breaker breaker
It has been non-stop hot for the past 2 to 3 weeks and looks like it will continue to do so this coming week. The heat usually isn't this bad but where did this humidity come from that is just making our air feel "heavy" and thus making breathing that much more difficult. I have this new ceiling fan in the guest room where I have been staying while the bathroom continues to get remodeled and the other night, it stopped! Now I have had this fan for years in the box but just recently got it installed earlier this year. I have almost ran it 24- hours non-stop too so it's getting a lot of good use and also it is the Hunter brand which, in my opinion is the best brand out there. But it stopped and I could not figure out why. It has no pull strings or chains and runs solely on a remote. The remote was lighting up when I clicked it so it wasn't batteries plus it stopped in the middle of the night. All my other electronics in the room were still on so I knew it was that. I did check the breakers to see if any had 'popped' but all were solid. I was worried I would have to call someone out to look at it and the warranty is way old since I bought it years ago. One day after work, I shut down both of my computers and then started fully flipping breakers and... it started working again! I was so happy but now I wished I did them one at a time so I could properly mark the breaker for that fan (and likely the room). I don't know why when the build a home, they do not properly label the breakers for you.
Weekly Update:
I just learned recently that Southern California had record breaking humidity! That does explain a lot of why the air has been so heavy and almost unbreathable these past couple of weeks, turns out the humidity is not normal (as I thought it wasn't). This does explain a lot on the weather but it doesn't explain why it is happening. Just more proof of both global warming and the green house effect we are making worse year-after-year! You can provide all the evidence and proof of something to people and yet they won't believe it because Science (and math) are fake or do not make sense. They don't make sense because you are stupid. Closing your mind to something like this is only spelling disaster for you, them, everyone.
At the movies:
Another week, another #1 for the 5th week-in-a-row is Spider-Man: Brand New Day with 22.2 million as it is now inches away from 900 mil! As it starts to slow down, this next weekend will be significant for it and may determine if it will hit the 1 billion mark! New at #2 is Coyote vs. Acme with 15.5 mil and a good number overall. Hanging on to #3 is The Odyssey with 14.3 mil as it pushes to reach 600, it could still do it. Drop down to #4 is Insidious: Out of the Further with 10.1 mil more as it quickly drops out but not bad overall numbers. New and rounding off the top 5 is The Dog Stars with 8 mil and not a good end of Summer opening.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Only one this week at #6, Buddy earns 5.4 mil on a semi-wide release.
Quote of the week:
"Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." - Robert H. Schuller
Facts & Tips:
An ant's sense of smell is stronger than a dog's.
"This li'l mofo not doing' what he's told." - Lavell Crawford as Huell in the TV series Breaking Bad.
Love me some nuts
What a difference a week can make. This past week finally cooled down and not by much but what really made the big difference was the many breezes! The temperatures averaged in the high 80's during the day but because of those wonderful breezes, almost felt like 70. They make such a huge difference here and not just circulating warm or hot air, they actually cool things down tremendously. Next week looks like it will climb back up into the 90's but as long as the breezes continue, I do not mind. This logo, wherever it is from, sum it up pretty well. The nights remain the same which is great, mid-60's and cool. I do like a place where day to night makes a big difference in weather (usually) instead of it just being dark and the same temperatures which just doesn't make sense to me and my head.
Weekly Update:
So Costco has started selling these snacks called Love Corn and they are delicious and much lighter than Corn Nuts. Now, I do like Corn Nuts, nothing wrong with them, good flavors too but they can be teeth breaking sometimes. I guess Love Corn is trying to rival them and with it being in Costco, they got a good jump. I'm glad they were sampling them otherwise I probably would have passed on them. The box only has three flavors (sweet and salty, sea salt and sour cream and onion). I've had a chance to try the sea salt and sweet and salty, so far both are great but the packets go FAST. Feels like smaller or less corn than Corn Nuts but also, they were less than .50 cents a packet (on sale).
At the movies:
Still at #1 with a commanding lead is Spider-Man: Brand New Day with an extra 70 million and now inches away from 800 mil cume. Likely could have that in the next few days and start it's run to 900 mil! Doing well at #2 is The Odyssey with 23.2 mil more and just past the 500 mil mark. New at #3 is The End of Oak Street with 21 mil and not a bad number for this film. Also new at #4 is Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie with 20.5 mil and as we start towards the end of Summer, good box office for this family film. New and rounding up the top 5 is Katseye: Wild Hearts with 4 mil but on a semi-wide release of less than 800 screens so not to bad.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Several this week, coming in at #6 is SIX: The Musical Live! with 3 mil on a low wide-release pattern. In at #7 is The Brink of War with 2.7 mil on a wide release so their pre screen is only $1300. And at #10 is Vishwanath & Sons with 1.6 mil but a limited run so not terrible but not good either.
Quote of the week:
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau
Facts & Tips:
If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white."I didn't mean to hurt her... I didn't. You go and live your life in full now, all right? You live for both of us." - Rebecca Hall as Sarah in
The Prestige.
Non-stop
What a crazy week it has been for me. So it started off kind of normal but then I had an event to go to on Wednesday and that is when I just couldn't keep up after for some reason. But it was a movie premier for The Wrong Girls which opens in about a week and the theatre was about a mile or so from the party venue. Funny, the theatre mention to take an Uber or Lyft as there is only limited street parking but I was thinking what theatre only has street parking? With all the shops and stores around, maybe make a deal where people can park there after they close or something. When there are theatres in the area, and you all play the same movies... it will boil down to convivence of getting in and out on your own. But anyway, I parked at the party venue, Lyft over to the theatre and carpet, then Lyft back once the movie started. I was the party till about 11P but when I got home it was past midnight and I was kind of wired or hyped up that I couldn't sleep right away and I had to be up early so I got very little sleep and thus just caused a ripple affect pretty much. I'm still waiting to catch up on sleep!
Weekly Update:
What was going on this week... besides it just being very hot and humid? Really not much but still being hot and humid! This weather is confusing me and I don't like it. I need to do laundry again or more often because of it. Normally I have enough cloths to not do laundry for say a month at a time... a load of whites and a load of colors. So far I've done at least 2 loads of whites and 1 load of colors, preparing to do another load of colors because I've had to change cloths more than once per day. At best, I would say, if nothing is going on, I could change every other day... I'm not doing anything so everything is fine but this sticky humidity is getting both inconvenient and expensive with electrical and water costs going up. Hot and warm is more expensive than cold seasons and we have not had a cold seasons in at least 2-years now.
At the movies:
Holding strong for a 2nd week in a row is Spider-Man: Brand New Day with another 145 million. That is a sizeable 60% drop but still an amazing number which brings its current total at 655 mil cume! No doubt will hit 700 by end of this week with that kind of trajectory. Holding on to #2 is The Odyssey with an extra 31.5 mil as it gets closer to 500 mil and should get there eventually. New at #3 is One Night Only with 5.7 mil and as we come to the end of Summer, we'll see some little films popping up. New at #3 is Super Troopers 3 with 4 mil and kind of what was expected. Rounding off the top 5 and in its 8th week is Toy Story 5 with 3.9 mil as it crawls to a potential 500 mil goal, unsure if t it will reach it.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Coming in at #8 is Ice Cream Man with 2 mil on a wide-release pattern and making only $1200 per screen. New at #10 is CatVideoFest 2026 with 586k on less than 300 screens, no idea what this even is and guessing no one else did either.
Quote of the week:
"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." - Mother Teresa
Facts & Tips:
Termites eat through wood two times faster when listening to rock music!"Not that I do drugs, but I'd like to be asked." - Debra Messing as Grace Adler in the TV series
Will & Grace.
Paperless
Not exactly paperless but exactly paperless? Costco
Kirkland brand water has had an update to its look... or had an reduction in
their look? The removed the paper band that goes around the bottle and I
find that amazing. All the details you need to know about the water is in
the packaging so why does the individual bottle need a label on it? I bet
this is reducing some major costs and at the same time, reducing a lot of
waste! I think this is absolutely brilliant and why didn't anyone thing
of this a long time ago. I know the indents in a bottle (or can) have
reduced material costs over the years by millions of dollars so eliminating the
process of the label plus not making the label at all, that is like double
reduction in both material and production costs I'm sure. Also, the whole
bottle looks clear and clean, I kind of find that more appealing but just
really smart! Now, be nice if other companies follow along and reduce
their costs so instead of raising prices, they reduce cost and in that will retain
their profits instead!
Weekly Update:
I do not like this weather!!! As soon as I get out of like a nice shower,
I'm sweating. As far as I know, I'm probably sweating while taking the
shower! What is happening here? What happened to our dry
heat? More importantly, what happened to our cool ocean breezes or any
kind of breeze for that matter?! This is not normal weather for us, the
heat maybe but not this level of humidity. I do not like it one bit and
it has to change! It is only beginning of August too but supposedly the
official last day of Summer is end of the month. However, we know
seasonally that is not the case and it's more like beginning of October.
I just hope the nights will continue to be a LOT cooler but come on, where are
the breezes? I mean we don't get them all day but sometimes we would and
there has been zero, none, zilch.
At the movies:
BIG weekend at the box office as
Spider-Man: Brand New Day takes
a huge leap to #1 with 355 million for it's debut. What a way to make an
entrance and also at the peak of the Summer season. Word-of-mouth is good
on the film, look for it to hit 400 by mid-week and make it's way to 500.
Drop down to #2 is
The Odyssey with 51 mil extra and now just
inches away from 400, should hit that any day now. Moving up a notch to #3
is
Toy Story 5 with 6.3 mil more as it crawls to reach the 500
mark, likely will fall short but still did great overall. Hanging on to #4
is
Minions & Monsters with 5.8 mil and actually holding
better than expected. Drop down to #5 is
Moana with 5.3 mil as
this one slowly fades out.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Coming in at #8 is
I Want Your Sex on a semi-wide release (700
runs) and only earning 600k which is less than 1k per screen.
Quote of the week:
"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to
understand and to be understood." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Facts & Tips:
On average a human being will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime.
"I'm so Chinese, I'm an Econ professor with lactose intolerance." -
Constance Wu as Rachel Chu in
Crazy Rich Asians.
