This
was another not so exciting week for me, although at least I do have
a few things to mention. Monday night the 12th I ended up
at the Altamonte Mall for a bit, where I purchased some nerdy items
from BoxLunch; it's a place I've mentioned before. They're owned by
the Hot Topic company and they are a more adult version of Hot Topic.
They have a lot of different nerdy properties for the hardcore
geeks... Disney, anime, Star Wars, Rick & Morty, Stranger Things,
etc. Tuesday and Wednesday were dull as dish water so I will mention
something I neglected to mention the last time I wrote. When I was at
those two women soccer games I had a random celebrity sighting. Those
that remember the old NBA, Grant Hill (a pretty good and pretty
famous player turned announcer) was in attendance with his kids. It
reminds me how years ago I saw another old NBA player (Patrick Ewing)
at the local Best Buy.
Thursday
night I went and saw Tomb Raider on an IMAX screen, the Cinepolis a
little south of me to be exact. I hadn't been there in awhile. It
wasn't the smartest audience I have ever sat with but I suppose it
could have been worse. I have never played any of the Tomb Raider
games yet I have seen the first movie with Angelina Jolie, which I
thought was so terrible and insufferable I never bothered with the
other one she starred in, The Cradle of Life. The new Tomb Raider is
a lot better than that. Overall it's good and while not amazing like
the Indiana Jones movies it was obviously inspired by (well, not
Crystal Skull but you know what I'm saying), it still was
entertaining, with some nice action scenes and I know the games have
puzzles, which was incorporated into the film. Alicia Vikander is
more than just a pretty face and a good actress, she was swell in the
role.
Friday
I got food from McDonald's. I am thankful I haven't had to use the
touchscreen gimmick they now have at most of their restaurants,
although I would have if I had gotten there a few minutes later...
there was a clueless family which took forever to do the simple task
of making an order and I was so happy I ordered before they did. Oh,
and their buttermilk chicken tenders are alright but they pale in
comparison to a place like PDQ. In the evening, I only saw part of
the UMBC game vs. Virginia; that result was stunning as while they
did have a player injured, Virginia was the only consistent team in
college basketball this season so them losing as a 1 seed to a 16
seed for the first time ever and they were dominated in the second
half... it was legendary in American sports for being so shocking. I
am glad I saw what I did. What a wacky tournament it has been in
general.
St.
Patrick's Day weekend, I did not do much of note. Thus, I'll mention
that for a few days in the past week, a sister was down here in
Florida; she was here with a friend. It was nice seeing them. I could
carp and moan about how I experienced some pretty bad traffic down
here but it is a common refrain so I don't want to bring up that
talking point yet again. I'll return next week and hopefully I'll
have more to talk about.
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