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A quiet day off yesterday while I had my car looked at (inspection due this month). Due to the location of my mechanic, it is a 4 mile mildly hilly bike ride home after dropping it off and then back to pick it up...that was pleasant.
I relaxed around the house most of the day, puttering at nothing in particular and just enjoying the time off. Watched XXX and Hostel and was drastically underimpressed by both. Hostel was a setting looking for a plot and backstory. Better acting would have been a bonus as well. XXX was just basically mediocre and I found Vin Diesel's performance uninspiring.
Re-read King Kelson's Bride. I would enjoy seeing more of Kelson and Araxie rather than Kurtz writing more backstory with Alaric Morgan. Not that I'd buy any of them in hardcover anyway...
Finally found a copy of Grandmaster, a fascinating semi-supernatural thriller from the late 80s. I enjoyed reading it again, not having had a copy since the early 90s. (It was less impressive this time around, but still a good read). Time to try and track down the sequel, which I've never actually seen. Should be interesting. I am again grateful to paperbackswap.com for easy access to some of these out of print books...
Aside from that I...uh...got some laundry done and worked out. Kinda unproductive in general. That is something of the way with days off, though. Oh, right...a few more episodes of Babylon 5 were watched. I'm into the 3rd season now.
End result on the car is that it goes back in for more work Thursday, when I'll have to work from home, I guess. New catalytic converter, on top of the new tires and alignment that needed doing. *sigh* /me watches the bank account dwindle.
I relaxed around the house most of the day, puttering at nothing in particular and just enjoying the time off. Watched XXX and Hostel and was drastically underimpressed by both. Hostel was a setting looking for a plot and backstory. Better acting would have been a bonus as well. XXX was just basically mediocre and I found Vin Diesel's performance uninspiring.
Re-read King Kelson's Bride. I would enjoy seeing more of Kelson and Araxie rather than Kurtz writing more backstory with Alaric Morgan. Not that I'd buy any of them in hardcover anyway...
Finally found a copy of Grandmaster, a fascinating semi-supernatural thriller from the late 80s. I enjoyed reading it again, not having had a copy since the early 90s. (It was less impressive this time around, but still a good read). Time to try and track down the sequel, which I've never actually seen. Should be interesting. I am again grateful to paperbackswap.com for easy access to some of these out of print books...
Aside from that I...uh...got some laundry done and worked out. Kinda unproductive in general. That is something of the way with days off, though. Oh, right...a few more episodes of Babylon 5 were watched. I'm into the 3rd season now.
End result on the car is that it goes back in for more work Thursday, when I'll have to work from home, I guess. New catalytic converter, on top of the new tires and alignment that needed doing. *sigh* /me watches the bank account dwindle.
