It is Monday once again. I am back at my desk, contemplating the week ahead of me. I have very little work to do this week, since June has a fifth week. The extra week throws off my schedule a bit. But it’s not so bad. I think I will take Friday off and give myself a 4 day weekend.
One thing I did this Saturday was finally go see Troy at the nearby movie theater. I love living by this theater. They get new movies that have been out for a month or so and charge slightly less for tickets and such. They are the reason why I have seen such cinematic masterpieces as The Mummy Returns and South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut. This theater has kept me cool when the summer has gotten to be too much, entertained when I have been too bored by the world, and they make the best popcorn! Anyway, Troy was precisely what I imagined. Not horrible, just…..let’s just say, I had to divorce my mind from my body for about two and a half hours. All the years I devoted to studying Classics rebelled, but I managed to squash it for a few hours. There were some good fight scenes, but the whole thing was a bit silly. Plus they made it seem like the whole thing took place over a weekend. Weekend at Priam’s —watch how Odysseus, Agamemnon and company prevent the Trojans from catching on to their secret—Achilles is really dead (at least he seems so with Brad Pitt playing him)! Seriously, it seemed to take place over a week or so. I seem to recall something about 10 years……Stop it brain. I am trying to watch a summer blockbuster! You know you are not supposed to bother me when I am watching one of these. God, I can’t wait to see Alexander this fall.