I actually got more than one hair cut, but you know what I mean.

July 20, 2003

I gave myself (and everyone who reads this trip) a break last night by not doing an entry. There’s only so much you can say about doing nothing, no? Yesterday I just hung around at my Dad’s for awhile, watched TV, ran on the treadmill, that sort of thing. I did drive up to the little shopping ceneter up by the local grocery store and I got my hair cut. I really needed it, too, as you could see in the pictures I was putting at the end of my news posts until I began doing updates on different computers as well as my desktop. I was trying to remember when I last got my hair cut, and the best I can figure, it was about three months ago a couple of weeks before graduation. I’m sure if I *really* wanted to know I could go check my archives, but it’s not that important to me. I certainly got a better haircut than I did last time, buit I did pay twice as much. That’s not as much as it sounds, actually, since the last time I got my hair cut I went to the beauty school in Beloit and got my hair cut by a student for about $5. Good deal, but it’s a crapshoot. Sometimes you get a good one, sometimes it sucks. Last time was one of the bad ones, and there have only been a couple. My hair finally grew into it the bad cut, but there were parts of it that even until yesterday that looked funny. Well no more. I splurged and spent $12 on a cut, and it feels much better now. I’ll try and get a picture when I do an update tomorrow, perhaps.

When I went up to get my hair cut, I also rented a movie. I looked through Blockbuster, but I couldn’t find anything that tickled my fancy until I got out of the new releases and browsed through older movies. I finally settled on “Gosford Park,” which I’ve been wanting to see since I first saw the trailer for it. In any case, it was good. I recommend it if you like murder mystery type movies, or even just period pieces. I wanted to snack while I watched it, so I also picked up a few bags of good microwave popcorn. When I went upstairs to make it before the movie, even after 3:30 the kernels had stopped popping and only half the bag was done. What a waste. Half the kernels didn’t pop. I made another bag tonight to eat while I watched “For Your Eyes Only” (one of the Bond movies) and it came out like it was supposed to, thank goodness.

Today I went out to lunch with my Dad at yet another McMenamin’s pub/restaurant, althoguh we’ve been to this particular one many times. I love going to McMenamin’s because not only do they have good food, but they also all brew their own beer, making for a good experience. I ended up getting a kind that I normally get and another that I don’t just for variety. They have four beers that they all make all the time, so I got two of them mixed together: Ruby Ale, which has a nice rasberry taste, and Hammerhead, a good ale. The result? Rubyhead. Not a bad beer, if I don’t say so myself.

So now I’m back at my Mom’s house courtesy of my Dad’s Ford Escape. I came back and played my game for a little while, then I settled in the watch a Bond movie that I’ve never seen all of before. Not a bad night. I’m lying on my bed watching “Seinfeld” again, so I think I’ll take my leave for the night. I have to go out and mail a couple of packages tomorrow, so at least I’ll get out of the house for a bit. Night, all.

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