Oh, no, another one turns 40.

I should start with the dull stuff, complaining about A Simple Plan, the movie with Bill Paxton (the one who was the big brother in Weird Science and in Aliens — not Bill Pullman who was in Dangerous People and Independence Day), Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. It was slow, the people were dumb, and the losers were on a downward slope to becoming even bigger losers. In my dull life as a loser, I don’t want to see a dull movie about losers.

In any case, yesterday I stayed out way too late yammering in the ear of my friend Craig, who turned 40. He got real gifts from his real friends (who showed up to see him and hear the Ditty Twisters) but I gave him toys. And porn. A Nerf blow gun, a fake cell phone (since he hates cell phones), a toy pirate, and silly string. And porn. Poor guy had to listen to me babble since I don’t get out enough.

Today I was supposed to help my friend John move a band saw. He called me on Monday to tell me he needed help, and the loser forgot to call today. Somehow he moved it on his own.

OK, so do I feel sick, or do I just think I feel sick?

I got a call from my doctor telling me I have to come in on Monday. Something about an elevated white cell count. If all goes well, it means I get to go in to find out I have a cold. And vigorous exercise is supposed to cause it as well.

I fell asleep in the middle of the day, and I’ve been feeling a little run-down. I’m guessing I not only have a bit of a cold, but my Sunday run may have been a bit too “vigorous.”

OK, so I’m probably just a wimp.

I just saw the movie Ringu. It was creepy, but I have a hard time with movies any more. At first, all I could think was, “Why is that house so big?” Then all I could think was, “If watching a videotape was going to kill me in a week, would I watch it?” Well, maybe if it was porn, or if I was drunk.

The other thing I don’t get is that the movie is called, Ringu. I know it’s Japanese, but in Japan, it’s called which is a transliteration of “Ring.” So shouldn’t it go from Ring to back to Ring? I thought the same thing of Audition which was advertised as Audishon.

I keep thinking of a line from the movie Dead Man, “Stupid ****ing white man.”

In any case, the movie was worth watching.

Another productive day.

So, my sister thinks her silly knitting blog isn’t getting many hits. I have to say, knitters are really into blogging and reading each other’s blogs. Today, for example, she got 134 hits. Instead of looking for jobs I installed web counters all over. In comparison, my web sites had somewhere from 2-5 hits today.

I did get a hair cut, which meant I did leave the house.

Man, I really didn’t do anything today, did I? I haven’t been doing much of anything.

Yay, my ma didn’t have to get a scope down her throat.

We went to see the pulmonologist today for my ma’s cough. From what her primary physician said, they were going to shove a scope down her throat. Lucky for her, we just had to talk to him, and instead of getting the weird scope thingy, she’s just getting a CAT scan. And she’s feeling better already. Yay.

But I’m still feeling kinda puny. I tried to read more of an XML book I checked out from the library (Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days) and I fell asleep. I was actually in a car, and I didn’t even wake up for a stop that was made at the Hillsdale Bakery. It didn’t stop me from my usual Tuesday run. Funny thing is, I saw a lot of the people I usually see in the morning. Seems like everyone was late running today.

So, this Last Samurai looks incredibly stupid? Not only is Tom Cruise pretending — once again — to be straight, but he’s supposed to be a samurai? A white guy? Give me a frigging break.

Happy December

I can speak about my lack of success in my job hunt, but how interesting is that? Checking the newspaper, web sites, calling friends, calling recruiters, etc., etc. Nothing.

However, I did get a bunch of Hellboy graphic novels from the Multnomah County Library. I got them after someone on the ‘net mentioned the movie trailer. The trailer looked good and so I thought I’d ruin the movie by reading the books first. So far, so good, though, the books look good, the trailer looks good, and all I can do is hope that the movie lives up to them.