Here's the customary recap of what I have done since this past Monday. That Monday itself was pretty boring. There was no Perception on that night (it'll be back tonight; this past Friday it was announced it's coming back for a second season; I was quite happy) so there's really not much to talk about at all. I at least was able to watch the final episode of the 2012 revival of the great World's Wildest Police Videos. Leave the memories alone! Thankfully now I can avoid watching that horrid wretched channel.
Tuesday, though, that was more interesting. I voted in the primary election. I actually did some research and picked the best candidate for me... which I think is more than most people do, unfortunately. I went out to the Hardee's in Ocoee first in order to check out their special plastic cup for The Expendables 2. It's nothing too fancy but it was still cool. I then went to the nearby Best Buy where I purchased some items. I got the first 8 Friday the 13th films for only 40 bucks in a special boxset. I also got the Blu-Rays of Jaws and The Raid: Redemption. I watched the latter and it is as awesome as when I saw it on the big screen a few months ago.
Wednesday I stayed in and chilled, so let me skip ahead to Tuesday. I checked out an episode of the Cinemax show known as Strike Back. It is a co-production with a British TV station. There was a British-only season but once the co-production began, the lead in the first season got killed off literally a few minutes in and you see new characters. I just saw one episode but WOW; I can see why some people in some places offered up mighty praise for it. It's graphically violent and bloody and there's plenty of nudity/boobs/sex, but it's the general plot and excitement that made me enjoy it, not the salacious stuff. I then saw the Expanded Director's Cut of The Expendables. It was released on Blu-Ray last December. It has some changes from the original; it's cool in its own way, for the most part. Then, in the evening I took off...
I ended up at Downtown Disney first for a bit; I walked around and then I took off for The Loop shopping area. I went to the Regal Theatres they have there. The only reason was that they were showing The Expendables 2 on a giant screen; it's their new RPX, which is comparable to AMC's ETX in that you have a screen a few stories tall and a fancy sound system. There weren't too many people at the screening but it seemed like the idiots found their way to sit not that far from me. When I have that problem it's in public places besides the movie theatre; it's been awhile since I've had issues while seeing a film on the big screen. This time, though, there was more than one group of people that I wish would have kept their yappers shut for a longer amount of tim e than what ended up happening... but, the sound for the movie was LOUD so that helped tune out the Troglodytes.
As for the movie... WOW. I enjoy the first one but this one blew it out of the water... after 10 minutes! I mean, really kicked it in the ass. The opening is simply incredible and lets you know right away how epic this film would be. Sure, I can quibble about minor things, but if you love watching the films from all the olds guys in the movie, then this will be like Nirvana for you. There's a lot of bloody violence and many sons of bitches get killed. I give it my highest recommendation.
Friday, I decided to stay in and chill, as I'd be going out on Saturday, and that is what I did. I will mention, though, that this summer has been the rainiest in at least a few years. At least for the past few years, in the summertime there hardly has been any rain at all which was odd as when I first moved down here I remember there being a decent amount of”sky water” when it was at its hottest down here.
Saturday, in the late afternoon I ended up at Downtown Disney. I had a fast food dinner then made it there. This time I would see The Expendables 2 on the ETX screen; now there is a giant-ass screen. It was a larger crowd than on Thursday night and the audience reactions were about the same. While I did not get a giant adrenaline rush from watching it a second time (like I did with the first time) it was still a great experience for me. Once I left there I was going to go somewhere but traffic issues (and that doesn't even include me getting PISSED at traffic for them almost reaching all-time levels of stupidity) caused me to do something different, which was me ending up on Sand Lake Road and at a Barnes & Noble. At least I was able to look around for a bit, cool off, and catch up on Twitter with my iPod Touch.
After that I went to... Mako's! I figured, “why not?” and I am glad I did, as I saw a first there. It was largely the usual there, with wacky games and what have you. I had a good time and I could talk about such things as a girl having a bachelorette party all around Orlando and while she was there that tiny Eastern Asian woman was having a grand old time, or how there were some other ladies there celebrating such things as an engagement or a birthday and they acted like fuddy-duddies and really hesitated or even refused to participate in those reindeer games, or even how there were some games done with fans of the University of Florida vs. fans of Florida State University, and U of F won all of those games. Instead, I'll talk about one lady... a lady with pink hair.
Then again maybe I shouldn't refer to her as a “lady” considering the way she was acting. I saw her dancing with a dapper-dressed gentleman who I've seen there various times in the past. They then ended up by the bar which has a pair of poles set up for girls to pole dance. Since they had that set up a few years ago I'd seen many girls dance on the pole and even walk on the countertop of the bar, with no problems. This time, though... the gentleman suddenly walked away as if he got tired of her. She got up on there and danced on the pole, and I had a feeling there would be trouble. She literally took off her high heels and tossed them in random directions with no regards to where the shoes landed nor if they hit anyone. She then nearly fell off while twirling around the pole. She lifted up her dress to show everyone her leopard print panties. Twirling on the pole she was able to do... just walking on the countertop of the bar... nope! That's right, while walking she tipped over due to heavy intoxication and she went splat a few feet to the floor. I went “holy shit!” at first, but then I saw her helped up by security... who then escorted her out of there, and then I could feel free to laugh at someone so obliterated they fell down while watching on a bar top. Oh what a night.
Sunday was pretty boring. However, I was quite shocked to hear that director Tony Scott had killed himself. I've seen some of his movies in the past (and even saw Top Gun on the big screen a few years ago; I think it was me and less than 10 others who were there at the screening) and he's produced along with his brother Ridley a variety of interesting movies/TV shows. What a shame.
When I post my next blog a week from today, I am sure it'll have some more interesting tales. I know I'll be at a birthday bash on Saturday, for example, and I know I'll stumble into some situations that once in awhile I think can only happen to me. I don't know if I'll see anything quite like a wasted tramp fall off a bar, though.
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