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Weekly Update:
Last year or the year before I purchased a couple of MRE's to try out. In case you were not aware but an MRE is Military Ready-to-Eat meal in a pouch. Everything for one complete meal is one on pouch or bag and used by our military for when they are in the field and don't have access to a kitchen of any kind. I bought two different ones and tried the beef goulash. I have to say it was pretty bad! In fact afterwards my stomach was kind of upset I went and laid down for a bit and ended up falling asleep for over an hour. Ok so let's go through it shall we... 2 pieces of gum like chicklets that were fine but lasted a minute with flavor. Came with a piece of "bread" with chunky peanut butter and jam, awful. It was so dry, the moisture was leaving my body. I could only eat about 1/3 till I tossed it. There was like a raspberry powder drink you just mix with a regular bottle of water and that was good. Some sugar cookies, also terrible and only had a few while tossing the rest. Apple sauce, this was immensely sweet so tossed it after one taste of it. Then came the beef goulash and it was kind of neat how you add water to this outer pouch and it heats up the food and you serve. It wasn't bad but came with a salt packet which helped. I wouldn't eat it again unless I had no choice but not as a first pick. Then at the end I had this protein shake that was a chocolate hazelnut that you add water and shake. That was pretty good! So overall I would give it a D+ with the shake being the best thing but I think it was kind of high on sugar.
At the movies:
New at #1 is a Hawaiian holiday with Lilo & Stitch (live version) earning a huge 145.5 million at the box office! Word-of-mouth is good on this film and should easily get to 200 mil by end of next week. New at #2 is Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning with 63 mil to open. Not as big as the #1 spot but still a decent number for this one. Should get to 100 mil in no time. Drop down to #3 is Final Destination: Bloodlines with an extra 19.7 mil and getting close to 100 mil, could get there by the end of this week. Following down to #4 is Thunderbolts* with 9.2 mil more as it struggles to hit 200 mil. Rounding off the top 5 is Sinners with 8.8 mil and this film has had an amazing run overall!
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week at #6 is The Last Rodeo with 5.3 mil and for a wide-release not a great number. This one will be in and out in no time.
Quote of the week:
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." - Marcus Tullius Cicero
Facts & Tips:
Salvador Dali designed the logo for the Chupa Chupa lollipop brand.
"Yeah, every party in Silicon Valley ends up like a Hasidic wedding." - Kumail Nanjiani as Dinesh Chugtai in the TV series Silicon Valley.
Enter and Exit
Weekly Update:
Not a whole log was going on this week but the weather cooled down a lot again. It's supposed to climb back up in the 90's in a couple of days but then drop again after. So I'm not sure what season it is anymore... still Winter (with no rain) or Summer? We didn't have a Spring but that is kind of typical around here. I swear nothing around here makes sense anymore... weather, pricing, taxes... and it all starts with our current president who is probably the dumbest person I have witnessed holding a job. We are basically paying him to be this dumb... therefore that in turn makes us all dumb.
At the movies:
New at #1 is Final Destination: Bloodlines with a very solid 51 million to open. With this, the film should hit 100 mil over time but likely not too far past that. Drop down to #2
is Thunderbolts* with 16.5 mil as it continues to do well but now looking at it, may not hit 200 mil. Still in the mix at #3 is Sinners with 15.4 mil and almost halfway through 200 mil at 240 mil, very good number for this time of year. Hanging on to #4 after 7-weeks is A Minecraft Movie with 5.9 mil as it looks like its finally wrapping up but what a Spring run it had! Rounding off the top 5 is The Accountant 2 with another 4.9 mil as this will definitely fall short of hitting 100 mil.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Two this week, in at #6 in a wide-release pattern is Hurry Up Tomorrow with 3.3 mil and a poor per screen average of just $1,634. This will hurry up and leave after this coming week is done. In at #9 is Kiki's Deliver Service which may just be a one weekend deal but enough to make 1.1 million but still a very low per screen average of under 1k per location.
Quote of the week:
"Nothing can be done except little by little." - Charles Baudelaire
Facts & Tips:
Winds on Neptune can blow faster than 1,200 miles an hour.
"Usually, I spend Valentine's Day sad and alone. This year, I'm just sad." - Josh Brener as Dale in the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
HOT!
Weekly Update:
Mid-week was a bit of craziness for me! On Wednesday morning there was a knock at my door and it was my neighbors cleaning lady that comes once every two weeks. Apparently my neighbor couldn't get out of bed but long story short, he had fallen in the course of the night (rolled off the bed) and his back was so bad and stomach. But long story short, he finally agreed to go to the hospital on Friday afternoon and after a lot of tests and scans, he has a fracture on his 12th vertebrae! So more tests are still needed to see how old this fracture may be. Is it new, or an old injury that got worsened by the fall? Unfortunately his daughters live in Kentucky and South Carolina with their own families but I think arrangements are being made for at least one of them to come out and also to figure what to do as it is likely surgery will be needed. But trying to help as much as I can and keeping an eye on the house for now and visiting the neighbor in the hospital but wow, what a week. My neighbor is also in his 80's and lives alone. But the craziness of all this was the ER waiting... we got there around 4:30 PM and I left exactly at midnight! We even had a two hour of gap of doing nothing but waiting for them to call us in... again.
At the movies:
Holding at #1 for a 2nd week is Thunderbolts* with an extra 33.1 million and now over the 100 mil mark. It may take awhile to get to 200 but current pace suggests it will get there over time. Still doing well at #2 is Sinners with another 21.1 mil and just passed the 200 mil mark. Word-of-mouth is definitely carrying this film further. Maintaining at #3 is A Minecraft Movie with 7.9 mil as it now passes 400 mil domestic cume and from there, it will slowly fade out but excellent run! Still at #4 is The Accountant 2 with 6.1 mil more and slowly running down. New at #5 is Clown in a Cornfield with 3.7 mil for it's debut, not much else on this one so will disappear quickly.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just a couple this week, both in wide-release patterns too. In at #6 is Shadow Force with 2 mil to open and it was so in the Shadows, no one saw it. Less than $1000 per screen average too. Right behind it at #7 if Fight or Flight with 2 mil and also under 1k per screen average, they won't be able to maintain those screens long.
Quote of the week:
"Mother is the name for God in the lips an hearts of little children." - William Makepeace Thackeray
Facts & Tips:
A silverback gorilla can lift over 1,761 pounds.
"Here's Johnny!" - Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in The Shinning.
May the force be with you...
Though this will post on May 5th, it's only the day after. What does May 4th mean? It's more for those who are movie/TV fans but more specifically Star Wars. A play on words from "May the force be with you" thus the words May the 4th, be with you and has been adapted because of that. What does that phrase even mean? Well, it is along the same lines as "Live long and prosper" from Star Trek. Just a way of wishing someone good luck, safe journeys, good health, all the best, protect you and your family all rolled into one phrase. Now the word force isn't meant to be like a force upon you as in you are forced to do something. But more so a force of unknown or possibly spiritual energy that will guide, protect and you help you along the way.
Weekly Update:
I recently went to Jamba Juice and I don't go there very often anymore. Back in the day I used to go any where from 4 to 5 times a week! It was a nice alternative to a soda for my morning beverage but the cost of one has gone up so much plus the fact they are so high in sugars. They seemed to have stopped using plain yogurt and non-dairy milks and replaced more drinks with various flavors of sherbet and frozen flavored yogurts which of course all contain sugar. For the most part it's still a healthier alternative but now higher in sugars which I like to avoid if I can. But, I did go back as I said because they offered me a 50% to return deal, how can you pass that up because it almost made it the same price I paid years ago (but still a tad high). I mean I used to get them for about 3.95 for a large (without any coupon or deal) and now with 50% off it was 4.95 for a large. So when I got my drink, it was not filled all the way! They first put it in a regular cup and I said I had ordered a large and they replied, you did! So they poured the regular into the large and the little that remained in the mixer...then poured that large into another large cup and I can't help to think of the waste that was left behind with each pour. By the time I got it, there was almost a 1/2" gap from the lid to the drink... that is a lot missing. I know I didn't pay full price but does that mean I don't get a full drink??
At the movies:
New at #1 this week is Thunderbolts* with a decent 76 million. Not a bad number but expectations were probably a little higher, however we are coming off of Spring Break and pre-Summer. Word-of-mouth is overall good on this film, should easily hit 100 mil by this weekend. Drop down to #2 is Sinners with an extra 33 mil and very close to hitting the 200 mil mark, should get there in a few days. Climbing back up a notch is A Minecraft Movie with 13.7 mil more and inches away from hitting 400 mil domestic cume. Also should get that in the next day or two. Dropping down to #4 is The Accountant 2 with 9.5 mil and doing OK overall but will be bumped out soon. Rounding off the top 5 and holding is Until Dawn with 3.8 mil and will also fade out as soon as another movie is released.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just two this week as they are both limited runs (under 1,000 screens each). In at #9 is HIT: The Third Case with 869k and will quickly lose screen counts with a low per screen average of just $1474. At #10 is The Surfer with more screens but less box office earning 674k and only $763 per screen.
Quote of the week:
"Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission." - Arnold Bennett
Facts & Tips:
A group of owls is called a parliament.
"Hi, everyone. I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!" - Josh Gad as Olaf in Frozen.
