The weekend recap...

Friday: Went to see Dirty Dancing Havana Nights. It was suitably stupid. And the movie theatre was populated by every teeny bopper in Clear Lake (seriously, there must have been 50 of them in the front rows). I may be getting old, but the continuous hum of conversation, the t-boppers getting up and down the whole movie to socialize, and the buzzed cell phone conversations were really annoying while trying to pay attention to a movie. Was I that rude? Was I dressed that scantily (it was 40 degrees and they were wearing tank tops!)? I don't think so (though I do remember singing and dancing before the previews in a movie theatre once -- but never talked or used a cell phone DURING a movie!) But I think I am going to start avoiding this theatre on weekend nights. It was annoying!

Saturday: Slept in. Walked both dogs. Did chores. Saw two serious movies at the artsy theatre place in downtown. Touching the Void (read Sarah's entry today for more details) and Fog of War (which won the best documentary Oscar last night). They were both good. Of course, 2 hours of Robert McNamara talking about himself is a bit much to handle past my bed time (which is a terribly early 10 p.m.).

Sunday: Slept in AGAIN. Read. Watched TV. Went running. Walked one of the dogs. Took the other dog to PetCo where he pee-ed on things (you can guess which dog did that). Hosted the traditional frozen drinks & oscars night (because frozen drinks help you make it through all those silly speeches). Watched LoTR take home 11 out of 11 Oscars in a clean sweep. I also enjoyed watching Michael Moore making fun of himself in the opening sketch. Oh, and jokes such as "Now that everyone in New Zealand has been thanked..." and "First, I want to express my gratitude that Lord of the Rings wasn't eligible for an Oscar in this category..."

Today I got to spend the morning in a sim. It rocked - mostly because I was both away from my desk and learning something new (even if the processor I was learning isn't really all that useful). The coolest part of this position seems to be all the external stuff (talking to the FAA, State Department, Military, airport landing support, etc.) and they only do that during the real mission, I guess I'll just have to look forward to return to flight...

My computer monitor is about to blow up. Its getting weirder and weirder every day.