We saw the Diving Bell and the Butterfly over the weekend. For dinner on date night we ate at a Thai restaurant, but because we recently got a new computer and a few other things, we're trying to be somewhat frugal about how we do things, especially with a few up coming expenses this summer that have yet to be taken care of.
I was looking forward to the Transformer's movie, but I don't think I'm going to see it. Its the same reason I didn't see the Star Wars clone movie last year. Well, kind of. See for the Star Wars movie it was "Hutt Baby" and the assorted descriptions of it that made me realize it would be worse than phantom menace. For Transformers that would be "Robot Testacles".....I don't think I need to see a movie with Robot Testacles in it.
Jennifer and I are on a major health kick, but hers is a lot more effective than mine at the moment. I might need to do a bit less exercise and a bit more dieting. We'll see how things go tomorrow. I've been doing a lot of reading lately, which has been nice.
Last Sunday we spent father's day with Skip, Mom, Grandma and Julie. It was fun. We ate at the 'thumb's up' cafe. Then we hung out and talked for a lot after that. Later, I called Dad and Jennifer talked to her father and step father.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Progress Marches On
We had a relaxing weekend at home. We burned through four netflix disks, including Lost Season 4, Madmen, Gone Baby Gone and Connections 2. They were all quite good. We also got a lot of house work done; cleaning up, washing dishes, washing clothes, clearing the yard etc.
For date night, we ate dinner at Boca de Beppo (quite good) and watched The Hangover. We had originally wanted to see a new movie that's come out called Moon, which is a sci fi movie that has gotten great reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but it only came out for a very limited release and appearantly we got the location wrong. Que sera sera etc etc etc. We'll find it somewhere else I guess.
Right now, we're both using this rather awesome site called Livestrong.com. It is basically a way to record your weight and food consumption. Here's a look at my most recent chart:
As you can see, I am not going to be able to make my goal of losing 30 pounds by the end of the year, but at a steady rate of 2 pounds every 10 days, I should be somewhere where I want to be early next year. The wonderful thing about this is that it helps me track what might be just anomolies in weight gain vs something that is more of an alarming trend. Of course, the down side is that you have to enter all that you're eating into the site, but I find it to be worth it.
For date night, we ate dinner at Boca de Beppo (quite good) and watched The Hangover. We had originally wanted to see a new movie that's come out called Moon, which is a sci fi movie that has gotten great reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but it only came out for a very limited release and appearantly we got the location wrong. Que sera sera etc etc etc. We'll find it somewhere else I guess.
Right now, we're both using this rather awesome site called Livestrong.com. It is basically a way to record your weight and food consumption. Here's a look at my most recent chart:
As you can see, I am not going to be able to make my goal of losing 30 pounds by the end of the year, but at a steady rate of 2 pounds every 10 days, I should be somewhere where I want to be early next year. The wonderful thing about this is that it helps me track what might be just anomolies in weight gain vs something that is more of an alarming trend. Of course, the down side is that you have to enter all that you're eating into the site, but I find it to be worth it.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
No News is Good News
Quiet week.
I went to Augusta on Sunday to help Grandma. We had a rather heavy weekend planned, but had to change it at the last minute. We're planning most of what we planned to do this weekend for late July (perhaps).
We both got some work done around the house, watched more Madmen and Tom Baker Dr. Who and a bit of Burn Notice. Jennifer is doing Belly Dancing lessons, which she likes A LOT, and doing a lot of crocheting.
I've got a lot of side projects going, including working with actors on my podcast, helping as project coordinator on someone else's movie for Project Management experience, and trying to arrange for freelance writers to write for the role playing game side of things. I am also reading more of the Jim Butcher books and recently finished the Kim Harrison book mom leant me.
I went to Augusta on Sunday to help Grandma. We had a rather heavy weekend planned, but had to change it at the last minute. We're planning most of what we planned to do this weekend for late July (perhaps).
We both got some work done around the house, watched more Madmen and Tom Baker Dr. Who and a bit of Burn Notice. Jennifer is doing Belly Dancing lessons, which she likes A LOT, and doing a lot of crocheting.
I've got a lot of side projects going, including working with actors on my podcast, helping as project coordinator on someone else's movie for Project Management experience, and trying to arrange for freelance writers to write for the role playing game side of things. I am also reading more of the Jim Butcher books and recently finished the Kim Harrison book mom leant me.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Interesting and Chaotic Times
Well, this week has been interesting. I'll start with the most interesting stuff and go from there.
This Saturday we went to the AVP Atlanta Open Vollyball tournament. It was pretty cool. Basically they were set up by the highway near an old abandoned steel mill called Atlantic Station. They had three different volliball set ups, two small qualifiers and a 'winner's circle.' We spent most of our time watching the winner's circle. It was a pretty good deal, since we got a block of time from 10:00 to 5:30. We got there at 11:00 and were there for most of that. The players were very very good both on the men's and women's side. There was, however, more spiking on the men's side primarily due to height advantages. We got to see the Olympic gold medalists play which was also interesting.
Friday night we went to go see UP which we quite enjoyed. Saturday night after volliball we rushed home, got changed and then went to see The Tempest at the Shakespear Tavern. It was also quite good and whoever they have as the new creative director is really putting a change on things. They're appearantly having some financial difficulties which is a bit sad though.
Sunday we did all manner of house hold chores, trying to get the place a bit more spic and span. The back yard has become a bit of a jungle and Jennifer is working to slowly clear it. We watched a bit of Lost (which we like) and Doctor Who (the old ones with Tom Baker.) I have also recently started reading White Witch, Black Curse, which mom leant me.
Monday night we watched Ali on Netflix. It is quite good. Jennifer made an awesome salad and sandwich dinner which was quite welcome after the...interesting...day I'd had.
Picking up things a bit in the movie area. I'm trying to build Project Management experience for the PMP, so I've agreed to act as Project Coordinator for Interstate Films for a film and more if it works out well. It doesn't pay, but they're quite ambitious and it looks like it will be interesting. I'm also working with Mom to help potentially do some screen writing for a project she's working with called the Sentinel Chronicles.
Jennifer has recently started taking Belly Dancing lessons every Tuesday night and she absolutely loves it!
This Saturday we went to the AVP Atlanta Open Vollyball tournament. It was pretty cool. Basically they were set up by the highway near an old abandoned steel mill called Atlantic Station. They had three different volliball set ups, two small qualifiers and a 'winner's circle.' We spent most of our time watching the winner's circle. It was a pretty good deal, since we got a block of time from 10:00 to 5:30. We got there at 11:00 and were there for most of that. The players were very very good both on the men's and women's side. There was, however, more spiking on the men's side primarily due to height advantages. We got to see the Olympic gold medalists play which was also interesting.
Friday night we went to go see UP which we quite enjoyed. Saturday night after volliball we rushed home, got changed and then went to see The Tempest at the Shakespear Tavern. It was also quite good and whoever they have as the new creative director is really putting a change on things. They're appearantly having some financial difficulties which is a bit sad though.
Sunday we did all manner of house hold chores, trying to get the place a bit more spic and span. The back yard has become a bit of a jungle and Jennifer is working to slowly clear it. We watched a bit of Lost (which we like) and Doctor Who (the old ones with Tom Baker.) I have also recently started reading White Witch, Black Curse, which mom leant me.
Monday night we watched Ali on Netflix. It is quite good. Jennifer made an awesome salad and sandwich dinner which was quite welcome after the...interesting...day I'd had.
Picking up things a bit in the movie area. I'm trying to build Project Management experience for the PMP, so I've agreed to act as Project Coordinator for Interstate Films for a film and more if it works out well. It doesn't pay, but they're quite ambitious and it looks like it will be interesting. I'm also working with Mom to help potentially do some screen writing for a project she's working with called the Sentinel Chronicles.
Jennifer has recently started taking Belly Dancing lessons every Tuesday night and she absolutely loves it!
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