hidden finds and so forth
1. In Maryland Plaza there is a cupcake shop. It's called The Cupcakery, and it's back behind the main shops. If you go to the side street you would take to get to the Chase's parking structure, it's behind the main row of shops on Maryland Ave. It's kind of pricey, in that one cupcake is $2.25, but they were really really good, especially after I brought home the chocolate with mocha buttercream and had it in the fridge for a couple of hours. Yum.
2. At Target they were selling a two disk DVD double feature: Men in Tights and Spaceballs, $14 for both. Classic. And totally worth it. But I watched them both and I discovered that somehow, Men in Tights, the more recent movie, was more dated.
Spaceballs spends a lot of time mocking Star Wars, which is something that most people have seen and can relate to. Even someone who is younger than the movie itself (and the movie is 20 years old, y'all) has probably seen or at least heard of Star Wars so it's still entertaining. There's also plenty of jokes about merchandising (still funny) and also jokes like, "She's gone from suck to blow!" which are timeless. But Men in Tights was relevant to a certain time period (which would be 1997) and a lot of the jokes are set in that timeframe. I mean, the whole movie is based on that stupid Prince of Thieves movie, which wasn't that great and so probably anyone under the age of 18 hasn't ever even heard of it. So there's plenty of stuff that isn't as funny, like Patrick Stewart's totally fake Scottish accent, and "Unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent." Did you know that in other countries, where they dubbed the movie, they changed that line? Because non-native speakers probably wouldn't get it, so in some places they make fun of how much Costner would demand to be paid, and in some they said "I don't dance with wolves", which is pretty good. But Reebok Air Pumps? Home Alone? L'Eggs pantyhose? White Men Can't Jump? To their credit, the song "Men in Tights" and a kick line are never not funny. Plus, Cary Elwes. He just looks better in a tunic with a sword. I know he's been in other films, modern films, but he just doesn't look right to me. It's weird.
Alright, that's enough of my ranting. I'm grumpy that apparently UPS delivered my copy of Harry Potter but didn't bother to leave a note, or possibly even to check to see if I'm home or not, so now it's sitting in the leasing office until Monday. Bastards.