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Today at work the new uniforms debuted. I am in geek heaven. We all look like the crew from Star Trek NextGen. I'm so dweebing on this. Normally, I don't wear a uniform to work since I'm almost always holed away in the office. I do now. Lol! I keep threatening to go to Toys-R-Us to pick up communicator badges for name tags. So far, we have Captain (me), Number 1 (my mom), Worf, 7 of 9, and Uhura. I'm expecting a Chakotay, Tucker , and Kess to round out the crew.

Too. Funny.

Went and saw Iron Man today. Great movie. I have a new found respect for Downey. He was perfect for the part of Stark, although from what I remember of Tony Stark from the comics, he was just a little more reserved than portrayed in the movie. Downey carried the arrogance well with just enough humour to make it charming. Paltrow was beautiful as ever as 'Pepper' Potts and Bridges looked great as Obediah with his bald head. Effects were awesome. Whatever CGI there was you could hardly tell.

During the fight scene between Iron Man and Iron Monger I couldn't help but think of a comment I had heard a little earlier in the week about how Iron Man was always a secondary character as opposed to a Wolverine or a Spiderman. The person who mentioned this couldn't understand why there would be a movie about a secondary character. Watching the fight scene gave me the sense that Iron Man isn't you're typical one on one, personable type of hero. This is a man inside an exoskeleton that can destroy tank with a single pulse of energy from his hand. Iron Man's strength and abilities are far too large for neighborhood street crimes and petty disputes between mutants (although I bet Magneto would have a field day.) There isn't a lot of call for a hero to go in and decimate an entire military force. Common depictions of such feats would be meddling in world affairs where we probably don't belong. That being the case, he would no longer be Iron Man. He'd be Bush.

I was able to catch the trailer for the new Edward Norton's the Incredible Hulk. It looks pretty cool, too. The CGI was much more blatant but I like Norton and pretty much all of the comic book based movies so I'll definitely be checking that one out at the theatres, too. Speed Racer looks like it will be half cartoon and half live action. I was never a fan so I'll probably wait for that one on dvd if I bother to watch it at all. And of course I'll be in the audience for when Mamma Mia is on the silver screen. I love Abba music. And Pierce Brosnan. I was invited to attend the midnight premiere of Indiana Jones. I'll be at that one too. I love summer movies.

Scarllettfeva and her handsome French husband joined me at the movies this afternoon. It was wonderful to see them. Afterwards we talked about gypsies and exploring adventures. We discussed giving reviews of lobster joints without eating the lobster. We talked about Americn food not really being all that American. Is there a true dish that can be completely American. We were thinking corn, but doesn't that originate is South America? We talked about foreign films, politics, and Wicca. It was great conversation and great company over great coffee. What a good day.

Thank you my Scarllett love and your sexy husband.