10 down, 4 to go

Remember that when I got out of class yesterday, I had about 14 hours of assessing that need to be done? Well, I managed to plow through about ten hours of it, so there's a manageable two stacks left for tomorrow. Of course, I haven't been further from the house than the mailbox today, so there's definitely a trade-off there.

Last night, however, Otis and I ventured all the way to Ballard: first for grading, and then for pho with Dar-Dar and Mr. T. While we had a yummy soup-fest together and got all caught up, the happy couple wandered off to domestic bliss and didn't stay to watch Jet Li's Fearless at the Majestic Bay with us. But fear not: we were joined in the nick of time by Stella and Soapy, making it an official moovie nite.

Jet Li was wonderful and the movie was grand, combining an engaging story (that seemed to comment on Li's own recent personal development as well as telling a story about Chinese nationalism) with some breathtaking action sequences. There was some excitement in the trailers, as well: Yimou Zhang (who brought us Hero and House of Flying Daggers) has a new movie coming out, House of the Golden Cleavage Curse of the Golden Flower. It looks more epic-spectacley than the prior two.

And here's a little movie, mostly for Yojimbo, but fun for everyone.