not a lot to report

It has been a while since I last posted, sorry, there hasn't been anything to report.  Lets see if I can find something worth typing out.

This last weekend was eventful for two reasons.  First of all I found out the IMAX in Kuwait was showing Inception, a movie I have heard a great deal about.  I planned on getting some coffee around 11pm then driving to the mall and watching the movie.  Instead my car wouldn't start.  Luckily I went to Starbucks next to the mall, so I bought a set of jumper cables.  I found a car nearby, some teenagers were just hanging out in the parking lot.  Five minutes of them trying to figure out how to open the hood ended in failure, apparently the latch was broken.  They called to another guy who pulled up with his suburban and 30 minutes of him charging my car didn't do a thing. This whole process used about 15 english words and a whole lot of hand gestures and sounds effects to communicate.  In the end I left the car there, got a cab back to my place and had a repairman replace the battery the next morning.

Tuesday night was exciting for two reason.  It started out with dinner with Greg and Becca. I made a nice smoked gouda sauce, mixed with bow-tie pasta and grilled chicken.  Sprinkle on a ridiculous amount of finely shredded parmesan cheese and you've got goodness.  I'm looking forward to heating up some leftovers when I get back to my apartment in an hour.  Greg and I then went to one of the Kuwait malls and watched Inception, a movie that definitely lives up to all of the hype.
 
Oh yea, between dinner and Inception, a moment 11 years in the making was realized.  I was introduced to StarCraft 11 years ago by my cousin Jason.  It is easily one of the greatest computer games ever made.  It was in second place behind Dungeon Keeper, my all time favorite computer game.  At 8pm StarCraft 2 was officially available to me, I had already downloaded the game, I just needed to buy a license to play it online and I was set.   At first when I tried to buy it, I was told I was in the purchase queue in place 930.  They estimated it would be 24,855 days until my turn came.  Luckily that was just a bug, and I purchase the license about 20 minutes later.  This game definitely lives up to the hype, I just wish it hadn't taken them 11 years to finish it.

I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë last week.   I give it 5 out of 5 stars and will likely be reading it again before I leave Kuwait.  Other than having a little drama, some romance, a few surprises, and a lot of patience, I wont say anything about the book.  I just recommend you read it.

Right now I'm about three quarters through East of Eden by John Steinbeck.  Very good story so far, depending on how it ends, I feel like its gonna get 3.5 or 4 out of 5 stars. 

While Jane Eyre was centered on, you guessed it, Jane Eyre, East of Eden has two families that the story is focuses on.  From marriage to kids to grand kids, there is a lot going on, and I'm pretty curious as to how it all ends.