Karen, Erik and Jack

K and I went to see Rocky Balboa last night. It’s getting some mixed reviews, because clearly its a flawed film. But man, it was a lot of fun. If you’re a fan of the Rocky series (except V, cause no one is a fan of Rocky V), then you’ll like this movie.

I went in expecting campy, slightly over the top nostalgia, and thats what I got. Karen seemed to enjoy herself too.

Unfortunately, the scene was hoping for the most did not come to pass. Survivor did not follow Rocky around on one of his training runs singing “ROCK! ROCKROCKROCK! ROCKROCKROCK! ROCKROCK ROOOOOCK!” as I hoped. Oh well, there’s always Rocky 7….or Rambo 4.

Speaking of Rambo 4, there have been a string of late 80’s early 90’s movies coming back, and I have to say I’m excited, though Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard has got to be the single worst title ever (I take that back, the preview we saw last night for Blood and Chocolate is the single worst movie title ever). I think I’m most excited for Beverly Hills Cop 4, even though 3 was horrible. I really want to see Balki again.

In other news, this next week will be very interesting. I have two offers on the table will here back from the job in Chicago next week. By next Friday, Karen and I should have a really good idea where we’ll be for the next 5 years or so. The companies are all very different from each other, as are the positions themselves. They all have elements of what I currently do that I like and none of the things about what I currently do that I don’t like. All have similar benefits, health care, and the like, so it could be a really interesting choice.

The job in Chicago is an interesting one, because I think the work and the work environment itself will be the most fun, but we’d be out in the ‘burbs and getting downtown for weekend fun would be a hassle. Also, Chicago is vastly more expensive than Charlotte, so it would take longer for us to buy a house, something that we’re really looking forward to. But we’ll see. We’ll know a lot more in a week…

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