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Well, sad news on the mint-house front: someone's signed a contract for it already. They showed it to us anyway, as the other people haven't gotten their financing yet, but we're not holding our breath. If the house did become available, though, I think we'd definitely make an offer -- we liked it a lot. It has a fantastic back yard full of trees. We're going to make tomorrow a busy house-hunting day, though; no sense crying over probably-spilled milk.

This evening, we went to see Van Helsing. BAD movie. Interesting previews (fun, at least). It's going to be a good summer movie season. Huge hearts for Spiderman 2, Shrek 2, the third Harry Potter, and even the probably-dumb (but nevertheless intriguing to me) "The Day After Tomorrow." Something about the concept of a new ice age enthralls me.

Van Helsing was not very good. It managed to be a bit fun in a silly monster-movie
way, but be sure to turn down the dimmer setting on your brain first. A very stupid girl seated to my right in the theater seemed to be the ideal audience; for example, when a cow appeared on screen, she exclaimed, "It's a cow!" When a bad guy appeared, she'd whisper, "Shoot it with arrows!"

( Here There Be Spoilers )

I can't wait for summer (true summer). This'll be a banner popcorn-movie year.