OK, next Tuesday I will spend the entire day getting my “Africa” list wiped clean. This list has started to get a little too long and I know there’s still plenty of stuff I’m forgetting. #13 on my list is winter clothes. Yeah, currently it get’s into the 30’s at night on the property. Not too many stores sell wool socks in the first week of summer in Florida.

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Original article by Derek Harding.

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Anyone who watched the Lord of the Rings trilogy movies is on edge for Peter Jackson’s remake of the 1930’s of King Kong movie. To be honest at first I wasn’t all that excited about it being a remake set back in the 30’s, but once I saw a piece of Jackson’s vision for the movie I think I’m ok with his decision.

Kong movie trailer
On Monday, June 27, the entire NBC Universal family of broadcast and cable networks will join together and bow to a new “King.” The 150 second teaser trailer for Universal Pictures’ “King Kong” will premiere as a simultaneous “roadblock” on NBC, USA Network, Sci Fi Channel, Bravo, Universal HD, MSNBC, CNBC, Telemundo and Mun2 from 8:59:30-9:02 p.m. ET.

Myself and a couple friends decided to hit the midnight showing of Batman Begins last night. To my surprise when we got to the theater at 10:30 we were first in line. We were actually the only people in line for the next 20 minutes. I guess this movie hasn’t quite created the buzz as Star Wars did a couple months ago when we had to get in line 4 hours before showtime just to be about 150 people back. When it got time for the movie to start the theater had filled up, but was no where near sold out. The funny part about all this is that Batman is the probably one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. It’s by far the best comic book turn movie since Spiderman.

One thing I’m going to miss while I’m gone is the road trips with friends. Usually at least twice a year I set off with some friends on two different trips. One involves a lot of bad golf and the other some good fishing in the Keys. Luckly, the Keys are not far from my house so Kevin, Mike, Chris, and myself managed to put together a quick weekend trip a couple weeks ago. Check out the pictures. OK, so the fishing wasn’t the greatest, but that’s not really why I go. I’m really there for the fellowship.

Unfortunatly, since I leave in about 6 weeks it doesn’t look I’ll be here for JGO 2005, that’s the name of our golf trip.