lotsa stuff. or maybe not so much stuff.

lesse. last comment was on War of the Worlds. still 'Meh'. i can't say i was overly impressed. there were a few moments, but all in all, it really was rather lacking. worth what i paid to see it ($0) so i'd say it was worth what i paid. certainly not the summer blockbuster it was made out to be. i guess it did ok in the box office when all is said and done.

so that leaves friday. not much too it. went to S&R's Annual Summer BBQ on saturday. that was fun. M was hit on by TK Jr. chatted with friends from work. had a good time.

day 11323 arrived on sunday. had a nice quiet day w/M. did a little shopping, but for all that MA was having a 'tax free weekend', it wasn't until nearly 9pm that i actually bought something that was taxable. (some cleaning stuff and a new coffee table) nice dinner at Navy Yard Bistro. (our waiter was the guy in blue sitting at the bar in the picture) M's crispy duck was a little too salty, but otherwise it was good. it was raining lightly when we got there, but when we left, it was a lot heavier. all of the fun heavy thunderstorms were to the south of boston, so i missed out on all of them. TK saw lightning strike his neighbor's front lawn. lucky bastard...

work today was ok, and ended on somewhat of a higher note than normal. my biggest problem of late has been trying to get our new laptops imaged. for some reason, around the 300mb mark, it just freezes. so after spending most of the day fighting with it i decided to see what would happen if i put the hard drive into one of the old laptops. i was able to pull 2 images from the drive w/o a problem. the only thing i can think of is that something is freaking out at the idea of dumping the data at gig speed, but by slowing it down to 100mb speed, things seemed to stablize. i haven't tested restoring the image yet, but hopefully i'll get the chance to do that tomorrow.

had a nice chat w/RP tonight. she bought a place w/S and after much trial, tribulation and delays, they are finally moving in. after many delays, they were sposed to move in june, but as things happen, they only signed papers 2 weeks ago. so congrats to them.

temps today were much nicer than the humid 90's of the last week. the current forecast seems to indicate that things are going to be nice this week and this weekend, the return of the muggies. ho hum.

KO (landlord) has finally reached a point where i can use the steps to get in and out. i'll post pictures of things in the next day or so of where things were friday morning (pre-jackhammer), evening (post-jackhammer) and now (longer than expected build). so far it looks pretty good. the landing is a little lower, so the top step is shorter than the others, but a few trips up and down and i'm sure i won't notice. KO is pleased because once he removes the old railing, there will be nothing attached to the house, and it's the only thing that is plumb. but he admitted that it took a lot longer than expected. i expected it to go longer, so it was nice to arrive home tonight and be the first person to actually use them. should be a bit safer than the concrete block that was (and is still in part) there. it's certainly a lot easier going in and out the front (not really, but for me it is i spose) entrance than down the back steps which are steep and narrow.

well, i'm tired. been a long weekend.