Halloween, Total Recall, Psycho, Gaelic Sports & BubbaQue's BBQ

I wanted to write one of these before the month concluded as after tomorrow, Facebook won't have a Notes function any longer. Never fear... I've always concurrently posted these on a Blogspot page so in the future, I'll link these in a Facebook post whenever I do one of these.

The past few weeks have not been too eventful; at least I've been able to see a few films on the big screen. One was the original Total Recall-that movie is great so it was awesome seeing it theatrically for the first time. Another was the original Psycho-I've been lucky in having seen that theatrically a few times now. There was also The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was only my second time seeing it... and both were revival theatrical screenings. Another night was a new one-Honest Thief. Not the best Liam Neeson motion picture of its time but still fine and I've seen far worse starring him. Before seeing Psycho, I stopped at a Florida chain I was not even familiar with until recently: BubbaQue's BBQ. I now regret not having gone to one before as they have decent food and especially in this time, it's nice to support local businesses. Another place I visited was in Kissimmee one day: Miami Grill. In the past when I was near Miami one afternoon I ate there under its former name Miami Subs & Grill; they also have decent food.

Concerning sports, I won't list all my opinions of those currently in action or just concluded... I can't be mad that the Dodgers won the World Series as I know someone who is a big fan of the team. The NFL, that's hardly been paid attention to. The league is still not fun to watch anymore and it is pure luck that the Chicago Bears are 5-2... I am sure they will lose their next few games. Via YouTube I finally got to see the Irish sister sports of Gaelic football and hurling. I now wish those two could be seen on American television as they both are a lot of fun from the few games I streamed. At least I was able to recently watch the championship games of the Australian Football League (that's Australian rules football) and the rugby league they have in the Land Down Under.

While the Halloween season does seem different from previous years, I still have done my best to feel in the proper mood; at least I've watched plenty of horror movies. I will return sometime in November.

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Tremors, 42 & Mountain Dew Maui Burst

I've been thinking of awhile of doing another one of these; I am sure everyone can understand how I am still in a malaise due to everything that has gone on in 2020 and how everything is just different now. The fact that as of late several people I know have had COVID scares (all of them tested negative, thankfully) and it's easy to feel “blah” sometimes. Still, I do try my best... also, while nothing was said by me to this person, I was appalled recently when I was in a Publix grocery store and not only did a mom not wear a mask, so didn't her two small children. I will list some highlights:

Last month I did go to Walt Disney World for the first time since February. It was at Hollywood Studios so I could finally go on the attraction that replaced The Great Movie Ride (Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway)-it was a good time and I enjoyed the look & feel of the attraction. Sometime later this month I'll return to the park. Pro tip: apparently it is a part of the collective unconscious that now you need to make a reservation before going to any of the WDW parks. I certainly never heard that beforehand; it led to an awkward situation at the gate but a nice lady employee helped me there.

On another note, since the last time I wrote I had several sodas new to me. This includes Crush Sour Patch Kids Berry-thankfully not that sour-Mountain Dew VooDew II, and Mountain Dew Maui Burst... actually introduced late last year at Dollar General stores but I never could locate it then... and a few weeks ago stumbled upon it at a different Dollar General from the ones I tried at the time. Nothing new when it comes to trying new restaurants, although last weekend I went by Oviedo so for the first time in a long while I had Mooyah, which has decent fast food. The only other thing to mention is that I went to the cineplex a few times since the last I wrote. The first highlight was 42, the 2013 sports biopic they brought back to pay tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman-that was pretty good. I am glad I finally saw that as his death was as shocking to me as it was to everyone else. The other one was Tremors; while it is melancholy that mom would have found it great that I would be able to see it on the big screen, it was still an experience I appreciated-it's a movie I've loved since I was a kid. Hopefully cinemas can survive the pandemic but that is definitely uncertain with how things have gone the past few months... I know for certain that not too many people have gone back yet.

Sometime later in the month I'll return; what interesting events I'll discuss, now that's up in the air.