Financial planning

So this has been a busy theatre weekend for me. After I did my journal on Friday I went to the play “The Vile Governess and other psychodramas”. Since I worked the concession, I got in free. It was three plays by a local playwright. The first one wasn’t very good, more just weird. But the other two were quite entertaining. I really felt for the governess in question as she was ruining the lives of everyone around her.
On Saturday, I was lazy. I read my book club’s book all day. In the evening I went to see “The Winter’s Tale Project”. It was a musical based on a Shakespeare play. That’s two strikes against it. I despise musicals. When the actors break out into song, all plot development stops. And if I don’t enjoy the song (common occurrence) I’ve got to amuse myself until it’s over. I find Shakespeare.
Now having said all that, this was a fantastic play. The music was always good, and the plot went humming along at all times. By the end there was even a tear in my eye. (Was that a bad thing to admit to?) I would recommend it to a friend, except that the last show was yesterday.
The advantage of seeing the play on Saturday was that I couldn’t go to the bar. So I got a decent night’s sleep for once on a Saturday. The next day I ran 30 km. I did it in 2:30:03. So I missed my goal by three seconds. Well it gives me something to shoot for when I’m doing the same distance next week. Right now my leg muscles are still aching.
In the evening I saw the movie “Lost in Translation”. It was good, but the trailers make it look a lot funnier than it actually was. I’ve read complaints in the newspaper that it portrays the Japanese poorly. Frankly, I thought it made the Americans look worse. Interestingly, a co-worker, Keith, who is a caucasian who knows Japanese and lived there for a few years, said that the Japanese portray the Americans poorly all the time. So we’re still good on the karma scale.
My previous investment broker retired recently. I was never that pleased with him. But today I met the replacement. He was nice enough to visit me at work, and we had an hour long discussion of my finances. I’ve got $5000 I need to invest in something. He seems to be recommending China. It’s a booming economy now. I asked, and Spain isn’t on his radar.
Well, now I’m off to dinner at Chianti. Then I’ll see another play (Die-Nasty). Afterwards I’ll go to the exercise room and stretch my muscles. (They still hurt, remember.)