Seventh Week
94/100.
I got exercise in 5.5 of the days. I find it easy on the days I’m working at that telephone place: I’m quite eager to take my break, and since I’m sitting around, stuck to the phone the whole time, I really feel like moving and go for a walk. When I’m at home for the whole day, it seems a lot tougher to get a chance, and it’s usually dark outside by the time I get a chance. VRT has become a bit boring, and so I’ve been reading a book about something similar by John E. Peterson (a guy who’s in amazing shape in his mid or late 50s) but boy it seems like more work than what I’ve been doing.
I’ve continued practicing some songs on guitar: Low, and Country Feedback by R.E.M., and a few of my own. I also played a few songs with KK since we were together.
I did some more sorting in my room, tried to fix a broken DVD player and just got a puff of smoke for my efforts (literally!). I beta tested Loadstar issue #249 which was good fun. It had a neat game called “4 Duko” which is just a fun 4×4 Sudoku puzzle. My kids liked it quite a bit too. I ran the church business meeting, and it went a lot smoother than I expected, and I was thankful. I sorted through my C-64 collection of car battling games, comparing it to the list I’ve compiled over the last few years of all known games in the genre. I was then able to go through the long list of games from a fellow in Norway who is selling off his large C-64 software collection, and make intelligent, non-duplicitous choices.
The kids and I kept up the pace on playing Super Luigi Galaxy (81 stars as of today) and watched some more eps of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Also, I took Rianna to the music festival where she once again placed second. Like always. Ask her about it sometime.
I finished reading Exodus and read the first 18 chapters of Leviticus. Nearly done On The Edge (the book about Commodore) now. I think I’m going to keep alternating with fiction and non-fiction, so it’s fiction next. I’m thinking either Flatland or The Postman is next. They keep leering at me from my bookshelf when I walk by.
Carla and I finished watching season one of Battlestar Galactica. Boy, was it good. We need to borrow season two from my good friend Tim shortly. Otherwise, we’ll end up watching Stargate SG-1.
Tim and I went and saw “No Country For Old Men” at the extra-cheap theatre. I really liked it. It took several plot twists that I wasn’t expecting, and being set in 1980 was a bonus. Lots of cool 70s vehicles, including a 1977 Mercury Monarch that I identified immediately. My first vehicle was a ’76 Monarch. The fiery fate of the car was sad, but the car got a lot of screen time and attention, so I was very pleased.
I got quite a bit of work in on some C-64 projects. I helped a bit with the “4 Doku” game for Loadstar, and also helped a friend with a Spy Hunter-like game for the C-64 that will be a pretty big deal if it gets finished. I owe both of them more help, but I’ve been rushing to meet a milestone on the paid game work this week, so that’s had to wait. Today was a good day of work on the game though; things I’d been fighting with for a few days finally worked, and just in time. I’m feeling pretty good about my co-workers too. And I got paid for my first month’s work, plus the bit owing on the previous project.
I’m almost certainly buying myself a new laptop tomorrow; just waiting for the new prices from Dell Friday morning.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Robin,
This comment is actually directed at a blog from three years ago, dated June 30th, 2005 and titled “Vacation Day 4”. In said blog, you assert that you “drove another mile or two to some store that was attempting to cash in on the tourists by calling itself “The Little House Store” or something.”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this statement is both presumptive and misleading. For one thing, “The Little House Store” was established BEFORE the museum in Pepin. The family who owns and runs the store has lived in the region for over sixty years and is actively involved in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Society. Also, just how many tourists do you think visit Pepin to be preyed upon by these ‘con artists’. Ripping on a ma-and-pa operation such as “The Little House Store” is just classless, in my opinion, especially since it seems that you hadn’t done your homework about the store prior to commenting on it.
I just think that with all the Wal-Marts and Targets in the world, you should SUPPORT local, family-owned businesses rather than tearing them down. Thanks for your time.
Jeff
March 14th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
I still think the store is trying to cash in with that name. But who can blame them? Isn’t that what stores do, by definition? Is it a misleading name, or not? I still don’t know. But I don’t think Robin was classless.