Week Notes 2021/30

Introduction

Notes for the week of 26th July through 1st of August 2021.

I spent the week on vacation at home reading, some writing, and generally relaxing.
My toe has mostly healed and the theory about what caused the pain & swelling has changed. Whatever the cause had passed to the point where I could walk normal distances with only a small amount of discomfort by mid-week.
On Thursday I accidentally walked into Waterstones and bought: Ted Chaing’s Exhalation, Inadvertent by Karl Ove Knausgård, A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon.
On Friday I subbed to the LitCritGuy’s Patreon.
I was gifted trail running sockets, two bottles of whisky, and all six volumes of Akira for my birthday this week.
- The bottle of Redbreast from Mike J. is about to be opened as a pre-dinner aperitif.
In terms of writing I made a little progress on a short story, but realised that after today/tomorrow I need to abandon it.
- After a month of using Scrivener I’m not going to pay full price for the software package. It doesn’t quite work for me and my processes.

How to Read Literature (Terry Eagleton, 2014)
- I’m very near the end of this. Probably about twenty pages left.
Trafalgar (Angélica Gorodischer, 1979)
- Still about half way.
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1982-1990)
- All six volumes in one week.
- The good shit!
Inadvertent (Karl Ove Knausgård, 2018)
- A short read. Insightful and provided me with a different way of looking at writing.

Two elliptical sessions at the gym. God, what tedious exercise.
On Wednesday 28th I had an hour long session with a personal trailer. I’m learning to dead lift and do weighted squats for the usual reasons of injury prevention and performance improvement.
On Sunday 1st August I went for a 9km run along the sea front. My toe held up well with little pain during (cobbled streets still hurt) and none after. I ran with Jen. We stopped for a coffee 5km in and then stopped at 9km rather than 10km because Jen developed a slight hip tendon issue.

Star Trek: Deep Space 9 S7E20 “The Changing Face of Evil”
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 S7E21 “When It Rains…”
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 S7E22 “Tacking into the Wind”
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 S7E23 “Extreme Measures”
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S11E4 “Hong Kong”
- A rewatch of one of my favourite episodes. Directed by Bourdain’s partner Asia Argento with cinematography by and extended interview with Christopher Doyle
The Rocketeer (Joe Johnson, 1991)
- Entertaining pulp throwback. Timothy Dalton really chewed the scenery. Exceptionally charming compared to contemporary superhero films.