We just got home from San Jose Rep‘s production of Pride and Prejudice. I thought it could have been tightened up some (the play ran 2:40 with intermission, which is pretty long for an 8pm show), and they played it more for laughs than I thought the book called for, but in general, I enjoyed the show. I wouldn’t mind seeing the movie (either the current movie or the classic BBC production) to compare.

We used to go to the movies on Christmas Day — we’d have the place nearly to ourselves, and it was wonderful. Maybe not for the theater owners, but we liked it. But over time, more and more people decided that Christmas was a good day for the movies, and the theaters became fairly crowded. And then Hollywood caught on and started releasing movies on Christmas, and we stopped going.

Today, we took advantage of the JCC being open on Christmas (at least in the morning). I think this was the most crowded I’d ever seen the exercise room. But we were able to get our workouts in, and now we’re ready to consume vast quantities of calories this evening.