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Thanks to santabarbara I finally got off my ass and went swimming this weekend. It was a lot of fun, and if I have time at the end of the day today I am going to repeat the activity. I mostly just doggy paddled because I couldn't remember how to swim. Every time I started to do some sort of freestyle swimming I would get very clumsy and start sinking. I wish I could blame the waves, but it's been so long since I swam I can't remember how to do it right. How shameful. In any case underwater swimming (as long as I keep my mouth and eyes closed) and doggy paddle are fun enough. There was lots of seaweed. But, it all is close the beach once you get out in the water it isn't so bad. There was also two jellyfish. But, they didn't sting me.

Sideways was one of the Netflix movies I watched this weekend. The hype from people who have seen this movie, and Payne's previous films made me excited about Sideways. It was a great movie. I can see why everyone went on and on about it. It has stuck with me for several days. The funny scenes, the characters, and the undercurrent of depression. The characters, while difficult to like, stayed with me. The things they did, the way they talked, the things they said. All combined to make me want the movie to keep going, even if I despised their actions. I have to admit to a small amount of disappointment, simply in comparison to Election and About Schmidt. Perhaps the subject matter while depressing in both of those films, was a little bit easier to watch since it didn't hit close to home. Single guys in their 30s in Santa Barbara County? Hey! Like me. I am not so wine obsessed, though. Oh, plus there was one obvious weird geographic error. They put the rincon south of Oxnard! Crazy.

Slackergirl came to visit this weekend on her way home from a pornstar wedding. It was fun. She told stories of Tiger Wood's locker room and trying to thieve his golf clubs. And, I ate her Dargan's fish and chips. Which were very good. But, not as good as Shepard's Pie.

Tonight is a book club meeting. We are talking about a Larry McMurtry book called Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen. It is sort of his biography amongst a lot of his thoughts about books, writing, and reading. It was ok. His writing style was easy to read, and pretty interesting. But, I thought some of his theories were silly. Like the west never produced a great novelist because the camera was introduced and people didn't need to describe Yosemite in great detail since pictures were being taken. And, he goes over a list of famous novelists who stayed in San Francisco. A glaring lack of mention of John Steinbeck. Anyway. It was an enjoyable book, I just don't know how good it will be for discussion purposes.

Speaking of fun books I got Assassination Nation Vacation from the library. I look forward to reading it. I might save it for September's plane trip, though. It seems like a good plane book.