Marissa and I almost went to see The Fountain on Friday. Well, it was slightly less than almost. Faced with a Friday night with nothing to do for the first time in what feels like (and probably was) months, we decided to use it to do just about nothing. Well, except for dinner and a movie... but, compared to the other stuff we've been doing lately it certainly seemed relaxing and nothing-like. Unfortunately our plan was ill-fated. I left my office (Wayne) at 7 o'clock to pick Marissa up (Jersey City) so that we could go to dinner (Montclair, about 3 miles from my starting point) and finally to the movies (Wayne, about 10 paces from my starting point). Although it was a sort of circular plan, the timing seemed reasonable. However, I've never once driven to Montclair coming from the east, and botched up what I remembered being a decent way to go. We didn't get our dinner on until 9:30, so we had to skip the movie. Fortunately it was a nice enough experience to make up for the fact that I'd blown our non-plans for the evening.

The few times we've had Italian food since visiting Italy, I've tried my best to recreate an order that similar to what we had over there.. but it's been tough. I think Friday night's was the best attempt yet, though. I'd forgotten the name over the weekend, but the internet helped me remember that it was called Palazzo. Pretty sure it was the best wine I'd ever tasted. ***

I remain mentally obsessed with Final Fantasy 12 but also without enough time to play it. Having Final Fantasy 3 DS in my pocket is nice... but doesn't quite satisfy the hunger that I have. I'm 15 hours in and feel like I just barely started. These games certainly have a way of skewing what I envision as normal gaming... or well, normal living in general. ***

There's a new band. Pretty sure it's way better than the old band. But of the 5 people that read this, two of them besides me are in it... so not much to talk about there. ***

I'd like to have some of that wine about now. --