Costs of cars adds up
I washed both cars this weekend.
Two of them.
But really, I wanted to detail them. Wash, clean, wax, shine. Both of them. But I have no inclination of doing a full detail, because the time spent is best used for sitting around the house and watching television.
In reality, owning two cars sucks. Owning one is terrible, but two is triply terrible. You have two too many things to worry about.
How are the tires on the car? How are the tires for both? Do they need to be replaced? What kind and how much?
How does the engine run? Is it service time already? What’s that squeaking when I brake? Why is the engine idling rough? What and how much?
It is a pain. On my wallet. On my time. On my peace of mind.
Happy 4th!
Independence Day! No more kings!
Except with the way we’re being ruled it feels as if a king would be much better. Fools all over the place.
No more kings!
Makes you go hmm. Take 23498
Why is it that the only vampire novels I have read are translated from Russian or Swedish? I hate vampires and vampire tales, so why did I/am I reading translated works of vampire lore? And is there a Japanese vampire novel that I should read?
Expelliarmus!
The trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been posted at Yahoo. You can find it better somewhere else, but boy, oh boy am I psyched!
I wonder how much the movie is going to hew closely to the book? Hopefully, not as disappointing as the last movie. Considering it’s two parts, maybe, just maybe it will be very close to the book. Nothing left out. Everything from leaving the Durseleys to taking the kids to the station. Well, hopefully not that part, but I want it all.
Link of the Day [6.26.10]
I was confused about what the “multi-tasking” in the iPhone OS was all about. Are these apps terminated? Are they suspended? If they don’t ever terminate, how do you truly quit the app? The hold “home-power” quit?
Here’s a link, via Daring Fireball, that covers some of the basics of this new feature. Now I understand.
Knight and Day
It’s 1 AM and here I am writing up my thoughts on Knight and Day. This way, when you read my review/thoughts, it’ll keep you away from a very muddled flick. Unless, of course, you like messes.
The commercials don’t convey how messed up this movie is. It looks like a fun ride with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, except it was a movie saddled with a random script and little chemistry between the two protagonists. I was hoping for a fun ride, but got sick as the movie winded its way to its happy ending.
I thought the film was written and produced by Tom Cruise, because of his prominent mugging in the camera. I wanted to see that though. I wanted the jumping on Oprah’s couch Tom Cruise promised by the trailers. I got it but in too high a volume. But he was certainly the best thing going in the movie. “With me. Without me.” Hee hee.
Cameron Diaz has the Cameron Diaz problem: beautiful in one light, ugly in another. She was ugly for most of the time in this one.
There were some good parts — kicking the waiter, a dangling Tom Cruise, but they were parts of the muddled mess.
I think you may want to watch it, but don’t forget I told you its a head scratcher.
2 of 5 stars.