Dr. Jones

OH Indy.

Maybe it's just a confluence of events that results in near perfect movies; circumstances that can never be repeated or recaptured. But it certainly hasn't stopped people in Hollywood from trying over the last few years.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is not a terrible movie, but even if you do your best to hold back lingering expectations from the first films, it doesn't hold up so well. The script for another Indy movie has been bounced around and remade and redone for a long time now, and that indecision seems to show. There are all the winks and throwbacks that make us laugh or think back to the other films, but whats the point. I'd prefer a solid film to a tacked together nostalgia trip, where no on seems to know what exactly to do.

And that's the problem, it feels like they got everyone back together, and they're all kind of awkwardly shuffling their feet, unsure of the next step. There are scenes or moments when it all comes together, but most of it is a mishmash. And some of the scenes are so far over the top, that they seem out of place, or laughable.

The original movies (save #2), had a great balance. The action was over the top but never out of bounds, the supernatural was present, but not ludicrous, the amount of characters and plot you had running at any one time was sometimes complicated but didn't feel weighed down.

Here... nothing feels as crisp or lean, or even real. The film's just a little cold, missing some of the life that was breathed 18+ years ago. I've read two separate reviews, one going my direction, and one with glowing praise. The comments on each review tend to point to many many people putting on their fanboy blinders. I love the Last Crusade, its a movie I've watched over and over again, but even I can admit this new film didn't hit the mark.

I'm certainly going to give it a chance on DVD, but I know a better Indy film could be made.

I would walk... maybe 3.5 miles..

Well on my full 8 hour shift, which was an evening one this week, I managed about 6000 steps by the end of the day. It seems like one good walk to the store could put you on your way to the 10k goal, or maybe my pedometer is just boosting my ego. Though with my sample size of 100 steps, I ended up with like 96, which I thought was good, but I'd guess it varies with less normal movements.

Today I had a day off, and I managed maybe 2000 steps, and most of that came in a tiny chunk of movement after 5pm.

The point of the 10,000 steps goal is probably to prove how tiny changes around your normal day can increase your movement to a respectable level, and it's succeeding in that regard.

I think at the beginning of the 2weeker or somewhere on the site, Mike puts forth the general idea that the first week is kind of testing the concept out, and the second week is where you can adopt strategies. I couldn't agree more seeing this week in action.

Extra: I present to you the candidate of the future. FUTURE! (post from 2006)

Ehh

I don't have much. My boss quit, dangled the possibility of me taking over part of his responsibilities, only to tell me they went another direction. It was intriguing mainly to do something different and to be paid more, life moves on.

Indiana Jones needs to be pretty good.

I'm going to try this new 2weeker . I've half been following the previous ones, where my own choices happened to coincide somewhat nicely with each 2weeker. (Drinking no soda, and I collected some writing into a mailable form) This is the first one I'm directly checking out, thanks to a free pedometer "they" hand out to fat people like candy.

I know I barely move on the job, so I'm going to guess my 10,000 steps will have to come outside of work.

EDIT: I failed today. I was doing a 4 hour shift, and managed around 2000 steps. Extrapolate, and I'd manage 4k steps a day at my job, which broken down is watching TV most of the day. I knew I didn't walk that much, but I know I probably walked more today just knowing it was on my hip. It seemed to be more accurate then I'd expect for a freebie pedometer. I work 8 hours tomm, so I may have to walk mid-morning before my shift to try and reach the 10k goal. I'd guess with walking before work, and after work at home, i might have totaled 4500 steps.

Zing!

The amount of work someone did to make this, research and then editing, is rather amazing.