Bearshorty's musings

Today was my day for finishing movies that have been on my shelf/floor for a while and that I really need to give back to Bear. I think I had his copy of X-Men 2 since last year. I do love that movie and it is always good no matter how many times I watch it. I just wanted to watch it again since last year because I realized Peter Wingfield was in it. It was also interesting to watch keeping the context of X-Men: First Class in mind. I also watched the part of the third Pirates movie that I missed by falling asleep a few weeks ago – I slept through all of climactic action sequences apparently.

Bear came over in late afternoon and he took me rollerblading. I need to go more; my body was tired too soon. I wish I could just go and not rely on other people to take me to that beach road. Still, it was fun. Then we came home and I cooked mashed potatoes and zucchini/pepper/onion stir fry for dinner. There was already chicken in the fridge. Bear’s Mom sent over brownies so that was our desert. When I’m in the house by myself I don’t really want to do much but I like cooking for other people and I’m always more productive like in washing dishes or chores if there is someone else to care for.

The reason Bear came over today specifically was because of fireworks and concert our borough president sponsors every summer. We drove over to the park, found parking 15 minutes away – which is pretty good since it gets really crowded and had a really nice evening. We decided to watch the fireworks from the beach this time, not the lawn, and it was better. The fireworks were clearer and there were fewer people around but we could still hear the music from the concert. It was Bee-Gees covers this year, which was entertaining. We had ice-cream when we got home and it was a really great evening.

It’s 22 of May and the weather thinks its early April or something. Yesterday we had some inkling of the summer weather – I even put on my ankle bracelet that I wear in the summer – but today it was back to depressing skies, cold wind and a jacket. Can it stop raining/being gloomy and start being actual summer.

Bear and I had a nice quiet Sunday today. We went to the Indian place for their awesome lunch buffet and went rollerblading too. It was a bit chilly but I really just wanted to go, I miss roller blading by the beach. My legs were all tired after half an hour; I need to train myself again. Then we went to the frozen yogurt place – another one near my house and got a nice mix of flavors. I liked the mango one since it was nice and tart.

We are thinking of seeing the new Pirates movie but since I can barely remember the last two, we decided to rewatch the first three before heading to the movie theater. So first Pirate movie tonight. I was cross stitching during some of it but it was just as awesome as I remember. This movie came out the summer I taught my first class and my roommate drove us to the movie theater as the celebration for the end of class. We decided to see it but were really not expecting the awesomeness. Watching it this time made me really appreciate Norrington. I always liked him but more in the later movies; it was fun to really like him here.

Papa left his kindle at home when he left for vacation yesterday so that I can read “Hunger Games” while he is travelling. I re-read the first chapter and read the second one and I did not want to put it down. This hasn’t happened for a while with a book. I have a feeling I will read it quickly. It will be my reward next week for writing my dissertation during the day.

Cross-stitch: backstitch for the book and a little for middle bear.