Spent a good chunk of this past weekend stuck up in Caledon babysitting the dog and the house, so I dragged a bunch of old friends out and we went to a crap load of movies. Pretty much spent the whole day in the theatre going from movie to movie as a friend was working podium and just let us in, so, the movies.
Kung Fu Panda - I actually really really liked this, I don't care if it's daft, but it made me laugh alot and had some great jokes Don't Mess With The Zohan - Funny, but annoying. You got the impression they were trying to do a version of Kung Fu Hustle, same kind of slapstick ridiculous fighting and dialogue, but with Palestinians and Israeli terrorists, didn't really like it, possibly cause of an intense dislike of Adam Sandler The Hulk - suprisingly OK. Kept me entertained at least, although a good chunk of that could be the novelty... About half the movie was recognizably filmed on U of T campus and yongue street, and everyone knows it's a bit of a childhood dream to watch the hulk fucking OBLITERATE your school. And compared to the last hulk movie? It can only be an improvement, also, STARK WAS IN IT!!! TALKING ABOUT THE AVENGERS *dissolves into a fangirlish puddle*
Other thing is that I started competing in the hypermilling, which is kinda the latest trend in Canada and the US. It's a competition to make a tank last the longest. Most cars take about 8-12 gallons per 100km that you drive (mine takes 5-7, take that SUV soccer moms!!) and the idea is to use a bunch of tricks to lower that as much as you can, the current record is 1.3 gallons to 100km, which is freaking mad in and of itself, if my gas did that a tank would last a month and a half.
The idea is to treat your car as if A - it's about to rattle apart at any minute and B - that you don't have any breaks. (not really hard to imagine with puddles. Turn off the AC (also not hard as puddle's ac is broken, and likely to remain so as mere is BROKE) Coast to a stop whenever you can, don't slam on the gas or the brakes as that REALLY eats into the gas, and go the posted speed limit, I didn't know this, but a big part of the posted speed limit is what kind of wind conditions are ideal for gas mileage, not just road safety, so going 130? aparently causes your fuel to burn even faster.
It means I have to get up about 10 minutes earlier, but I've doubled the life on my gas tank, so REALLY not complaining.
Another thing? Mere's new resolution: GET THE FUCK IN SHAPE THIS SUMMER - I don't mind being a bit squishy around the edges, I like curves, but I have literally no upper body strength at all and that's just sad, so Mere is going to attempt to actually start going to the gym more than once a month when she feels really guilty after finishing a ben and jerry's tub of ice cream on her own.
Shut up it was cookie dough and brownie fudge, like you could say no?
Also, DID YOU SEE THE TRAILER FOR NEXT WEEK'S WHO?! Why is it not saturday yet? WHY?!
Meru at 10:36 AM