Speedy Purchases
► It's Harrison Ford's 68th birthday! Rejoice, and then weep in the realization that Indiana Solo is almost 70.
► This afternoon I went out for my weekly excursion with Dad. We were in Walmart and my purchases were being rung up by the cashier when my friend Gene suddenly popped up behind me (Dad had gone through the checkout first and was standing near me). Because of the background noise and being slightly surprised, I wasn't able to follow what Gene was saying at first. He was jokingly asking me why I didn't buy The Flash.
I didn't understand what he was talking about but Dad did. After a few moments I pieced things together and got caught up. It seemed that in the main DVD racks inside inner electronics section they had the Flash: Complete Series DVD set labeled for $56. Gene said he figured that was suspiciously high so he had asked a clerk to double check the price, and apparently it was only $14 and change. Since I was already checking out, I paid for my stuff, and brought it to the car, then quickly ran back into the store to pick up the Flash DVD.
Would have been appropriately quick if the guy working in the DVD section hadn't taken off, and then needed to make a phone call when I wanted to pay for it. The kicker was when I left the store and the DVD set off the security alarms. What should have been 2-3 minutes ended up taking 10.
Now if I can just find Wonder Woman: Season 2.
► The barbeque at my brother's house on Saturday was fine. I ate 3 burgers and 1 hotdog, which I probably shouldn't have.
At one point I was talking to Jeremy, my younger sister's boyfriend/fiance (and father of 4 year old Max and 1 year old Abby). Max wandered over and started calling for my attention with his regular singsong of "Deh-wick". I turned to Jeremy and jokingly said "he's never going to call me Uncle Derek, is he?" He hasn't ever, although he refers to my brother as Uncle Darren, or Uncie D (Darren's preference). Jeremy corrected Max, gently telling him to address me as Uncle, and said to me something to the effect that if you give Max some leeway he'll exploit it. For the rest of the night Max did call me Uncle Derek. I rather liked it.
► Helen Mirren with a machine gun? Yes please!
► I find this doubly odd. Firstly, because I yet to read a single thing Margaret Atwood has written. And secondly, because the writing sample I used was the excerpt from my journal entry over a week ago recounting my memories of Penthouse magazine porn ads.
I write like
Margaret Atwood
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
► FemBOMB's Machine Gun Shoot - As ridiculous as it may be, you can't ignore the visceral appeal of bikini babes firing machine guns.
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Quote of the Moment
Roy Batty: Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
- Blade Runner (1982)
Drinking: water
Reading: Vanity Fair magazine (August 2010 issue); Lords And Ladies by Terry Pratchett
Watching: Escape From L.A. (1996)
Last Watched: Monsters Vs Aliens (2009); Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006); Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009); Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965); Apocalypto (2006); Windtalkers (2002); Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009);
► This afternoon I went out for my weekly excursion with Dad. We were in Walmart and my purchases were being rung up by the cashier when my friend Gene suddenly popped up behind me (Dad had gone through the checkout first and was standing near me). Because of the background noise and being slightly surprised, I wasn't able to follow what Gene was saying at first. He was jokingly asking me why I didn't buy The Flash.
I didn't understand what he was talking about but Dad did. After a few moments I pieced things together and got caught up. It seemed that in the main DVD racks inside inner electronics section they had the Flash: Complete Series DVD set labeled for $56. Gene said he figured that was suspiciously high so he had asked a clerk to double check the price, and apparently it was only $14 and change. Since I was already checking out, I paid for my stuff, and brought it to the car, then quickly ran back into the store to pick up the Flash DVD.
Would have been appropriately quick if the guy working in the DVD section hadn't taken off, and then needed to make a phone call when I wanted to pay for it. The kicker was when I left the store and the DVD set off the security alarms. What should have been 2-3 minutes ended up taking 10.
Now if I can just find Wonder Woman: Season 2.
► The barbeque at my brother's house on Saturday was fine. I ate 3 burgers and 1 hotdog, which I probably shouldn't have.
At one point I was talking to Jeremy, my younger sister's boyfriend/fiance (and father of 4 year old Max and 1 year old Abby). Max wandered over and started calling for my attention with his regular singsong of "Deh-wick". I turned to Jeremy and jokingly said "he's never going to call me Uncle Derek, is he?" He hasn't ever, although he refers to my brother as Uncle Darren, or Uncie D (Darren's preference). Jeremy corrected Max, gently telling him to address me as Uncle, and said to me something to the effect that if you give Max some leeway he'll exploit it. For the rest of the night Max did call me Uncle Derek. I rather liked it.
► Helen Mirren with a machine gun? Yes please!
► I find this doubly odd. Firstly, because I yet to read a single thing Margaret Atwood has written. And secondly, because the writing sample I used was the excerpt from my journal entry over a week ago recounting my memories of Penthouse magazine porn ads.
I write like
Margaret Atwood
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
► FemBOMB's Machine Gun Shoot - As ridiculous as it may be, you can't ignore the visceral appeal of bikini babes firing machine guns.
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Quote of the Moment
Roy Batty: Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
- Blade Runner (1982)
Drinking: water
Reading: Vanity Fair magazine (August 2010 issue); Lords And Ladies by Terry Pratchett
Watching: Escape From L.A. (1996)
Last Watched: Monsters Vs Aliens (2009); Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006); Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009); Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965); Apocalypto (2006); Windtalkers (2002); Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009);