tree'd by a coyote
Jan. 14th, 2007 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thezMeghan and I went hiking TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW because we are AWESOME. Honestly, maintaining any sort of exercise routine is a big deal for me.
We did not get very far because there were allegedly coyotes at the other end of the trail. It seemed a good excuse to go back early, for as I pointed out, the coyotes were probably in better shape than us. And we were very worn out.
Week one: dead end at the top of a mountain.
Week two: coyotes.
If we're waylaid by bandits next weekend, I'm just going to take it as a sign that we should not be hiking (or at the very least, we should not be hiking at T-bird park).
Since Lesley was at home with a fever, we held off on "Curse of the Golden Flower" and saw "Children of Men" instead. I find I'm strangely drawn to Clive Owen. The movie itself was enjoyable, but I was a bit surprised when I came home to find out there was "Oscar buzz" for it. I'm just not sure it was that good. Of course, maybe I've just read too many dystopian future sci-fi books and so nothing really jumped out at me. I can imagine it having a greater emotional impact on, say, someone who hasn't read 1984 and Brave New World (and especially Childhood's End, though that's sort of a different story) over and over again.
Still a movie worth watching, I think. In fact, the greatest endorsement I can give this movie is that the TRL-reject teens sitting behind us stood up and proclaimed "That sucked!" when it was over.
We did not get very far because there were allegedly coyotes at the other end of the trail. It seemed a good excuse to go back early, for as I pointed out, the coyotes were probably in better shape than us. And we were very worn out.
Week one: dead end at the top of a mountain.
Week two: coyotes.
If we're waylaid by bandits next weekend, I'm just going to take it as a sign that we should not be hiking (or at the very least, we should not be hiking at T-bird park).
Since Lesley was at home with a fever, we held off on "Curse of the Golden Flower" and saw "Children of Men" instead. I find I'm strangely drawn to Clive Owen. The movie itself was enjoyable, but I was a bit surprised when I came home to find out there was "Oscar buzz" for it. I'm just not sure it was that good. Of course, maybe I've just read too many dystopian future sci-fi books and so nothing really jumped out at me. I can imagine it having a greater emotional impact on, say, someone who hasn't read 1984 and Brave New World (and especially Childhood's End, though that's sort of a different story) over and over again.
Still a movie worth watching, I think. In fact, the greatest endorsement I can give this movie is that the TRL-reject teens sitting behind us stood up and proclaimed "That sucked!" when it was over.