Conan the Barbarian

We went to see Conan the Barbarian and the theater in Anderson, as Tuesdays are free popcorn days there. We both enjoyed the movie, though I'm kinda thinking it's not going to hold up so well upon a later home viewing, but we'll see.

E.R.

We ended up going to the E.R. after Treese got off work. So that was fun. I was prepared, though, and had a bag packed and ready to go. It looked different than the last time we were there, as they were apparently remodeling so alternate areas were being used as the waiting room and E.R. At least we didn't have to wait very long, which was cool. I'd say in less than 10 minutes we were brought into the back. We were there for several hours, and I finished off my book Digital Fortress. They released us around 9 or 10pm, so that was nice that we got to go home. Sleeping at home is always more comfortable than the hospital.

Finishing Prey

Finished my audiobook, Prey, while I was out doing some errands. I rather enjoyed it.

A Day in Sacramento

We spent most of the day in Sacramento, first at the courthouse where the adoption went through without a hitch and then everyone headed over to her brother's house for the celebration. There was a lot of delicious food spread out on the table and everyone conversed, and I got to play a game called Dead Nation on the PS3. It kind of reminded me of that old game, Smash TV. I made it past level 8, the Trainyard stage, before it was time to head home.

New Car Battery

I took my car into AutoZone for the free battery check/charge. The guy told me what I had already suspected, my battery was failing. Visually, you could even see it bulging out a little bit. So I bought a new one there since it seemed about the same as buying it at Sears - 3 year free replacement, 8 year warranty pro-rated. He installed it for me right there in the parking lot, which was nice that I didn't have to do it myself. At about 10:30pm we headed out to Sacramento. Her brother's adoption was being finalize tomorrow morning and we wanted to be a part of that joyous celebration. We stayed at a Super 8 and was checked in by a guy who was obviously new. Shortly after we went to bed, he called the room to say he mixed up the paperwork and needed me to come down to the lobby. Lovely....

Exploring the Car Trouble

Had the same kind of car trouble yesterday when I went to head over to the post office, so today I worked on trying to figure out exactly what was wrong with it. I tried starting it up and once again it had a hard time getting going, so after a bunch of research online and trying out my digital multimeter on the battery, I determined that the battery has a very low charge. I tried idling the car for over an hour, but it didn't help very much, so tomorrow I think I'll take it in to get the battery tested.

Car Trouble

I was starting my car to leave on some errands, and was started to find it making a funny clicking sound and not wanting to turn over. I tried a second time, and this time just left the key turned and slowly I started to get the sound where it's trying to turnover, and eventually it did turnover and start. I let it sit for a few minutes, then turned it off and tried again, and it again made the click sound but started up without much trouble, so I went ahead and backed out of the garage and did my errands.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

We went to see the 11:30am showing of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. We both really enjoyed it, and I think it was better than either of us expected.

BBQ

We had some friends over for a BBQ this evening, and once again the flies were out in full force. We really have to do some research on how to keep flies away during a BBQ. They especially seem to like the grilled vegetables seasoned with garlic salt.

Cowboys and Aliens

We went to see Cowboys and Aliens this evening. We both enjoyed it, though admittedly it wasn't all that great of a movie.

Mr. Party

Treese went down to Sacramento to visit with her mom, so I had the house to myself most of the day. Needless to say, I went wild... continuing work on an iPhone app for a client. That's me, Mr. Party!

Art Exhibition

We went to an art exhibition today as a friend of ours had many of her works in the exhibit. It's all abstract stuff, which is not really my cup of tea, but I do like how she combines the colors and textures. A couple a Treese's friends came to the exhibit as well. Afterwards, we went grocery shopping and one of her friends, Lisa, tagged along. We stopped by her new apartment on the way home, as I had never seen it before. It was pretty nice.

No Contacts For Me!

I had an appointment today to get contact lenses. When I went in, the lady said that the fitting was not covered by insurance, and that was like $160 or so, and also that insurance would only cover some of the contacts, because apparently you have to buy boxes of the things and keep throwing them away. Would have been nice had you told me that before! So when the doc came in I said I'd pass. I washed my car when I got home. Later on we watched the premier episode of the new ThunderCats cartoon, and it was awesome! Definitely looking forward to seeing more of this series.

Mr. Creepy

When I arrived home from some errands, I noticed a giant brown hairy spider in the corner under the lip of the door that leads into the garage. The last time I saw a spider that big that wasn't behind glass in some exhibit I was still working at Working Designs, and I saw it in that exact same spot! Back then, I couldn't even bear to walk past it and had to use the front door. I've gotten better since then, and although this one still freaked me out, I was able to walk past it. I then went and got the mail... using the front door, of course, and tried to decide what to do about Mr. Creepy. I didn't really want to kill it, but there was no way I could just leave it there, and I really didn't want to get close enough to capture and release, so I broke out the bug poison and sprayed both the front doorway and the doorway to the garage. Mr. Creepy didn't like that much, and came out of his corner. I kept spraying, and eventually it stopped. I wanted to squish it, but didn't want all that bug juice on my shoe, so got an ad paper out of the recycle bin and tried to throw it over the spider, but the paper missed and went in front. Mr. Creepy was surprised and tried to back up but only made it a step before its legs gave out. I went and got another ad paper, a smaller one, and threw it on the spider, this time getting it. Then I stepped on it...eewwww! I'm fine with snakes and rats and many other bugs, so why am I so freaked out by spiders?