It's the March update.
The daily news has now turned to the Russian-Ukraine war and all of a sudden the cost of living has become a big issue, neither of which I have much interest in providing commentary on. If something more interesting comes up I might include that in the intro, instead of just having the same sections each month, but nothing for now.
So back to the usual topics then and starting with running. Finally had my first race for the year, back at the River Run Geelong which was also the last race before covid paused everything in March 2020. The conditions weren't the best with a fairly strong wind, and I didn't feel like I was coming in very fresh, but I had a good finish and ended around 37 minutes for 10km - probably my third best time just behind two Sandy Point races last year. The only other highlights were continuing the parkrun PB streak for a few more weeks - at difficult courses Highlands, Mullum Mullum and Brimbank. The Mullum Mullum event was the hardest as I was competing against a time on the old course which was about 150 metres shorter, and just barely scraped in by 3 seconds.
After another sharemarket crash due to the war (and fuel prices) we're about back to normal again. Just shows that usually there is no reason to panic and sell. I won't be buying anything for a while until I recover some savings after paying off the last of my massive tax bill.
I missed most of March Madness by not even realising it had started, but probably wouldn't have been able to watch much during work anyway. This year Kansas haven't gone out in the early rounds and are through to the final four. The AFL has begun as well, I haven't read how much impact there has been on crowds due to covid reluctance but I imagine it is still present. I haven't found a good Carlton match to attend yet, but hoping this is finally the year they are competitive most weekends. The schedule only goes up until May at the moment, and they play against interstate teams in 5 of the next 7 games.
Only a few things on the to do list:
- Blog
- Still haven't done the 2021 or 2022 updates
- Gold Coast
- Booked hotel for the (half) marathon race in July
- Money
- March seems to be bankrupt month - car service, health insurance, tax bills
- Running
- Booked Run The Rock for the end of April
- Haven't decided on doing a 10km or 21km race afterwards in Brisbane early June
We're back at work for two days a week for now, which is better than three days at least. After two years it seems a bit pointless for many reasons - going to meeting rooms without computers, lunch running takes more time, no privacy for conversations, office noise, random interruptions, travel cost and time, uncomfortable chair and desk.
That's it for this month.
- Books
- None
- Movies
- Candyman
- Can't remember the original but this one was horrible
- 2 out of 10
- Free Guy
- The storyline for the bad guy was also horrible
- Somehow an idiot rips off the code from some talented AI developers
- 6 out of 10
- Jackass Forever
- Disappointing compared to the show and previous movies
- Only a few highlights
- 4 out of 10
- Music
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs ticket at Melbourne Park MCA in July
- TV
- La Brea
- Like a very poor man's Lost - they even make a joke about it in an early episode
- Always an annoying hero family and hero dad in particular
- Confusing time travel loop
- 10 episodes in the first season - not sure how much longer it will last
- 5 out of 10
- Show Me The Money
- Only 3 episodes
- Following AFL player agents - marginally better than real estate agents
- Not much was happening during the AFL trade week when it was recorded
- 5 out of 10
- Video Games
- Xbox One
- Call Of Duty - Modern Warfare
- Had to download more large updates - but hasn't crashed again
- Struggle to keep playing due to a boring story