Is it fake or real?
Weekly Update:
I recently tried this glutenous rice milk tea drink and it was pretty nice. I only had it 30% sweetness so I wonder if its meant to be like a desert drink. I did get coconut jelly, love me some jelly and also coconut, and that seem to accompany the beverage pretty well. I know there is a lot of things that people are making "milk" out of, not sure why they call it milk and not just something like rice water or rice juice... actually juice would be more accurate because you are squeezing out the liquid from something like you would an orange. I've had corn milk before which was good and I almost think if it was served warm in a bowl, it could pass as a soup! It had a graining soft texture and the rice milk doesn't but what makes this rice milk glutenous and other ones not? How it's processed? It didn't feel thick like expecting a more gelatinous milk, it was just... rice water. But, I definitely would get it again, it was pretty nice (with the amount of sugar I had). Also the image is not the one from my drink, I forgot to get an image of it.
At the movies:
Anime is dominating the box office as of late but usually doesn't last very long or only staying on a limited release... interesting strategy but also why? New at #1 is Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (way to long of a title) ears a solid 17.3 million but unsure how this will last as we head into Halloween. Drop down to #2 is Black Phone 2 with 13 mil extra and not a bad drop considering the new average. New at #3 is Regretting You with 12.9 mil and could be a quick burn on this one. New at #4 is Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere with 9.1 mil and a substantial wide release. Not a great number unfortunately, but will be up for award contention. Rounding off the top 5 is Tron: Ares with another 4.9 mil and this franchise could be end of line.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Two (sort of) this week. In at #7 is Shelby Oaks with 2.4 mil and on a solid wide-release pattern so not that good of a number. Re-release at #10 is ParaNorman with less than 1 mil to open, not even making 1k per screen and will be out fast but still nearly all profit for it.
Quote of the week:
"Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?" - T.S. Elliot
Facts & Tips:
The tongue is the fasted healing part of a human body.
"Goldberg, you're the goalie. It's supposed to hit you." - Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks.
What season is it?
Weekly Update:
Growing up, and even now, I was never a person who liked vegetables. Maybe that is typical of children but hated all of them but potatoes I suppose. Carrots, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, all of it pretty much. As you grow older, you start to accept and like things a bit more and more. Now I don't mind carrots but typically not raw unless it's baby carrots with ranch dressing. Celery in a soup is fine and cucumbers that are pickled but rarely just plain unless also in a salad with dressing (likely ranch again). But one veggie, well I guess two that I never could care for is cauliflower and peas. Peas especially though, they just aren't my favorite and have an odd taste and texture to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm eating some kind of bug and they are popping on my mouth, I know, gross. But, I do like edamame with a soy dressing. I'm not sure if that is in the same family of veg or not but yeah, no peas for me please.
At the movies:
As we approach Halloween, horror/trillers take the box office this week. New at #1 is Black Phone 2 with a nice 26.5 million and a solid number for this genre of film. They do tend to drop fast after the first week so we'll see what happens next weekend. Drop down to #2 is Tron: Ares with 11.1 mil as this will struggle to reach 100 mil and will not get there. New at #3 is Good Fortune with 6.2 mil which isn't a great number but kind of expected. Holding ground at #4 is One Battle After Another with 4 mil extra and though it won't go too much further, will still be up for award contention. Drop down to #5 is Roofman with 3.7 mil and will be falling through the roof shortly.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Only one this week at #6 is Truth & Treason earning only 2.7 mil on a wide release pattern doing around $1300 per screen average.
Quote of the week:
"Time is money." - Benjamin Franklin
Facts & Tips:
The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days.
"I think you're a really good person, Jenna." - Brett Davern as Jake Rosati in the TV series Awkward.
If I only had a brain...
Weekly Update:
A bit of cold, a bit of humidity and a bit of rain? I don't know what which way is up or down anymore. This week was a rollercoaster of weather in the SoCali region. Early in the week we had some humidity our of now where sneak up on us. It wasn't extreme like the kind I've felt in Florida before but for here, it was not normal and also the clouds were unusual as well due to that. They looked very low to the ground as if I could grab them. Then as the humidity lifted, we had some very light rain later in the week out of no where. It was barely enough to cover the ground but rain still. I need more rain because the stuff we got previously has made my car very dirty. And then end of the week it became "normal" for us being in the low 70's again. So, for us it was a bit of a roller-coaster of weather and I just need it to be normal again, cold and rain please, keep it simple.
At the movies:
Greetings Programs! Coming in at #1 this week for its debut is Tron: Ares with 33.5 million to open. This is above expectations considering the lack-luster of Tron: Legacy's overall performance. Next week will be a big tell of how it will perform overall. New at a distant #2 is Roofman for 8 mil, loosely based on a true story and this one may fall through the roof. Drop down to #3 is One Battle After Another with 6.7 mil extra as it continues it's run for award season. Following in at #4 is Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie with 3.4 mil and may not last another week. New at #5 is Soul on Fire with 3 mil to open, it had a low-end wide release but under performed regardless.
Quote of the week:
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet the accomplish much." - Blaise Pascal
Facts & Tips:
No word in the English language rhymes with month.
"I'm a very vengeful person.. with access to weaponized smallpox." - Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz in the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
These shoes are made for walking?
New shoes!
I picked up some new shoes that I call all-purpose. By that I mean these will be my every day walk around for no reason shoes if I need to go out and do errands or something so, they were cheap. But they were Adidas brand so hopefully will last me much longer that my previous Hurley brand (by the way they sucked and only last about a year). A year may sound like a lot but I have had Oakley shoes that lasted me over 10+ years so that is my measure of standard to base things on. But they were cheap but with the name I hope not cheaply made so time will tell! But yeah, Hurley's were cheap and cheaply made but I'm not mad about it because they were only like $20 so... I guess you pay for what you get. Also, I wasn't family with Hurley as a shoe and I guess I know why now (picture not of my shoes but I did get black ones).
Weekly Update:
Started to get a lot cooler this week with some moisture again! It drizzled a couple of days, enough to get all the dirt from the top of my car down to the mid-section of my car, at least its something and hopefully getting some drizzle/rain this early means for a very wet Winter which we desperately need! What is a drizzle anyway? It's like not a mist but not a rain so just in between I would say. A mist (to me) is like a fog but with water so as you move, your car gets wet from the water just floating around. Rain is full on water dropping from the sky so a drizzle is mist falling from the sky I guess? It's just enough water to cover the ground and move the dust from your car around.
At the movies:
New at #1 through AMC Theatres distributing is Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl opened to 33 million which really isn't a movie or a documentary but a show. Slight drop down to #2 is One Battle After Another with another 11.1 mil as it revs up for award season. New at #3 is The Smashing Machine with 6 mil for its debut and another potential award contender. Drop down to #4 is Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie with 5.2 mil and this will likely fade out fast. Holding on to #5 for its 5th week is The Conjuring: Last Rites with an extra 4 mil as it slowly wraps up it's run.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
There was a re-release of Avatar: The Way of Water that took the #7 spot for 3.2 mil and a very low per screen average but it was still all profit. In at #9 was Good Boy with 2.3 mil and a very low per screen average so this will likely be out of theatres soon. Coming in at #10 is Kantara A Legend: Chapter 1 with 1.7 mil and this did open to less than 1,000 screens but still not a great number. If there is a Chapter 2 coming, it will struggle to get screens after this performance.
Quote of the week:
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle
Facts & Tips:
Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.
"I rival any fucking man! ... In all things." - Ellen Hollman as Saxa in the TV series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.
