I've even raped and killed a mountain panda in the hills of Shaanxi.

It always seems like the weather changes when people visit Seattle - I know when I used to visit, the weekends would be dry. Anyway the spate of early spring is gone and now it's been standard Drizzle for a couple weeks now. On my actual birthday the weather was mostly just hazy at least. I was fed up with lying around reading so I walked to the new Trader Joe's that they opened less than a month ago. I bought ginger limeade and cheap salad and Iberico cheese. (Besides that I have Mahon and Kerrygold Dubliner Cheddar in my fridge, all highly recommended.) And then I walked back via Ballard Ave and stopped in at Second Ascent. My new daypack from REI has a water hose pocket, but I lost my Platypus bite valve cover. The new ones are pretty cool, compared to the old one I lost, which was just a soft pocket cover that came loose more often than not.

Reg convinced me to watch all three Transporter movies this weekend. I am still incredulous that such a "job" would ever exist, but as long as you don't think too hard, it all hangs together pretty well. Luc Besson is silly but his movies are internally consistent. Once you accept that people in this world do overly elaborate villainous schemes, it's on. Anyway, 1 and 3 were best but isn't that always the case? I also really believe that Frank is the first Action Hero with Asperger's. And parkour with a bike is kinda fun.

With some of my birthday money I bought the 2-disc special edition of Tropic Thunder. It's worth it just to hear RDjr in character during the commentary, fulfilling his line "I don't drop character till the DVD Commentary!" The director's cut is just a little bit longer but just a little bit better, too.

Anyway I have to go get some walking sandals for my trip.