Once again it
wasn't the most eventful of weeks, although I still have a few things
to discuss and it was nice to visit a restaurant new to me. Monday
through Wednesday, not much at all occurred. I went to Burger King in
order to use a giftcard I got over a year ago but never used...
otherwise, I doubt people want to hear me carp again about how the
Burger King restaurants nearest to me have all given me problems
before. Thus, I'll mention that at an ungodly hour of the night I
took someone to the airport in Sanford, which was as uneventful as
expected. On the way back I stopped at a Denny's; I would have
preferred if some weird dude did not stare at me and multiple people
did not LOUDLY play videos on their phone... it was not my previous
occasion at a Denny's, when some young adult woman was being a “sushi
snob” to her guy friend and in general was hilariously blunt about
most things.
After that,
there are bits to mention before I briefly mention last night's
Oscars. Friday I had the free time to make my return to Disney
Springs, the first time I've been there in like 6 weeks. The day
before, City Works Eatery & Pour House opened right by the NBA
Experience. They have locations across the country but I did not know
of them until they started building it. It has what I'll call “Disney
Prices” yet the food was tasty and they have NINETY beers on tap.
It's right across from the House of Blues, and I don't know what was
more surprising to me: STRYPER playing that night, or there being a
big crowd waiting to get in. Stryper is “the Christian metal band
from the 80's” and their songs are fine examples of the genre. I
did not even know they were still a thing.
Saturday, I
went to Planet Smoothie to get a drink for me AND someone else...
after that was a trip to the Publix grocery store. They were doing
good business at the time; as I put the cart away after the bags were
in the vehicle, I saw that some unintelligent person was backing up
his car for no good reason and it took a prolonged horn honk for the
tool to stop. That wasn't the only dumb thing he did, but I need to
instead explain what happened in the store. I was in line and in
front of me were several older men. One of them tried paying and as
they were a member of the club that Publix offers, they also had to
enter their phone number... only it didn't work. The cashier-who was
maybe 18-mentioned this. This old men then asked, “Can I have your
phone number?”... the silence was astoundingly uncomfortable! That
issue was soon then resolved but I imagine that (especially in this
day and age) she did not like hearing such a thing from a man that
was part of a group of men who all looked old enough to be her
father. I am not going to “cancel” those guys as “cancel
culture” is not the best way to handle such things... but times are
different now.
Anyhow, also
during the weekend I saw parts of the XFL games; I still can't
believe it came back 19 years later. I remember being at a pal's
apartment during my college days at ISU, the debut game being on TV
there. Soon after the league folded the first time, I got an XFL
shirt from Spencer's Gifts for only a few bucks and when I've worn it
to places like comic cons, it's received popular and positive buzz.
Wearing that in 2020, I know it will get even more attention. I also
had the Academy Awards on, although it was on mute... as I've done
for years now. The results were overall better than last year and I
was pleasantly surprised Parasite did so well. It was a movie seen
three months ago, and it was discussed by me at the time. It does
deserve all those awards, IMO.
Who knows
what I'll discuss when I return on President's Day.
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