WTF wet, theater of idiots, sedentary body active mind, crushed
Saturday morning we awoke to thoroughly overcast skies which actually was a good thing since we wanted to get a run in. The last few times we ran it was under a bright sun with warm, humid temps and I was sick of it. This was the first run I have done in 2-3 weeks because of race/work that took priority. We again decided to utilize the water park for our run but we changed the route a bit. Instead of doing two loops around the outside boundary of the park we cut onto the boardwalk on lap two which both gave us some different scenery and cut a 1/2 mile of the distance which looked to be about 3.55 miles. The lack of direct sun kept the temperatures down which I am sure was the reason it was my most pleasant running experience of the last 3 months.
It’s been nice being able to do stuff like get out and run on a Saturday morning instead of having to dive right into chores. Cindy has been trying to get most of them done during the week so we have less to do on the weekends. She even has been doing household repairs/improvements where she can. For example this week she pressure washed, fixed some cracks and repainted some sections of the deck where the paint had come off. It’s a huge help to me to have somebody so willing to lend a hand wherever she can.
Last week I made a list of winter projects I want to get done. I wasted no time getting one of those items crossed off the list, generator maintenance. I bought my gas generator back in 2005 during the horrible hurricane season and have basically not had to use it since. Despite it sitting idle I still need to maintain/run it periodically if I want it to be viable when the time comes. Saturday I changed the oil on it and ran it for an hour or two. The generator still started easily and ran ok although it didn’t want to stay running in the full RUN position, I had to keep it mid-way between wide open and the CHOKE position of the lever. Hopefully I should be good to go if we have any extended electrical power disruptions in the near future.
During the afternoon the overcast skies turned into all out rainy skies which continued off and on for most of the day. We turned our attention inside. Cindy was busy doing stuff where as I played some WoW, a big theme of the weekend for me.
We planned to go see the final chapter in the Hunger Games movies Saturday night. Since it was opening weekend we made an effort to try to get there a bit earlier than normal. When we stepped in the theater we saw our concern wasn’t merited this time around with the seats being only sparsely populated. We found seats high up right behind the railing for the wheelchair patrons which is ideal since you can use the rail for foot support without worry of someones head being in the same vicinity. Cindy spotted a woman with children, including an infant in a CAR SEAT a couple rows up and to our left. She flagged them as potential problems but I waved it off, silly me.
So as soon as the previews start the baby starts carrying on periodically. Cindy started with the over the shoulder glances. I assumed if the kid kept carrying on the woman would simply take it out of the theater. After all, bringing an infant to a movie theater is an acutely selfish act. Sure, I understand you want to see a movie but if you can’t get a baby sitter do not punish the rest of theater patrons with the noises from your child. You had the baby, use common sense/courtesy when making your choices as to what public environments you bring the kid to.
During the previews a set of teenage girls snuggled into the seats in the row in front of us along the aisle. Their big thing was talking, a lot. They also had this weird trait of laughing during emotional parts of the film. Then of course there were the various notification sounds peppered around the theater from fcking morons that are too lazy/inconsiderate to simply flip off the speaker on their phone. Both Cindy and I found the crowd extremely annoying, more so than normal.
When we talked about it later I said perhaps we need to redesign our movie viewing habits. Since I started seeing Cindy we more often than not go out to see a movie during it’s opening weekend, something I NEVER used to do during my adult life. I was always fine waiting a week or two to see a flick in exchange for much less populated theaters. I think the fact that Coconut Point is usually pretty lightly attended, even on opening weekends, changed that behavior. I think if we go back to avoiding opening weekends and combine it with being more stringent on selecting seats as far away from potential inconsiderate assholes as possible we may be able to cut down on our level of theater side annoyance.
For what it’s worth I really liked the movie, I thought it was well done in most aspects. Even without reading a single sentence from any of the books I was entertained and into it the entire time enough to give it an A-, despite the crowd around us providing regular distractions.
On Sunday we had loosely planned to back up our Saturday run with a bike ride. I awoke to a pretty incredible visual for mid-late November, torrential rain. The water level in the pool looked to have gone up 3-4 inches. The ponds of standing water that are normally reserved for summer wet season had made a return appearance. Wow it must have poured pretty much all night long. Obviously a bike ride was crossed off the list.
My day Sunday outside of having to pay my bills, was almost exclusively about leisure. I played hours of WoW, cycling through my various virtual alter egos getting stuff done. I was incredibly busy in my mind without moving my body outside of my hands and fingers. It was just one of those days where I felt like withdrawing from the world and existing in another, despite the rain breaking up and giving way to sunny skies later.
I sandwiched in watching the Eagles/Bucs game which was three hours of my life I would have preferred to get back. It was the worst game of the year with the Eagles making rookie Jameis Winston look like Dan Marino and allowing the the Tampa Bay running back to gain a disgusting 230 yards. The Eagles offense was not up to the task of keeping up. Outside of a couple drives they were ineffective most of the day. I am not sure how many times I have used the word “embarrassing” to describe the Eagles game play this season but there was never a more appropriate use of the word than this game. The team is rudderless and Chip Kelly is the captain, a captain that despite his obvious failings prefers to point fingers in every direction but his own.
It has gotten to the point where I literally feel immune to their poor play. I no longer react to their bad plays in any visible manner. I don’t yell at the tv. I just have become indifferent to the team disappointing me. I have come to expect it which is a pretty damning thing to say about the Chip Kelly regime which I am ready to see come to it’s end. Oh, the Eagles get to play on Thanksgiving, it should be a great way to ensure the post meal sleepiness kicks in.
My DirecTV Sunday Ticket this year has never been more worthless. Not only has the team sucked, I think I have only watched 3-4 games on the service this year. The Birds have had a ton of either night or other national broadcast games that black them out on DirecTV. Paying over 300 bucks to watch this mess just adds insult to injury.
This week will be hectic with the largest race of the year going down on Thanksgiving morning. Most of my attention will be directed to making sure my part of this equation goes down correctly, one last time.