Maybe I should exercise a bit more…?

Softball practice yesterday… so freaking sore today. But it’s the good kind of sore, so I’m not really complaining. It does make me realize how little I’ve been exercising as of late. Gotta get back on that Swiss ball and start doing those push ups and crunches again. I’m pretty revved up about the season though. It should be good. Unfortunately, I’ll be in school most of the time, so I don’t know how committed I’m going to be this year. Oh who am I kidding? I’ll probably be back every weekend….

Washed, waxed, detailed the car on Saturday. So fresh, so clean, so smooth. I couldn’t believe what happened though. After we finished doing that, I headed to Fairview for some quick shopping. I got there around 5pm and parked on the lower level so the car would be covered. Mall closed at 6pm, so as I got the car, the NASTIEST freaking bird bomb was on the windshield. WTB is up with that? Why do those pigeons gotta be all up in my face like that? Sigh… well, at least it was a quick clean up job. Otherwise the ride is as nice as usual.

The Da Vinci Code

So I started reading it a couple of weeks ago after much postponement. Now, I fully admit that I don’t read all that much, and I don’t exactly give book reviews very much, so bear with me if this is review crap and totally inaccurate. Anyway, first impression… poorly written. The characters seem to be just thrown into a situation and go from there. There’s a little background given for each main character, but not much. I mean, there’s history about what they’ve done, but I never really thought that I knew either of them very well, that is, characteristically speaking. It’s also fairly predictable, especially at the beginning of the book with all the codes and anagrams. I mean, give me a break, it’s so transparent. Most of the time I’m reading on just to confirm that I’m right. And what the heck is with the 105 chapters? There are about 450 pages. A little more than 4 pages per chapter? Okay, I can see how the divisions can be convenient for spurt-readers, but really, I find it disruptive and fragmented. The flow is so messed up, and frustratingly so. He’ll write details about some of the most obscure things that have nothing to do with the story at all, and then only skim over some of the details that are more pertinent. I think that’s part of the reason why even though it’s poorly written, it compels you to read on and finish the damn thing. Blech. As a novel, it pretty much sucks.

Now about the religious ramifications. Hmm. I hadn’t even heard of Opus Dei until I read the book. But after having read some of the stuff on their website and read some commentary about some of their practices, beliefs and personal experiences of people who’ve had immediate contact with them, I find them disturbing to say the least. And I don’t even know what to think about their whole link with the Catholic Church. As for the theories about the origins of Christianity and whatnot… oh come on. This guy needs to get his research right before he starts making these claims. If you’ve read the book, you should check out the Maclean’s article here. It highlights some of the errors and whatnot of the book. The one thing that the book did do though, it’s definitely revived my urge to travel. Damned school.