Storytelling
Labor Day EditionWe had a very wet and humid Labor Day Weekend, well, not all weekend but Sunday was so humid with rain. It felt like Florida but maybe 10 degrees cooler. It started off cold with rain which was nice but come 11AM, the humidity kind of came out of no where and why?! If it rains here, it's cold, not warm or hot like some places I know. That was not pleasant and from the weather forecast, looks like we are heating up again in the 90's to as high as 100! Make this make any sense to me because it doesn't and this is the green house affect or global warming. For those who didn't believe in it years ago, thanks... we are at the brink of it is no longer reversable and it will only get worse and worse. You did this to us, the same people who didn't believe in vaccinations and now we have cases of measles death when we eliminated it over 10-years ago. The people who said there hasn't been a case in a decade... BECAUSE WE WERE DOING VACCINATIONS. Numb-nuts, should go to an island and live there, the turn over rate of living will be high so it will never get overpopulated!
Weekly Update:Sunday I had the opportunity to visit the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles at Exposition Park. It was the member preview but it was sure crowded and wet as it rained all day. But, the museum itself looks like a big space ship and could take off once it was done. It felt a lot bigger on the inside than what you see in the inside. Do not expect to just see Star Wars and Indiana Jones... those are their own exhibits but in fact Indiana Jones is part of another exhibit for Adventure. The had so man amazing exhibits with original artwork from the likes of Frida Kahlo, Carl Banks, Norman Rockwell, a Warhol (I only saw one piece) and then I got to see original Banksy art for the first time. It was amazing and moving all at once. I can see why it sparks such emotions when you see it and with today's political climate. Truly amazing and from what I heard, 2 of the pieces were created and built in the museum late at night just before opening! So not only where they originals, they were brand new! The museum officially opens on September 22nd to the public and I highly recommended going!
At the movies:Holding on to #1 for a 6th straight week is
Spider-Man: Brand New Day with 18 million and now just over 900 mil. It's a fair distance from that billion dollar mark and might get there in the very end but not till after it's out of the top 5 more than likely. Up a notch to #2 is
The Odyssey with 13 mil as it closes in at 600 mil and should get there eventually. Drop down to #3 is
Coyote vs. Acme with 11.3 mil and not a bad drop but overall performance is low. New at #4 is
By Any Means with 7.4 mil and this one is in and out. Hanging on to the #5 spot is
Insidious: Out of the Further with 6.5 mil as it slowly fades out but still did well overall.
Quote of the week:"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer
Facts & Tips:Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open.
"I don't get jealous of other girls, because I was ... raised in a cloning lab to be the perfect woman for Hugh M. Hefner, so, other than the fact hat my I.Q.'s probably a little higher than he would like, I have nothing to worry about." - Holly Madison from the TV series
The Girls Next Door.
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.
