The Final Countdown to London: Monday
I know, the title sounds like one of the all time cheesiest songs of the 80's, "It's the final countdown!" To what you hair metal jackasses? Oh, I don't know, and don't care. All I know is that by the end of this week I'll be in London for one more go around. And damn, it can't get here fast enough. I've been so bored out of my mind all weekend long, I don't know how I'm going to stand another day. I'm sure somehow I'll make it through, but it won't be easy.
I still need to run to Target or someplace like that for all the last minute necessities. Never went yesterday because I didn't hear back from Elena until really late last night. I didn't realize that she was working a shift at the restaurant. It was her final shift actually, as she quit last night so she can have more time to work on her paper. She said she felt bad about doing it because they gave her good hours this week so she could work on her paper, but obviously getting this thing done is more important. She said she'll probably not be done with it by the time I get there, but that's OK. She'll be home for good a week after I leave. I don't need her undivided attention for the weekend. She suggested I go sightseeing to the places I wanted to see by myself, but I passed. I did that once already on my birthday, and wandering around London all by your lonesome is not my idea of fun. I told her if need be I'll watch a DVD, read a book or sleep while she types, or I'll help her as I'm not the worst writer in the world.
In other news, in an attempt to entertain myself last night, and to appease Mark who requested that I mail the DVD to him at school, I watched The Butterfly Effect with Ashton Kutcher last night and damn was it stupid. I knew the boy couldn't act, and there was the proof yesterday. The premise was interesting in that he tried to go back into his memories and change things around, and keeps messing it up, but the execution sucked. Plus I watched the Director's Cut, which had a completely different ending, and it was a whole lot worse and more far fetched than the theatrical one. Of course I had to check that out, but I sure as hell wasn't going to watch the movie twice! That's torture. Don't get me wrong, Ashton is funny is most things, like That 70's Show and Dude, Where's My Car, but a serious actor, come on. I read that Cameron Crowe, director of Singles, Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky kicked him off his latest movie and told him to get acting lessons. Ouch.
I have a couple of movies in mind today to keep myself occupied. I need to load this simple software on the computers in my mom's office too, but thats about it. Maybe some Halo on the XBox in preparation for Halo 2 on November 9, which looks like its going to be insane, and I usually don't get excited for video games anymore. But I am this time around.
Alright, so thats enough of my just woke up babble. Have a good labor day people!