. 3 out of 5.

I think Disney should just stop using the PIXAR name. We have Toy Story II and III, cars II and III (the airplane one), and, now, Monsters II. This is NOT what made PIXAR great. This is just base commercialism.

I enjoyed the movie. I liked having a back story for Randall, Sully and Mike. It was a treat to here Roz and see Snowman and "cameos" from other MI characters. And I especially like the Princess Bride reference (made my rating go from 2 to 3). Probably liked it the best of everything in the movie. I also thought the librarian and that whole scene was really good.

What I didn't like was the PREDICTABLE nerds/jocks story line. It is sad to see PIXAR settle into Disney Ho Hum.

Plant life and death

Stacey and I have been working over our landscaping. As part of the rebuild, I'm taking out some large agave that I really didn't want to begin with. A few weeks ago, I got rid off a big one that overlapped the walk way leading up to the front door. I trimmed several other plants that day including some with nasty thorns.

This weekend, I took out two more and trimmed up some running bamboo.


My forearms itch like the devil. I remembered that this happened a few weeks ago, too. The common plant was the agave. I looked it up. Yep. The sap of some varieties cause inflammation and itching that can last awhile. A few varieties cause inflammation that can last a whole year if you get stabbed with the leaf-end spine. Ours doesn't seem to be that variety at least.

Whoopee.

Next time I take out the agave (there are a couple more that will need attention), I'll suit up from head to foot!