On Friday my ankle was a lot better. I could closely approximate walking and most people were none the wiser. I don’t have any more fringe plays I want to see, so I went out and rented two movies. I rarely rent movies, but I should. The more I rent, the less I should feel the need to buy. I have a bunch of coupons for DVDs that came in cereal boxes, so I have even less excuses. The problem is trying to figure out which movies are widescreeen vs. standard. Eventually I figured it out and got “I Spy” and “Kiss of the Dragon”. One comedy and one action.
Before I got to the watching a movie, my sister phoned. She had a bad day and wanted to vent. I’m a little upset at her though. I thought she was using a phone card where you might as well talk for twenty minutes, as that is the minimum length. But I found out later that she was paying for the long distance charges herself. Now I feel bad that she had to spend so much to talk to me, when I would have happily paid for the call.
I saw the “I Spy” movie first. I wasn’t expecting much. A pleasant surprise was that Owen Wilson’s character was actually quite competent. I was expecting the standard comedy stereotype of bumbling character who gets through in the end a la Inspector Clouseau. Overall I enjoyed it. I stayed up too late doing other things.
Yesterday, Saturday, it was raining. There was no point to going out. I didn’t need anything. So I decided to tackle the game “Splinter Cell”. That game has been a monkey on my back for too long. It has become work instead of play as I struggle to finish the darn thing. I only had one level to go, so it seemed like a good project. And I finished it. Yah!
Then I found out that there are three more levels available for download.
Bloody Hell!
In the evening I went out to New City. I could stay up late because I’m not running on Sunday. (1. I hurt my ankle. 2. There is a marathon going on, so none of the running groups are going to be doing training runs.) There weren’t many people there this time at the start. Jake and Leanne, and Sarah. Sarah is apparently trying to quit smoking, but as soon as Wolfgang arrived she was puffing away on cigarettes borrowed off of him. I think I saw her suck back four.
I got to talk to the beautiful goth girl, Christina. She has a boyfriend, so nothing is ever going to happen between us, but still, she’s beautiful goth girl. I haven’t talked to her since the Cybernaughtica event long ago. She still hasn’t gotten the tattoo that she won then.
And around 2:00, I was going on to the dance floor when someone dancing stepped on my ankle. I’m not even sure how that is even possible. And of course it is the wounded ankle. More excuses not to run tomorrow.
I stayed out until nearly 3:00 in the morning. In the end I didn’t get to bed until 4:00.
So today I slept in. I really didn’t get out of bed until noon. Most people will have finished the marathon by that time. The weather is rainy. So if that is good or bad is debatable. I tackled one of the bonus levels in “Splinter Cell”. Man was that frustrating. But I finished it. Two more to go. Now I’m trying to do all the tasks that I need to do to upkeep my place.