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An excellent four-day weekend to kick off the summer.

Saw X3 on Friday at midnight and enjoyed it very much. I did not enjoy the idiots in the theatre that booed, yelled, and otherwise couldn’t shut the hell up. If you don’t like a movie, fine, but while it’s still on, have some common courtesy. Anyway, I can see why some people won’t like the movie: major characters die, controversial plot twists, and general deviation from the comic book storyline, but forget all that, it was a damn good movie. I’m a X-Men fanboy and while there were some things that surprised me, the movie was damn good. I think the story was excellent in things that it incorporated from the original comic book story and the characters background while adding some twists that touch on current issues. As far as the action, it was great. The casting, was almost flawless. I could go on, but whatever, you’ll either like it or you won’t.

Saturday it was AutoX time again. It was a hot day, but hey, it didn’t rain. A complex course with multiple double gates and a couple triples. Stayed on course and ran faster than I thought I would have. Fastest time of the day was in teh 38s if I recall correctly, and I’d guess that the average was in the 45s or 46s. In the morning I ran a 43.90, 42.54, and a 43.01 followed by 43.84, 43.36, and a 43.52 in the afternoon. Was more than satisfied that I didn’t get lost on the most complicated course I’ve ever run and didn’t obliterate any cones. Kharissa was along as well and rode shotgun on my afternoon runs. Her initial reaction made me laugh, “How can you do this to your car!?!?” but she said she had fun. Will she be AutoX-ing anytime soon? No, but that’s cool, she got plenty of cool points for riding along.

Sunday it was BBQ time again. Beer and Kool-Aid marinated chicken, Steak on a Stick, burgers, and liquor. Lots of liquor. Good times as always. I think I might just go have another burger because the grill is still out. The rest of the weekend was spent lounging around, playing with the kitten (who was a hit to everyone that met him Sunday night).