Ridiculously Prepared

As I'm going to a 10PM showing of Prince of Persia tonight at the $3 theater with a few friends, I decided it might be a good idea if I didn't wait until I got home to write up today's BEDA blog. Not that writing it earlier seems to be doing much for inspiration, but the fact is that the post is here! Again, like nanowrimo, I feel that it's more about the fact that something exists rather than the quality of that thing existing.

Besides planning on seeing Prince of Persia tonight, I've done a lot of preparing for the coming school year. I looked up the textbooks I need to buy (and they're actually cheaper at Barns and Noble for once, yes!), checking on some financial aid stuff (yay! So. Much. Debt. Urg), and played around with the planner I bought a few days ago. Why I bought a planner in the first half of August when school doesn't start until September 22, I don't know. Currently, I already have my fall quarter schedule written down, various other dates that seemed important, and the fact that Nanowrimo begins November first (not that I needed reminding). Then, because I like to prepare for things six months in advance, I looked up when my finals will be since they have a schedule based on what time the class is held on my school website. If all of my classes have finals (which, I'm not entirely sure on that front) I'll have a final Monday, Tuesday... and Friday. Yuck. I guess I'll be really prepared for my Japanese final unless something changes when, you know, I actually start school.

In other news, it's still hot. It took a lot longer today for things to creep up into the higher temperatures and it hasn't gotten as hot today (yet) as the forecast was promising. Still, I'm not a fan of temperatures above 85. Not that the current 90 degrees is too much different, but that extra five degrees gives me something to complain about, darnit! Would I be from Washington if I didn't complain about the weather? No, I would not.

Despite the fact it's still hot I managed to work out this morning (I woke up early enough to where it was still *only* 70ish degrees) and managed to get five miles into the time that last week I'd been managing about 4.5 miles. Although I think I stopped for water more often. Not sure on that one, but still!

Alright, I'm going to go back to farming for experience and random items in Star Ocean: The Last Hope so I can finally finish that game. I've had that game since it came out in February 2009 and I still haven't finished it.

Side note: I currently have Hamlet (with David Tennant), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger's actual last film), and Grave of the Fireflies from netflix right now. I can't decide which to watch first. Any thoughts/opinions/votes on the matter?