soul on fire movie

 in the afternoon i went to see the movie 'soul on fire', in Eagan. at the outset, i wasn't planning on this being a two-movie weekend but i had sent a text message to my friends in St. Louis to ask if they had heard of this movie. i had seen postings in my Facebook news feed about it and knew there was somebody playing jack buck. my friends had seen it a few days earlier and said they liked it. the movie will be notable in more ways than one. it was likely the first time i had ordered food at a movie theater, besides popcorn. i wanted to eat at the nearby taco bell but the bathroom door was locked and i needed to get to the bathroom, so it meant getting to the theater a little earlier than planned. i ordered chicken and tater tots and it was delivered to my seat in the auditorium. there is an early scene in the movie where the main character threw up. i hadn't finished eating just yet but i knew i had to finish my food and i did. the movie was hard to watch at times, but i knew it was a serious story about a kid being burned so i didn't expect to be laughing at all. i don't recall any bad words in it, but i didn't mind. but i think this was a faith-based movie so i don't think i should have expected any. i wiped away a tear multiple times, probably more often than at any other movie i had seen before. according to the closing credits, the movie's subject, John O'Leary, does have a cameo in it. no surprise there, as i have seen it before where a movie is based on a book and the author appears in the movie somewhere. another credited cameo was baseball player Ozzie Smith. part of my interest in the movie is that is a St. Louis story, since i visit the city annually to see my favorite baseball team, the Cardinals. and i like biographies as well. i saw posters near the door and got one as i was leaving. guess that is a good thing about seeing it on the second weekend as it was more likely to get one. i went to dairy queen after the movie and got a blizzard treat, and it was cool to see a classic car, a Packard, in the lot. then i went to target and got a box of Halloween-themed cereal, froot loops, as well as a frame for the poster. it was a busy day all around but i didn't mind. in the morning i went to Walgreen and got two shots, for flu and for covid. then i picked up two orders at the post office, and some stamps. i recall a college instructor referring to William Buckley, that is who is on the stamps. i tried going to the poster sale at the Trylon cinema but the line was too long, couldn't afford to wait in line, so i left and went to Eagan as i wanted to be on time for the movie. i wasn't home for long after the movie, going to Aldi for groceries. then it was off to a haunted house for some performing, first time in six years. last year all i did was strike, or tear-down. it was fun as usual, saw and heard plenty of priceless things. and i like the anonymity from performing in a darkened room in a costume. i was an orderly in the re-education room. i had to put on a cloak when going to the bathroom to cover my costume and liked how i managed to make it through the entire performance without needing a bathroom break. also liked chatting with other performers in the green room before and after the show, sharing the stories from the field. i was called out of the bathroom for what was called 'post-mortem', which was a more formal version of 'how did it go?' one performer, who had the same name as a former coworker who likes Japan, said 'auto-bots, roll out' at the end of the night. i had some snacks while there before the show, some peanut butter crackers, and a slice of spam before i drove over to the venue. i didn't do much after getting home. songs heard just before and after it on my car radio were 'tub thumping' by Chumbawamba, and 'don't speak' by no doubt.