The new header isn't really working for me any more. I might have to change it. I think it is part of the reason why I haven't been posting lately - I'm not fond of how the page looks. That, and while we've been busy, it hasn't been overly "post on the blog-interesting" type busy.
Last Sunday we went for a hike at a Connecticut Audubon (not to be confused with Audubon Connecticut where Liz works) society chapter. It was pretty cool there - a few trails, nothing too strenuous in terms of hills. I saw a Bluebird for (I think) the first time, and we also saw a tree that had been struck by lightning. That looked cool. From one direction it was completely normal - from the other, totally messed up. We may have been lucky that we approached from the way we did, otherwise we may have missed it. Though it did have a little plaque/sign next to it saying "This tree was struck by lightning." That's how we could tell it had been struck by lightning - because of the sign. We will probably go back there again - they had raptor aviaries that we didn't get to look at because they were closed on Sundays.
One thing that has been cool has been softball practice. With the coming of spring the new season is starting. Our first game is in 2 weeks, so we have had 2 practice sessions. I'm happy with how I hit the ball, and also happy with the fact that I still seem to be able to catch the ball in the outfield. Our last practice included a scrimmage against another team, during which I was fielding on 3rd base. It is completely different being in the infield - you have to have your wits about you, know a bit more about the game and be ready to either catch the ball or cover vital parts of your body quickly. 3rd base is right in line for hits to come as well. The next inning of scrimmage I was in the outfield again and was much more comfortable.
I'm looking forward to seeing the next episode of South Park to see how they finish off their 200th episode. I was surprised at the fact that it was their 200th episode, but then I looked back at some of their earlier episodes, like Chinpokomon and stuff like that, and realized those episodes were 11 seasons ago... FlashForward is on tonight, which keeps throwing up more and more questions to keep me interested, and then Adventure Time is on CartoonNetwork after that. Adventure Time is on Mondays, but we catch it Thursdays. It's an animated show, and it's really weird. There has only been one episode so far, and it was cool in a totally random way. At least I thought it was - it had so many things - candy zombies, dogs being bitten by lumpy clouds... did you know that candy people explode when they get scared? I do. Now. And the great thing about the show is that even though it is all totally random and crazy, it all makes sense. I also like the animation style. Here's an idea (low quality clip, unfortunately) of what it's like:
I'm playing with the idea at the moment of making a follow-up to the (not at all) critically acclaimed Redwich. Unless you count Liz as a critic, because she "acclaimed" it. It's kind of in development, I guess - I'm coming up with ideas for story, or things that I want to show or cover in a movie. I have an opening in mind, and a few scenes in my head - now it is about bringing together everything else. The last movie was very much an "add things as they come along approach" - we didn't devise the whole hobo storyline until a few days before leaving the US when we had already filmed a large portion of the footage. I don't want it to be like that this time if I go through with it. I should say we, because I know that Liz is keen to help out and do something like it again.
Time to help out with dinner and get things in before it rains so it can all be done before FlashForward...
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