Not the most exciting of
weeks, and yet that is OK. I know the upcoming seven days will have
more for me to discuss. This past Monday, I ended up at Universal
Studios CityWalk; I did stroll around there briefly (nothing new is
there) before going in their AMC to see a special screening of a
famous anime movie from the 80's, Grave of the Fireflies. It is
decidedly NOT one of those whimsical Japanese cartoon films like My
Neighbor Totoro; instead the plot follows a pair of kid siblings as
they try to survive the end of World War II in Japan... things do not
go well, yet the movie is excellent as the relationship is so great
and touching among all the heartbreak.
Even before I made it to
Universal, I stopped at a Florida's Turnpike rest stop to have a
meal, which went fine. I went to the car to leave when a reporter
from the local Fox station stopped to ask me a few questions. No, I
was not interviewed on camera, thankfully. I was asked about soon
E-ZPass (the toll collecting system) will be coming to Florida; no,
it won't replace Florida's SunPass but instead it can be used by
those who already are E-ZPass members in another state and are in
Florida on vacation, for example. As I did not know this was coming
here, I did not offer any illuminating comments about it to the
reporter. Speaking of SunPass, it was just recently that the service
finally started working properly again. You see, back in June the
site and system was upgraded, only the company they used was inept
and it turned into a fiasco. The entire site was down for an entire
week and once it came up, things did not work right for weeks so it
was just recently that everyone's balance was calculated... until
then no one knew how much they were spending on tolls. Yep, that
company will be getting sued pretty soon.
Tuesday I did nothing but
Wednesday I first went to Sam's Club (w/ someone that has a
membership) to pick up a few items. Then, on the way back we were
going to eat at a local restaurant, only to get there and read a sign
saying they were “temporarily closed”; it could very well be
“permanently closed” in the near future. Thus, instead we ate at
Denny's. That went fine, although it was a little awkward hearing the
cook give the one server there a lot of lip and otherwise ripping him
a new one. Thursday, I went to a new movie theatre that is not too
far from me. It is not an AMC (so I'll only be there once in awhile);
instead it is a Cinepolis and this particular one is “luxury”,
meaning you get food ordered from and delivered to your seat in the
auditorium. A lot of the food wasn't for me but I did have the
chicken tenders & fries, which were good. The place itself looks
great and I can't complain about the staff either.
The film I saw there was
BlacKkKlansman, which was as unsubtle as I expected given the
director and subject matter. I will say it was very good as the
actual story is fascinating and the cast does a swell job, especially
leads John David Washington and Adam Driver. Friday, I went to
Walmart to pick up a few random items and that went as expected. One
of the items was Oreo Rocky Road Trip, which was as good as I'd
expected. Saturday and Sunday I did nothing at all, so I'll end this
now and like I said, I'll have more to discuss the next time I am
here.
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