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.
Long time listener, first time caller...
Weekly Update:
The world is in turmoil... but what is interesting (and funny at the same time) is the current symbol for the fight for justice and equality... the pirate flag from One Piece. I am not familiar with the show in general, I have only seen the live action on from Netflix and it was pretty good and looking forward to seeing season 2. But in Nepal and Malaysia the pirate flag with the straw hat can be seen waving next to the countries flag as it's people are in all out revolution and succeeding. How far will this movement and symbol go? I hope it continues to fly and soar across the globe as it's not just a simple but an idea... the idea of freedom and equality. The idea of being able to live and not be broke or homeless. The idea of opportunity and its been working.
At the movies:
Taking the box office by storm is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity earning a huge 70 million for a post season, non-holiday weekend. This number is pretty significant for a number reasons as schools are back and this is generally that target audience. Drop down to #2 is The Conjuring: Last Rites with 26.1 mil more and now over the 100 mil mark, potentially on the way to 200. New at #3 is Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale with 18.1 mil and will stay consistent but low. New at #4 is The Long Walk with 11.5 mil and will have a short walk out. Semi-new at #5 is the Toy Story 30th Anniversary release earning 3.5 mil of pure profit.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Coming in at #9 is Spinal Tap II: The End Continues with 1.7 mil and less than $1000 per screen average. This film should have came out 10-years (or more) ago. In at #10 is The Sound of Music 60th Anniversary with 1.5 mil and had a better average with $1,232 and also one that is pure profit.
Quote of the week:
"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows." - Aristotle Onassis
Facts & Tips:
The human circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.
"I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders
and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try - but there's no
requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of
my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at
the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one
in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or
creatively capable of doing." - Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.
and I walked, I walked so far away...
Weekly Update:
Yum yum dim sum! Did my new tradition of going to get dim sum in September in memory of my mom's birthday. It was solo (again) but had a lot of leftovers to enjoy for later. I had to get an order of shrimp har gow to eat there and another order to take home, that is definitely one of my favorites. I was debating on the sticky rice but decided against it. Got some other usual stuff like the egg custards and red bean balls, those are good for savory or dessert really. Beef balls... not a traditional meatball but same concept of rolled ground beef. Other favorites are the fried shrimp balls, those are actually pretty huge and they have that piece of bamboo in them so it's like a popsicle (the way you can eat it). But, it was all delicious and I have more meals for the next day or two which will be nice.
At the movies:
New at #1 is The Conjuring: Last Rites with a hefty post-Summer 83 million to open. Horror films seemed to do well at this time of year in general over October actually when we get closer to Halloween. New at #2 is the live recording of Hamilton with 10 mil and also on less than 2,000 screens so not a bad number. Drop down to #3 is Weapons with 5.4 mil as it slowly winds down after an incredible run. Holding on to #4 is Freakier Friday with 3.8 mil and does appear it will be short of that 100 mil mark. Hanging to #5 is Caught Stealing with 3.2 mil and likely be out by next week.
New move that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week at #9, Light of the World on over 2,000 screens and earning 2.4 mil which has an average of $1,157 so this one will be losing some shelf space fast.
Quote of the week:
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare
Facts & Tips:
Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world.
"An Affair to Remember. Did you ever see it? Oh, God! Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. It it Cur or Car??" - Rita Wilson as Suzy in Sleepless in Seattle.
The simple onion ring
Labor Day Edition
This edition of Monday takes place on another Labor Day. Labor is always on a Monday, the first Monday in September so it matches and is consistent. This year around here it was super HOT, in the mid 90's after we were enjoying an cool high 70's up till recently. I hope this trend is very short and we dip back down into coolness but who knows. What we really need is rain though because we are so dry here. Our rainfall this past year was extremely bad and all our reservoirs are bone dry. We need rain please!! Global warming is so real and we are heading in the wrong direction as storms are getting more violent and temperatures continue to rise globally. Yet... no one seems to care because it is the now and not the then.
Weekly Update:
I've probably talked about this before but it warrants a repeat... onion rings. Yes, onion rings! I love a good onion ring, dipped in ranch or maybe like an aioli dip but the breading is so important with the onion ring. You have your low end rings from like Burger King and Jack in the Box which relay heavily on their breading. You can feel and taste the oil just absorbed in it. Then you have places like Farmer Boys where the breading is borderline heavy but not too heavy plus they seem to use a sweeter onion. They are also very big so you typically only get 4 to an order but they equal more than the other chains. In the semi-fast food chain is Wahoo's and they use a tempura-style batter and it's very light along with sweet Maui onions and these are one of the best around. You also have restaurant chain onion rings but I haven't had many to compare. I have had Red Robin which are fine, they range below Farmer Boys but above Jack in the Box. I should try more onion rings and come up with a chart or something.
At the box office:
For a fourth week-in-a-row, Weapons holds #1 again for an extra 10.2 million as it chugs along into the 100's but at the drop rate it won't reach 200. New at #2 is the re-release of Jaws 50th Anniversary with 8.1 mil and not bad for a 50-year old movie. New at #3 is Caught Stealing with 7.8 mil and this is more caught and release it looks like. Drop down to #4 is Freakier Friday with 6.5 mil as it continues to crawl to 100 mil but might reach it when all said and done. Rounding off the top 5 and also new is The Roses with 6.4 mil and this one is nipped in the bud.
Quote of the week:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
Facts & Tips:
There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive.
"You are not a person. You're a program that misread its objective. You are not alive, and for all your processing power, you can never understand what that means." Allison Williams as Gemma in M3gan 2.0.
