This past weekend was pretty busy.  I completed a lap of the North Carolina 350 - a round trip from Charlotte to Durham to Raleigh to Laurinburg and back to Charlotte, totaling approximately 350 miles.  I was in Durham/Raleigh for my pre-wedding get-together-with-male-friends (that Stephanie has agreed to not be upset about as long as it is not called by its traditional name).  There are pictures on Garrison’s site, I’ll let you find them yourself if you know where they are.  I’m the one in the red shirt that’s not drinking.

The night before that I went to see Constantine with Garrison and Tim.  From the previews I expected it to be pretty crappy.  I was pleasantly surprised... I’d say it’s about a five out of ten.  Not really that great, but not as bad as I was expecting.  It’s based on a comic book apparently.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the original Constantine, he was the first Christian emperor of Rome, and he officially converted Rome to Christianity.  John Constantine (the movie’s main character) fights demons, so I guess that makes sense.  The movie just kinda dragged on in some parts, and didn’t really keep me fully entertained.  It also reminded me of some parts of Dogma, and makes me wonder if Kevin Smith (who is a big comic book fan) might have been influenced by the comic book.  In particular the line from an angel about how all humans can get into heaven simply by asking forgiveness, whereas fallen angels (aka demons) must suffer eternally for rebelling against God... that’s in both movies and could be a coincidence perhaps, but it seemed like an odd coincidence to me.

I could ramble on about yet another wedding shower that I attended over the weekend, but I think I’ll spare you of that because it’s probably a pretty boring read.  Suffice it to say, we got lots of nice gifts most of which will be used and appreciated far more by Stephanie than by me.

Ya know the devil was an angel too