3 minute chart ... about a $10 range, not too bad. IPO price was $68, I think... opened at $92.70 it looks like.
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Dragonvale -- Leathery Dragon
Lava + Storm ... got a Sun and a Double Rainbow with this combination before the Leathery finally appeared.
Movies Watched -- War Witch (Rebelle)
Fast forwarded from ten minutes in ... somewhere in Africa ... too grim to watch ... children forced to become soldiers ... she is considered to have some kind of special power ... looks like hell on earth ... no way can I watch this. Under 100 minutes but unwatchable. Red rating (means I couldn't watch it).
Movies Watched -- Museum Hours
Attractive though dimwitted? Canadian woman ... all Canadians with spark leave of course; she stayed ... maybe that's mean ... anyway, the museum guard, also kind of common, though a bit more introspective, more thoughtful ... they strike up a friendship .. nothing sexual about it, he's gay, and they're both in their 50s, late 50s, early 60s? ... maybe six or seven minutes over the 100 minute mark, but this is very slow stuff ... lonely people ... they could have cut a lot of these atmospheric shots to get it under 100 ... depressing in its commonness, its honesty, I guess you could say ... reflections on art, money, class, politics, the state of modern Austria ... Bruegel's work: "not sentimental nor do they judge" ... "rubbing our noses in... humanity" ... "importance of the horse's ass" ... flea markets ... still worried about Turkish invasions, ha! ... this isn't for mass consumption, it's about art and life and friendship... and death.
I liked it but don't know if I can recommend it, it's slow and it's too long ... only the sensitive will get this. Maybe one in a thousand will appreciate this like I did. Green rating but only for the select few.
Movies Watched -- Blancanieves
Fast forwarded from ten minutes in ... black and white silent movie with dramatic orchestra and Spanish guitar ... Capital A.R.T. arthouse throwback piece, an homage, 100 minutes long ... is that Don Draper's wife? Bullfighting dwarves? I think I could have sat through this if in the mood, but wasn't. Red rating but probably yellow in a stretch.
Movies Watched -- Wadjda
I liked this one ... under 100 minutes ... learned a lot about Saudi Arabia and its awful culture. Maybe a bit precious and predictable, but it was well done ... see it if you get the chance. Green rating.
30 Day Challenge -- Day Fifteen
Inscrutable notes:
06:32 89.2 24.0
No row, cooked breakfast for boy instead.
$8.50 small McD coffee, drank half
08:04 BM
11:04 H elev to gym
13:04 finished workout, felt weak, screwed up weights and cardio order due to an unfortunate number of people in MY gym. 120 max bench not a lot of sets.
13:05 apple
steam, shave, sauna
Peter gave me a bottle of Givenchy "Gentleman Only," (hint, hint?) which makes me small like a Russian whore. Will only spray on my balls for now.
84.7 gym scale
14:14 beef tenderloin, veggies ... had violent allergic reaction to veggies which almost never happens anymore ... what happens is I have to spit out loads of phlegm and can't swallow anything until it's all out ... dashed unpleasant.
17:41 E3 to home
Boardwalk Empire -- S05 E02
The law's a shield, not a sword ... Joe Kennedy makes another appearance.
Movies Watched -- What Maisie Knew
Poor little rich girl .... Julianne Moore (b. 1960) as ageing rocker ... marriage on the rocks (pun?) ... ugly biz ... what is Maisie, five or six? ... is the little girl autistic? something weird about her face/expression ... British art dealing Dad with asshole-ish long hair ... beautiful blonde nanny, "Margo," Irish? Scottish? ... custody battle ... "temper, temper" ... little girl is going to grow up to be a junkie, no doubt ... uh, oh nanny takes father's side and becomes Dad's lover / wife ... will fast forward from minute 30 ... some other guy on the scene now, solid chin, fairy-boy hair ... "new stepfather" ... this is the genuine guy ("Lincoln"), unlike lying manipulative Dad, she needs in her life .... he's a bartender? ... Irish nanny turned wife breaking down ... all these screwed up adults and Maisie a witness to them all ... hang on, the help is going to hook up ... poor nanny and bartender as Maisie's good responsible parents? ... asshole rich celebrity parents versus a nice Scottish lass and a blonde bartender boy, seems a bit predictable ... oh yeah, genuine board game fun with the adoptive family ... not going with you, Manipulative Mom, despite the monster miniature stuffed pony. Bye bye bad celebrity Mom. Cue the heartstring piano! Blueberry pancakes with those wholesome adoptive parents. The End. Under 100 mins but still had to fast forward through most of it. Red rating.
30 Day Challenge -- Day Fourteen
(All 30 day challenge posts in reverse chronological order)
Wife informed me at 6:30 AM that she had fired half the staff ... I was left to clean up the bodies, pay people off etc. Insanely stressful, would have normally sent me into a dark hole, but I managed things rather well I thought, given the carnage.
07:42 4K row
88.2 22.5
Lots of Fritos to deal with shock of an empty house.
13:21 BM
18:40 Kung Pao chicken from Meizhou Dongpo for dinner
$50 Pizza+ (not for me)
Day was a complete bust, a real disaster ... on the food discipline front I did ok (not great though) and the key was not cracking out the bottle or smoking cigars, which I would normally do.