Mental Dump
May. 11th, 2011 10:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glitch25- The Conspirator was a really good movie. Jaded by the fact that I have a history teacher for a father, I think I avoided absorbing American and World history, so when I get a chance to see a dramatization of a piece of history these days, it prompts my curiosity. I don't recall learning about anyone beyond John Wilkes Booth as the end-all-be-all cause of Lincoln's death, so it was nice to get a kick that prompted some investigation of my own.
- Fast Five was also a pretty decent movie if you appreciated the franchise at all. I enjoyed getting to see the entire mixed cast from them all come together, and The Rock is always good for playing the unrelenting bad-ass. I always though of Vin Diesel as a big guy, but next to an exceptionally buffed out Dwayne Johnson, and with the help of a few camera tricks, the four inch height difference looks massive. Interesting twist at the end of the credits, btw.
- Having frustrations of no good sun or plots to plant, and no true drive to pay for a pea-patch (though I get tempted every year), I opted to expand my deck boxes to see what shallow things I could grow in mixed light. Lettuce seemed to do well enough last year, and this, I buried several cloves of organic garlic from the CSA box that I had leftover. I keep eyeballing the strawberries that are out now, and keep fantasizing that there will be enough sun for them. I think I'll settle for some shade herbs and be done with it. :-)
- Productivity efforts have stalled this week with what seems to be a cold or some allergies, or something.. I'm not sure what it is, but I keep dealing with either post nasal drip (and the associated sore throat), or chest tickles and the coughing up of clear (presumably non-bacterial) schtuff, along with a general feeling of being run-down.
- On the ongoing list of things to do around the house include techy stuff like updating the firewall which should allow some remote access of files and other home resources. Also, the file server is coming together nicely. This month's allotment will garner the case, which will be nice. I can finally piece it all together in a more permanent fashion. On the non-techy end of things, we are accumulating another GoodWill run, and I need to do another pass through the kitchen to eliminate things we just don't use. I'm also in the process of replacing our now-defunct George Foreman grill with a nice cast iron grill pan. It will be nice to have deck space some day to have a BBQ, but at the moment, it is just not realistic, so I'm making due with what I have, and the grill pan will make a nice addition to the rest of the collection.
- Mary Poppins is on the ticket for this weekend at The Paramount, and it will be a nice way to end the week. While I intend to enjoy it on the whole, I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the theatrical production side of it. The sets are said to be incredible, and I hear there is a bit of an obvious surprise at the end that will fascinate me from a technical perspective. And since this production is a melding of movie and books, I'm looking forward to going back and reading the literature. My only exposure has been via the Mouse, and knowing their history for fluffing things, I'd like to see what the original stories looked like.
- Later this month, I chiseled a few hours out of my vacation time to pad the Memorial Day weekend for myself. I've got the craving for another solo week-day adventure on the town. Haven't made up my mind just what that will look like yet, but I know there are a lot of places I still haven't seen, and I'm never gonna make it if I sit around not doing it.
- Fast Five was also a pretty decent movie if you appreciated the franchise at all. I enjoyed getting to see the entire mixed cast from them all come together, and The Rock is always good for playing the unrelenting bad-ass. I always though of Vin Diesel as a big guy, but next to an exceptionally buffed out Dwayne Johnson, and with the help of a few camera tricks, the four inch height difference looks massive. Interesting twist at the end of the credits, btw.
- Having frustrations of no good sun or plots to plant, and no true drive to pay for a pea-patch (though I get tempted every year), I opted to expand my deck boxes to see what shallow things I could grow in mixed light. Lettuce seemed to do well enough last year, and this, I buried several cloves of organic garlic from the CSA box that I had leftover. I keep eyeballing the strawberries that are out now, and keep fantasizing that there will be enough sun for them. I think I'll settle for some shade herbs and be done with it. :-)
- Productivity efforts have stalled this week with what seems to be a cold or some allergies, or something.. I'm not sure what it is, but I keep dealing with either post nasal drip (and the associated sore throat), or chest tickles and the coughing up of clear (presumably non-bacterial) schtuff, along with a general feeling of being run-down.
- On the ongoing list of things to do around the house include techy stuff like updating the firewall which should allow some remote access of files and other home resources. Also, the file server is coming together nicely. This month's allotment will garner the case, which will be nice. I can finally piece it all together in a more permanent fashion. On the non-techy end of things, we are accumulating another GoodWill run, and I need to do another pass through the kitchen to eliminate things we just don't use. I'm also in the process of replacing our now-defunct George Foreman grill with a nice cast iron grill pan. It will be nice to have deck space some day to have a BBQ, but at the moment, it is just not realistic, so I'm making due with what I have, and the grill pan will make a nice addition to the rest of the collection.
- Mary Poppins is on the ticket for this weekend at The Paramount, and it will be a nice way to end the week. While I intend to enjoy it on the whole, I'm particularly looking forward to seeing the theatrical production side of it. The sets are said to be incredible, and I hear there is a bit of an obvious surprise at the end that will fascinate me from a technical perspective. And since this production is a melding of movie and books, I'm looking forward to going back and reading the literature. My only exposure has been via the Mouse, and knowing their history for fluffing things, I'd like to see what the original stories looked like.
- Later this month, I chiseled a few hours out of my vacation time to pad the Memorial Day weekend for myself. I've got the craving for another solo week-day adventure on the town. Haven't made up my mind just what that will look like yet, but I know there are a lot of places I still haven't seen, and I'm never gonna make it if I sit around not doing it.