VIRB

Our vacation is half-way done. We're going to see some top-notch Shakespeare action tomorrow, then head on home. We mainly looked at real estate today, which is our new pastime, it seems. Did some shopping as well.

Last night, we finally went to see 300. I now know that most everyone in the country is fucking stupid. That movie sucked, no two ways about it. It _looked_ fantastic, but it was all hat, no cattle. I mean, if you're gonna take so many liberties with history as to make it an "inspired by real events" kind of thing anyways, you might as well go whole hog and give it, like, a plot and stuff.

During the movie, some teenagers sitting near us decided it was a good time to have a conversation. Talking in movies, along with tailgating, is one of the few things that will put me over the edge almost immediately. So I turn around and hold out a fin to the dude sitting nearest to me and say "hey, will you run to the snack bar and pick up a large cup of SHUT THE FUCK UP?"

This seemed to work, then afterwards in front of the bathrooms, they were verbally pondering whether I had the balls to actually back up my attitude. I put that line of questioning to bed pretty quickly, and was gonna go the whole way, but Elle pointed out to me that it wasn't worth it because the guys had those rubber band things in their mouths, and were like 17 or something.

In any event, the stupid movie and ill-mannered children aside, this area is fucking fantastic. We were noting the fact that Ashland, Oregon, and Ashville, North Carolina, are incredibly similar. The former relies on acting to pay the bills, while the latter has art galleries, but otherwise they're more or less the same town. Kind of pricey, but just a top-flight living experience all around. And Jacksonville? Don't even get us started.

So, home tomorrow night and back to business as usual. See you then.

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