Here’s a recap of what I’ve done in the past week.
Monday through Friday just weren’t too exciting. The only thing I really remember is going to Blockbuster and being told of a trial offer thing; I signed up for it and I’ll quit it before the month is up. I paid 8 dollars and I can rent one DVD at a time for as many times as I can before the 30 days is up. That’ll save me some money so I consider that a good deal. Other than that, not too much to say. Considering that I don’t even remember much from the week says a lot. One afternoon I went to Target to look for something (which I found; I also got something on sale for someone I know, and I did get reimbursed for the purchase) and on Friday I browsed around Barnes & Noble for a bit then I went to the nearby Planet Smoothie to use a coupon I have for a beverage there. That was it for excitement, although I do have to admit that the drink I got, Lunar Lemonade (it’s good) I saw that one of the ingredients they put in there was a blend which included the like of cayenne pepper (!; there’s no taste of that in there, though) and dandelion root! I have no idea why that would be considered healthy; I never thought that when I blew the white puffs out of the tip back when I was young*; maybe that’s just me, though.
And yeah, out of context, what I just said… it makes me look rather lewd!
So, I might as well skip ahead to the weekend. Saturday I did not do too much until the evening. I just watched some college football but the games weren’t all that interesting. I did go and eat some Pizza Hut for dinner, at least. The evening was me going to the local Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the UFC pay per view, featuring an interesting main event and not much else. Still, it was likely much better than that terrible-sounding boxing pay per view from the previous Saturday… I’d make fun of their main event and what a joke it was, but boxing has done a great job this year of making fun of itself. What a terrible 2011 that sport has had, a total disaster.
Anyhow, my time at the BWW, it was rather busy there. A lot of college football fans around, mainly watching the Florida Gators. As a general note I dislike Gators fans… the reason why is that I’ve come across many of them throughout the years, and to be honest many of them come off as white trash; that doesn’t even take into account their arrogant attitude. They whooped a clearly inferior team so I was happy to pay attention to mixed martial arts instead. The show wasn’t all that great, although they had two heavyweight fights back to back and they were so awful they became hilarious. One of them most people thought was going to be putrid but the other one was a surprise at how poor it was. The main event was at least fun to watch, mainly because by the time it started the place was really packed. A lot of people were interested in Jon Jones (or as someone there kept on calling him, either Jim Jones or Mike Jones; you rap fans can laugh at that mistake) defending the title against noted veteran (but faded veteran too) Rampage Jackson. The fight itself wasn’t too much of a surprise, except maybe for how long it lasted, but the crowd at the restaurant/bar going crazy for it made it entertaining. I don’t particularly care for Bones Jones as a person (an opinion I’ve heard become popular in recent months) but as a fighter he’s quite talented, to say the least.
Sunday… oh, this Sunday. The drive to and from Friendly Confines was as aggravating as always. I almost without fail deal with the stupidest Troglodytes on those drives, whether it’s people driving too fast/being maniacs or doing the usual Florida thing of not following the rules of the road. I got there around 3 as the Bears game started at 4:15. The place was jam-packed to watch all of the early games. I had to stand in a random spot for a bit before the bartenders there treated me right… wait for it, it’s not as crude as it sounds… they treated me right by informing me when a spot at the bar was available. It was much appreciated. As usual there, there were some off-putting people but most of them were fine. In fact, one person in particular looked and acted like he ingested some crystal meth before the game! He was a Lions fan and while it was understandable he was excited for his team coming back and pulling off the win, he was acting like a complete maniac, yelling and moving around like he was a loon. People were taking notice of him, and in a bad way. There was a lot of pointing and laughing at him. Finally, a bartender had to literally treat him like a child and tell him to not be such a jackass. He then behaved, before he and his pals left before the game was over with so I imagine he was butthurt over getting embarrassed like that. I was glad I got there when I did, though, as all of the early games ended up being close and most of them had exciting finishes; it was actually difficult to keep track of all of them.
As for the Bears game, I wish I could say that I saw all of it, but Fox was their usual God-awful Fox self. If you didn’t live near Chicago or Green Bay, then you didn’t even get to see the beginning of the game. Even though that game was the one being showed locally here in Orlando, Fox in their infantile wisdom decided to have everyone see the end of the Vikings vs. Lions game. F you, Fox! I’ve hated you for years and it’s for crap like this that I greatly fear their effect on the UFC now that the promotion is tied in with that awful network. So, I missed the opening drive of the game; sure, it was the Packers scoring a touchdown and maybe it was best I didn’t see it, but I was pretty pissed off about it at the time.
The Bears played about how I figured they would and they lost 27-17 in a game not as close as the score would suggest. I was pretty dead tired yesterday as I didn’t get a good night’s sleep on Saturday night. So, having to deal with a sound system that was almost deafening with how Goddamn loud they had the game audio turned up (by the 4th quarter it was at a more acceptable level but I was starting to wonder if I had suffered permanent hearing damage or not; it was headache inducing and that sort of thing really puts a bee in my bonnet, among other things) and a dipshit kid who sometimes blew a kazoo and I am shocked I managed to watch as much of the poor game as I did.
At least while I was there I saw a young man who looked a lot like UFC fighter Jake Shields and there was a great-looking young lady there who looked a lot like Debra Lafave, the hot Florida teacher who had sex with one of her students back in ’05 (that was a big deal down here).
As for this last week in September, as usual there’s not a lot on the agenda. I’ll probably go to a pro wrestling show to meet up with some people there, and finally I’m sure I’ll go see a movie or two on the big screen. I’m sure I’ll find enough to write about; plus, the Bears will face what is supposed to be an easier team… hopefully they’ll finally get another win.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
An Agglomeration Of A New Blog
I know, I’m using a fancy word for a blog there (it means “the action or process of collecting in a mass”) but I couldn’t think of a better title for this, so that’s what I went with.
My Monday and Tuesday was not noteworthy at all so let me skip ahead to Wednesday. I had free time and I wanted to do something different so I went up to Lake Mary. First, I went to the theatre up there (the AmStar 12) to watch Fright Night-in 2D instead of 3D-to check it out as I heard wide variances from both the critics and the fans on if the movie was any good or not. Me, I thought that while it wasn’t as bad as I heard from some places, the movie wasn’t all that great either. A lot of bitchy characters and gigantic plot holes really hurt things. A shame, as there were some interesting ideas and exciting scenes. There was actually a few other people watching the movie in the auditorium, and in a rarity for me, I experienced no stupidity from them at all.
After that I went to the nearby Tilted Kilt, for the food of course. Actually, it’s not only also for the drink (I had a mixed one which wasn’t too shabby) but also for the ladies, and many of them who work there look awful nice. I enjoyed that along with the almost always of the burger and fries that I got.
As typical, I witnessed some horrid driving on my way there and back. For example, when I was returning home, I saw someone driving really poorly. I mean, they almost rear-ended someone several times. I caught up to them and to the non-surprise of me, it was some chick who was busy texting on her phone. Figures. I’m against anyone doing that sort of garbage, no matter their sex.
Thursday, I ended up going out to dinner with someone I know; long story but that was an important day for the person so they wanted to go out. We decided on the local Cracker Barrel, as it was close by and I hadn’t been there in a long while. Funnily enough, after the experience I had there it’ll be awhile before I decide to return there… or even their neat-o store that they have attached to the restaurant. Most (in fact, almost all) of the restaurants in my lifetime I’ve visited have the common sense to list all of the stuff that is included in the food you ordered like, say, a cheeseburger. Not the Cracker Barrel, though. I was quite unhappy with that, although I was still able to consume what I ordered. What left me even more miffed was how some of the customers acted; not all the old people in there. They kept to themselves and didn’t act dumb. If only the white trash families there would have done the same, instead of being stupid and not being able to properly control their kids or in one case, being real dicks to their kids. I guess I shouldn’t expect better from a place calling itself the CRACKER Barrel.
Friday, I went to Winter Garden Village to pick up something as a present for some people I know. Even though I know they don’t read this, I won’t want to give away what the present is as they won’t be getting it until “the right time”. I’ll just say that it was something which was released on this day and it’s a big deal… hopefully you can figure it out. I happened to purchase it from Best Buy as I saw that if you got it there you got a free t-shirt with a famous character from that series on the front. I’ll be keeping the shirt, by the way.
Saturday was dull; I spent it at home, watching college football, being dead tired, and spending part of the day fixing an issue with the computer I use. Eventually I figured out what the issue was and I rectified the problem, but I wasn’t happy having to spend time dealing with that. I was tired because I had a rather strange dream involving being in a swamp and dealing with large killer hogs! It sounds like what could be a good low-budget horror movie, by the way; also, the large killer hogs weren’t actually Jared David St. Laurent and David Tuthill, although it’s understandable to make that mistake… speaking of college sports, I’ve started to be turned off by it. Not by the competitors but rather the people who run college sports and their apparent determination to try and ruin it with corruption and stupidity. That’s another rant for another time, though.
Sunday, I went to see the Chicago Bears play against the New Orleans Saints and sad to say, the Saints were just the better team. The Bears started off fine-enough but injuries and just poor play caused Chicago to lose 30-13. Even if it wasn’t for the injuries, Chicago wouldn’t have won. The Saints definitely played better. As the game became less interesting, I paid attention more to the other games going on that were close. I tried not to pay attention to some of the idiots who were too close to comfort to me (yes, the theory of me attracting idiots like moths are attracted to a flame once again proved true); at least there were some interesting people by me too, including an old couple where the lady was pretty wild; she bragged about how back in the 60’s she drove a then-new Mustang and had a blast with it; that’s ranks high on the awesome scale, IMO.
Also while I was there, I heard some guy referencing “the rippin’ and the tearin’”; I laughed as I got the reference. If you don’t, look it up on YouTube, if you dare. It involves an old guy at a resort in Jamaica called Hedonsim (enough said right there) wearing a Speedo and dancing around in a real lewd manner.
Anyhow, I’ll be back Monday the 26th. Not too much is on the agenda for the upcoming week aside from watching the UFC pay per view on Saturday and probably seeing a movie or two on the big screen. As always, I’ll find other adventures to get involved with.
My Monday and Tuesday was not noteworthy at all so let me skip ahead to Wednesday. I had free time and I wanted to do something different so I went up to Lake Mary. First, I went to the theatre up there (the AmStar 12) to watch Fright Night-in 2D instead of 3D-to check it out as I heard wide variances from both the critics and the fans on if the movie was any good or not. Me, I thought that while it wasn’t as bad as I heard from some places, the movie wasn’t all that great either. A lot of bitchy characters and gigantic plot holes really hurt things. A shame, as there were some interesting ideas and exciting scenes. There was actually a few other people watching the movie in the auditorium, and in a rarity for me, I experienced no stupidity from them at all.
After that I went to the nearby Tilted Kilt, for the food of course. Actually, it’s not only also for the drink (I had a mixed one which wasn’t too shabby) but also for the ladies, and many of them who work there look awful nice. I enjoyed that along with the almost always of the burger and fries that I got.
As typical, I witnessed some horrid driving on my way there and back. For example, when I was returning home, I saw someone driving really poorly. I mean, they almost rear-ended someone several times. I caught up to them and to the non-surprise of me, it was some chick who was busy texting on her phone. Figures. I’m against anyone doing that sort of garbage, no matter their sex.
Thursday, I ended up going out to dinner with someone I know; long story but that was an important day for the person so they wanted to go out. We decided on the local Cracker Barrel, as it was close by and I hadn’t been there in a long while. Funnily enough, after the experience I had there it’ll be awhile before I decide to return there… or even their neat-o store that they have attached to the restaurant. Most (in fact, almost all) of the restaurants in my lifetime I’ve visited have the common sense to list all of the stuff that is included in the food you ordered like, say, a cheeseburger. Not the Cracker Barrel, though. I was quite unhappy with that, although I was still able to consume what I ordered. What left me even more miffed was how some of the customers acted; not all the old people in there. They kept to themselves and didn’t act dumb. If only the white trash families there would have done the same, instead of being stupid and not being able to properly control their kids or in one case, being real dicks to their kids. I guess I shouldn’t expect better from a place calling itself the CRACKER Barrel.
Friday, I went to Winter Garden Village to pick up something as a present for some people I know. Even though I know they don’t read this, I won’t want to give away what the present is as they won’t be getting it until “the right time”. I’ll just say that it was something which was released on this day and it’s a big deal… hopefully you can figure it out. I happened to purchase it from Best Buy as I saw that if you got it there you got a free t-shirt with a famous character from that series on the front. I’ll be keeping the shirt, by the way.
Saturday was dull; I spent it at home, watching college football, being dead tired, and spending part of the day fixing an issue with the computer I use. Eventually I figured out what the issue was and I rectified the problem, but I wasn’t happy having to spend time dealing with that. I was tired because I had a rather strange dream involving being in a swamp and dealing with large killer hogs! It sounds like what could be a good low-budget horror movie, by the way; also, the large killer hogs weren’t actually Jared David St. Laurent and David Tuthill, although it’s understandable to make that mistake… speaking of college sports, I’ve started to be turned off by it. Not by the competitors but rather the people who run college sports and their apparent determination to try and ruin it with corruption and stupidity. That’s another rant for another time, though.
Sunday, I went to see the Chicago Bears play against the New Orleans Saints and sad to say, the Saints were just the better team. The Bears started off fine-enough but injuries and just poor play caused Chicago to lose 30-13. Even if it wasn’t for the injuries, Chicago wouldn’t have won. The Saints definitely played better. As the game became less interesting, I paid attention more to the other games going on that were close. I tried not to pay attention to some of the idiots who were too close to comfort to me (yes, the theory of me attracting idiots like moths are attracted to a flame once again proved true); at least there were some interesting people by me too, including an old couple where the lady was pretty wild; she bragged about how back in the 60’s she drove a then-new Mustang and had a blast with it; that’s ranks high on the awesome scale, IMO.
Also while I was there, I heard some guy referencing “the rippin’ and the tearin’”; I laughed as I got the reference. If you don’t, look it up on YouTube, if you dare. It involves an old guy at a resort in Jamaica called Hedonsim (enough said right there) wearing a Speedo and dancing around in a real lewd manner.
Anyhow, I’ll be back Monday the 26th. Not too much is on the agenda for the upcoming week aside from watching the UFC pay per view on Saturday and probably seeing a movie or two on the big screen. As always, I’ll find other adventures to get involved with.
Monday, September 12, 2011
The Bears, Yapping Dogs, & Eatin’ Like Elvis
To start this off, I won’t say too much about what yesterday was or all of those bad memories. I’ll prefer to keep this a more cheery blog, and I’ll leave the negativity when I get to my usual bitchin’ and moanin’.
There isn’t too much to say about Labor Day so I’ll skip ahead to Tuesday. I went to downtown Disney, walked around a bit, and then saw the movie Apollo 18. It’s yet another “found footage” movie but at least it had an interesting twist in that the movie claimed it was footage hidden from public view until it got leaked somehow this year about a mission that happened after Apollo 17, which was the last time we went to the moon; the movie says that in the 18th mission there was a strange discovery on the moon which led to various horrors. I heard some toxic reviews about the movie and how it was allegedly so awful. I watched it and it wasn’t that bad. In fact, most of my complaints were with the dumbshit audience I had to deal with while watching the movie. It wasn’t as bad as in other instances, but no surprises that the dumbest fools left their trash in the theatre instead of bringing it with them 30 feet and dropping it off in the trash bin. It makes my job of looking down on them all the easier. After that, I drove a little bit east to eat at Larry’s Giant Subs, as they offer delicious food and I happened to order something that resulted in a free combo; I was happy with that.
Wednesday was dull so I’ll skip ahead to Thursday. In the afternoon I went to Winter Garden Village for a bit, where I picked up a Blu-Ray and I went to Planet Smoothie, as I once again found some coupons for that place. I got what had to be the unhealthiest drink at that healthy-minded place, which was a concoction known as the Chocolate Elvis; it featured chocolate, bananas, and peanut butter. One of Elvis’s favorite meals with a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, and I know from experience that it’s a good meal, as I once at it at a restaurant in Memphis, but that’s a story I’ll have to tell another day.
After that there was the evening, where I went to the local Buffalo Wild Wings for some grub, alcohol, and some football action as the first game of the NFL regular season took place. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New Orleans Saints 42-34. It was a wildly entertaining game. I wish the Packers wouldn’t have won as I’m a Bears fan but at least offensively they were rather impressive. I at first was inside and ate there but I got tired of the dude bartender I had to deal with and I really got tired with the fools I had to sit by; once again, the rule of me attracting the stupidest people as if I was a light and they were moths was proven true. They were meathead Packers fans (not that I’m saying ALL Green Bay fans are meatheads; I know at least a few Packers backers!) and one lady was yapping away nearly constantly as if she was a little dog those dumb celebrity ladies just love to have as if they were an accessory akin to a bracelet. A dog would be more intelligent than that girl, too. She was just a drama queen and I couldn’t wait to get away from that bimbo.
I went outside to their patio to watch the rest of the game; sure, it meant having to deal with damn smokers but I enjoyed it out there. Like the only other time I was there on a Thursday, it was Biker’s Night there, meaning both Harley’s and Kawasaki’s. They had a DJ spinning the type of music the crowd would enjoy, and usually it’s the type of music I enjoy too. Those bikers were well-behaved and weren’t wild and out of control, thankfully. There was also some attractive young ladies around, which I’ll never complain about. As they sometimes do, they have a random young dame walking around selling shots of whatever; I ended up having one that was a combo of Red Bull, watermelon, and tequila. It wasn’t the tastiest combo but I still am glad I was able to quaff it.
Friday and Saturday were low-key and I mainly spent time watching college football so let’s skip ahead to Sunday and my trip to Friendly Confines in the eastern part of Orlando to watch the Bears play against the Atlanta Falcons. It turns out I could have watched the game at home… I still wanted to go out to FC, as I could watch many games at the same time. It was crowded there but I managed to find a seat at the bar and unlike what happened too often last year, I didn’t end up sitting by stupid A-holes. Atlanta was a real good team last year so I wasn’t even sure if the Bears were going to win. Turns out, except for some miscues Chicago looked pretty good and were able to win 30-12. I was very impressed with their performance.
Driving back from Friendly Confines to home I stopped at the nearest Arby’s to get some dinner to bring home. After I left Arby’s but before I got home there was an incident of road rage. In short, I almost wrecked with someone as they were driving way too fast on Highway 50; I honked at the guy for being an asshole. A little later I got off of 50 in order to get home and for a moment I thought that asshole was following me! I liberally used the accelerator (but still didn’t drive way over the speed limit) to get away from the Troglodyte; I quickly lost sight of him so I can only presume that clown wasn’t actually going to chase after me, but I am still glad I honked at him for his reckless ways, even though it resulted in a real elevated heartbeat for a moment there and whenever stuff like that happens (I’ve gotten chased more times than I care to admit!) it’s a real adrenaline dump and it takes a bit of time for me to cool off and forget about the incident. I did not let that ruin my enjoyment of my time at Friendly Confines or the Arby’s meal.
I’ll be back on Monday the 19th. I do not have too much planned for the upcoming week aside from going back to FC this upcoming Sunday to watch the Bears play against the aforementioned New Orleans Saints. I think that’ll be another game that could be real tough for Chicago. I do not know what other adventures I’ll get involved with; as usual I’ll end up doing various things.
There isn’t too much to say about Labor Day so I’ll skip ahead to Tuesday. I went to downtown Disney, walked around a bit, and then saw the movie Apollo 18. It’s yet another “found footage” movie but at least it had an interesting twist in that the movie claimed it was footage hidden from public view until it got leaked somehow this year about a mission that happened after Apollo 17, which was the last time we went to the moon; the movie says that in the 18th mission there was a strange discovery on the moon which led to various horrors. I heard some toxic reviews about the movie and how it was allegedly so awful. I watched it and it wasn’t that bad. In fact, most of my complaints were with the dumbshit audience I had to deal with while watching the movie. It wasn’t as bad as in other instances, but no surprises that the dumbest fools left their trash in the theatre instead of bringing it with them 30 feet and dropping it off in the trash bin. It makes my job of looking down on them all the easier. After that, I drove a little bit east to eat at Larry’s Giant Subs, as they offer delicious food and I happened to order something that resulted in a free combo; I was happy with that.
Wednesday was dull so I’ll skip ahead to Thursday. In the afternoon I went to Winter Garden Village for a bit, where I picked up a Blu-Ray and I went to Planet Smoothie, as I once again found some coupons for that place. I got what had to be the unhealthiest drink at that healthy-minded place, which was a concoction known as the Chocolate Elvis; it featured chocolate, bananas, and peanut butter. One of Elvis’s favorite meals with a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, and I know from experience that it’s a good meal, as I once at it at a restaurant in Memphis, but that’s a story I’ll have to tell another day.
After that there was the evening, where I went to the local Buffalo Wild Wings for some grub, alcohol, and some football action as the first game of the NFL regular season took place. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New Orleans Saints 42-34. It was a wildly entertaining game. I wish the Packers wouldn’t have won as I’m a Bears fan but at least offensively they were rather impressive. I at first was inside and ate there but I got tired of the dude bartender I had to deal with and I really got tired with the fools I had to sit by; once again, the rule of me attracting the stupidest people as if I was a light and they were moths was proven true. They were meathead Packers fans (not that I’m saying ALL Green Bay fans are meatheads; I know at least a few Packers backers!) and one lady was yapping away nearly constantly as if she was a little dog those dumb celebrity ladies just love to have as if they were an accessory akin to a bracelet. A dog would be more intelligent than that girl, too. She was just a drama queen and I couldn’t wait to get away from that bimbo.
I went outside to their patio to watch the rest of the game; sure, it meant having to deal with damn smokers but I enjoyed it out there. Like the only other time I was there on a Thursday, it was Biker’s Night there, meaning both Harley’s and Kawasaki’s. They had a DJ spinning the type of music the crowd would enjoy, and usually it’s the type of music I enjoy too. Those bikers were well-behaved and weren’t wild and out of control, thankfully. There was also some attractive young ladies around, which I’ll never complain about. As they sometimes do, they have a random young dame walking around selling shots of whatever; I ended up having one that was a combo of Red Bull, watermelon, and tequila. It wasn’t the tastiest combo but I still am glad I was able to quaff it.
Friday and Saturday were low-key and I mainly spent time watching college football so let’s skip ahead to Sunday and my trip to Friendly Confines in the eastern part of Orlando to watch the Bears play against the Atlanta Falcons. It turns out I could have watched the game at home… I still wanted to go out to FC, as I could watch many games at the same time. It was crowded there but I managed to find a seat at the bar and unlike what happened too often last year, I didn’t end up sitting by stupid A-holes. Atlanta was a real good team last year so I wasn’t even sure if the Bears were going to win. Turns out, except for some miscues Chicago looked pretty good and were able to win 30-12. I was very impressed with their performance.
Driving back from Friendly Confines to home I stopped at the nearest Arby’s to get some dinner to bring home. After I left Arby’s but before I got home there was an incident of road rage. In short, I almost wrecked with someone as they were driving way too fast on Highway 50; I honked at the guy for being an asshole. A little later I got off of 50 in order to get home and for a moment I thought that asshole was following me! I liberally used the accelerator (but still didn’t drive way over the speed limit) to get away from the Troglodyte; I quickly lost sight of him so I can only presume that clown wasn’t actually going to chase after me, but I am still glad I honked at him for his reckless ways, even though it resulted in a real elevated heartbeat for a moment there and whenever stuff like that happens (I’ve gotten chased more times than I care to admit!) it’s a real adrenaline dump and it takes a bit of time for me to cool off and forget about the incident. I did not let that ruin my enjoyment of my time at Friendly Confines or the Arby’s meal.
I’ll be back on Monday the 19th. I do not have too much planned for the upcoming week aside from going back to FC this upcoming Sunday to watch the Bears play against the aforementioned New Orleans Saints. I think that’ll be another game that could be real tough for Chicago. I do not know what other adventures I’ll get involved with; as usual I’ll end up doing various things.
Monday, September 5, 2011
The Narrative of Jeremiah Weed & Saying Hello To My Little Friend
This past week ended up being more low-key than what I was expecting, so this will be shorter than usual. I did end up having one interesting day, though.
Unfortunately I have to start this off on a sad note. This happened soon before I posted my last blog, but a relative passed away. He was in his 80’s and I saw him a few times before he passed away; I only wish that last time wasn’t so long ago. It turns out that he lived a rather interesting life. He spent most of his time living near where he was born, but his highlights included fighting in World War II, going on safari in Africa, and visiting the Great Wall of China. I had no idea until last week he did all of this, visiting many different countries and all that. As you might imagine, a sad moment him passing away as it was something that happened suddenly rather than a long illness, but at least he lived quite the life.
On a happier note, Monday and Tuesday were uneventful so I’ll skip ahead to Wednesday, where I got to see Tony Montana and Scarface on the big screen. It was a one night only thing to celebrate that movie finally coming out on Blu-Ray tomorrow. It’s a film I’ve seen a handful of times before but never in a movie theatre. In fact, the first time I saw it… well, it was only the first half hour or so, but it was way back in my college days at Illinois State University in Normal, IL. I was in someone’s room and it was watched on VHS tape; as there was no air conditioning in the dorms at ISU and I was watching this in early May, right before the spring semester ended… we all felt like Tony Montana and Manny did in the bus scene early on, where we were sweating like a bunch of David Tuthill’s*. That summer I rented the VHS tape (actually, it was a two tape deal; remember those old days where you rented super-long movies and they came in a two-pack?) and I’ve enjoyed the movie since then.
• Speaking of that horrible 400 pound plus person/slob/hog, he did something he always does, which is give up way too early on something. From stupid “tournaments” on the toady messageboard to now, he always throws in the towel early. In this case, I saw on his Twitter page that the now-former poker player, who managed to have some success in the past, gave up for reasons unknown and now is back in Florida as a college student, likely at a community college. I can’t help but once again LOL at this horrible excuse for a humanoid.
I tell you, the movie’s print looked and sounded great, so I had a pretty good time watching this in that format. Thankfully, the crowd wasn’t rough as I was expecting; hey, let’s be honest here, many of the people who love Scarface the most fall into a certain segment, and yeah I am tapdancing around this, so let me move on… even more surprising to me was that I was expecting a loud and stupid crowd, but that wasn’t really a problem at all. Thankfully.
As for how things were from then until now… rather low-key. I didn’t go out and do much at all. There was some fantasy football drafts, and one afternoon I went to McDonalds not only to eat there but also use their Wi-Fi in order to update my pal’s iPod. Last evening I was at Winter Garden Village and went to Cold Stone Creamery. I had their Oreo Crème Filling ice cream, and that stuff is pretty great. Other than that, not too much else to write about. I watched quite a bit of college football and for one night, while I did so it was accompanied by some Jeremiah Weed Spiked Cola; that stuff is not bad. As corrupt as major college sports are and all the hypocrisy involved that is a major turn-off, when an exciting game happens I’m happy to watch it.
As for today, once again I’ll be low-key and quiet. After that, though, the upcoming week should be more entertaining, so it’ll make for a longer blog on Monday the 12th; among other things, I’ll see a movie or two, the NFL is starting and I’ll go to both the local Buffalo Wild Wings and Friendly Confines to watch the game and I’ll likely find other activities to participate in.
Unfortunately I have to start this off on a sad note. This happened soon before I posted my last blog, but a relative passed away. He was in his 80’s and I saw him a few times before he passed away; I only wish that last time wasn’t so long ago. It turns out that he lived a rather interesting life. He spent most of his time living near where he was born, but his highlights included fighting in World War II, going on safari in Africa, and visiting the Great Wall of China. I had no idea until last week he did all of this, visiting many different countries and all that. As you might imagine, a sad moment him passing away as it was something that happened suddenly rather than a long illness, but at least he lived quite the life.
On a happier note, Monday and Tuesday were uneventful so I’ll skip ahead to Wednesday, where I got to see Tony Montana and Scarface on the big screen. It was a one night only thing to celebrate that movie finally coming out on Blu-Ray tomorrow. It’s a film I’ve seen a handful of times before but never in a movie theatre. In fact, the first time I saw it… well, it was only the first half hour or so, but it was way back in my college days at Illinois State University in Normal, IL. I was in someone’s room and it was watched on VHS tape; as there was no air conditioning in the dorms at ISU and I was watching this in early May, right before the spring semester ended… we all felt like Tony Montana and Manny did in the bus scene early on, where we were sweating like a bunch of David Tuthill’s*. That summer I rented the VHS tape (actually, it was a two tape deal; remember those old days where you rented super-long movies and they came in a two-pack?) and I’ve enjoyed the movie since then.
• Speaking of that horrible 400 pound plus person/slob/hog, he did something he always does, which is give up way too early on something. From stupid “tournaments” on the toady messageboard to now, he always throws in the towel early. In this case, I saw on his Twitter page that the now-former poker player, who managed to have some success in the past, gave up for reasons unknown and now is back in Florida as a college student, likely at a community college. I can’t help but once again LOL at this horrible excuse for a humanoid.
I tell you, the movie’s print looked and sounded great, so I had a pretty good time watching this in that format. Thankfully, the crowd wasn’t rough as I was expecting; hey, let’s be honest here, many of the people who love Scarface the most fall into a certain segment, and yeah I am tapdancing around this, so let me move on… even more surprising to me was that I was expecting a loud and stupid crowd, but that wasn’t really a problem at all. Thankfully.
As for how things were from then until now… rather low-key. I didn’t go out and do much at all. There was some fantasy football drafts, and one afternoon I went to McDonalds not only to eat there but also use their Wi-Fi in order to update my pal’s iPod. Last evening I was at Winter Garden Village and went to Cold Stone Creamery. I had their Oreo Crème Filling ice cream, and that stuff is pretty great. Other than that, not too much else to write about. I watched quite a bit of college football and for one night, while I did so it was accompanied by some Jeremiah Weed Spiked Cola; that stuff is not bad. As corrupt as major college sports are and all the hypocrisy involved that is a major turn-off, when an exciting game happens I’m happy to watch it.
As for today, once again I’ll be low-key and quiet. After that, though, the upcoming week should be more entertaining, so it’ll make for a longer blog on Monday the 12th; among other things, I’ll see a movie or two, the NFL is starting and I’ll go to both the local Buffalo Wild Wings and Friendly Confines to watch the game and I’ll likely find other activities to participate in.
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