Catching up on my movies and my mom's being a bitch

Watched 3 movies this weekend. The first was "Seventy-8" that was made by some friends of mine. Jon was the 1st AD. It was a pretty good movie, but a bit confusing at times. There were several scenes that really didn't make much sense until a bit later in the movie, but overall a good experience.

Then I watched Thirteen. This is a frightening account of the life of a thirteen year old girl. The girl, Tracy, starts out as a sweet teenager getting good grades and everything until she meets Evie. Then within a matter of weeks she's shoplifting, doing drugs, drinking and even into self-mutilation. It's based on the true-life story of the girl who plays Evie (Nikki Reed). Frightening stuff for any parent and a very good movie.

Also watched The General's Daughter. Not a bad movie, but no real surprises. Pretty much follows the standard formula for a military crime drama (like JAG and others).

Also watched A Room with a View. This has a very good cast and is a very good movie. It's not my typical fare, it's definately in the realm of a Chick Flick. I watched it because I saw it reccomended as a "pro atheist" movie. The main character's romantic interest (played by Julian Sands) is described as a freethinker and described by his father as, "having grown up without any influence of the religious ferver that makes men hate each other." (or something to that effect) All in all it was a good movie, but not something I would have chosen to watch on my own.

Been working on the photo website. So far I've got over 300 photos online. I need to finish commenting them before uploading more.

My mom's being acting like a real bitch since Easter. She was avoiding my calls all last week. I think she even had my dad lie to me to say she wasn't in her office when I called. Anyway... I called Friday afternoon to talk to her, but her secretary said that they'd gone out of town. I asked if they'd gone down to Marksville (they're always running off down there without much notice to go to the casinos). But no, she said they'd left about 4 hours previously to go visit with my brother. I should mention that my brother lives about 45 minutes from me so whenever my parents come up to visit (a 3 hour trip for them), we always get a call so we can all get together. But, alas, no call this time. I'm contemplating what my next move is going to be. I'm thinking about sending her a mother's day card that says, "I hope you enjoyed visiting with Kevin and his family last weekend." Just to let her know that I know what she did. However, she probably doesn't really care. At this point I thinking that she probably figures that she's going to spend eternity in heaven and I wont be there. If that's the case, she shouldn't really mind spending the next 20 or 30 years (the rest of her life) without me. What's 20 or 30 years compared to eternity, right? I'm already making plans to go to Las Vegas or someplace this Xmas. I would rather spend the time with my relatives, but if she's going to be a complete nut-job about it, I'd just as soon be somewhere else.