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Ay-nother good weekend, come and gone! Let's see - Friday night Mom and Dad went out with Jo and Chris and Chris' parents to a restaurant in Milton (Milton!); they're trying to find a good place for the family reception after the wedding. Jon went out, too, so that meant that Ben, Andrew and I were left to fend for ourselves. I think we did pretty well, especially with all the extra food MoM bought for the 28th that we didn't end up eating then. So we just sat around, watched TV, filled ourselves up on chicken strips and milkshake, that kinda stuff. Ogh. Saturday was a day off for me, so I slept in (way too long), then did some grocery shopping, me-shopping (I got a great pair of jeans that fits perfectly!), Mom and I went fabric shopping later and had a great time at the self-checkout, then after supper - and the Leafs game - we watched The Prestige.

~The Prestige ~

I really liked The Prestige: it had good actors, and the plot was something you had to pay very close attention to. It was clever, and interesting, and I have to admit that I didn't see the solution to Borden's trick until he revealed it. Angiers' method became clear fairly quickly once he got his equipment, but somehow I never expected .......... Thinking about it now, after seeing the ending, so many little things fall into place that I just saw as part of the narrative. But I don't think I'll watch it again. It's a bit like a magic trick: once you know the secret, it's not a trick anymore. The real thrill of the movie is in the suspense, in waiting to find out what's going to happen; knowing what happens takes the thrill out of it. Still, it was a really captivating movie.

Then yesterday night I went to a Creation Ministries speech about Creation vs. Evolution, and arguments we can use to refute the ''evidence'' for evolution. Richard Fangrad is a wonderful speaker - he knows his topic inside-out and he's entertaining. The church was absolutely packed. It went so well that he was done in 1.5 hours, which, given the early start time, left me time to go to College and Careers, too. Then I beat Chris home, which is pretty good considering I never went over 120km/h. heheheheheee.

So that was my weekend, and now it's back to class.