More car stuff, but it's better now.

So, my car was all fixed from the transmission stuff on Wednesday but on Thursday night my brake warning light came on as I was driving home. I slowly drove to my mechanic's on Friday and they replaced my two rear brake cylinders, one of which was leaking. I went to a local fair on Friday night and ate my way through it while my friends and I walked around. I enjoyed fried whole belly clams, cheese fries, and funnel cake. Yum!

Saturday I bummed around the house all day and watched season 2 of "Heroes". They kind of cleared up the questions I had surrounding the season 1 finale and that was nice.

Now, I'm watching the U. S. Open Women's Final. The two competitors are very powerful so it's a good match to watch. I'll be happy no matter who wins.

Not the weekend I had planned

I had planned on being a homebody during Labor Day Weekend. I was going to get in some relaxation time between chores. However, my dad called while I was having breakfast (around noon, see my previous post) on Saturday. He told me that he was in a nearby state and asked if we could get together. Meanwhile, Steve had been asking me all week to visit his family with him. I made plans to do both and we arrived at Steve's mom's late that day. On Sunday morning, as Steve and I were headed to meet some friends before I headed to meet my dad, my car died. AAA rescued us and later towed my car back across the state to my mechanic's garage. AAA Plus is a great thing! Anyway, Steve and I spent another night with his family and they drove us back home late Monday. Yesterday my mechanic discovered that a valve connecting the transmission to the radiator had failed and let all of my transmission fluid gush out. He fixed it today and I get to sleep in my own bed tonight, which is good because I'm exhausted.

By the way, it's hard typing a blog post while watching tennis, but that's exactly what I'm doing. Earlier I watched Melanie Oudin go down to Caroline Wozniaki (sorry, I know I spelled that incorrectly) and now I'm watching Roger Federer (hopefully) defeat Robin Soderling in three sets. Some parts of this match have been exciting but it's been pretty quick.

Alicia's Activities

Getting together with friends is important to me and I feel like I don't do it enough. To that end, I've decided to send out an invite each month asking you to join me in a variety of activities. I sent an email recently to some of you that live nearby but I was really tired when I sent it and may have missed some folks. If you didn't get the email, and you're in the area, please let me know and I'll send you a new one. Anyway, I'm also really tired now because I just came back from the first activity. I went to a midnight showing of "Beverly Hills Cop" with my friend Curt, his two sons, and some of their friends. There were about 20 of us in the theatre but we enjoyed ourselves. Now I'm headed for bed. Goodnight. :)

I need to kvetch about "Heroes"

I just finished watching season 1. It was really good (Joss Whedon-esque lines like, "Didn't I throw you out a window?" come to mind) for the most part (it was a bit soap opera-y for a short time) but the final few minutes were a bit of a let down. I kept saying, (yes, I occasionally talk out loud to the TV or DVD player) "Peter, you can fly!". I really, really, hate plot holes, especially big ones. A brief synopsis for those of you not familiar with the show: it's kind of like "X-men" and "Wildcards" because normal human beings realize they have extraordinary powers and are learning to control them and interact with the rest of the world. Some of them find out that a giant nuclear explosion is going to destroy half of NYC and they want to stop it. Peter Petrelli's power is that he can copy the powers of any other person. He's a really good guy but he finds out that he's going to absorb a nuclear radiating power that he can't control and then he's going to explode and cause the catastrophe. He's also absorbed his brother's power of flight. Oh, and he can regenerate. To me, this seemed liked a no-brainer. As soon as he was about to explode he could just fly high into our atmosphere, explode (yes, I know there would still be environmental problems but one thing at a time), regenerate, and come back down. NO ONE suggested this the entire season. Finally, at the last moment his brother flew down and flew him up into the sky sacrificing (we assume) himself in the process. I'm pretty sure I didn't miss any on screen explanation for this necessity, such as Peter concentrating so much on trying to stop the explosion that he couldn't fly or that he could only use one power at a time, but if I did, I apologize for my criticism. If not, however, I stand by my irritation and disappointment with the season one finale. GRUMP! GRUMP! GRUMP! Thank you for you attention. :)

Well, it's September

The weather turned pretty quickly, but it's still nice. I wore a sweatshirt this morning but was sweating when I took my walk (in my short sleeved t-shirt) this afternoon. Whenever I start to think about the changing seasons I stop and appreciate how beautiful my surroundings are and I come right back to the present.

Work is busy, I've been updating that blog a lot because we are upgrading. Check it out because I've been posting many pics and details. My boss liked my idea for a new show so I may be producing some more.

I'm tired and need to go to bed. I'll post more later. :)