Yet another story of Jeff being retarded, also a movie review
Remember that Simpsons where Homer is telling the story of his failed mascot job in Capitol City? At the end of it Homer asks Moe why stories of self humiliation make you more popular. His reply: I dunno. They just do. So I guess that's what I'm going for since there is no other logical reason to share this information.
Ok so I'm going to Domo for gas cause I have a 7 cents off a litre coupon. And its an island setup with only 4 pumps but its late so there's nobody there. So I drive up on the right side facing so that the left side of my car is on the pumps. Problem is my new car has the tank on the right side. So simple mistake, after all I drove the Escort for the better part of 6 years and its tank was on the left. So what do I do to correct this error? I do a 180 and go straight to the other side. Which of course caused the left side of my car to still be on the side with the pumps. So I've screwed this up twice in about 30 seconds. Needless to say the guy in the booth (cause its full service) is now pissing himself laughing. So he starts to fill and he says his supervisor happens to be in and will take care of the money. So he didn't do it himself solely so his supervisor could take a jab at me as well, saying he was surprized it wasn't a woman driving. So at this point I'm laughing my ass off too even though its been my experience that women are better drivers. I guess some stereotypes are funnier than others. So I had my moment where I'm one of those "damn retarded customers" that we've all dealt with. The pump jockey while laughing as I was paying did say that he had a story that was far worse. The supervisor instantly jumped in saying "you gonna tell him about that creepy old woman a week ago". He nodded. I guess she did what I did a grand total of 5 times before he forced her to stop as he actually drew her a diagram. Which was even funnier than normal cause my dad uses that line about needing a diagram all the time.
I was going to see Episode 3 but then I remembered that once upon a time tuesday was cheap night. Cause nobody goes otherwise. So there was no point to costuming. So I went and saw Lord of War. Truly excellent film. Nicholas Cage was possibly the best I've ever seen him. In my eyes it was worth of an Oscar nomination. Too many good lines to name them all. I'll stick to his analogies for selling arms.
"Selling arms for the first time is like sex. You have no idea what you're doing but its still exciting and exhilirating and over way faster than you expected"
"At first selling weapons is like selling vacumn cleaners. You have to do a lot of legwork, getting your name out there and meeting customers. It sucks."
Other highlights include a truly memorable opening sequence and some excellent dialogue and supporting performances. Cage's brother, wife, Russian uncle, the "president" of Liberia, all added something to the film without being a distraction. Among the supporting cast I'd have to single out the Liberian as possibly deserving a best supporting actor nod.
Ok so I'm going to Domo for gas cause I have a 7 cents off a litre coupon. And its an island setup with only 4 pumps but its late so there's nobody there. So I drive up on the right side facing so that the left side of my car is on the pumps. Problem is my new car has the tank on the right side. So simple mistake, after all I drove the Escort for the better part of 6 years and its tank was on the left. So what do I do to correct this error? I do a 180 and go straight to the other side. Which of course caused the left side of my car to still be on the side with the pumps. So I've screwed this up twice in about 30 seconds. Needless to say the guy in the booth (cause its full service) is now pissing himself laughing. So he starts to fill and he says his supervisor happens to be in and will take care of the money. So he didn't do it himself solely so his supervisor could take a jab at me as well, saying he was surprized it wasn't a woman driving. So at this point I'm laughing my ass off too even though its been my experience that women are better drivers. I guess some stereotypes are funnier than others. So I had my moment where I'm one of those "damn retarded customers" that we've all dealt with. The pump jockey while laughing as I was paying did say that he had a story that was far worse. The supervisor instantly jumped in saying "you gonna tell him about that creepy old woman a week ago". He nodded. I guess she did what I did a grand total of 5 times before he forced her to stop as he actually drew her a diagram. Which was even funnier than normal cause my dad uses that line about needing a diagram all the time.
I was going to see Episode 3 but then I remembered that once upon a time tuesday was cheap night. Cause nobody goes otherwise. So there was no point to costuming. So I went and saw Lord of War. Truly excellent film. Nicholas Cage was possibly the best I've ever seen him. In my eyes it was worth of an Oscar nomination. Too many good lines to name them all. I'll stick to his analogies for selling arms.
"Selling arms for the first time is like sex. You have no idea what you're doing but its still exciting and exhilirating and over way faster than you expected"
"At first selling weapons is like selling vacumn cleaners. You have to do a lot of legwork, getting your name out there and meeting customers. It sucks."
Other highlights include a truly memorable opening sequence and some excellent dialogue and supporting performances. Cage's brother, wife, Russian uncle, the "president" of Liberia, all added something to the film without being a distraction. Among the supporting cast I'd have to single out the Liberian as possibly deserving a best supporting actor nod.