The Lake House

The Lake House with Keanu Reaves and Sandra Bullock is definitely a movie to watch if you like romantic movies. The storyline is loosely based on the short story "The Love Letters" by Jack Finney and it's a remake of the foreign film Siworae / Il Mare. This is not the only movie made on the idea of love spanning time. Others include Moments of Love, The Love Letter (based closely to Jack Finney's story), Frequency, and 'Somewhere In Time'. Finney's short story, which was also made into a movie (The Love Letter), is something I would enjoy reading and watching. I'll have to find a copy of it at some point.
Basically, the storyline of The Lake House is about two people who are living in the same house two years apart. They fall in love and are trying to find a way to meet. The only way they can communicate is by leaving each other letters in the mailbox of the Lake House. It's very touching and romantic. I loved it!

The Sims 2

The new expansion pack is to be announced and released soon! Can't wait to have something new to play - it was beginning to get boring. Though the new challenges I've been trying have livened things up a bit for my sims :) The EP's definitely going to be Pets. I had hoped the last expansion would have been the pet one instead of business (although the business one was actually quite fun) so I have been eagerly awaiting the release of this EP for the past year.

Da Vinci

I finally started reading The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown). It's actually much better than I thought it would be. Wanted to finish reading it before I watch the movie. There's no hurry now though, since I decided to what until it comes out on dvd. I'm really enjoying it, but then I LOVE mysteries. There is so much controversy surrounding the book I wasn't sure if it was worth even bothering with, but my sister and mom read and enjoyed it, so... and I'm actually enjoying it more than I first thought. It is very well written - the characters are quite believable and personable. Without intending to the reader begins to feel for each character and wants each of them to find their way in life and of course to solve the mystery surrounding the Holy Grail.
The clues and puzzles involved in the storyline remind me of my childhood. My siblings and I were forever creating treasure hunts and mysteries for each other to solve. We would leave clues with codes and secret messages that when solved led to another clue and so on. It was the most fun. I wonder of Chris would solve one if I left a coded message for him? Maybe if I think of a simple on and just leave it for him to find. That would be fun to leave each other encoded messages especially since I already leave him little notes when he has to work alot. It sounds kind of corny but it was the most fun I had growing up. If I ever do have children I'm going to do what Sauniere did for his granddaughter, Sohpie, and leave clues for them to follow. It's fun as well as educational. Makes you think and look at things from different perspectives. But then I always wanted a "Cheaper by the Dozen" type of family. That's one of the reasons I want to learn Cherokee (besides the heritage factor). It would be neat to write in a language that no one else could read.

Books I've Read Recently

BOOKS I'VE READ RECENTLY
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New Moon Stephanie Meyer	.	To be released in August. Can't wait!
Water for Elephants	.	Looked like a good read.
Da Vinci Code Dan Brown		Finally getting around to reading this. Want to finish before I watched the movie.
Twilight Stephanie Meyer		Execellent vampire story. Meyer has a very original view of a topic that has become stale.
Secret Supper Javier Sierra		Excellent mystery set during the lifetime of Leonardo Da Vinci.

The Power of the Human Mind

Found this on the BBS for the Sims2:

"The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rseearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!"

It's that so cool?