Well, I am rather unhappy all of a sudden. Here was I, really enthusiastic about my next (yet to be identified) race, particularly because I anticipate running alongside Patrice, my old uni friend who used to jog around the Lac de la Ramée with me 10 years ago. But… as usual, I log on to Runners World to check out the upcoming races, and to my dismay, although I have an online account with them, I am now required to purchase a subscription to their magazine if I intend to view the details of the listed races. Now that, in my opinion, is bloody outrageous. I don’t want to buy the magazine, especially now that I’m forced into it. And you know what? There doesn’t seem to be any site around that’s as good as runnersworld.com used to be. I am livid.
Nonetheless, I will carry on looking, and in the meantime, I still intend to start running again tomorrow morning. New shoes = additional incentive. Besides, not running for a month apparently hasn’t done me any good: I discovered in the Banana Republic’s changing rooms today that I have apparently put on two dress sizes. Or at least one, if we assume that BR have somehow changed their sizing scales (if they hadn’t, I wouldn’t be able to fit in any of my existing stuff, tight — I mean, right??). Time to get moving!
A quick update on sewing project number one: a very quick one indeed, as I’m still at the prep stage and washing that piece of fabric for the second time to avoid unexpected shrinkage on my future masterpiece… More interesting news on that later. That being said, I am gathering notes and inspiration in view of the time when I will be a sewmaster…
A little about today, as I attended the screening of contender short films for this year’s Sci-Fi Film Festival 48 Hour Movie Challenge. It is indeed the second year that Stephen and his friends participate in the competition, and we were there today to see Piranha, the masterpiece, shown on the big screen at the Apollo. You can find more on this and great pictures on Mr Topp’s blog. I even had the opportunity to participate a little this time, which was lots of fun (and you know what? voicing over is actually nerve racking). Anyway, unfortunately the team run into some technical difficulties, so Piranha wasn’t screened today, but we did get to see close to 20 other short films, from the very painful to the frankly hilarious, some of them incredibly well filmed and imaginative.
In the same spirit, we are taking part in Shoot London, a photo challenge organised by Tate Modern. More on that soon…
What else, what else? Oh, yes, Stephen has now uploaded about 50 of the hundreds of pictures taken during our trip in Montréal recently. You are welcome to check’ em out — if you like cute babies, you shall be served!
And finally, I shall close this post with a warm fuzzy feeling somewhere in the chest, as I kept telling myself today as I was walking along Brewer Street, Old Compton Street and Regent Street “oh dear, oh dear, I love Soho so much”. Only when I find myself looking all around me at the countless shops, seedy basement video stores, hip bars, smelly little streets and my favourite retail windows, how much I like and miss it. More of it, more of it! This calls for a ladies’ cocktail night very soon indeed.
And now, on to the more serious “get ready for the Monday challenges” activities. Ciao.
