Movie In Bed

I finally rented Talladega Nights. Cowgrit and I have talked about watching that movie for a long time, but after a complication with Blockbuster, I’ve been hesitant. (See my June 21, 2007 post in the Movie Reviews section.) But at last, I got over it and picked the movie up.

Unfortunately, our DVD player crapped out on us a few days ago, and I forgot. So we’ve had this movie for a few days, now, with no way to watch it. We intend to buy a new player, but we just haven’t had the time yet. But then I had the idea of using our laptop to watch the movie.

The idea of the two of us sitting in front of a laptop (even with a wide screen display) watching a movie is kind of ridiculous. Then I thought I might be able to hook it up to the TV. But after getting the wires all out and ready, I realized the laptop computer didn’t have the jacks for it. Then Cowgrit suggested we take the laptop to bed with us.

That’s actually a pretty nice little arrangement. Snuggled up and cuddled up under the covers watching a movie displayed just 12 inches from our faces. Nice and cozy. I highly recommend it.

But then the battery started failing in the last five minutes of the movie. I had to quickly get up and run to the living room to grab the power cord, run back, and plug it in before it completely shut down. I was fast enough, and we didn’t have to restart everything.

The movie is ridiculous, in a funny way. But I’ll save the review for another time.

Special Note

Happy birthday, mom!

Bullgrit
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