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Weekend
Saturday, I had a ticket to a preview of "The Secret World of Arietty", a Disney release of a Studio Ghibli film based on the Borrowers books. For those unfamiliar, Arietty is a Borrower, one of a species of tiny humanoids that live in the walls of "human bean" homes and borrow things they need to survive and the beans won't miss.
A sickly bean boy comes to the house and Arietty accidentally lets herself been seen by him. Unfortunately, a Borrower who's been seen must leave their home lest they be caught by the beans.
It's a G-rated film, and definitely aimed at children without being condescending. The sound and background design are excellent.
When I got out of the theater down at the Mall of America, I discovered that my scarf was missing, and a quick search of the place found nothing. Since I needed to be back downtown to see if a book I was expecting had arrived at the post office, I left a note with customer service and boogied out.
The book had indeed arrived, I got to the post office just in time.
That evening, I received a message that my scarf had been found, so the next day it was off to the megamall again. It's a good thing my purple and black monstrosity is so distinctive! With more time to spend, I actually walked around the mall and did some shopping. Several stores I had liked were closed, other stores were in their places.
While waiting for the train down in the mall's transit station, I noticed some kids playing with balls at the other end of the platform, bouncing and tossing them to each other. No adult supervision was seen.
I shouted to let them know the train was coming (which it was), but they either didn't hear or didn't pay attention. Fortunately, all that was lost was one of their balls *pop*. Out of shape as I am, I could not have gotten there in time to save any kid who'd failed to scramble out of the way.
Afterwards, the little darlings attempted to get on the train (still no sign of adult supervision) but the train operator put them off, and may have called the transit cops. On the way downtown, we passengers heard her describe the kids to someone on the radio.
A sickly bean boy comes to the house and Arietty accidentally lets herself been seen by him. Unfortunately, a Borrower who's been seen must leave their home lest they be caught by the beans.
It's a G-rated film, and definitely aimed at children without being condescending. The sound and background design are excellent.
When I got out of the theater down at the Mall of America, I discovered that my scarf was missing, and a quick search of the place found nothing. Since I needed to be back downtown to see if a book I was expecting had arrived at the post office, I left a note with customer service and boogied out.
The book had indeed arrived, I got to the post office just in time.
That evening, I received a message that my scarf had been found, so the next day it was off to the megamall again. It's a good thing my purple and black monstrosity is so distinctive! With more time to spend, I actually walked around the mall and did some shopping. Several stores I had liked were closed, other stores were in their places.
While waiting for the train down in the mall's transit station, I noticed some kids playing with balls at the other end of the platform, bouncing and tossing them to each other. No adult supervision was seen.
I shouted to let them know the train was coming (which it was), but they either didn't hear or didn't pay attention. Fortunately, all that was lost was one of their balls *pop*. Out of shape as I am, I could not have gotten there in time to save any kid who'd failed to scramble out of the way.
Afterwards, the little darlings attempted to get on the train (still no sign of adult supervision) but the train operator put them off, and may have called the transit cops. On the way downtown, we passengers heard her describe the kids to someone on the radio.