Miatatude

For our half day off Friday we went over to Augusta to see a movie. We have devised a plan in which every other Friday afternoon off (which means once a month) we will see a movie at a matinee. The drive to Augusta is that is where the closest stadium seating theater is, plus when the weather is warm it will be a good excuse to go for a drive. Today I let Donna pick, so we ended up seeing “Two Weeks Notice.” Donna is a sucker for Sandra Bullock or Julia Roberts movies, so we go, and I get major brownie points for it (and believe me, I usually need ’em.) Next movie will be my pick.

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Actually went for a little drive this afternoon. Real little and the top was up. It has been like 3 weeks since I’ve modified anything on the car and I’m starting to get the heebie-jeebies. I’m not sure what’s next though…I’ve toyed with the idea of replacing the indiglo gages with something from AWD, maybe the MS version. I just can’t leave well enough alone.

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Too cold to even think about going outside. The Miata hasn’t moved all day, almost like it was a Sunday. Spent the day huddled in front of the PC, basking in its electrical warmth.

Tonight I’m on my own movie-wise. Donna will be glued to the tube watching the ladies figure skating in the U.S. Championships from Dallas. I may watch Memento or maybe Ronin.

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Top stayed up again today. If this trend maintains it may just work out that there will have been exactly one top transition for every day in the year by the time February 1st rolls around.

Tonight’s feature was “Lilo & Stitch” and we only made it through about half way before turning it off. Can’t really explain it, except it just didn’t seem like fun. Give me Dumbo any day.

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Finally broke down and put the top up. We made a late evening store run and even with the windblocker it would have been too cold to enjoy the trip. Besides tomorrow morning will be in the 20’s….

With the breakfast trip Friday and yesterday’s lunch run, that makes 3 short trips in three days, probably less that 10 miles total.

We spent most this weekend indoors watching DVD movies. M*A*S*H, This is Spinal Tap, American Beauty, Shawshank Redemption, My Fellow Americans and Blue Streak. Lots of comedy there, even in the couple of dramas on that list. The first 3 are from my growing collection and the others are from friends at work, two others and I have started our own little DVD swap club. 6 down and 11 to go. I have my full quota of 4 from Netflix sitting on the coffee table, along with 1 from work and 6 left of the recent arrivals from Columbia House.

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They predicted partly sunny and mid-50s for today. Ha! Missed the mark. The clouds stayed thick and the sun never showed up, so it was lucky to make it into the middle 40s. The top stayed up all day as it was pretty typical mid-winter day here. I can’t complain too loudly as today’s weather in my old hometown, New Britain, CT, was snow/winter mix with a high of 32.

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Happy Gregorian New Year Ya’ll. Treated today like a Sunday, I thought for sure the Miata wouldn’t move, but this evening my wife informed me that we were out of plastic snack bags, so it was off to Kroger.

Getting used to the short shifter. It does seem to make shifting a bit notchier, but I think that is a good thing, seems better suited to the sports car character of the car. Mind you the Miata shifter was so short and smooth to begin with that a step down still keeps it at the fantastic level.

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