Easter Weekend Positives

The weekend hasn't been all bad.

I'd scared the bejesus out of myself on Friday night, playing Doom 3. Storyline has pulled me in and the leaping creatures have got me skipping a beat here and there. id Software did a fantastic job with this game. The game AI is very intelligent. Some enemies are rolling on the ground to avoid your shots.

Saturday, I'd made it to the gym and had a decent experience compared to the last time. I even managed to get a treadmill. Under normal circumtances, I'd rather drive a nail into my thumb than do cardio, but I did knock off a 20 minute run, with no struggle. Must have been the pent up energy from the week.

After showering up, I headed into the West Village to meet up with Chris Glass. With a few minutes to spare, I stopped into Sullivan Comics and picked up a few books. I met up with Chris at the Peanut Butter & Co. He was there with some other bloggers he knew, Thor, Paul (I never got their blog names) and Chris' photog friend, Art, showed up later.

Chris is really tall or I'm short. It's both. He is a great guy and I enjoyed speaking with him. It turned out to be a great day weatherwise, so much so that since the PBJ place was packed with kids, we took our PBJ sandwiches to Washington Square Park to eat. Chris had the Elvis, with bacon. I was more pedestrian and less adventurous with the Lunch Box, regular PBJ on whole wheat, crunchy. Yum. We sat in the park, ate, chatted and watched the pigeons circle. A dog pooped nearby.

When we finished eating, we walked about the park. "Ooh, dogs fucking," Chris squealed as he quickly whipped out his camera, alas not fast enough. No doggie porn today. Chris was heading to a theatre matinee so we said our goodbyes at a subway entrance. Glad I made the time to meet with him.

I walked about a bit, enjoying my alone time and mused how much I do like hoofing around the city. Then headed home myself, contented.

Evening was spent with some ordered Chinese food and watching Finding Neverland. Highly recommended.