The preceding week definitely had some interesting moments. Monday, I ended up at the local Lucky's Market and purchased a few items, chiefly some saltwater taffy; you bag it yourself so you can pick from a variety of flavors and I chose a nice mix. Taffy usually tastes good and this was the case here. Tuesday, I got a haircut and yea, it was long overdue. Wednesday was the most intriguing day. As has become tradition now, I attend the Mecum auto auction in Kissimmee. Several thousand cars are sold each year so it's the largest auction of its kind in the world. Parking was not as much a cluster as last year but it was still a mess compared to previous years.
As typical, there were many muscle cars for sale and those relics from the 60's and early 70's are always neat to look at. Although, it's also neat looking at the wide variety of different vehicles, from a rare 6 wheel Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV to an AMC Pacer, John Wayne's 70's Ford pickup truck, a 40's Jeep used on the show M*A*S*H, an obscure Italian/South African car known as the Zagato Perana (which is on a Corvette body), million dollar rides from the likes of McLaren and Porsche... but the star car was the only one encased in a glass both and always had a security guard nearby. Feared missing for years, recently the Ford Mustang from the 1968 classic Bullitt that was the one used most in a legendary car chase scene... it was made public as it was privately owned for decades and the family decided to sell it. The car sold for 3.74 million dollars on Friday! While I was there I had dinner at one of their food booths; it offered Italian food and while everything was prepared beforehand, I had the penne pasta and it at least filled my stomach.
Thursday through Saturday I really did nothing of note so I'll skip ahead to Sunday. I had free time so instead of focusing on the NFL (as blergh) I saw a movie. Before that I ate at a Wingstop, which was popular so it took a little longer than expected but the food was still tasty and there was still plenty of time for me to arrive at the cineplex and check out 1917. It's a World War I movie that sounded intriguing, and that was even before I heard it was made to look like one long take and was (almost) in real time. Thankfully I found the movie to be excellent, one of the best in 2019. The way it was filmed made the whole experience incredibly intense as it always seemed like a German soldier could be hiding anywhere, ready to kill the two soldiers tasked with delivering a message that will prevent 1,600 soldiers from an ambush. The Oscar nominations that were announced this morning had some questionable decisions but 1917 receiving so many nods-including Best Picture-is deserved.
I have a few ideas concerning what I'll be discussing when I return next Monday.
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