So you remember that scene in The Shining when the flood of blood comes gushing out of the elevators and careens down the hotel hallway? You see it for maybe half a minute ( Read more... )

Everytime I think Neil couldn't be more awesome, I discover something else that he's done that ups the awesome quotient.

Today's example: He adapted the English translation of two Japanese songs for Princess Mononoke, and I just found out today because Steen was studying the credits after watching the latter half of the movie with me ( Read more... )

I love this movie. Kurt Russell is a great Wyatt Earp, Val Kilmer is magnificent (as usual), and Sam Elliot's mustache is a joy to behold. I'm going to have to buy this one - it's on my list.

(Also, Michael Biehn is in this movie, I forgot! He plays Johnny Ringo in this movie, and was Kyle Reese in Terminator.)

and I thought I was the only one in the office having a bad day... I just found out my coworker got a flat tire on the way to the site visit.

just a note to say that I will get into the trip home for Passover soon-ish. Also, I have a knitting dilemma: do I start an octopus or a cuttlefish tonight? Decisions!

Just got Best Letter Ever from my Remus... now to pen a worthy reply!

I walked down to go swimming as per usual and discovered all the lights were off, nobody was in the parking lot, and the following sign was taped to the main door:

Eckart Park Closed
Wednesday, February 24th
Water has been shut off.
Will reopen ??

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1000 yards straight! It can be done! By me! Total of 1650 yards today, most of which was front crawl.

Thanks to my dad's advice, I now have a SPEEDYCOMPUTERZOMG and it cost me all of $65 and about five minutes of my time, most of it trying to smush baffles back into their spots.

It was stupidly easy to upgrade my RAM, hurrah!

Swam 1600 yards today. The pool was busier than it is during the week, and for once, the showers were warm, hurrah ( Read more... )