February Debrief

February was pretty blasé. It came and went rather quickly with relatively little to show for it, other than the five feet of snowfall left in my yard.

• Dad and the drill team went to Africa again.

• The last season of Lost began. Unfortunately that seems to be a good thing.

• Hosted a nice little Super Bowl party, and the team I was rooting for actually won!

• Tonia turned 32 and I had my first negative experience buying something from Amazon.com.

• The winter olympics were on and ironically the only sport I watched was hockey.

• Our running posse racked up 50 miles this month!

Books Read in February:
The Appeal — John Grisham
Crave — Chris Tomlinson

Movies Watched in February:
Street Kings – 4/5
What Women Want – 3/5
The Sting – 4/5
Hackers – 3/5
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – 5/5
A Serious Man – 5/5
Rock Star – 3/5
To Live and Die in L.A. – 3/5
Summer Catch – 2/5
The Color of Money – 3/5
Hart’s War – 4/5
The Invention of Lying – 3/5
The Abyss – 3/5
Reality Bites – 3/5
The Wolfman – 4/5
Shutter Island – 4/5
Eight Men Out – 2/5
Taps – 5/5
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant – 2/5
Raising Arizona – 3/5

Filed under: 2010, Books, February, Movies

February Debrief

I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.

Psalm 40: 1-3

That pretty much sums up February 2009.

Going into February was a downer, coming out I’m feeling quite nice. Notable events include writing an important letter, sending a team to Africa to hand drill wells and Frankenmuth chicken!

Media-wise, the books slowed down a bit, but I’m happy with 3 in a month. I just started Team of Rivals and hope to finish that before the end of March. The majority of the movies I watched were average or below. Thankfully the last week of the month I had a great stretch of good movies.

Books Read:
Tribes
The Innocent Man
Left To Tell

Movies Watched:
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist – 3/5
Space Buddies – 2/5
Patriot Games – 3/5
Hotel For Dogs – 4/5
Adaptation – 3/5
Miracle at St. Anna – 3/5
W. – 3/5
The Day After Tomorrow – 4/5
Commando – 2/5
Iron Eagle – 3/5
The 6th Day – 2/5
Body of Lies – 3/5
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – 2/5
Flash of Genius – 3/5
Swing Vote – 2/5
American Psycho – 1/5
How To Lose Friends and Alienate People – 3/5
Changeling – 4/5
Dirty Harry – 3/5
Lakeview Terrace – 4/5
Appaloosa – 4/5
Taken – 5/5

Previous Months:
January 2009

Filed under: 2009, Books, February, Movies