It doesn’t seem like much is being marked off my Spring Break to do list, does it? Only one thing has been marked off so far.
I have been making progress though. For one, I have been relaxing, but I certainly don’t want to mark that off this early. I’ve been reading To the Lighthouse. I’ve tossed out some stuff and straightened up some other things. Done a couple loads of laundry. And I trimmed my Bloglines kept alive items down to almost 4000. Don’t laugh! That means I removed almost 1500 posts so far. I got in a bad habit with that little check box and I’m trying to mend my ways. But, you know, those posts that are so important to me might just be yours.
Friday night I went and rented 3 movies and then tried to stop and get a nice dinner and a Guinness or two in honor of the holiday. Unfortunately, there were a ton of posers out only because it was a holiday and I couldn’t get a seat. Assed up I was, let me tell you. I thought about heading to Champaign, but realized all the bars there would have the same problem.
I watched the following movies, one each day:
- Kung Fu Hustle (Hong Kong)
- Look at Me (French)
- Želary (Czech)
Kung Fu Hustle was a goofball comedy. Look at Me was pretty good, but Želary was my favorite of the three. It is a love story, of sorts, set in WWII Czechoslovakia.
A deep and lasting love does not always fit our pictures and indeed can arise from the most unlikely circumstances. In Zelary, a Czech film by Ondrej Trojan, an abiding romance between a rugged sawmill worker and a sophisticated medical student emerges from the conflict in Czechoslovakia during World War II. Based on the autobiographical novel Jozova Hanule by Kveta Legatova, Zelary is about a young medical student who is forced to live in a remote mountain village in order to escape the Gestapo. It is a film that poignantly depicts the upheaval of war and how people had to call upon their hidden resources simply to survive. From imdb.com
I’ve done a few other minor things, like grocery shopping and read the Sunday paper. I’ve also added a few things to the paper copy of my to do list. <sigh>
My chest is a lot better. It is mostly a dull ache, except when I cough. And that is thankfully clearing up, although my nose isn’t. I’ve been taking it physically easier than I might have (thus, little active cleaning) if it weren’t for this costochondritis. I’m trying not to give it any reason to act up. The doctor said the pain levels could come and go, but we’ll hope it just goes, won’t we?
Well, this is boring even me now. So maybe I should just stop.