X Never Marks the Spot

So, gnine and I survived the move, as did our luggage, all 6+ 50 lbs bags of it (minus the other six boxes that are coming by sea, which we'll hopefully see again in a month or two...keep your fingers crossed for them! Also keep them crossed for my marimo, one of them fell apart, and not sure they'll recover...) We're now ensconced in the brother's house in Seattle, which is slated to be my home for the next...um...I have no idea. gnine abandons me for the U.K. in a couple months, but for now we're settling in here...

Bit of a culture shock, being back in the U.S. (the store clerks chat with you! Everyone on the bus can understand what you're saying, and you can understand most of their conversations! ...And of course one of the first conversations we overheard were two teen boys discussing Final Fantasy...you can't get far from Japan these days.) Pluses to being back: cheap Mexican fast food (mmmm bean burritos, how I missed you!), cats I can pet (kitteh~~!) and the Star Trek movie is already out (opening today in Japan) so I got to see it last night:

As an old-skool Trekkie, it was for the most part, squee~~! for me, with a couple minor quibbles. ( thoughts on the new Star Trek (which I can't call the "reboot" because that just makes me think Enzo Matrix...mmm, Matrix...) )

Also, with the bro, there has been the obligatory YouTube sharing: I saw the Superman theme song a while ago, but I didn't realize the guy had done more - I especially enjoyed Jaws and Terminator 2, and the Batman theme proved what I've been saying since I saw Dr. Horrible, that there needs to be a superhero musical. Badly. Also liked Halloween even though I've never seen the movies - it's actually as creepy as it is funny, and weirdly effective for that.