Being a business owner means that my schedule is a bit more flexible than that of my wife and friends.  That said, it’s nice to feel somewhat normal, and sync my schedule with that of the rest of the world.

It was great to catch up with some friends that I hadn’t spent time with lately, and I got to take in a few new games, and movies.

Here are some brief reviews of the non-gaming entertainment bits that I injested this weekend:

• Red White and Dead Zombie Walk:  While we didn’t participate in the Zombie Walk, I was surprised to see the large turnout of folks in their full-on zombie gear.  It was cool to see several hundred undead doing the Thriller dance.  Pictures were taken, and we think that there was some flirting between a friend of mine and a zombie female in her late 20s, but we’re not really sure.  For the record, I’d suggest this event be named Dead, White, and Blue.
• Twilight Eclipse:  I was expecting this movie to suck.  I expected emo vampires, and corny dialog.  I expected to be bored to tears.  Luckily the movie lived up to every expectation I had.  I get that women wish that they had some perfect romantic life, but this movie didn’t have enough gore or fighting to keep me interested at all.
• The A-Team:  I was expecting to dislike this movie, and wound up really enjoying myself.  It’s clearly a “turn off your brain and just enjoy” experience - but I am most fond of those experiences.  Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was actually a decent BA Barracus, which surprised me a great deal.  I am glad that we went to see the movie, and more glad that I have the ability to turn off my logic and revel in the tounge-in-cheek corniness.
• World of Warcraft Miniatures Game:  I finally got to play some 2-on-2 battles.  I loved it.  The game mechanics are  straight-foward, yet there are enough tactical strategic options that the non-gamers and the games in the group had a good time with it.  I’m sad that there are some transitions going on (UDE lost the license, and Blizzard is supposedly taking the game over), and hope that it continues.