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April 14:
E.T. 20

I don't know about you but I find the Spider-man Adventure Hero series action figures a tad freaky. (Movie-merchandising a la Disney, eh? Tsk.)

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We saw E.T. this weekend! I only saw it on tape before (hey, Betamax-renting was "in" back in those days) so watching the 20th Anniversary edition on the big screen made me experience double the magic that, even so, shone through our tiny old Panasonic TV in 1982.

Honestly, I couldn't tell which scenes were added and/or enhanced* because it's been so long, and I wanted to watch the movie as if I was a child again. There were snippets in the conversations though that slipped by 10-year-old-me which I could appreciate only now -- like the allusions to Star Wars, Star Trek and RPGs. Cool.

* True to form, Arnold pointed them out one by one.

Entertainment Weekly has behind the scenes info and a brief interview with Spielberg and the then-young stars.

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For a change of weekend scenery, Arn and I went to Robinsons Metro East (it's near where he lives) which, we discovered, offers free parking, clean and cool THX theatres, free parking, medium-to-slightly-high-end boutiques, free parking, Popeye's, and best of all, free parking. Bye-bye, Megamall!