Message 298

After my usual Thursday routine yesterday with Vanessa and Annie at Heidi's Pies and the library, I stayed in San Mateo while Vanessa and Jin (her helper) took Annie for her Pottery Barn photo shoot. At 2 PM I picked beech up at school. I originally planned to take him to the park and then to his Hip Hop dance class, but he refused to go to those and said he wanted to drop out of the class. We played several of his games and had a good time until Vanessa got back home about 5 PM. I had some pizza that Vanessa ordered delivered and then went home.

In the evening I finished watching the special features of Black Book, which is a Dutch film released in 2006. I give it four stars. It is a long and complex file about resistance to the Nazi occupation and their killing of Jews near the end on World War 2. It is done very well by a cast that was unknown to me but quite good. However, it requires watching the commentary to understand what is going on. It is based on true events, and I am so impressed by it that I am tempted to give it five stars, but decided it was too hard to understand for that.

I have a cold that is causing me to cough and have a sore throat. I hope I can get over it without needing Zithromax.