Warm days and warm nights

As suggested it's been rather warm here lately. Not necessarily in a bad way though. Up until today it was rather pleasant, getting hot but with relatively low humidity, so it was dry. I imagine this is the kind of lovely weather our friends to the West get to have day in and day out... bastards. Then again they have intermittent fires and earth quakes to contend with... hm, I wonder if it would be a worthwhile sacrifice.

That said, tomorrow I believe it is going to rain - I can feel the moisture building up in the air, condensing. I love the rain, but the inevitable humidity before or after is not my kind of weather. I sweat when I sleep, and that means my sheets are gross and need to be washed constantly. I suppose we could get AC, but I'm terrified about what that'll do to our electricity bill. I've not even gotten the first one yet, so until that comes I'm not in any rush to cool the place down with anything more than some well positioned fans. And it's not as if people all over the state, country, and world don't live without the modern convenience of air conditioning. We'll survive. There are far worse things that I could be challenged with.

Since my last entry I've seen The Dark Knight - actually, it was that night. Some friends and I went to a midnight screening at Severence in Cleveland Heights. It was a fantastic movie, and I can't wait to see it in an IMAX theatre. There should be a trip to Pittsburgh, or Columbus, or maybe Cincinnati in the near future. I'll be brief, but echo what everyone else has said, and note that I think Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker was phenomenal. I'm not determined to see a posthumous Oscar, but more so let down that they won't be able to do any overlap with the next film unless they re-cast.

I went to a wine dinner last night at Whole Foods. The last Monday of every month they have a themed tasting for $45 called Counter Culture - it's held at their cafe-style prepared foods counter in the specialty section. Maggie, my wine lady, told me about it Sunday, and I signed up immediately. A tour of Greek wines and accompanying Mediterranean influenced cuisine. It was really stunning, but I won't go into great detail about it now - I have the menu which I can perhaps upload a photo of or transcribe. (Edit: I scanned a copy below.) In general Greek wines are tasty.