Nope. I was just really swamped heading into the holidays.

Are you waiting for me to say something?

My wife and I caught a matinee of Syriana yesterday afternoon. We decided I decided to see this based on the trailer we’d seen on TV. Watch it and tell me if it’s not touted as an espionage thriller of sorts. It’s not. I’m really not sure what it’s about. Roger Ebert puts it nicely when he says, “The movie’s plot is so complex we’re not really supposed to follow it, we’re supposed to be surrounded by it. Since none of the characters understand the whole picture, why should we?” I dunno, Roger, to hold our interest? To keep us awake? To make us tell our friends to go see it and be sure to buy the DVD?

I understand the purpose of the trailer is to make us want to see the movie. But if they think we want to see a movie rife with espionage, dipped in a barrel of corruption that is the worldwide oil industry, as the trailer suggests, couldn’t they just make that movie? Please make that one. This one sucked.

Bear in mind the pictures below (siding work on the back and the drywall inside) were taken last week. This picture of the siding nearly complete on the front of the house was taken today. Inside, the ceilings have been sprayed and the drywall will be done tomorrow (just a little sanding left). Painter figures he’ll start on Monday.