Kibble

Randomness from the past few days . . . .

- We saw The King's Speech Sunday evening and agreed that it was a fantastic movie. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham-Carter deserve their Oscar nods.

- I took the plunge and registered with foursquare. Admittedly, it wasn't my first choice. I liked the look of the badges and the non-competitiveness of Gowalla, but their customer support leaves much to be desired. Last Wednesday, I emailed a question about app permissions and replied back to their response, but have not heard a peep from them since. I'm giving foursquare a one-week trial to see if it's worthwhile.

- As for my writing, the stories continually float around in my head. And they're good ones, too, if I do say so myself. My problem is committing them to paper. If I don't have some sort of goal for them, I doubt that they will ever get written. So I created a deadline for the 3rd draft of the story I'm currently working on: the end of day on February 6. Granted, this is a story I wrote just after graduation, and it really needs some severe plastic surgery.

- I finished 3 books over the weekend. That must be some kind of record for me. Vita Nuova from Dante (he of The Divine Comedy fame), The Eagle Has Reanimated by Tony Schaab, and Autumn: The City by David Moody. And, thanks to Mr. Schaab, I found a book of "family"-oriented zombie tales so yet another book is on its way to add to my growing collection.

- The Oscar nominations: meh. I think I'm quickly getting over these damned award shows.

- Thanks to gift cards and discount cards, we spent $8 for a $36 meal at Claim Jumper last night.