Never before have I been happier to hear that a pilot failed after seeing these clips. My personal favorite is when Wonder Woman starts going off on saying ‘tits’ and ‘ass’ and then gets told that Wonder Woman isn’t vulgar. Did that woman not see the action figure they were trying to sell? Or the previous clip?

I’ll be the last person to complain about the skin shown in some shows like Game of Thrones and True Blood, but after reading those books they are staying true to the stories. The camera focusing on Wonder Woman’s bouncing breasts as she runs through the street and kicks people…not true to the character. She is suppose to be sexy, but she is sexy because she is a fierce warrior woman. Yes, Xena had moments where they focused on her body (just look at the opening credits and her putting on her armor) but that was not the focus. And Lucy Lawless commanded your attention and you could suspend your disbelief that she could be feared. This woman is not fearsome. She looks like a little girl playing dress up and trying to be Wonder Woman while the show exploits her looks. In fact the only way I would have found those clips to be believable is if they had a twist at the end of the pilot that she wasn’t actually Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, but Donna Troy, trying to be her big sister because that is sure what it felt like to me.

Don’t believe me? Check out the clip for yourself. But you have been warned.

I haven’t weighed myself yet. But I don’t really think I’ve lost weight yet.

And my hips hurt. Constantly. Combined with the fact that I cut my feet last night I think I’m gonna take the day off from running today and drink lots of water with some aspirin. Hopefully tomorrow I will not be hurting everytime I take a step so I can go back out. I kinda miss it in a weird way.

I just got off the treadmill and oww…My hips are stiff and sore. However, my hips are always stiff and sore after I work out, I tend to take it as a good sign because at least then I know I’m working.

I decided to stick with the treadmill for now, for two reasons, my road has no sidewalk and is very curvy and dangerous and I don’t think getting hit by a car would be fun. And if I get into the habit of going downstairs for the treadmill I won’t be using bad weather as an excuse.

Some initial observation from yesterday: because I did my workout in the morning I actually felt like I had more energy and was more willing to do more stuff in the afternoon and evening. I didn’t do much, just a few sit-ups and stretching, but I felt less like just lying around on the couch for the rest of the day.

Now time for today’s stats:

Time: 20 minutes
Distance: 1.15 miles
Speed: Alternating 3-4mph every two minutes, except for the very end where it was every minute so I end on 3 mph
Calories burned: 256
Incline (I just found this and started playing with it today): 4

I tried to speed up with 5mph after the initial two minutes of 3mph, but it ended up being too fast too soon. My bad ankle started hurting after about 20 seconds and decided to just go back to what I did yesterday.

Now I need to shower and be less stinky. I feel like people would appreciate that.

For the first day I decided to try and use the treadmill that is in the basement. I had trouble getting it started, but once I finally did…I didn’t really like it.
I walked/ran for 20 minutes, alternating 3mph and 4mph for 2 minutes each. I ended up going 1.15 miles and burned 240 calories.

I constantly felt like I was going to fall off the treadmill. I think that tomorrow I’m going to try my 20 minutes by going down the street.

Running, photography, learning a new skill, not eating meat, whatever can be thought of and reasonably, or even not so reasonably done.

For this first 30 day challenge I’m going to be running every day for 20 minutes.

This is going to be a huge challenge for me, being really overweight and not very physically fit. And since I am no longer walking everyday I need to do something to get more physically fit and a couple of days a yoga per week are no longer cutting it.

I will record my progress here each day. I expect when I go downstairs today all I’ll be doing is really walking for 20 minutes…but let’s give it a shot.

Marilyn Johnson is writing this book for not only librarians, but for people who are wanting to “see behind the curtain” and learn what happens in some of these libraries, if your rights really are being protected, and how people seem to like to leave poo on the shelves. She also points out that you no longer need a degree to be a librarian. There are a multitude of people out there organizing information, and making it their mission in their free time to make it easier for users to find, bringing the idea of a cybrarian into the world.

As for the reading level, I found it a very easy read for a non-fiction book. It was not too full of jargon and you don’t have to be a information science student to understand what is on the page. Marilyn Johnson does an excellent job of honoring these protectors of information. I think this should be added to a required reading list, so that the public does not forget how important librarians can be, especially as the world goes digital.

1. There can still be original ideas in Hollywood.

2. Audiences don’t have to spoon-fed every detail in summer blockbusters

3. Kyle Chandler needs to be in more stuff.

4. Not getting a clear picture of a monster/alien/creature does not always make it more scary, but it does make it more interesting.

5. Sometimes the monster isn’t the most interesting thing out there.

6. Silver rubics cubes are too difficult to solve by humans.

7. When in doubt, blame the Soviet Union.

8. Zombie movies were better in the 1970s.

Addendum:

I forgot one that is probably the most important thing I learned from Super 8:

9. Vomit is always funny.

That is all. Have a nice day.

Here is the link. I hope someone can make use of it if I cannot.

There is a train strike in Germany today. This means that many trains are either delayed or may even be cancelled. Having booked a train ticket to Vienna today from Hamburg this is very scary for me.

How late is the train?

Is it even going to come?

Am I stuck here and loose a day on my train pass?

Do I even still want to go to Vienna?

Luckily the train was only delayed a half an hour and I should have arrived in Vienna at my hostel if this blog post has gone out.

My best advice for anyone else facing a possible train cancellation is to stay calm. Nothing can be done if your train doesn’t come. It isn’t the fault of the people at the train station, most likely, and throwing a fit isn’t going to do anyone any good. The best thing to be done is go to a service station and calmly ask if they have any information. Be patient, generally they will try their best to help you out and either get you to where you want to go, or perhaps somewhere new.

This could even be a favor in disguise, you could end up somewhere completely new and have an even better time than you could have imagined. Just keep flexible, calm, and polite, and more likely than not things will work out in the end.

Now I just need to hope that the strike ends before next weekend when I’m planning on going to Berlin…

A live action Up movie that looks like it was originally created in the ’60s.

I’m like 85% sure it isn’t real…10% wish it was, and 5% deluding myself.  But watch, enjoy, and take a break from your day!