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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

It's still not Friday???

So I finished reading TDVC, and I have posted my impressions in the comments section of the last post (prompted by the handsome and charming Mr. BG). If you haven't read the book yet and want to be surprised, read those comments at your own risk. I tried to avoid major spoilers, but I might have slipped something in inadvertantly.

In other news:

Running: I did NOT run yesterday or this morning as I had planned to. Needed the sleep, and this week I needed to make sure I got to work by 8:30. Next week is the 8-wks-to-race mark and my schedule will be easier in the mornings then. However, I have lost 2 lbs, so that's good news. Surprising what a few small changes can do, I guess.

iPod: Managed to get some podcasts on to the sucker. Thank you, NPR! Next I hope to subscribe to some of the lectures that Cal is podcasting. The only thing that still sucks is that it looks like I'll have to reboot my laptop everytime I plug my iPod in or iTunes won't recognize it. That's not right! This white cord says "fire wire" on it and my laptop recognizes it, but iTunes won't without a reboot. Still telling me to reinstall iTunes, which I swear I did twice last week.

Car: Have license plates! Need to attach them to car. Filled up with 89 yesterday. At about 900 miles today. Got a second parking ticket yesterday. D'oh. It was the fourth Tuesday of the month, and apparently there's no parking in front of my apartment then. Sometimes I feel like this parking thing involves navigating a mine field. By the way, I don't know why anyone ever tries to drive or park in Berkeley. It's just a losing prospect for everyone involved.

I had never heard of Gnarls Barkley, but the first time I heard "Crazy" on the radio I thought I had heard it before, and the second time I was singing along, and then it was stuck in my head for a week. That, my friends, is what we call a hook. Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have our summer hit. It's so catchy! It's got this great pseudo-disco-funk-R&B thing going on, but you realize it's not actually a vintage piece when you hear the electronic bass (which is not inherently annoying in this case, as I often find it to be)

Summer movies I'm looking forward to: (no links b/c I'm in a hurry. You know where IMDB is if you need it) A Prairie Home Companion, X Men III (even though the Onion AV club panned it), possibly Cars because I trust Pixar. I'll have to see what the reviews are like. I heard somewhere that there's another Star Trek movie in the works, but I don't think it's coming out this year. That might seem like a short list, but it's better than the last two summers. (When was Star Wars III? That was a popcorn-muncher, but I wasn't looking forward to it as much as I am to APHC). Da Vinci Code movie should be fun, too.

- posted by k @ 4:34 PM