The Quality Without A Name

We saw Knocked Up on Sunday.  It was funny.  It was preceded by a preview for Run, Fat Boy, Run, which stars Simon Pegg of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and looks hilarious.  After perusing IMDB, I’d guess these will be the rest of my movie obligations:

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (opened 2007/05/25)
2. Ratatouille (opens 2007/06/29)
3. Black Sheep (opens 2007/06/29; limited release)
4. Sicko (opens 2007/06/29)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (opens 2007/07/11)

However, if Black Sheep doesn’t play in Austin, or if John doesn’t want to see some of those, these would be my next choices, assuming nothing else compelling comes out first:

• The Simpsons Movie (opens 2007/07/27)
• Balls of Fury (opens 2007/08/31)
• Run, Fat Boy, Run (opens 2007/09/27)

Our bathroom (which as I have mentioned isn’t air-conditioned) became somewhat overrun by some sort of insect on Friday night. Fortunately they mostly didn’t fly, and didn’t bite. It was still pretty gross though. They mostly disappeared by Saturday morning (except for a number of dead ones on the counter).

It was once again bright, hot and muggy on Saturday. It was somewhat windier than most of the week (except Friday). The ferry ride back to Beef Island was a lot rougher than the ride to BEYC, and the flight to San Juan too. At least the flight wasn’t scheduled for departure until 2:05 PM, so we didn’t have to get up early. The flight didn’t actually leave until more like 2:30. Delia didn’t get to sit in the co-pilot’s seat this time, which is a shame because the pilot this time was a lot chattier with the guy in the co-pilot seat than the pilot on the way to Beef Island had been.

There were no wailing children near us on the flights back. Hooray! We got home at about 12:30 AM. Home again, home again, jiggity jig.

This morning it started raining. On previous days, it rained once or twice a day, for about 15 minutes at a time. Today the rain lasted a few hours and was heavy and windy. At breakfast Tony was excited about getting out in a catamaran, but by the time he actually got under way (or “under weigh” if you prefer the nautical misspelling) the wind had died down to about the level of previous days. One of the staff told me today’s the first day of hurricane season and he expects five inches of rain. I don’t know if he meant five inches today or five inches for the whole season…

Anyway, the outdoors was a lot more tolerable during the downpour. It’s pretty much stopped raining and blowing now, but it’s still cooler and a little bit less humid than on previous days. Delia wanted to hike up the big hill today but I don’t know if that’s going to happen anymore, since it’ll be very muddy now.

Annoyingly, BYEC’s wireless router hasn’t been working well for a couple of days. For the sake of my avid readers, I’ve come out to “Saba Rock” (a bar/hotel on an island about 50 yards offshore of BYEC) where they have their own Internet connection. Delia’s in the gift shop buying overpriced whatnots for the lucky folks back home.