Three day weekends are never

Three day weekends are never long enough.
Saturday was low-key, just me hanging around staying off my feet and drinking lots of water in preparation for the Half. Sunday was full of running, cheering for running, taking pictures of running, and recovering from running. I’m basically not sore at all today, so I’d say I’m recouperating well! I may even go for a run tonight, after class. Yesterday was another low-key day since, as previously mentioned, I didn’t even get up until almost noon. Ahhh.
Yep, classes at UHCL start today, and this semester I’ll be in web design (Dreamweaver, mainly) from 4-7 on Tuesdays. After feeling a bit bummed about taking a class in something I already know a decent amount about, I’ve perked up after realizing over the weekend (while messing around with Chris’s page) that there are still quite a few things about Dreamweaver of which I don’t take advantage. So I’m hopeful.
Yesterday I finally saw a winter movie not called Narnia — Munich. I mentioned this to Carter yesterday and he immediately responded with “oh, it’s good. But it gave me nightmares. It’s like Saving Private Ryan, but on the streets of Europe.” Hmm. I didn’t quite know what to think about that, but away I went to the movies.
Munich is one intense movie. It is good. I’d almost say very good. Gut-wrenching in parts. It is well written, and well filmed, and well acted. Despite it’s 2 hours and 40 minute run time (which I did not know about in advance), I never got bored with the story. It was more graphic than I expected, but then, I suppose the subject matter is not exactly cotton candy fluff. The meat of the movie focused more on how Eric Bana’s character and group of assassins went about accomplishing their grim task, but as they proceeded to kill off more and more of the terrorists on their list, the focus began to shift toward how the characters felt about what they were doing. And that’s what was more interesting to me — to see how each reacted in a different way. I also found it interesting that Spielberg chose to end the movie with a shot of the New York skyline, with World Trade Center prominently featured. (After all, the movie takes place in the early 70s.)
Anyway, it’s good. I recommend it. Just be prepared.
It’s a neat week for NASA. Stardust landed successfully over the weekend, and I’m currently waiting to (hopefully) see the Pluto mission launch (if the winds die down). We’re sending a spacecraft to Pluto. I mean, Pluto! Seriously! How cool.