not the elf you are looking for

This movie is so sweet and full of good spirit!

"Elf" is my favorite Will Ferrell movie, primarily because he stays in character as a good-hearted resident of the North Pole.

And here's the amazing thing about this 17-year-old film: the older actors in it are all still living!

Bob Newhart and Ed Asner are both 91 years old, but alive and kicking!

James Caan, at 80 years of age, still looks much as he has for a couple of decades now.

How refreshing!

I guess the reason that has made such an impression on me is my music of choice.

Much of the time these days, I have the 1980's Music Choice playing on the tv.

That means I've become aware of how many of my favorite artists from that decade have already departed Earth.

Eddie Money can no longer "Take Me Home Tonight".

Tom Petty is "Learning To Fly" in some other locale.

Michael Jackson is no longer the "Man In The Mirror".

Prince is racing his "Little Red Corvette" elsewhere in "Purple Rain".

David Bowie's entreaty to "Let's Dance" will have to wait for another time.

Chris Cornell, I still have not "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart".

Yes, that last one is not music of that decade, but it's been on my mind...

so, there.

Maybe it's because of my 4th viewing of "GOTG" last night - as my 55th movie since 27 August! - that had the music of my youth playing in the jukebox of my mind.

I almost went to see it again tonight, but I'll try for tomorrow.

Instead, I popped over to Publix, with visions of little Cornish game hens on my mind... and I found one!!!

Just one, too, buried under a pile of ducks and geese.

Right place, right time.
My odometer reading of 215060 bears that out.

Good thing I didn't linger at the cinema for a second movie!

By the way, I had a nice conversation with the three-person crew at the cinema before "Elf".

(I'll be seeing them again tomorrow when I go to see "The Croods:A New Age" in the Big D room.) 

Things were pretty slow there.

I had one of the five cars in the parking lot. 

Seriously - just five cars were there.

Anywho, I was telling them about my sending out Thanksgiving cards instead of Christmas ones... you know, "because this year has been so whack"... and, to my amazement, none of them gave me that 'grandma is using the new slang' look. 

Guess I did it right. 

(smile)
Now, I need to get this little bird thawed so I can cook it in the morning!

(smile!)