Hot and humid again?!
Weekly Update:
Saturday had a very busy day but the morning part of it was pretty fun. Headed up to Santa Monica Pier for a Disney Jr event. It was for the 2nd season of Spidey and his Amazing Friends animated show. I've seen some of the show but it does skew VERY young, for those kids who aren't in school yet and it's a fun show for that age range. They had a Hero Course for kids to run through, a giant crawler mock up (from the show) that characters in the show travel in. Photo opps, toy play area and snacks! It was a pretty warm day but it was on the pier which was pretty cool and I hadn't been there in a very long time. What was also nice is Disney had a parking spot for me! That is a HUGE gift because parking any where in LA is such a choir! But, it was very warm but also very fun!
At the movies:
New at #1 this week is The Invitation with 7 million as we wrap up the Summer season. Not a big number by any means but not surprising either. Going up a spot to #2 is Bullet Train with 5.6 mil more and now within a decent striking distance to 100 mil domestic cume. Still has a bit to go but should get there when the film is done. Drop down to #3 is Beast with 4.9 mil and will soon be done fairly quickly. Holding on to #4 and has proven to be this Summer's biggest hit is Top Gun: Maverick with 4.8 mil more. Still shy of 700 mil cume domestic but will cross that mark maybe in another week to 10-days. Big drop to #5 is Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero with 4.6 mil and quickly rolling away.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week, coming in at #7 is Three Thousand Years of Longing with 2.9 mil and has come and gone before it opened.
Quote of the week:
"To see things in the seed, that is genius." - Lao Tzu
Facts & Tips:
The fire signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius.
"Ooh! Hello, my buckos. I'm Marvin. Welcome to Shenanigans, home of the world-famous Blarney Stone Fajitas!" - Colin Cunningham as Marvin in the TV series Psych.
Thanks Mom, for everything!
Some of the interesting stories she shared about her life with me or I was
around for them…
- as a very young girl, she would spend time with some of General Chennault’s
Flying Tiger pilots between missions.
They would give out treats to her and the other kids.
- She was the first Asian (or “International” student) at Carroll College in
Helena, MT.
- Once Pat Nixon wrote her a letter after my grandfather told Richard Nixon how
she was struggling living in the US… I really wish she saved that letter!
- She was one of the founders of the Rancho Santiago College Nursing Program
that grew and would have a 2 to 3-year waiting list to get into.
- In 1989, took a sabbatical from teaching to visit hospitals in China and show
them western nursing techniques.
- During her sabbatical, the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
occurred. Chinese nurses and students
feared for her safety and quickly snuck her out to get her back home safely to
the US.
Survived by her two geeked-out techy sons who can either tell you every single
Star Trek original series episode premise or recite Star Wars Episode IV
line-by-line.
Thanks Mom, for everything!
Weekly Update:
Do you feel like some days you are the only one taking the crazy pills and everything is normal OR are you normal and every one else is taking the crazy pills?? That is how I felt all this week from the beginning to the end. I'll tell someone something and then they either don't understand or did not hear what I said then the either ask me the same question for something I just said or say what I just said back to them as if it was a new thought in their head... WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?! I had at least 5 or 6 conversations like this and I am either losing my mind or the world has... or maybe both!! I don't know anymore but I hope it gets better soon or I may go more bonkers than I already may be!
New at #1 this week, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero takes the lead with 20.1 million. A pretty solid number for not only this time of year but also for a movie of this nature. Also new at #2 is Beast with 11.6 mil and not much else on this film, could be a quick Summer burn. Drop down to #3 is Bullet Train with an extra 8 mil and starting to slow down. Could still reach 100 mil but it may take a long while. Holding the #4 spot is Top Gun: Maverick with 5.9 mil as it continues the climb to 700 mil, still a bit shy but on course for it! Rounding off the top 5 and a big drop is DC League of Super-Pets with another 5.8 mil and these pets are probably all home by now.
Quote of the week:
"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth." - Benjamin Disraeli
Facts & Tips:
Earth's sky is purple, our eyes just see it as blue.
"So Bart, if you could e anyone else, who would it be?" - Brooklyn Decker as Palmer in Just Go With It
Direct heat... GOOD!
Towards the end of this week it actually got hotter (in the high 90's, some triple digits) BUT there was little zero humidity and that made such a big difference! So with humidity it can be 80 degrees outside but feel about 90 with the air very heavy and you just feel so tired and weighted down. With just direct heat, it was about 97 degrees one day but felt like 90 and breathable air! Not heavy, not like you are trying to move through the air, maybe a slight breeze and it felt good. Actually not hot at all as long as you are moving or walking whereas with humidity you feel hotter with each and every step you take! So as long as we do not have that humidity factor, this heat is just fine and I can actually run the AC a little less or at least at a higher temp so it doesn't go on as often! Humidity = sucks.
Weekly Update:
Ok people, you are back in your car after shopping and loaded up... LEAVE! Found another pet peeve of mine when you are trying to find a parking spot at the mall or store (Costco!) and you wait for someone to load up their car, get in and then they just sit there... no attempt to move, they are just sitting in their car. You have lines of cars waiting to find a spot as your local Costco has taken away nearly 100+ spaces away for gas lines (which is needed, they should have thought of that during construction). So we have that many less spaces (actually it's more like 300 spots gone) and have to wait for you to leave so we can do our shopping and get in and out for the next person. You see, once you are done, you leave, simple right? Or at least I thought it was but you have some very inconsiderate folks who the world apparently revolves around. I just want to park, get what I need and be out so the next person can take my spot... see how that works?!
At the movies:
Maintaining it's speed at #1 is Bullet Train with an extra 13.4 million as it is now halfway to 100 mil domestic. It may not get there but it will come fairly close. Holding at #2 is DC League of Super-Pets with 7.2 mil as it is also just over half way to 100 mil and at the current rate it will not reach that goal unfortunately. Rising back up to #3 is Top Gun: Maverick with 7.2 mil as it continues to inch its way to 700 mil domestic... it may actually get there! Holding itself at #4 is Thor: Love and Thunder with 5.3 mil as it slowly tapers off and will stay in the 300 mil range. Big drop down to #5 is Nope with 5.3 mil but has already reached the 100 mil benchmark!
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week as Fall comes in at #10 with only 2.5 mil for it's debut. It was a semi-wide release with just over 1500 runs.
Quote of the week:
"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life." - William Morris
Facts & Tips:
The first hot air balloon passengers were a sheep, duck, and rooster.
"What's this? Wait a minute. No. I specifically told the agency 'an eager-to-please brunette.' Why is this so hard?" - Ryan Hansen as Dick Casablancas in the movie Veronica Mars.
NOT normal!!!
Weekly Update:
I've may have touched on this before I really do hate when people say "work on yourself" or "help yourself before helping others." When they talk about self and improving your life... to me that is just plain selfish to be honest. Why not help others first or just help others and that in turn helps yourself (in my opinion). The reward itself should be in that you help others and thus it helps yourself. Focus on being charitable and it doesn't have to be in the monetary sense but moral or physical support. Lending a helping hand or simply just listening at times, being available to just say hi even. Stop with that BS of self improvement because the more you help others around you, the more you improve yourself... well, that is my opinion anyway. Do things with others in mind because that could be nice motivation or even a muse.
At the movies:
Zooming into #1 this week is Bullet Train with a decent 30.1 million at the box office. Overall word-of-mouth is good on the film and should carry through the rest of Summer. Drop down to #2 is DC League of Super-Pets with another 11.2 mil as it suffered a sizeable drop. Holding at #3 is Nope with another 8.5 mil and just shy of 100 mil cume mark but should get there probably end of day tomorrow. Holding at #4 is Thor: Love and Thunder with 7.6 mil extra as it continues into the 300 mil range but will end some where in that range. Rounding off the top 5 is Minions: The Rise of Gru with 7.1 mil as it continues through 300 mil range but will also end up there as well.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one again this week as the comedy Easter Sunday comes in at #8 with 5.3 mil for it's debut. Unfortunately a very poor number, the Pilipino community didn't come out for this one.
Quote of the week:
"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together." - Eugene Ionesco
Facts & Tips:
The air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.
"Alex failed her Spanish mid-term!" - Jennifer Stone as Harper Finkle in the TV series Wizards of Waverly Place.
Make this weather stop!
Weekly Update:
July is finally over... historically for me July has been a very unlucky month. Usually bad or the worse of the year type stuff occur in July for me. And it's nothing specific, just random things or if something bad happened in the year, July has been worse. And it's not saying things get or got better in August, sometimes it carries over but something about July... just always was terrible for me and this year was no exception (or maybe the worse yet?). So let's see if this theory holds up and wait to see what August and the rest of the year brings or happens. If it gets better than yep, confirms my July theory!! I mean I always hope things get better but they certainly never do in July... just look at the crappy weather!!
At the movies:
Flying into #1 this week is DC League of Super-Pets with 23 million for its debut. Not a great number but enough to take #1 for a week. Drop down to #2 is Nope with another 18.6 mil and getting close to that 100 mil mark, may take another full week to get there. Holding on to #3 is Thor: Love and Thunder with 13.1 mil as it now passes the 300 mil mark, won't make it to the next benchmark but solid all around. Falling a bit to #4 is Minions: The Rise of Gru with 10.9 mil and well past the 300 mark! Still some good legs left on this one to go a bit further. Rounding off the top 5 is Top Gun: Maverick with 8.2 mil and will finish off short of 700 mil but what an amazing run!
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week in a semi-wide run of only 1,000 screens is Vengeance at #10. Made about 1.7 mil which doesn't make a good per screen average.
Quote of the week:
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." - Hannah Arendt
Tips & Facts:
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
"Wrong, we fight for a belief. I stay." - Virginia Hey as Warrior Woman in The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
