Sunday, August 25, 2002
This is neither an appealing nor engaging way to open a post:
"I am sweating profusely."
Nevertheless, it's the sad, uncomfortable, and unattractive truth. I'm sweating a river, and not just your average, backwater stream: No, I'm sweating the Mississippi, the Nile, the Danube. I'm sweating the Panama Canal.
Hell, I'm sweating the Pacific Ocean, all 155.557 million square kilometres of it (I looked it up).
It's hot out. More to the point, it's hot and humid. And I've been stressing around waaay too much. I'm knackered. Knackered in sweat, that is. Yum.
All right, enough with the grossness.
It's early Sunday evening, and I'd actually planned on doing something other than sit at home, but seeing as I'm knackered and all, I think I'll just stay in. The new Austin Powers movie has finally opened here, and I briefly considered seeing it tonight, but it'll just have to wait until later this week. I'm not particularly excited about the movie. I was slightly disappointed by both the first and the second one. I laughed, had a good time, but walked out feeling somewhat let down. It's as though the premise promises more than what it actually delivers. And Austin Powers himself isn't really all that funny. For me, the show belongs to Dr. Evil. In fact, the trailers are always very amusing, but they often reveal all the good bits. Still - I'll see number three, laugh a bit, and probably walk out of the theatre with a shrug, and say "well, that was disappointing". Trust me to be predictable.
My sister left for Israel again yesterday. It's always sad saying goodbye to family, especially when you see them only once a year. With the situation Israel is in, you never know what's going to happen, and that's scary. Still, it was really nice seeing her and the kids again, and I hope to be able to take a trip to Israel real soon to visit them. I'll wait for things to settle down a bit first, however, and for both sides in the conflict to take a step back and start talking. I'm not anywhere as brave as my sister and her family. I really don't want to get blown up.
Oh, and I actually got a parking space today, although it took me about an hour, and two intermediate parking spaces, before securing this one:
The blue thingy next to the red car is mine. And apologies for the poor quality of the picture, but I'm only using a crappy webcam.
Sunday proceeds, and I'll return...later.
"I am sweating profusely."
Nevertheless, it's the sad, uncomfortable, and unattractive truth. I'm sweating a river, and not just your average, backwater stream: No, I'm sweating the Mississippi, the Nile, the Danube. I'm sweating the Panama Canal.
Hell, I'm sweating the Pacific Ocean, all 155.557 million square kilometres of it (I looked it up).
It's hot out. More to the point, it's hot and humid. And I've been stressing around waaay too much. I'm knackered. Knackered in sweat, that is. Yum.
All right, enough with the grossness.
It's early Sunday evening, and I'd actually planned on doing something other than sit at home, but seeing as I'm knackered and all, I think I'll just stay in. The new Austin Powers movie has finally opened here, and I briefly considered seeing it tonight, but it'll just have to wait until later this week. I'm not particularly excited about the movie. I was slightly disappointed by both the first and the second one. I laughed, had a good time, but walked out feeling somewhat let down. It's as though the premise promises more than what it actually delivers. And Austin Powers himself isn't really all that funny. For me, the show belongs to Dr. Evil. In fact, the trailers are always very amusing, but they often reveal all the good bits. Still - I'll see number three, laugh a bit, and probably walk out of the theatre with a shrug, and say "well, that was disappointing". Trust me to be predictable.
My sister left for Israel again yesterday. It's always sad saying goodbye to family, especially when you see them only once a year. With the situation Israel is in, you never know what's going to happen, and that's scary. Still, it was really nice seeing her and the kids again, and I hope to be able to take a trip to Israel real soon to visit them. I'll wait for things to settle down a bit first, however, and for both sides in the conflict to take a step back and start talking. I'm not anywhere as brave as my sister and her family. I really don't want to get blown up.
Oh, and I actually got a parking space today, although it took me about an hour, and two intermediate parking spaces, before securing this one:
The blue thingy next to the red car is mine. And apologies for the poor quality of the picture, but I'm only using a crappy webcam.
Sunday proceeds, and I'll return...later.
