7 things

51. The Depahted. A great movie, probably the best I've seen in a long time. Some people I know say they didn't like it because it didn't live up to the hype. I suppose I'm not sure it should have won best picture (at least I think it won best picture), but it was a very solid story with great acting. There were some things I didn't like, though. The dependance upon and widespread use of cell phones in the movie was lame. I didn't like the fade-out scene at the very end of the movie either, where the rat walks across the railing. Very cheesy. I guess I didn't really care for the sexual dialogue at various parts of the movie. They didn't really advance the story or add depth to characters and was rather pointless. Still, the best movie I saw this year, although I don't see a lot of movies.

52. Injuries. I hope that the end of my ultimate career isn't decided upon by an injury. I've been fairly lucky to have had no major injuries thus far in my playing days. I can't imagine how disappointed I would be to have a season ending injury take place. It sounds like Becky broke his wrist and might not be playing this spring. Well, I hope it heals fast and you're able to play with your college team. But, there are much worse things in life than not being able to play ultimate. If it happened to me, I'd be bummed for a week or so, but I'm sure I'd find something else to do.

53. Comments. I haven't been able to comment on people's blogs recently. I try to sign in, but they have the new blogger/old blogger thing and I either get my email address wrong or my password wrong or I'm just an idiot, but I can't sign in to comment on other peoples' sites. In the past I've wanted to comment on Mike's and Becky's but haven't been able to and Lou's a couple of times, but oh well. Lou, I've enjoyed your last couple of blogs. I'm interested in reading your future topical blogs upon various Minneapolis characters.

54. I have a desire to play a lot of Settlers of Catan right now. It is a nerd board game; one of those that takes about an hour or two to play. Basically, you randomly set up a board made of hexagons which have a resource on them (brick, wood, sheep, wheat, or stone). Each hexagon also has a number on it. Players place settlements upon the tri-intersections of the hexagons. On each turn, dice are rolled. If a hexagon that a player is touching has the corresponding number from the roll of the dice, then that player gets a resource card. Players use resource cards to purchase road, extra settlements, upgrades to cities, etc. Very nerdy. But fun. A couple of years ago, me and three others played this game about 4 or 5 night a week for a summer.

55. I came to the conclusion the other day at work that the Rolling Stones are the greatest example of a rock band that there can be. Their music defines what rock and roll is. I guess I don't care for all of their music personally, but I do feel like they are the quintessential rock band. Mix in the great guitar riffs, the lyrics, the sexuality, the drug use, the tours, the fans, and a little bit of Can't You Hear Me Knockin' and you've got the history of rock and roll.

56. Hmm. I had a list of ten things I was going to blog about, but on the flip side of the sheet of paper, I had a list of people to invite to the wedding and Lana nabbed the sheet. Now I don't know what I was going to blog about. Reading over what I've now written, I'm not too impressed, either.

57. I may be buying two pairs of cleats, both off of ebay. Probably a stupid thing to do, but I want some Nike Mercurials again. My orange shoes were my favorite, and now I want both a black pair I found and a white pair. Maybe I won't end up buying either.

That's enough.

Later.