What season is it?
Weekly Update:
Growing up, and even now, I was never a person who liked vegetables. Maybe that is typical of children but hated all of them but potatoes I suppose. Carrots, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, all of it pretty much. As you grow older, you start to accept and like things a bit more and more. Now I don't mind carrots but typically not raw unless it's baby carrots with ranch dressing. Celery in a soup is fine and cucumbers that are pickled but rarely just plain unless also in a salad with dressing (likely ranch again). But one veggie, well I guess two that I never could care for is cauliflower and peas. Peas especially though, they just aren't my favorite and have an odd taste and texture to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm eating some kind of bug and they are popping on my mouth, I know, gross. But, I do like edamame with a soy dressing. I'm not sure if that is in the same family of veg or not but yeah, no peas for me please.
At the movies:
As we approach Halloween, horror/trillers take the box office this week. New at #1 is Black Phone 2 with a nice 26.5 million and a solid number for this genre of film. They do tend to drop fast after the first week so we'll see what happens next weekend. Drop down to #2 is Tron: Ares with 11.1 mil as this will struggle to reach 100 mil and will not get there. New at #3 is Good Fortune with 6.2 mil which isn't a great number but kind of expected. Holding ground at #4 is One Battle After Another with 4 mil extra and though it won't go too much further, will still be up for award contention. Drop down to #5 is Roofman with 3.7 mil and will be falling through the roof shortly.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Only one this week at #6 is Truth & Treason earning only 2.7 mil on a wide release pattern doing around $1300 per screen average.
Quote of the week:
"Time is money." - Benjamin Franklin
Facts & Tips:
The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days.
"I think you're a really good person, Jenna." - Brett Davern as Jake Rosati in the TV series Awkward.
If I only had a brain...
Weekly Update:
A bit of cold, a bit of humidity and a bit of rain? I don't know what which way is up or down anymore. This week was a rollercoaster of weather in the SoCali region. Early in the week we had some humidity our of now where sneak up on us. It wasn't extreme like the kind I've felt in Florida before but for here, it was not normal and also the clouds were unusual as well due to that. They looked very low to the ground as if I could grab them. Then as the humidity lifted, we had some very light rain later in the week out of no where. It was barely enough to cover the ground but rain still. I need more rain because the stuff we got previously has made my car very dirty. And then end of the week it became "normal" for us being in the low 70's again. So, for us it was a bit of a roller-coaster of weather and I just need it to be normal again, cold and rain please, keep it simple.
At the movies:
Greetings Programs! Coming in at #1 this week for its debut is Tron: Ares with 33.5 million to open. This is above expectations considering the lack-luster of Tron: Legacy's overall performance. Next week will be a big tell of how it will perform overall. New at a distant #2 is Roofman for 8 mil, loosely based on a true story and this one may fall through the roof. Drop down to #3 is One Battle After Another with 6.7 mil extra as it continues it's run for award season. Following in at #4 is Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie with 3.4 mil and may not last another week. New at #5 is Soul on Fire with 3 mil to open, it had a low-end wide release but under performed regardless.
Quote of the week:
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet the accomplish much." - Blaise Pascal
Facts & Tips:
No word in the English language rhymes with month.
"I'm a very vengeful person.. with access to weaponized smallpox." - Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz in the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
These shoes are made for walking?
New shoes!
I picked up some new shoes that I call all-purpose. By that I mean these will be my every day walk around for no reason shoes if I need to go out and do errands or something so, they were cheap. But they were Adidas brand so hopefully will last me much longer that my previous Hurley brand (by the way they sucked and only last about a year). A year may sound like a lot but I have had Oakley shoes that lasted me over 10+ years so that is my measure of standard to base things on. But they were cheap but with the name I hope not cheaply made so time will tell! But yeah, Hurley's were cheap and cheaply made but I'm not mad about it because they were only like $20 so... I guess you pay for what you get. Also, I wasn't family with Hurley as a shoe and I guess I know why now (picture not of my shoes but I did get black ones).
Weekly Update:
Started to get a lot cooler this week with some moisture again! It drizzled a couple of days, enough to get all the dirt from the top of my car down to the mid-section of my car, at least its something and hopefully getting some drizzle/rain this early means for a very wet Winter which we desperately need! What is a drizzle anyway? It's like not a mist but not a rain so just in between I would say. A mist (to me) is like a fog but with water so as you move, your car gets wet from the water just floating around. Rain is full on water dropping from the sky so a drizzle is mist falling from the sky I guess? It's just enough water to cover the ground and move the dust from your car around.
At the movies:
New at #1 through AMC Theatres distributing is Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl opened to 33 million which really isn't a movie or a documentary but a show. Slight drop down to #2 is One Battle After Another with another 11.1 mil as it revs up for award season. New at #3 is The Smashing Machine with 6 mil for its debut and another potential award contender. Drop down to #4 is Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie with 5.2 mil and this will likely fade out fast. Holding on to #5 for its 5th week is The Conjuring: Last Rites with an extra 4 mil as it slowly wraps up it's run.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
There was a re-release of Avatar: The Way of Water that took the #7 spot for 3.2 mil and a very low per screen average but it was still all profit. In at #9 was Good Boy with 2.3 mil and a very low per screen average so this will likely be out of theatres soon. Coming in at #10 is Kantara A Legend: Chapter 1 with 1.7 mil and this did open to less than 1,000 screens but still not a great number. If there is a Chapter 2 coming, it will struggle to get screens after this performance.
Quote of the week:
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle
Facts & Tips:
Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.
"I rival any fucking man! ... In all things." - Ellen Hollman as Saxa in the TV series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.
More rain? Yes please!
Weekly Update:
This week continued to be cooler than the previous one and had some mornings where the ground was wet. No rain or drizzles seen during the day but I'll take any moisture from the sky and waking up to it! No puddles though, just enough to see that the ground was wet and it stuck around a bit too because the weather was cloudy and cool so really nothing to dry it up quickly except time. I hope seeing some moisture this early might mean we will have a good Winter (by good I mean a lot of rain!). This past Winter was extremely dry for us and our river beds and reservoirs are bone dry right now. So, if we can get a wet Winter this year, that might last us for a year! Plus ideally eliminate any dried up vegetation that may be flammable to avoid fires in the future. Also, wet weather I feel like I use less electricity and water for the house which means lower utility costs which is always a bonus!
At the movies:
New at #1 is One Battle After Another with a very solid 22.4 million for an off-season time frame. We'll start seeing some Academy contenders coming in the next few weeks as we approach award-season. New at #2 is Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie with 13.7 mil and also a good number for this type of film during this time of year. Drop down to #3 is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity with 7.1 mil and will quickly drop out at this rate. Holding at #4 is The Conjuring: Last Rites with 6.9 mil as it continues along, looks like it may just fall short of 200 in the end. New at #5 is The Strangers: Chapter 2 with 5.9 mil... there was a chapter 1?
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Only 1 this week in at #9 is They Call Him the OG with under 1,000 screens and earning 1.4 mil which is less than $2,000 per screen average so this will be out fast.
Quote of the week:
"There are people who have money and people who are rich." - Coco Chanel
Facts & Tips:
A ten-gallon hat holds less than a gallon of liquid.
"Go to class. Learn something." - Dennis Haskins as Mr. Richard Belding in the TV series Saved by the Bell.
Weekly Update:
I found the secret stash! At work I found a stash of snacks but they belong to another department however, they said to take whatever I want! So, I have been and they are pretty small snack size type things but still hit the spot in the afternoon when I'm trying to stay away in the office. I'm also not one to just take, so lately I've been adding to the snack stash with additional snacks from Costco. I have noticed though everyone tends to get sweet and I have been trying to go more savory. I found mixed nuts but they did have M&M's but mostly nuts. Also found some various roasted nuts and those are good. And recently I found peanut butter cracker sandwiches but also ones filled with cheese but flavored by Cheetos and I think Doritos and they have both been pretty tasty. Chips are hard because the small bags you get do take up a lot of space and you need something you can open and eat in one sitting so the family size bag of chips won't do.
At the movies:
Holding at the #1 spot for a 2nd week is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity with another 17.3 million as it passes the 100 mil mark. It did have a substantial drop though (76%) so this may have run its course already. New at #2 is Him with 13.5 mil and below expectations. Slight drop to #3 is The Conjuring: Last Rites with 13 mil and a low drop so that is good and should continue to do well. Holding at #4 is The Long Walk with 6.3 mil and will soon end its walk. Rounding off the top 5 is Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale with another 6.3 mil and may be the last we see of it.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
A few this week starting at #6 with A Big Bold Beautiful Journey earning 3.5 mil on a wide release pattern, not a very good per screen average. In at #7 is The Senior with only 2.8 mil and also wide-release and low per screen. At #9 is Sight & Sound Presents: Noah - Live! which is by Fathom Events and earned 1.4 mil but less than 1,000 screens and also not a full set of show times either.
Quote of the week:
"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." - Frank Lloyd Wright
Facts & Tips:
The Pope can't be an organ donor.
"I'm married... and I'm her grandmother!" - Patrika Darbo as Grace on the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
