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other than to feed dan's fish, i had nothing else going on today. i was relieved to see that none of the other fish had died during the past week. when i came back home, i gave my pizza rolls lunch the proper time to digest before changing into my shorts and turtleneck for a run on this 50 degrees day. i thought i'd be all out of shape since it's been weeks since my last run (041217) but i actually ran with a lot of energy today. i cramped up in the final mile though and walked the rest of the way back. after a hot shower i watched resident evil: armageddon on dvd. not as good as the first one (although two chicks for the price of one leaves nothing to complain about), with more zombie chopsuey than i really care for (everyone knows the best way to dispatch the undead is with brain-directed bullets, not to bust out the karate on their dead asses). checking my e-mail, i got a message from renata with a request from her friend to take a photo down. in the history of my weblog this has happened only one other time before, with a colorful housepainter who later asked for a copy of the photo to post on his own website. in any case, it left me in a foul mood for some reason, like some how i did something wrong and was chastised for it. my hurt feelings was short-lived however, when rob called to drop by and pick up his bicycle that he left in my basement before he went off on his european vacation. we chatted a little bit (making fun of the celebrity news, trying to score tsunami videos, the poop on france) before he returned to jamaica plain. julie came by soon afterwards with some laundry; since her dryer was busted, i let her do a wash at my place. we watched the rebroadcast of game 1 of the 1975 world series between the boston red sox and the cincinnati reds. luis tiant was the pitcher, with a supporting cast of the likes of carl yastrzemski, jim rice, dwight evans, and carlton fisk. don zimmer of the pedro-charging-fame was actually the red sox 3rd base coach (small world). the designated hitter rule didn't seem to apply as pitcher luis tiant managed to score the game winning run with some good base running in fenway park. it was just really interesting seeing the stars of yesteryear, many of whom still appear time-to-time on sports talk shows. the picture quality was something to be desired with the washed-out retrovideo, the intermittent score/inning overlays were vintage 1970's fabrications, and the camera work was still in its infancy with frequent missed plays and fustrating vantage points. compared to the sports broadcasts we have today, you can really appreciate how far we've come. i had some chinese dumplings for dinner and what i didn't finish i gave to julie. she brought some color "dot" candy which i had a hard time digesting because i can't stand eating the paper that gets stuck to each dot.