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Shobhit had a work shift last night, 5:00 to 9:00. If I'd been more responsible, after how mildly cruddy I felt all day yesterday in the wake of my booster shot—I can't recall having effects like that for so long after any of the previous ones—I probably should have gone to bed early. Instead, shortly after Shobhit got home, he asked if there was anything for us to watch. We actually had two episodes from this week to catch up on, and when he mentioned
Slow Horses, I was like: crap. I don't want to wait to watch that one! I'd be having to wait clear until the weekend. So, we watched that, and I didn't actually get to sleep until shortly after 11:00.
Nevertheless, I feel
much better today. I can still feel the slightest, distant hint of the lingering effects, but if I were to give it a 1-100 scale, I'd sale I'm feeling at about 99% today. The difference after I woke up this morning was striking.
Anyway, I made pizza for dinner. I piled Shobhit's side mountainous with vegetables: chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, celery, chanterelle mushroom, plus both shredded cheddar and sliced mozzarella. He ate his entire half later and still made himself two mozzarella cheese sandwiches after (to be fair, I ate half the first one he made). My side was less mountainous but also had sliced veggie sausage added, and I only ate half my half. I cut mine into four slices and am saving the other two for dinner tonight.
Shobhit said the pizza was "fine." Well whaever, mine was delicious! And I sat to eat it after, as I said earlier this week that I would, I re-subscribed to a month of Netflix—just so I could watch and review the movie that they released this week, called
Rebel Ridge.
It was so good! About halfway through I was settled on giving it a B+ at the very least. But then I found myself so much more impressed with it as it went on, I decided, you know what? I'm giving this movie an A-minus. It's too early to know for sure, as it kind of feels like this year I'm giving more movies than usual both bad grades (as low as C or C+) and really good ones (A-minus or A). Still, right now I would actually call this one of the best movies of the year, and it I made my top 10 right now it would probably be on it.
I only know about it because it was discussed on one of my very favorite podcasts I never miss,
The Big Picture. Sean Fennessey had Chris Ryan on to discuss their favorite so-called "garbage revenge" films, a term they apply loosely but which I think is unfair to
Rebel Ridge which is incredibly smart. Which is to say, the podcast made me both interested and expecting to enjoy it. Still the movie notably exceeded my expectations.
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So then I retired to the bedroom to write my review, my first review of a streaming film since June (that was
Hit Man, also worth re-upping Netflix for), and only the fourth I have done this year. But, after the pandemic changed my strict adherence to reviewing only movies I saw in theaters, I will now review a streaming film if it's really high-profile, likely to be seen and discussed by a ton of people, and/or a potential Oscar contender.
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The weather has been steadily turning lately.
Just last week I was still wearing shorts. I think last weekend, even. I have a feeling I won't be wearing shorts again until next summer.
It's been since last weekend that we broke 70°. It makes for an odd experience of weather, as I'm back to wearing a jacket for my bike rides to work in the morning but stuffing the jacket into my backback for the ride back home after work. I was just spending my lunch break out on the patio, where I actually took my jacket with me but there was no need. I took it off and was still rather warm, what with the sun being out.
I think it was on Tuesday it had rained early in the morning. The streets were still very wet but the rain had stopped, so I still rode the bike. Once the mornings are down into the forties (they're getting into the midfifties currently) I'll be putting the bike away, rain or not. Still, much as I do love the rainy season, I also love having the ability to bike to work. I can't do both. It's just too cold and wet on a bike.
I kind of expect I'll find days here and there to continue cycling to work even into October. But, I wonder if this week will be the last one in which I manage to bike to work all five days.
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[posted 12:38 pm]
