A second bad month of running with a persistent hamstring injury, I managed to get through the month, but without any training sessions, and it has been quite uncomfortable most of the time. I wasn't ready for the Cherry Lake race either, so this was the only month this year without a race.
I struggled through a few Birdsland parkruns with times around 18:30 or slower. I had planned a bit more parkrun travelling over the break, but due to injuries and also the weather conditions from bush fires I only ended up going to You Yangs on Christmas day, it was an early start but a fun course with a couple of hills.
No biking.
I've had some shares sold for once, but only due to some companies being acquired. The takeovers worked out quite well with a 25% and 100% profit for the two, which helped end the year a bit better. I put the money into some new companies and also added a bit to my investment loan.
Nothing much new in sports, I only watched the Vic Bowl gridiron on a stream as the same team has been winning easily the last three years. I also watched the Steigen 1 athletics competition on a stream which was a really good and different format for short distance running with teams.
The to do list didn't get much attention despite the time off work:
- Blog photos
- I'm slowly migrating my photos off an old hosting service, nearly 50% done
- New Year planning
- As noted above, I was originally planning a short trip to Canberra but cancelled
- The decision was good as the parkruns were cancelled too
- Windows 10 upgrade
- Decided to wait for the moment, not so important after getting a new work laptop
Had a bit of a slow finish to the year at work, hopefully gets going again in the new year with some meaningful activities.
That's it for this month and year.
- Books
- None
- Movies
- Parasite
- Great Korean movie, something a bit different
- 9 out of 10
- Star Wars Episode 9: The Rise Of Skywalker
- Just so similar to every other story
- 5 out of 10
- Music
- None
- TV
- Ballers season 5
- Such bad stories and useless characters always have success
- 2 out of 10
- Black Mirror 5.03
- Better than the previous two, a bit more technology focused
- 7 out of 10
- Brockmire season 1
- Annoying voice and character ruined the concept, couldn't watch season 2
- 3 out of 10
- Silicon Valley season 6
- The seasons were too short, but stories still seemed a bit recycled
- 6 out of 10
- Survivor season 39
- Such incredibly bad handling of a contestant claims of sexual harassment
- 5 out of 10
- Video Games
- Xbox One
- Forza Horizon 3
- Just missing some of the good improvements in Horizon 4
- Forza Horizon 4
- Finally finished all the single player achievements
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