So the long holiday weekend is behind me. As one might expect, Chris Columbus is no hero here in Asia, but I was glad for the day off. Here’s the recap on how I spent my time:

I achieved my second highest score ever playing as the Spanish in CIV III. Purely coincidence that I played as Isabella (I do each civilization in rotation) on Columbus Day, but it worked out well.

I took a two hour walk along the Han riverside Sunday afternoon. I needed the exercise and it was a beautiful day. Took a different route and saw a new part of town which was nice too.

I was driving through Itaewon Saturday and some cab driver went nuts on me. Driving behind me honking his horn like a madman and then pulling along side and flipping me off. I just laughed. I have no idea what I did to piss him off, but whatever it was I’m sure it does not compare to the crap I have endured from cabbies on a routine basis. Guess he didn’t like a taste of his own medicine. Anyway, it was pretty funny to watch this guy and I took a measure of perverse pleasure in his reaction to my unknown offense.

I went to Dolce Vita last night. First time I’ve been in a bar since I got back from the States. I had only intended to have one or two beers and maybe get a little pool practice in. My friend Scott was there and he’s the kind of guy who never lets your glass get empty before he buys another round. So I wound up drinking four or five and caught a pretty good buzz. I played two games of pool with Tim, a guy on my pool league team who actually has a lower rating than me. He wanted to play for shots. I guess he shoots better with some motivation because he beat me both times rather convincingly. Of course, I hadn’t touched my cue for three weeks, but then again, when you shoot pool like I do a layoff doesn’t hurt much. It’s like golf, the more I practice the worse I get.

Came home and put Crash in the DVD player. I actually bought the DVD several weeks ago but hadn’t gotten around to watching it. After reading Nomad’s review I was anxious to see it. The part I saw was excellent. I passed out about halfway through. Woke up on the couch fully dressed at 3 a.m. I’m such a lightweight these days.

Oh yeah, my blog apparently got hacked sometime over the weekend. I tried to log on yesterday and got a black screen that said “trustix has you”. Did anyone notice? Anyway, I contacted my web host (blogsabout.com) and they fixed me up right away (thanks Lisa). Seems I made a mistake when I ignored their advice to upgrade to the newer version of WordPress. Admittedly I am a techno-peasant so this stuff about security holes being exploited doesn’t mean much. Suffice to say I bought the upgrade. I don’t understand the hacker mentality. Why would anyone want to waste time crashing my worthless blog?

So there you have it. If my life sounds rather pathetic these days it is only because it is. Not to worry though, I have a positive attitude and I fully anticipate getting my s*it together one day soon.

Really.