Due partially to my desire to not sit around on my ass all weekend, partially by circumstance, I did quite a lot this weekend. Including Friday, I:
Did laundry - Two loads. Not too exciting.
Took my car in for a tune up - New front brakes, new front tires, a realignment, regular 30-month service, and a brake caliper adjustment on the left rear wheel.
Went to the optometrist - A week after the incident I went to my optometrist for a check. He found that healing is progressing well, though it will still be another week before I should try wearing contacts again. Next examination (and my regular full eye exam) is in two weeks. I brought the photo of my eye and he passed around the clinic and asked if he could keep it. I know one of my readers works for a medical images company. I'll have to get in touch with him and see if there's a textbook out there that wants a photo.
Saw Spider-man on opening night - I really liked the movie. It's a love story, so don't get hung up on the special effects. Personally, I felt if they were too realstic (like The Matrix) it would detract form the message, and I was impressed at how internally consistant the quality and nature of the effects were. And the two leads, Tobey and Kirsten, were great.
Went dancing at Friday Night Waltz - After the movie in Emeryville, Karen, Crystal, Quinn and I drove down to Palo Alto for Friday Night Waltz, and danced 'till midnight.
Took first on-water Kiteboarding lesson - Flying a kiteboarding sail is a lot like flying a flexi-foil two-line stunt kite in the same way that riding a motorcycle is like riding a bike: The general principle is the same, the reflexes from one will help you with the other, but it's a completely different scale of power. The lesson went well, and by the end I was actually getting up onto the board and jetting along for bits at a time. Next time on the water should be a breakthrough.
Went to Heather's bonfire birthday party - With much burning of things and visiting of friends I don't get to see very often.
Helped Dinah set up her Frankentosh - A Powermac 8500 with a 500Mhz G3 upgrade card and a firewire/USB card. I also helped her out with instructions on how to install OS X on to this computer which was never designed to accomodate it. Keeping fingers crossed...
Sorted through over 300 CDs - With Dinah's help, went through my CD collection, finding which ones hadn't been MP3-encoded yet, and matching CDs with their long lost jewel cases.
Went to Karen and Crystal's Cinco de Mayo Fiesta - Much fun was had. Viva la Mexico!
Dinner with Ali and Mark - Well, dessert really. They had dinner, but I had rice pudding and horchata. A good Mexican ending to a good Mexican day. I'm atoning for skipping out on my Spanish class last Thursday.
And before I sleep...
Writing a few blog posts - Like this one, for example...
Watching the Simpsons - And a few other TiVo'ed goodies
Working on stuff for Kevin 3.0
I don't think anyone can say I sat on my ass this weekend.