Monday, May 13, 2024

HI-HOoooooooo

What a busy weekend it was for me, well actually just Saturday was pretty crazy.  Even if the rest of the week had nothing, Saturday sure filled up my weeks worth of stuff to do... but let's start with Wednesday first.  I finished my jury duty!!!  It's finally over and we finished about 3 weeks earlier than expected.  I do appreciate the whole process but there are some things I wish would change or be provided.  I wonder if they do juror surveys because I would definitely provide feedback there.  But back to Saturday... so I volunteered to help test some clues and such for Disney Studio as they are doing their own version of Minnie's Moonlit Madness this coming Saturday.  I think they are calling it Mickey's Morning Mayhem or something like that?  I had to drive up there and started testing by 10A (left the house at 8) and was there till at least 2P.  Then drive back to my area for a friend's 60th birthday party at 4.  It did take me over 2 hours to get home in traffic so time wise it worked out.  Then I had to get to our game night at Round Table Pizza that started at 5 but I didn't show up till closer to 7.  After all that I was so tired more so from the driving and the testing as I had to walk around a lot for that.

Weekly Update:
Gyro's!!!  Costco had Daphne's gyro meat on sale and since all of the Daphne's near me have closed, I had to try it.  It's more than I expected and I would say after buying the meat, some pita/flat bread and I opted to buy made tzatziki because I've never made it myself before... I think my pricing averages out about $1.50 per gyro give or take.  Not bad at all and they are really delicious to boot.  And I'm not really sure if making my own tzatziki sauce would be that much cheaper after buying all the ingredients for so I am happy with the pre-made stuff.  I will say I did keep my gyro pretty basic but honestly that is the way I like them... just the meat and the sauce wrapped up in the bread.  Not a fan of onions and don't care too much for tomatoes in it.  Also fries, some put fries in it and it's ok but really starts to muddle the flavors together  you lose the meat.  I could see about adding maybe feta cheese but not necessary.  Overall great value and some delicious food.

At the movies:
New at #1 is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with a big 56.5 million to open.  Very solid number considering non-holiday and off-season with good word-of-mouth.  Easily an 100 mil film but how far will it carry into that will be a big tell next week.  Drop down to #2 is The Fall Guy with 13.7 mil and unfortunately despite it's mass promotion, doesn't look like it will reach the 100 mil mark.  Holding at #3 is Challengers with 4.7 mil and this one will start to fade out as new titles are released.  Also holding ground at #4 is Tarot with 3.5 mil and will disappear sooner than later.  Still in the picture at #5 is Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with 2.5 and SO close to 200 mil... at least another week or two and it should get there.

Quote of the week:
"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." - William Makepeace Thackeray

Facts & Tips:
10M bricks were used to build the Empire State Building.

"Look, if you want to torture me, spank me, lick me, do it. But if this poetry shit continues, shoot me now, please." - Lori Petty as Tank Girl in Tank Girl.

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Monday, May 06, 2024

Was it hot?

I was not looking forward to the predicted weather this week as it said we were going up into the 80's and sunny, I thought that mean Spring was over and into Summer we go.  But, in fact it was very much the opposite!  Or should I say it didn't move at all, we stayed in the 60's, maybe hit low 70's and got some light rain here and there, just enough to cover the ground.  Also it was pretty cloudy a couple of days which was nice because it helped keep it cold.  I am not sure how come our weather forecast has been so off this week as it's generally pretty accurate, did someone forget to replace the batteries on all the weather machines?  Or feed the hamster that turns the wheel to generate the power or something?  So let's see how this next week goes... right now it's calling for high 70's with cloudy days.  Let's see if that happens!

Weekly Update:
I was at Costco again this week and I started to wonder, why would you back-up into a parking spot there?  For the most part, the spaces between the cars on the rows is very narrow where you can't event fit a shopping cart in between, let alone one of those bigger orange carts. So as I was parked, I just noticed the car in front of me in the next aisle did exactly that but that means when they load up their car (assuming the fill the trunk up first as most do), they will have to carry the items from the front of the car to the back.  The space between the cars is pretty narrow as well that you would likely scrape cars bringing a cart through!  I know there is one aisle in the Costco parking lot that does have that space but most of time it's filled with empty carts!

At the movies:
New at #1 is The Fall Guy with an 28.5 million dollar opening.  For this time of year, it's a decent number however for the big push on this film, a bit under expectations.  Week two will be the big tell on how this film will do in the long run. Re-releasing at #2 is Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace with 8.1 mil. Good number for a movie that originally came out in 1999 to less than stellar reviews. Drop down to #3 is Challengers with another 7.6 mil and not a bad drop percentage-wise.  New at #4 is Tarot with 6.5 mil and looks like a throw-away film to clear up the slate for summer.  Rounding off the top 5 is Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire with 4.5 mil and still on track to hit 200 mil before it's said and gone.

Quote of the week:
"Friends are the siblings God never gave us." - Mencius

Facts & Tips:
In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs.

"Letty grew up just down the street. She was into cars since she was like ten years old. Dom always had her attention. Then she turned sixteen..." - Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto in The Fast and the Furious.

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