While Admiring the Green Rolling Hills
The hills are so green. They are a sight I could admire for hours, maybe even for days. I often wish they would stay green throughout the year. I imagine it won't be long before they are brown once more.
Okay, I just spent half of my train ride (a.k.a. writing time) staring at the hills, when what I meant to do was recount some of the highlights of this three-day weekend.
This weekend, I
> finished The Historian. Because of this lengthy book, I fell off of my book-a-week pace, but it was worth it. The story involved many train rides across Europe and visits to old monasteries and libraries. It was an enjoyable piece of historical fiction that blended the Dracula of history (Vlad Tepes III or Vlad the Impaler) with the Dracula of myth (Stoker's vampire). I am a sucker for books with maps, so I was hooked once I spied the map of Cold War Europe on the inside cover.
> beheld, but did not hold a twenty-six-hour-old baby. As babies go, she is tiny and extremely cute. Of course, now that she's four times as old as when I first saw her, I wonder how much she's grown. While she appeared alert and observant in between her naps, I doubt she remembers who I am. Such is my life.
> watched the pilot of MacGyver on DVD. When it premiered on television, back in 1985, I thought it was one of the coolest shows on the air. Twenty-one years later, it seems a little more corny than cool, but I got a good laugh from watching it. If one were to watch it with a critical eye, one could point out many flaws, but that would ruin the fun of the show.
Random bit of trivia: The baby and MacGyver were both born on March 23rd.
Another random bit of trivia: Her parents did not name her Angus. How corny cool would that have been if they had?
> ran three miles. This is only significant because I have been extremely bad about running. It had been quite a while since I last run three miles and my legs are feeling it today. All it means is that I need to do it more often and regain some of that lost endurance.
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Book a week!??! You too? I am ever so slightly behind schedule, but I'll catch up.
I'm trying. I've been relatively good so far. If I look at it as a book a week, it seems much more manageable than 52 in 52. :)
ooh, u finished the Historian. =)
it's not bad heh, only i thought it petered out a little towards the end.
It did seem to run out of steam as it got towards the end, but overall, I still liked it.