Wednesday
Woke up for sausage and eggs and an episode of The Unit. Now that I’ve watched all the online episodes of Flashpoint (all three of them), it was time to find a new show. Wish I would have jumped on the show from the beginning. Now I have to find them on DVD. I’m sure they are in stock at the local Virgin Record Store, but it’s usually much, much cheaper to buy things from Amazon.com. Just no instant gratification. Oh, well. It’s only TV, right? Our local library doesn’t carry it (the San Francisco Public Library DVD’s we have checked out have been severely scratched. People in this town are animals with no respect for public property). I could go on about the local library or how the Johnson County Library in Kansas is the best library system I have ever used and the San Francisco Public Library doesn’t even compare, but why bore myself with griping? They have books in decent shape that they lend for free, so it’s not all bad.
Went to the Farmer’s Market for fruit and vegetables. Found lots of really good stuff. The berries and peaches are losing their flavor, so it may be time to start skipping these items for more seasonal fares.
Ate lunch and watched another episode of The Unit. To bad there are only three online. One to go.
Read a big chunk of Kabuki, vol. 1: Circle of Blood by David Mack. Great series about near-future Japan and the relationships between organized crime and the government agents that combat it. Then I took a short nap. Woke up in time to go with Elli to the Westfield Mall and engage in some shoe shopping. We visited The Walking Company and Nordstroms. She bought some Keens. Elli is very frugal, whereas I will throw money in the air to watch it dance in the wind. So I was happy she finally found some shoes. (This isn’t the first shoe finding trip, at all…). I stopped at the AT&T booth to see about replacing my Razor phone that only has 20 minutes of talk time before the battery dies. I would love the iPhone, but they have some kinks to work out, and I think the phone plans are to expensive. We pay way to much for way to many minutes that we can’t even use. I would like AT&T to offer a lower plan, but we all know that won’t happen. They are happy to charge me a lot to not talk on their network. Makes more room for all the iPhoners out there. We had to renew our expired plan, but we got two new phones, red for me, green for her. Only $40 after mail in rebate. How about we dispense with the stupid mail in rebate and just charge me $40.00? Wouldn’t that be money saving for everyone? No need to hire people to actually process the rebate? No need to pay for postage, or someone to cut a check. Free business advice that will go unheard. AT&T (and all the others) are banking on the fact that a lot of people won’t actually take the time to fill out the forms, make all the necessary copies, wait for the required time before sending the paperwork in, etc. Shame on AT&T and all the other rebaters…
Mary and Anne Boleyn
Came home to watch The Other Boleyn Girl. Elli had recently finished reading the book and wanted to see the movie. It was confusing for me. Broad jumps in plots, dudes that looked like other dudes so as to create confusion… Elli provided commentary and filled in the big holes, and explained all the parts they mixed up. We both think the movie makers tore each chapter out of the book, put them all in a big hat and then drew them out either to use in that order, or to throw away completely. Go Hollywood. But it had Padme from Star Wars. Oh, wait. She’s Natalie Portman, not Padme.
Played Elli in some midnight Tetris battles. She’s way to good for me, especially when I’m tired. Tomorrow it’s Costco time (we never went today like we planned).
