Black House Down

I just came back from watching White House Down for the third time.  It's not that I'm particularly attached to the movie (though, it was everything that the Die Hard movies have been lacking lately...), it's just that people around me who belong to different circles have wanted to see it, and I have no real aversion to seeing it again.

I do have one favourite scene in the movie.  It's when the president tells a little girl, who has a gun pointed at her head, that he can not give in to the terrorists to save her life, and she replies that she understands.  The expression on her face as she prepares for death is brilliant.  I'm surprised that anyone had the guts to write such a scene for a very mainstream movie.  I liked how the girl's actions were actually relevant to the movie, and not in an annoying way.  Well done, Emily Cale.

My mind always confused White House Down with Black Hawk Down, and my mouth compromises by calling the movie Black House Down which is quite horrifying for me and hilarious for those around me for obvious reasons.

Friday was my last day of work at my now previous job.  That evening, my partner organized a surprised 'writing retreat' at a hotel where we pigged out on room service and I tried to stay faithful to the idea by working on Vert Glace.  I've got the second chapter completely re-written, now I just have to feed it to Will and see how it comes out the other side.

Un-ended Tales Unraveled has nominated for everyone to read The Eyes of Magic.  To be honest, I've already read the first few chapters.  I read them after I read War and Her Quill because I was just that impressed.  The problem with reviewing for me is that I have to think of something smart to say...

Garg!  So many funnily captioned pictures.  I can't choose between them, so I'm going to repost them all.