Pika-CHU!
Weekly Update:
Toward the end of this week we started to warm up a bit but what was interesting is we saw several days of overcast. Not sure where that came from but I'll take it as it kept our general temperatures low (like high 70's) and the nights still remained in the 60's. Now this is a Summer I can get behind but, the forecast for next week looks like it will start to warm up (in the 80's) and possibly hit 90 a day. The nights still look good though and should remain in the 60's but honestly, as long as we continue to get some breezes, it is all good. Some people may mistake the overcast with smog, honestly some could be mixed in but for the most part it was just overcast. If it was smog the air would feel kind of "heavy" and have an sort of industrial odor like smokiness. But it wasn't there so that is good but I'm sure there was some smog to a certain degree or however you measure that kind of thing.
At the movies:
Holding at #1 for a 2nd week is Weapons with another 25 million and now just a short distance of hitting 100 mil cume. Likely well get that with one more weekend but after that will drop down fast. Also holding at #2 is Freakier Friday with an extra 14.5 mil and looks like it will definitely come up short of 100 mil. New at #3 is Nobody 2 with 9.3 mil, not a great number for this film. Drop down to #4 is The Fantastic Four: First Steps with 8.8 mil as it quickly wraps up the Summer and being short of 300 mil. Also dropping down a notch to #5 is The Bad Guys 2 with 7.5 mil and will wrap up there pretty much.
Quote of the week:
"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter." - Marlene Dietrich
Facts & Tips:
Maine is the U.S. state closest to Africa.
"We got this job on 65th and Third. This big freakin'
ballbreaker of a job, right, and we got the area roped off so that some schmuck
don't walk through there and take a wrecking ball between the eyes. All of a
sudden this woman, you know with the big dark glasses and the Bloomingdale
bags, she starts walking right through the ropes and I yell down at her,
"Hey! You can't go there ya stupid bitch." And suddenly, this big
steam fittin' bursts and this enormous God damn crane crashes right down on her
legs. And she's screaming, "My Legs! My Legs!" And I say, "No
shit, your legs, you got a two-thousand-pound goddamn crane on 'em." Now ,
do you know how in an emergency you can get like superhuman strength? I reach
down and I lift up this crane and Ernesto was able to slide her out from under,
and the doctors were able to save her legs. So the moral is: don't walk where
you're not supposed to walk because there may not be someone with superhuman
strength to save your little ass. And don't do drugs. That's it!" - Robert Costanzo as Sal Morelli in City Slickers.
A night at the bowl
Saturday night I was invited to see the first Jurassic Park at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic doing the music! It was a pretty awesome experience and the night was perfect weather. We were seated third row from the front so we couldn't see the big screen, just various small monitors but being that up close for the music, the movie didn't really matter! Also, the food was amazing and just the whole experience was pretty awesome, now I want to see all my movies with live music. But for the food, I started with a radicchio salad that had figs and some cheese that looked like a slice of brie but it just melted in your mouth. For the main course it was a roasted chicken and the crispy skin was mouth-watering. Ended with a cornmeal strawberry shortcake and then later with a combo of cheese and light caramel popcorn. The whole experience was fantastic and definitely something I wouldn't mind doing again. Also, I haven't been to the bowl in at least 10-years and last time I was really far up compared to this time. What a night!
Weekly Update:
So the nights still remain nice but the days have definitely warmed up this past week. The forecast for next week does look cooler but by only a few degrees however I will take it! What is more interesting (in a weird sense) is how humid it has gotten which is not normal for us. Despite having cooler temps, it felt warmer due to the humidity which is something I am not accustomed to. Like getting out of the shower and already starting to feel a bit of sweat and stickiness? What is up with that? We are not made or built for that kind of weather and I hope it was just a fluke or a limited time thing or something. We should have hit our peak Summer heat but we have been fortunate (so far) that it hasn't been that bad (yet). I can only hope this was the worse of it but I have a feeling, nope, it will not be. I guess time will tell!
At the movies:
New at #1 this week is Weapons with a solid 42.5 million. As we come to the end of Summer, horror tends to do well during this time. 2nd weekend will be a big tell on how this movie will hold up and do. New at #2 is Freakier Friday with 29 mil and not a bad number but not great. A little below expectations but they weren't that high to begin with. Drop down to #3 is The Fantastic Four: First Steps with 15.5 mil more and this will stay in the 300 mil range. Also dropping down to #4 is The Bad Guys 2 with 10.4 mil extra and this is unlikely to hit the 100 mil mark. Rounding off top 5 and also dropping is The Naked Gun with 8.4 mil and also not going to hit 100 mil despite it's promotions and mostly positive reviews.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week coming in dead last (barely) at #10 is Sketch with 2.5 mil on a wide-release pattern. Per screen average is very low and will be losing those screens fast.
Quote of the week:
"No legacy is so rich as honestly." - William Shakespeare
Facts & Tips:
"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
"I'm sorry but first class is overbooked, but there is plenty of room to stretch out in coach which is only half-full. For the convenience we would like to offer you this travel voucher which is good on any date for any South Pacific Airlines flight." - Julianna Margulies as Claire Miller on Snakes on a Plane.
Parking is hard.
Weekly Update:
Been driving to an office this past week and I've noticed this one car (a Tesla of course) backing up into a parking spot that clearly has a sign that says "No Backing Up Parking" and you know these cars have rear-view cameras. But for the 3 or 4 days I was parking there, every single day it was backed-up into the no back up spot... are these garages not parking enforced, which clearly that is the case. I also wonder what makes the difference if a car is backed up or not too? Not all the spaces in the garage have that sign, only specific ones that are on a railing vs a concrete wall, does the railing make the difference? If cars back-up to far does it risk damaging the railing were as a wall would damage the car instead? I am not sure what the big difference is but the sign is there and there is a little civic code on it as well. So this driver is just a jerk but I find most Tesla drivers are (yes, I am generalizing but it's kind of true).
At the movies:
Holding on to #1 for a 2nd weekend is The Fantastic Four: First Steps with an extra 40 million and now just inches from 200 mil cume. Sizeable drop from week 1 but still enough to keep it #1. New at #2 is The Bad Guys 2 with 22 mil for it's debut and a fair number as we come to the end of the Summer season soon. Also new at #3 is The Naked Gun with 17 mil and this is a very below expectations number despite the amount of promotion the two main leads have been doing. Hanging to #4 is Superman with 13.9 mil as it now crosses the 300 mil mark but likely not go much further. Rounding off the top 5 is Jurassic World: Rebirth with 8.7 mil and also past the 300 mil mark and will end there.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week coming in at #6 is Together with 6.8 mil and not a bad number for this type of film during this time of year. Probably should have waited till next month.
Quote of the week:
"If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future." - Winston Churchill
Facts & Tips:
Ants take rest for around 8 minutes in 12-hour period.
"You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. No truth-handler, you. Bah! I deride your truth-handling abilities!" - Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob in the TV series The Simpsons.
