Sunday, November 04, 2007
Soft Weekend
A good weekend I guess, if a little quiet. But considering all the socializing Saturday through Wednesday, I guess having a slower weekend was OK.
Friday night Adrian and I ventured out to see a movie, The Bourne Ultimatum. I was dizzy by the time it was over but it was a good flick. I've read the original Bourne novels and they were good, though they tended to drag at times (Jason Bourne is one of the most pedantic heroes I've ever seen in a novel, but Matt damon cut his 3-page soliloquies down to "yeah, that's right."). This movie was better than the other Bourne movies, i thought. We saw it at a second-run theater...the movie came out while i was in Afghanistan I think so I didn't see it the first time around. Either that or I was too blinded by my desire to see Hairspray and missed this one. This theater serves food too, which is cool, as I always like to have a burger and a beer with my movie.
That was it for Friday night...we thought about meeting up with Linh after he finished a long dinner with friends, but by the time he was done Adrian was falling asleep on the couch so we saved that for another night. Like, the next night.
Saturday was mostly spent running errands and trying to clear some old clothes out of the closet...if you haven't worn it in a year it needs to go, is what I've heard, and it worked here. That night we went to a country and bluegrass music concert near here...a group I've enjoyed before and saw in Colorado was here that night so off we went. A good time was had, though they didn't play all my favorite songs...that's OK, got 'em on iTunes. Afterwards we met up with Linh in town for drinks, which is nice, because now I can go hang out with Linh without Adrian saying "now, who is this again?" He's a good guy I'm happy to know and am enjoying getting to know better.
Today felt a bit off because we changed the clocks backwards an hour last night, and I always feel off balance when we do that. Got up today and went running with Ethan...since running the marathon last weekend he seems determined to get Adrian and I to run some races next year, so we started with a 5-mile jaunt today. I can handle that -- my regular cardiac workout is 4-5 miles on a machine -- but it'll be interesting to see what happens once he starts pushing us to double-digit mileage.
After getting home Adrian and I made a dim sum lunch with steamed dumplings, shumai, and pork buns, and ate way too much (we ended up not eating dinner tonight because we were too stuffed). Somehow we stumbled across a sitcom called The Big Bang Theory and watched a couple episodes on CBS.com. It's all about these PhDs who are complete nerds...in other words, total fiction! (seriously, I'm not nerd-like...am I?). Cute show. And then it was time for some reading, and then the Sunday night Fox cartoons, and before you know it, it's time for blogging and bed.
Which sounds like a great idea. The bed part, that is.
Friday night Adrian and I ventured out to see a movie, The Bourne Ultimatum. I was dizzy by the time it was over but it was a good flick. I've read the original Bourne novels and they were good, though they tended to drag at times (Jason Bourne is one of the most pedantic heroes I've ever seen in a novel, but Matt damon cut his 3-page soliloquies down to "yeah, that's right."). This movie was better than the other Bourne movies, i thought. We saw it at a second-run theater...the movie came out while i was in Afghanistan I think so I didn't see it the first time around. Either that or I was too blinded by my desire to see Hairspray and missed this one. This theater serves food too, which is cool, as I always like to have a burger and a beer with my movie.
That was it for Friday night...we thought about meeting up with Linh after he finished a long dinner with friends, but by the time he was done Adrian was falling asleep on the couch so we saved that for another night. Like, the next night.
Saturday was mostly spent running errands and trying to clear some old clothes out of the closet...if you haven't worn it in a year it needs to go, is what I've heard, and it worked here. That night we went to a country and bluegrass music concert near here...a group I've enjoyed before and saw in Colorado was here that night so off we went. A good time was had, though they didn't play all my favorite songs...that's OK, got 'em on iTunes. Afterwards we met up with Linh in town for drinks, which is nice, because now I can go hang out with Linh without Adrian saying "now, who is this again?" He's a good guy I'm happy to know and am enjoying getting to know better.
Today felt a bit off because we changed the clocks backwards an hour last night, and I always feel off balance when we do that. Got up today and went running with Ethan...since running the marathon last weekend he seems determined to get Adrian and I to run some races next year, so we started with a 5-mile jaunt today. I can handle that -- my regular cardiac workout is 4-5 miles on a machine -- but it'll be interesting to see what happens once he starts pushing us to double-digit mileage.
After getting home Adrian and I made a dim sum lunch with steamed dumplings, shumai, and pork buns, and ate way too much (we ended up not eating dinner tonight because we were too stuffed). Somehow we stumbled across a sitcom called The Big Bang Theory and watched a couple episodes on CBS.com. It's all about these PhDs who are complete nerds...in other words, total fiction! (seriously, I'm not nerd-like...am I?). Cute show. And then it was time for some reading, and then the Sunday night Fox cartoons, and before you know it, it's time for blogging and bed.
Which sounds like a great idea. The bed part, that is.
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Ooo I love that movie though I didn't watch the second one.
The camera does seem a little shaky doesn't it?
The camera does seem a little shaky doesn't it?
qr: that's actually how we perceive things here in the US...all shaky and stuff
jason: yeah, it was yummy, but we were hungry when we made it so we made too much. now i feel fat.
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jason: yeah, it was yummy, but we were hungry when we made it so we made too much. now i feel fat.
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