Running has gotten a little bit better I suppose, still various setbacks with this ankle injury but have got weekly distances up a bit.
- Lilydale Lake park run - about 19 minutes
- Wilson Botanic park run - 20 minutes but less than 5km distance, big hills!
- Sri Chinmoy Princes Park 10km race
- Dead after the first 5km once again
- Hills and wind increased on the second lap
- About 40:15
- Berwick Springs park run - 19:20 slow but very high winds
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| Berwick Springs park run |
Haven't had much money for shares so instead I kept myself occupied by selling and buying. I've had lots of good prospects on my watch list that I missed out on, I probably conveniently forgot about avoiding a few disasters too. Just about every time I sell the price goes straight up afterwards, that's a guarantee.
Went to my second AFL game for the year as Carlton played Melbourne again. Much like the previous time it was close enough but Melbourne always looked like winning eventually. Also worked through an hour of highlights of the Tour De France for most of the month. Although Froome lost the lead for a couple of days it didn't look like he would lose overall and most of the stages were predictable. At least an Australian won the green jersey again.
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| Carlton vs. Melbourne |
The to do list needs a bit of a refresh, it's very stale and repetitive which defeats the purpose:
- Holiday
- Same thing every month, haven't worked out a good time with work
- Queenstown hotels looking very expensive on marathon weekend, might need to switch...
- Houses
- I did a bit of research of house prices in each possible suburb
- The summary, don't think about buying in the Eastern suburbs
So work is still looking like going through to next year, bits of new work just come along as I'm about to run out, so I guess that's good but I'd like a bit more opportunity to have spare time to research some new technology for whatever project comes next.
That's if for this month:
- Books
- The Talisman by Stephen King
- Finally finished!
- Too long and slow
- 5 out of 10
- Movies
- Baby Driver
- A familiar movie plot but had a few new ideas
- The music could have been better
- 6 out of 10
- MIFF
- Got tickets for two films in August
- Music
- Real Estate at The Croxton
- The didn't play Wonder Years!
- Most song choices were good otherwise
- 7 out of 10
- TV
- All Or Nothing Season 2
- A review of the Rams first season moving to Los Angeles
- They started well then lost all the time and the coach got fired
- Good presentation and access
- 8 out of 10
- Last Chance U Season 2
- A second division college team that gives good players a second chance
- Episodes a bit long and slow
- A bit unfair that the team has a lot more money and resources
- 7 out of 10
- The Leftovers Season 1
- Wasn't sure what to expect, very long episodes
- A good finish but didn't really reach a conclusion
- 6 out of 10
- The Leftovers Season 2
- A strange relocation for the second season
- Probably better overall than the first but even less of a conclusion
- 7 out of 10
- The Leftovers Season 3
- Most episodes were set in Australia
- Some story lines didn't seem to have any purpose
- Last episode was pretty pointless and didn't solve anything at all
- Good to watch but also difficult and very mixed reactions
- 5 out of 10
- Utopia Season 1
- Great comedy of a fictional Australian government organisation
- Episodes written well and lots of great jokes and references
- 9 out of 10
- Video Games
- Bought Forza 5 for Xbox One - didn't realise I didn't have it already
- Bought Razer Diamondback mouse
- Summer Games Done Quick
- Watched a few great speed runs from the week long event
- Older games seems much more suitable and easier to watch
- Half Life 1
- Super Mario Brothers team relay
- Super Metroid
- Zelda 2