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Monday no promotion test results back yet at the dojo, supposedly Tuesday, so we'll see those when we go tomorrow/Wednesday. Tomorrow will probably be torture as they're forecasting 92F, and the dojo has no AC. I hope they turn the fan on, not that that alleviates much. It's NYC, so there will be humidity too, argh.

I braved the mall today to find some new tshirts and socks, which I managed. The mall was also blissfully quiet, unlike the usual madhouse we encounter on the weekends. I also picked up some summery shoes as well at Payless. 2 pairs for like $25 total, so even if they only last me until the end of the summer that's fine, but they're a bit cooler than knee high Docs. Now I need to paint my toenails for one pair of them ;)

Salon Humour

Whilst reading an article recommending specific summer reading on salon.com I came across this snippet about Kings of Infinite Space by James Hynes. And while the general premise of the novel isn't one to really entice me, this one sentence in the review made me giggle and almost reconsider...

"And to top it off, he's being haunted by his ex-wife's dead cat, a phantom that bites his toes in the middle of the night, restricts his TV reception to cat-related programming, and stinks up his apartment with spectral piss."

The thought of ghostly cat revenge just tickles me.

Saturday

So Saturday, after a mere 5 or so hours sleep, and then a trip into NYC followed by 4+ hours in the dojo doing the promotion test, we headed back home again. A plan had been hatched earlier in the week to go see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with Kit for his birthday. I was happy to be informed that he'd drive up here, we have more entertaining space than he does, and after that exhausting day I'd already gotten to the point where I was bribing PreZ to go out anywhere.

We headed off to Applebees for some dinner, and desserts-to-go for later, then watched a couple of episodes of Coupling's second season before heading off to see Harry Potter. Coupling just seems to get better and better. I love that show, it's so damn hilarious.

I really enjoyed HP a lot. The movie felt a bit rushed, but that's because of the amount of storyline they had to cram into the 2 hours and 20 minutes of movie. All in all they did a good job of getting it all in there without having to cut too much, and whilst maintaining a fairly tight plot. There were a few small things that irked both PreZ and myself, little things that could have used a few moments of explanation, that should have been explained, but weren't. Nothing major in the scheme of things.

( Snippy-snippy (no spoilers) )

After the movie we had desserts, tea and watched some more Coupling before Kit headed off around 4.30am or so. A good yet exhausting Saturday.