Two movies, Labor day wrap up, incredulous outrage
The rest of our Labor Day was fine. Both Ali and I felt better having $1500 in our pocket. It was a whirlwind transaction, in no way did I expect to list the van Sunday afternoon and have it out the door Monday.
We made burgers on the grill for lunch, a Labor Day appropriate meal. I also did some labor in the morning, changing the oil on both the Tacoma and the tractor. Over the weekend we(I) watched a couple movies. Sunday night we watched Angels & Demons. I read the book a couple years ago and it was one of the best books I ever read. The movie would be hard pressed to come anywhere near the book. Having read the book I was able to understand how Tom Hanks was able to pull all of these answers to impossible questions out of his ass, it’s explained in detail in the pages of the book. However in the movie without the background info it just seems ridiculous how he comes to some of his conclusions. The ending which seemed to come together perfectly in the book didn’t seem to make nearly as much sense in the movie. I’d give it a B+.
The other movie was District 9. I have heard a bunch of positive reviews about this one. I knew little about it going in except it had to do with aliens and Peter Jackson directed, two good things in my book. Wow it was really cool. The movie was shot in a different sort of way that moved in and out of traditional methods. The story was told from a perspective that was unique. I really liked it. It’s obviously set up for the sequel, District 10. The film handles the scenario of aliens landing on earth in a manner different than anything else prior. Check it out, you’ll like it. A.
I got a call from the garage that the front vent problem has been fixed, the AC leak was fixed and the system recharged. My portion of the bill, $80, very easy to swallow so far. The rear AC problem remains and they recommended my taking it to an AC specialty place. I plan on taking a whack at the problem myself. I got some advice online about the issue and also have a Haynes repair manual on the way.
I have been having a problem with our water cleaning equipment since I replaced the brains of it. It doesn’t appear to be recharging correctly. Recharging is the process that occurs when salt water is flushed through the system to clean out the resin. The resin is what actually cleans the water. When the recharge doesn’t work the water starts to feel “hard”. It’s difficult to explain the difference between hard and soft water but you can definitely feel the difference. I am thinking there is something I need to set up with the new brains of the system to make it recharge properly.
I had my first work out back at Planet Fitness today. I went in before work and joined back up. There are SOME good things about going back there. It’s cheap, only $10 per month with no yearly contract. It’s clean, almost spotless which is always a good thing. On the bad side it feels almost sterile in comparison to the shit hole where I was. It’s also much more crowded than I am accustomed to. That accompanied with the smaller amount of space designated for free weights could lead to a lot of the “someone being on the equipment you want to use” sort of thing. They also only have dumbbells up to 75 pounds, no more 95 pound dumbbell flat bench presses for me.
Going to Planet Fitness may also designate the end of my 300 work out routine. They have no boxes or steps to jump up on or to use to support the weights during floor wipers. They also really don’t have a good space to do it in anyway. I may try to do a bastardized version of the routine, swapping out exercises that I can no longer do with some sort of similar replacement, we’ll see. It’s not an ideal situation but it will work. Hey the lunk alarm didn’t go off at least.
Ok that is enough about me. Let’s talk about this ridiculous outrage because President Obama wants to do something as crazy as talk to our kids about the importance of education. How DARE he offer words of encouragement for America’s youth?? I mean really, what the F is wrong with our country when something like this is criticized??? This is sickening.
I will tell you one area where Obama has absolutely failed. That is his hope to unite the parties in working together towards common goals. If anything the country is more divided than ever along political boundaries. The right wingers are foaming at the mouth to the point where their anger about losing the election has made them incapable of agreeing with one single statement, idea or hand gesture Obama makes. They actually are pulling for Obama to fail. They discredit any progress he makes and scream from the hilltops various exaggerations, falsehoods and outright lies. If people hear this enough, especially uninformed lemmings, they start to believe anything, even if it is not true. The Bush administration executed this plan to perfection after all.
I’ve heard them call Obama a racist, a facist, a communist and an America hater. You would think that the republicans think the country would have been better served if Obama simply sat on his hands and did nothing. Nothing to help the economy, nothing to address the health care boondoggle we have been mired in for decades, nothing about the collapsing financial and auto industry and nothing to help the millions of Americans that have been cut loose from company payrolls over the last year.
No wonder so many politicians bow down to the status quo, content to sit on the sidelines and see “the system” continue on as it has forever, never addressing the gaping flaws that are evident because they are paid by lobbyists to look the other way. Change is painful and difficult. I wonder if this country of me firsters really has the ability to change in a meaningful way. No one can say Obama is afraid to take on a challenge, he is looking square into the fangs of the beast right now and it isn’t pretty.