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Monday Jan 29, 2007 #
Condes (Course Planning) 2:00 [0]
2 hours using Condes for the Flying Pig Sunday courses at Miami-Whitewater. MWW is one of the nicest parks we have for orienteering here in Cincinnati. I've never set courses here before, but the terrain is nice.
I'm still trying to find a good start location. White doesn't look too terribly difficult to plan, but it might take a marked route or two if I can't find a better start location. Brown is giving me trouble. Blue distance shouldn't be a problem. This is going to be a fun set of courses, I think.
I'm behind my own schedule, but I have been looking at the map for over 2 months, and I think I'll have a fairly mature set of courses in a week or so to discuss with the vetter and consultant(s).
I'm still trying to find a good start location. White doesn't look too terribly difficult to plan, but it might take a marked route or two if I can't find a better start location. Brown is giving me trouble. Blue distance shouldn't be a problem. This is going to be a fun set of courses, I think.
I'm behind my own schedule, but I have been looking at the map for over 2 months, and I think I'll have a fairly mature set of courses in a week or so to discuss with the vetter and consultant(s).
Saturday Jan 27, 2007 #
Course set-check-pick 2:00:00 [1] *** 8.1 km (14:49 / km)
shoes: Adidas $42 Cleats
Spent 3:50:00 walking around Miami-Whitewater with hkleaf. The ground was showing through the snow, so it was very easy to see the shape of the ground. It was about 40F (5C?), and except for my cold feet, just a great day to be in the woods. I wore some new neoprene socks (not sealskinz) and the seams leaked water in, but not much.
I ran just a few steps crossing some gullies, but I don't remember any rib pain---that's a good sign. I think maybe 2 more weeks of taking it easy will be safe.
A few movies:
The Man Who Wasn't There: (0) The only Coen brothers movie I haven't seen. It's a good movie, particularly Billy Bob Thornton, but a bit of a downer.
Art School Confidential: (0) A fun, even clever movie about an art school plagued by a strangler. It had a "Two Thumbs Up" rating, and maybe I can see that if you have art school experience. I didn't recognize Sophia Myles, who was Isolde in "Tristan and Isolde".
Everything is Illuminated: (1) This movie really surprised me. It starts out funny and sort of draws you in---and then out of nowhere it starts pulling these emotional strings. I loved this movie. I can think of one complaint about this movie---that the music is too loud sometimes---and that's about it. It's set mostly in Ukraine, and there is a lot of Ukrainian (Russian?) spoken. One of the characters is sort of a Ukrainian version of Ali G, which means, ironically, that he sounds a little like Borat. My nephew (who is 15) sat down as I put this in, and he loved it, too. It's not some weird independent movie---It's just a good movie.
Conspiracy: (1) I had seen this at the library, and I kept thinking---I'll save that for later. After "Everything is Illuminated", which I thought about for days, it was time for this. It's about a secret Nazi meeting known as the Wannsee Conference, in 1942, where the SS coordinated the planning of the "Final Solution". The movie has no violence. No blood. A little yelling and a little cursing. But it is high drama---suspenseful and shocking. Watching a meeting play out has to be the craziest movie pitch ever, but I guess 12 Angry Men did the same thing. I might have to find the transcript of this meeting---One "highly-edited" transcript exists, and was found after the war---All other copies were destroyed. (English Translation) I was surprised to learn that this movie tries to be true to the length of the actual meeting, which is said to have lasted 85 minutes. The end includes an Animal House-like "what happened" for each attendee, and that is almost as shocking as the meeting itself.
Osama (Afghanistan): (1) This is about a grandmother, mother, and young daughter who, under the Taliban laws, can't work and can't even go out without a male to escort them. They disguise the daughter as a boy, so she can work and earn food for the family. It's rare that a movie draws me in like this, but it really bothered me. This movie has a lot to say about the dangers of fundamentalism, and the real motivations of fundamentalists. I think I need some lightweight movies for awhile.
Veronica Mars (Season 1, episodes 1-6): (1) My nephew (who is 32) recommended this series. It's really good. It's about a high school girl detective, but it's way better than it sounds. It's not Nancy Drew...
I ran just a few steps crossing some gullies, but I don't remember any rib pain---that's a good sign. I think maybe 2 more weeks of taking it easy will be safe.
A few movies:
The Man Who Wasn't There: (0) The only Coen brothers movie I haven't seen. It's a good movie, particularly Billy Bob Thornton, but a bit of a downer.
Art School Confidential: (0) A fun, even clever movie about an art school plagued by a strangler. It had a "Two Thumbs Up" rating, and maybe I can see that if you have art school experience. I didn't recognize Sophia Myles, who was Isolde in "Tristan and Isolde".
Everything is Illuminated: (1) This movie really surprised me. It starts out funny and sort of draws you in---and then out of nowhere it starts pulling these emotional strings. I loved this movie. I can think of one complaint about this movie---that the music is too loud sometimes---and that's about it. It's set mostly in Ukraine, and there is a lot of Ukrainian (Russian?) spoken. One of the characters is sort of a Ukrainian version of Ali G, which means, ironically, that he sounds a little like Borat. My nephew (who is 15) sat down as I put this in, and he loved it, too. It's not some weird independent movie---It's just a good movie.
Conspiracy: (1) I had seen this at the library, and I kept thinking---I'll save that for later. After "Everything is Illuminated", which I thought about for days, it was time for this. It's about a secret Nazi meeting known as the Wannsee Conference, in 1942, where the SS coordinated the planning of the "Final Solution". The movie has no violence. No blood. A little yelling and a little cursing. But it is high drama---suspenseful and shocking. Watching a meeting play out has to be the craziest movie pitch ever, but I guess 12 Angry Men did the same thing. I might have to find the transcript of this meeting---One "highly-edited" transcript exists, and was found after the war---All other copies were destroyed. (English Translation) I was surprised to learn that this movie tries to be true to the length of the actual meeting, which is said to have lasted 85 minutes. The end includes an Animal House-like "what happened" for each attendee, and that is almost as shocking as the meeting itself.
Osama (Afghanistan): (1) This is about a grandmother, mother, and young daughter who, under the Taliban laws, can't work and can't even go out without a male to escort them. They disguise the daughter as a boy, so she can work and earn food for the family. It's rare that a movie draws me in like this, but it really bothered me. This movie has a lot to say about the dangers of fundamentalism, and the real motivations of fundamentalists. I think I need some lightweight movies for awhile.
Veronica Mars (Season 1, episodes 1-6): (1) My nephew (who is 32) recommended this series. It's really good. It's about a high school girl detective, but it's way better than it sounds. It's not Nancy Drew...