three on a match movie

 in the early afternoon i went to see a movie at the Trylon in south Minneapolis, which shows classics. it was 'three on a match', from 1932. there was a lady from an organization called 'cult film collective' if i am not mistaken who did an intro and spoke of this film being the first appearance of Humphrey Bogart as a gangster. i had to look up one thing when i got home, as some scenes were going through newspaper headlines from the 1920s. there was a headline about 'the Shenandoah' from 1925, found out this was an airship, and it exploded that year. this means the Americans had airships, and this was something not in the history books that i read. i was mainly familiar with the German airship the Hindenburg, which exploded more than a decade later. there were some twists in the storyline, and a kidnapping was a part of the story. I got a look at my tickets and i knew i liked visiting this non-profit cinema but still amazed as to how often. this was my 14th visit this year. this movie was kind of short, running time was just over an hour, but i didn't mind. it meant i had enough time to drive home and see the ending of a pro football game, bears at home against the steelers. the bears won a close game. then there was some bonus coverage, chiefs beat the colts in overtime. i watched some of the next game, eagles at cowboys, but eventually i decided to lay down as i was tired and fell asleep for over an hour. before leaving for the movie i watched a DVD, an order that i had just picked up this weekend, 'elf'. i likely hadn't seen it since i saw it at the theater, but i still liked it. what helps was having Bob Newhart in it. 'The Simpsons' was about Bart scalping tickets. i called my dad as i figured it was a good idea to connect since it was just days before thanksgiving. dad spoke of wanting to go to the casino in Osceola, Iowa. 

jay kelly movie

 in the afternoon i went to see a movie, it was 'Jay Kelly', at St. Anthony main in Minneapolis. this was George Clooney kind of playing himself, an actor. i liked the Adam Sandler character the most, playing his manager. it was nice seeing a comedian playing a serious role. the Laura Dern character, the publicist, i didn't like, as she called her client 'an infant'. there was a scene showing clips from Clooney movies, i liked how two of them were from 'up in the air', one of my favorite movies. Stacy Keach played his dad, although i recall how his real-life dad, nick, was in 'monuments men'. much of the storyline takes place in Italy, including the scene with the movie clips where his character is being honored. it was time to have the evening meal when the movie was done, and i stopped at Bobby and Steve's and picked up a little Godfather's pizza. i ate half of it in my car and the other half was taken home and will be eaten the next day. when i got home i went to Aldi to get groceries. i usually go a little earlier in the day, i made it there during the final hour that they were open for the day. i did plenty before the movie. around midday i made it to the post office, two orders were picked up. then i went to the copy store and printed some event tickets. then it was time for lunch so i went to Jersey Mike's for a sandwich. 

elevator ride to bathroom

 in the morning at work i was going to another floor and saw flowing water in one elevator shaft and said i guess we aren't using that one. this was to go pick up the reject fax and then scan it and forward it by email. then a little later on we saw emails and text messages saying the bathrooms in the building were unavailable, eventually told it was due to a water main break. it meant going to use the bathroom on the main floor and taking the elevator to get there. based on what i saw, this one is normally not used that much. i saw the badge scan by the door and the door was open, telling me this door isn't open usually. i went there three times, it wasn't too big of a deal to me. i got a sandwich and Pringles chips from the convenience store on the main floor for lunch, instead of having a can of soup as it sounded like the water in the breakroom was also turned off. i like washing out the container after having soup. near the end of the day, i had a quick call about the nine-figure check that i overnighted last week. i guess it was too big as the recipient was unable to cash it. this was from a lawsuit, as it went to a district court in California. i gave the names of two managers that may be able to help with the technical aspects of it, one of them was already known by the caller. in the evening i went to cub foods and picked up thanksgiving dinner for next week, actually two dinners and a half-pie, blueberry. i tried going to the copy store to print some event tickets but it was already closed for the night. it means trying again the next morning. then i went to Hy-Vee in Eagan for my normal weekly visit. not a lot in this order, just seven items, eight if you count the can of beer that i bought at the adjacent liquor store that Hy-Vee owns, it was an IPA. now there are five beers waiting. 

review template asistance

 there was a dial-in meeting in the morning, the manager that likes to do karaoke was a part of it. this was about reviewing template assistance. i did not speak at all during this meeting, not the first time that this has happened. it left me wondering why i was invited to it, but what i like about dial-ins is that i can still get some of my normal duties done during that time. the issue was tabled as the moderator wasn't familiar enough with everything. from what i understood, it was about our written procedures. time was running out on registering for health insurance benefits, end of the week is the deadline. i took care of it in the morning, didn't take long. basically elected what i have had before- medical, dental and vision, and for just me. then i printed the confirmation as i like having a hard copy as proof of having registered. i drank the bottle of Stella Artois with the evening meal and got a can of Hamm's from the nearby liquor store so i still have four beers waiting. i also got two event tickets ordered for events happening next month. one is a play, and the other is a hockey game. i will get those printed this weekend. 

biblical sense, beyond repentance

 for some reason i had a song stuck in my head at work, i was humming it when lunching and couldn't figure it out for a while. then i realized it was Lady Gaga's 'judas'. and the line was 'in the most biblical sense, i am beyond repentance'. i also liked the line, 'vomits her mind' as i have said that before in a Facebook posting. i said something was a little off in my performing, then i took a walk and decided to vomit my thoughts in the posting. as for the 'beyond repentance' line it sounded familiar, a similar sentiment was found in a smashing pumpkins song, 'bullet with butterfly wings'. 'i still believe that i cannot be saved'. I've noticed how a lot of things for me end up becoming a 'love letter' to performing. as for my work duties, it started off with an instant message from the previous night. it was asking about an overnighted check, sent to Canada. i checked the tracking number and it had already been delivered. there were five check copy requests, i am not used to seeing that many. i did them all at once, let them pile up a little. a newer employee in our department asked me to do an overnight label for the refund checks, as vacation replacement was out of the office. the check backlog fell to just under a thousand by the end of the day. most of the Fargo envelopes were backordered for this month but arrived in the morning. 

join call? too busy

 it was a high-volume day on check printing, and i saw an instant message asking me to join a call, or what i call a 'dial-in meeting'. except i was busy tending to the envelope stuffing machine and didn't see the request in time. it appears to be about more printing of test checks, as that is what i ended up doing. except it was a different business line this time, court orders. as usual, i say i want to be caught up on live check printing before i switch over to a different system or database. i was asked to positive pay the file after i had printed it, normally i don't do that for test checks. when i did i got a pop-up, and i was prevented from doing so. i reported it to the i.t. rep who asked me to print the checks. due to the high volume on the Fargo checks, there was a backlog again, just under two thousand. it was a struggle to do as many as i did as i was getting the 'hot product error' fairly often after a while. i know this doesn't happen in the afternoon, or if i let the checks sit overnight and run them through the next morning. despite this, i still sent out two full regular mail tubs at the end of the day. in the evening, i was riding the light rail home. i saw how transit police were dealing with a rider that apparently was bothering others and hadn't paid his fare. we were delayed a few minutes, but this man saluted a cop that had arrived to escort him off of the train. 

music outside window

 not sure if it was construction workers or window washers, but at lunch i saw some ropes from the window in the breakroom. when i went back to my office on the other side of the floor, in the afternoon i was hearing music near the window. it was pearl jam's 'last kiss'. the backlog was eliminated on the Fargo checks in the morning, aided by a low volume of what had arrived for the day. an i.t. rep asked me to print some more test checks from the account closure file, based in Kansas City. much like before, my boss was copied when i forwarded it. i also saw an instant message about a check i had overnighted to Canada, i had to say it hadn't been picked up yet. it was picked up later in the day, i said usually UPS picks up just once a day and it can be earlier than the given time on the box. in the evening i went to perform, and it was a small lineup. when i arrived it hadn't started yet, and another performer said the show runner was waiting for a fourth performer to arrive, and that was me, i guess. i did stories about graphs, insurance company commercials, mall stores, and more about the bank. 

wine jail?

 in the evening i watched two episodes of 'the Simpsons'. the first was about smithers and marge landing in wine jail, for wine forgery. it wasn't lost on me when someone playing Frank Coppola saying 'i bid nothing' at the auction due to 'the godfather' director running into financial problems. leave it to this show to have a weird storyline like this one. according to what i found on Wikipedia, it actually aired nearly a year ago, but i didn't see it then. the second episode was about Mayor Quimby's son running for office at Bart and Lisa's school. this episode is also known for killing off the church organist. this was a rather leisurely day for me, not much that i had planned at all. there was watching two pro football games, the Bears beat the Vikings on a last-second field goal. i fell asleep near the end of the first half and then found out the score had changed during that time. then the second game i watched was when the broncos beat the chiefs. for some it is hard to believe that the bears now have a better record than the chiefs, since the bears have a new coach and this would suggest a rebuilding season. and of course, the chiefs are the defending champion in their conference. the difference seems to be winning the close games. i also shredded some junk mail, first time in about two months. later in the evening, i did the dishes. 

christy movie

 in the evening i went to see a movie, 'Christy', at Southdale mall in Edina. i ordered an advance ticket as i wanted to use some more value from a gift card from a friend of mine. i enjoyed the movie for a while, when it was about her boxing career. but i guess i was made aware of what i had signed up for in advance, as i saw some mention of an attempted murder of the subject of this biopic. this was depicted near the end of the movie, and it was hard to watch. i said the same about the scenes before it with domestic violence, even those where it was implied and offscreen. Sydney Sweeney, who played Christy, had already defended the movie after it did poorly in its first weekend. this was likely why there was only one screening scheduled for the day at this venue, and this seemed to be largely true at other theaters in the area as well. i have seen many biopics before, and this one i am ambivalent about. i liked it when she tells off her unlikable mom, but in the end i didn't enjoy this story enough. it was the second of two movies i had seen at first-run theaters this week, and both weren't enjoyable enough. this might be why i have been going to the Trylon cinema more often lately, as the classics shown there rarely disappoint me. this wasn't the only event i was booked at for the day. in the afternoon there was a speed dating event at a coffee shop in Minneapolis that i hadn't been inside of before. i showed up a little early and was surprised when i saw a little library that included world book yearbooks to read. i let the event coordinator know there was issues with their app, as it said it was not compatible with my android phone. i was still able to do the event though, but in the survey sent to me after the event i said i hesitate to sign up for another event. when i can't even get on their app i find that hard to ignore. in addition, no one wanted to chat with me after it had ended, so i didn't exchange phone numbers with anyone. before this event, i did plenty of my typical chores and errand running. there was getting to the post office to pick up two orders. then i went to the credit union and made a deposit, followed by a stop at a copy store to print two event tickets. it was midday by then, and i ate at Popeye's chicken. i saw a food truck in a nearby parking lot and went there after having chicken. i ordered a brownie with ice cream, it was one i had seen at St. Paul Saints games but i hadn't ordered from it before. 

long light rail delay

 after work i had a long wait to get home as there were issues with the light rail system. i walked to another stop and passed by a stopped train. and i said it was utter chaos after that. i ended up waiting close to an hour to get home. thankful i had nothing booked for the evening. when i was still at work i sent the review that the boss was asking for, but it was brief. there was a spike in volume on the Fargo check files, and the backlog at the end of the day was over two thousand. in the morning i went through the returned checks, and there was the first appearance of the cleaner during the first hour of the day. sweeping and vacuuming was done, but i said i prefer mopping of the floor to happen only after i had left for the day. there was some mention about having to inquire further about what was to be done. i said i was sidetracked by this visitor when i saw an instant message from the team lead asking me to send the reject fax. i hadn't been to another floor to pick it up just yet. i made it to the Walgreen for my weekly visit after the cleaner had left. i went to get groceries at the Hy-Vee in Eagan in the evening and saw the cashier that knows my name and asks about my weekend plans. i named one thing, which was seeing a movie. i made it home in time to see 'Boston blue', the spinoff of 'blue bloods'. it was the first episode i had seen and it was about a murder related to art heist cold case. 

nine figure check

 i kept saying i had seen it all in my time with the bank, but that is not the case. i saw my first nine figure check to send overnight, through the newer Cincinnati file. it was $164 million. when i saw it i had the business line confirm the amount was correct, as it is by far the largest check i had ever seen. it was one of two checks being sent to a district court. the backlog of checks to run through the machine went down, now just a thousand. in the morning i printed four test checks, after i had most of the live checks printed. it was also after a fire drill on my floor. thankfully we stayed inside, reported to a stairwell. i found another thing left over from my day off. a business line said their overnight envelope did not arrive, but only Monday's checks. vacation replacement said it was likely sent to the wrong office, so i was advised to send re-prints. it meant two days of checks was sent to them, i have done it before. a rare thing, but weird and annoying, happened during the printing of one of the Fargo files. the laptop froze, so i re-booted it. then the printer re-started, after the file spit out an error page and stopped printing, possibly due to the frozen laptop. i stopped it fairly early, only about a hundred checks printed that i already had. about half of the file had printed, and i take notes on the error page as to when and where it stopped in terms of which ones i need to hit re-print on. in the evening i went to a meetup event at a micro-brewery, near the Saints baseball stadium. it was my second time to this venue, even though i go to baseball games close to it all the time. some had already left by then, but i had a beer and a little bucket of cheesy popcorn. also saw a dude from an earlier event, we spoke again about concerts attended. i heard some music from the lower level and checked it out but didn't stay long, basically heard just one song and then i went back to the main floor. 

impatient requestor

 my first day back at work after four days off. no surprise, a few things were left over from being out of the office. vacation replacement at first didn't want to send out what was listed as 'canceled' checks, but i print whatever gets approved. email from the business line wanted them sent out, so i said those two would go out at the end of the day. some mention of what i understood to be the 'hot product' error, but i am not calling a tech for that. i don't get it in the afternoon so i just try to run through as much as i can each day. there was also an impatient requestor. i saw an email early in the day, then about fifteen minutes later there was an instant message as well. it was a garden-variety check copy request. i said i had been in the office for under an hour and would get to it shortly. high volume on the Fargo check files, the volume left at day's end was two thousand. i was behind on work far enough that i decided to have a slice of pizza from a place in the skyway, instead of the can of soup in my lunch bag. i would like to think that things will get better by the end of the week, but hard to predict the volume in a week that has a holiday. the boss was in the shop, and there was a question about what business line that i have a good relationship with. i said i am thankful i don't have to contact business lines much. the boss chose the account closure group, something about test checks. 

die my love movie

i had another day off, this time due to the bank holiday. in the afternoon i went to see a movie, 'die my love', starring Jennifer Lawrence. it was a weird movie to say the least. also, in the cast was Sissy Spacek, and Nick Nolte. i really liked one scene where she tells a cashier at a gas station to stop talking, because the conversation was going nowhere. i saw it at Southdale mall in Edina. i had lunch there, just before the movie, at the panda express. odd how there was no slip of paper in the fortune cookie, though. i watched 'jeopardy' after getting home, but the final jeopardy category was about ancient books. not too familiar with that subject. already trying to plan out the weekend, as there is another movie that i would like to see. but not sure yet about when and where, and i know sometimes i have to wait until the middle of the week for theaters to release the upcoming showtimes for the weekend. i got some more event tickets ordered. i wanted to be careful with logistics, when i didn't want to have two events booked on the same day if at all possible.  

airport movie

 in the afternoon i watched a DVD movie, a recent purchase from goodwill, 'airport'. i had heard it was filmed at the local airport, MSP. i did notice an early scene does show an SA sign, as in the Super-America convenience store. good cast, good story. i laughed during the scene where a priest slaps a man who is going nuts and saying the plane is going to crash. it is not the first time where i had seen the spoof or parody first, though. i had seen 'airplane', which makes fun of the movies in this franchise, many years ago. this was the last of the three discs i had bought last month that i wanted to see. i did plenty for the day before watching it. there was getting a haircut at great clips, then picking up a few things at a Walgreen where i know the photo guy but didn't get any photos this time. for lunch i went to a taco bell, then printed some event tickets at a nearby copy store. actually, the first thing i had to do, after having breakfast, was return the rental car from over the weekend. i watched 'jeopardy' as well, the final jeopardy clue was about Queensland, a political division of Australia. in the evening i went to perform, and i did do some stories about being out of state, along with vending machines. since it was the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the performers gave us copies of the song about it. and we sang it. 

dubuque star brewery

 i began the day in Dubuque, Iowa, at my hotel, the super 8. as usual, there wasn't much on the docket on the final day in town. i had some continental breakfast, i showered, then it was check out of the hotel and get on the road. i made it back over to the part of town called 'port of Dubuque' to find the 'star brewery building' after breakfast and before checking out. i would have done it the previous day but it was dark after touring the museum and it was raining as well. the building is on the national register of historic places, and two movies were filmed there, 'fist' as well as 'take this job and shove it'. i got a picture of it, and it was one of the postcards i bought at the museum's souvenir shop. on the drive home i made the first stop in Decorah, at the same gas station as the previous day, also for lunch. then i made another one in Rochester, as i was getting tired. i made it home mid-afternoon, and it didn't take long to unpack as usual since i travel light. a gym bag was all i needed. i went to get groceries at Aldi and checked email. didn't check it when i was out of state as i knew email could wait. and as expected, not much was important. in the evening i found three boxes of Charlie Brown Chex cereal at Walmart in Eagan. i have two more days off so i can still get some more things done in terms of chores and errand running. 

maid-rite sandwiches

 i went out of state for the weekend, and for the evening meal i went to a maid-rite diner. when i was growing up in Iowa, i had these loose meat sandwiches every so often, but those are not available in the twin cities. it tasted as good as i remembered them. this location was near the mall in Dubuque, about a mile from my hotel. i noticed how their sign wasn't lit up as it was in the final hour of the day that they would be open. i guess it was a way of trying to discourage people from showing up that late. actually, what i had was a cheese-rite, it was a basket meal, so it included fries. i had a fountain drink as the ice cream machine was already shut down for the night. i made it there shortly after checking into my hotel. then when i was done with the meal i made it over to a high school hockey game a few miles away. the arena was on an island in the Mississippi river. both teams were 'co-op' programs. Dubuque's team had players from four different high schools, and on Sioux City's it was more than that. Dubuque won, 4-1. it was 3-0 at the end of the first, 4-0 at the end of the second. the fourth goal was scored near the end of the period. Sioux City's lone goal was scored during 'garbage time', just over three minutes left, on a power play. a Sioux City player left the game after being down on the ice for a few minutes, and a Dubuque player was hit with a major penalty and game misconduct for 'charging'. i was paying attention to the music being played there, it included not just an Eminem song but also 'the saints are coming'. made sense when Dubuque's team is called 'saints'. i didn't do much after getting back to the hotel, watched some TV including the 'family guy/Simpsons' crossover. and of course, writing about the day while having a beer. i was in town mainly to see a Charlie Brown exhibit at a museum/aquarium near the river. i picked up the rental car in the morning, and after picking up four orders from the post office, i was on the road. i made one stop along the way, in Decorah at a gas station around midday. i made it to the museum with two hours left in the day, enough time to see the exhibit about snoopy becoming a mascot for the space program. the Iowa Hawkeye football game vs. Oregon had just started, i was listening to it on the radio. also saw a display in the museum about smokey bear that included an LP record. 

the clean team

 there was a little convention in the afternoon in the shop. some officials from facilities were there for an overview of the space, and it sounds like we will have a cleaner once a week or every two weeks real soon. i said we don't have that many visitors, so it really isn't that dirty, even after nearly a year. my boss even showed up for it and normally works from home for all of Friday. i moved up my lunch so i could be ready for it. i saw three people i didn't know that well from that group, one of them had a shirt on with the name of the building management company. then a few minutes later, one of them returned with another man i didn't know and i guess that man will be the cleaner. the lady appeared to be his interpreter. in both cases, the meetings didn't last long. i stayed late, as usual, since i wanted to be caught up on the overnights before leaving. also, due to having a day off on Monday. there have been some earlier pick-up times for the overnights, according to selected tracking numbers, this week so i might have missed the only pick-up of the day. there was also another case of the newer Cincinnati business line sending me an overnight label and asking for status, even though the tracking number is on the label. i looked it up and it was delivered already. i took the light rail back to my car after work but didn't go home right away like i normally do. i had a sandwich at jersey mike's and used some points to make it a free sandwich. i still had to pay for the chips and drink and cookie, of course. then i went to the nearby target and got a box of cereal, 'the grinch'. looks like the Christmas-themed cereals are already out and i haven't finished the Halloween cereals just yet. it will likely take me the entire month to do so. 

mail code team

 at work i got an instant message from a lady that is based in suburban st. louis, according to the employee directory. she said she was with the 'mail code team' and asked me to confirm my location. i said i had been in the same place for nearly a year. i recognized the name of her boss, who coordinates the UPS classes. i had to take it as a new hire as i handle plenty of overnights for the bank. another notable thing about the workday was checking the floor for stairwells, as there was mention of a fire drill scheduled for next week where we report to a stairwell instead of going outside. there was two, one of them beeped when opening or closing the door. the other did not. i also checked other doors to see if they would open, and most would not. there was one that did, though. it was vacant, aside from a coat hanger, nine paperclips, and some false ceiling. i claimed the coat hanger and paperclips, as i can find use for those items. i drank the can of miller with the evening meal and got a can of voodoo ranger from the nearby liquor store, so there still are four beers waiting. i also saw an email about an event i enjoy attending every so often, matter of fact already twice this year. another theme of interest to me was presented and i ordered a ticket for a month from now. 

fed-ex envelopes

 in the morning at work, the shipment of copy paper arrived. it was ten boxes, and it means i won't have to go to another floor for that item for a while. it was the first time since moving to this office nearly a year ago when i had to order it. i hadn't been there for long, as it was in the first hour of the day. i was delayed due to a breakdown on the light rail. it meant waiting at one of the stops for the next train. i sent a text to vacation replacement when we had to get out, and then when i was on another train, about ten minutes after that. i don't mind that much if it happens after work, and i am thankful it hasn't happened much yet. it was just the second time in the past year, in the morning anyway. the day was also notable due to the first time sending a check with FedEx. the Cincinnati business line sent me the label, i then said i didn't have any of those kinds of envelopes and didn't know where the closest drop box was. this is due to using only UPS for overnighting checks. mailroom found me an envelope, and then a colleague showed up with five more when i was getting back from the breakroom. i had just heated up my soup in the microwave oven. i dropped it off at a FedEx office a few blocks away near the end of my workday. there was an email in the morning about the likely delays on UPS shipments due to a recent plane crash at their hub in Louisville. another shipment that arrived later in the day was some payroll envelopes, although it wasn't that many. and it took about a week to get a response to my request as i said i was getting low in supply. 

voting precinct vending machines

 it was election day, not much on the ballot but i still went to vote in the evening. i made it during the final hour that the polls were open. i like having the evening meal after getting off work, and watching 'big bang theory' reruns, before i get there, explaining why i make it near the end of the time allotment. the precinct has changed a few times over the years, and now it is in a housing complex. i had been seeing vending machines when i go vote, and this time i brought quarters. after i put my ballot in the machine and got my sticker i bought two items from one of these vending machines. one of them i ate right away, a bag of potato skins. the other was a bag of microwave popcorn. i liked knowing how these items were a dollar cheaper than at work. we got the official notification from a business line in Kansas City how their office just moved, again. i found out a day earlier, when a 'return to business line' check was returned and i decided to go to the employee directory to find out where that contact had moved to. when we need to order their envelopes again, we can have this updated address on them. at one point it was getting crowded in the shop, as not only the boss was there for much of the day. i also saw vacation replacement, and the newest member of the team. those two were going through the returned checks. 

oh nuts, no visitors

 at work, i sent an instant message to the tax specialist just before midday. i said 'oh nuts, it dawned on me that i hadn't seen any visitors yet'. i asked if he still wanted a tax check sent to his home, and eventually i did get a response. then it was picked up by the courier in the afternoon. another thing of note was hearing how four boxes of copy paper that were ordered last week had arrived, on another floor. i said the check shop would need some more, so more was ordered. some online classes are due at the end of the month, i did one of them, i like how they don't take long to do. this is definitely true if passing the pre-test, which is just five minutes, but the standard is missing only one question out of ten. i have one more class to complete. vacation replacement was in the shop and showed me a high school prom picture, it was a big group in this photo. since it is just days after Halloween, there was some candy left in the breakroom. i claimed some of the Reese's peanut butter cups. i will likely need two weeks to finish what was claimed, as i plan on only having one or two pieces per day. 

city slickers movie

 in the morning i watched a DVD movie, a recent purchase from goodwill, 'city slickers'. i think an instructor back at college in Iowa City had it in mind when movie cowboys were being discussed, thinking of Jack Palance in this one. the main character, played by Billy Crystal, has two friends. one of them is a pervert, reminds me of Howard from 'big bang theory' for the way he often talked. the main part of the storyline was the three friends leaving behind New York City for two weeks and going on a cattle drive in the American southwest. there are the typical clashes of personality with some of the other attendees of the cattle drive, two of them were ben and jerry ice cream knockoffs. one of them had a cellphone, which wasn't too common when the movie was filmed. there were twists and turns along the way, but it is largely a happy ending. i did a little cleanup as well around the home, a few magnets were tossed in the trash. they just didn't make the cut when i wanted to stress quality. i watched some of the pro football games on TV, the second half of the bears-ravens game. it had a wild ending, but the bears won. then i watched some of the next game as well, chiefs-bills, at home and then at the bar as i went to perform at an open mic. chiefs lost a close one. i told stories about the bank, as well as what i see on the light rail or close to it when i get to my destination. after laying down for a while once i got back from the bar, i did the dishes. 

christmas sweater acquired

 i had nothing of note booked for this weekend, but there were the typical chores and errand running to do. went to the post office, one order picked up. also paid for my box, the six-month fee. it was midday by the time i made it to the burger king in Eagan near a Cub Foods, i had lunch there. i had a whopper junior meal as it is lower calorie but still got a sundae for dessert. the monster version was not available, i said just get me whatever is close enough. i bought a Charlie Brown greeting card at Kohl's, which had a button attached to it. i had hoped to find a Christmas sweater as well, but not many with a Charlie Brown theme there. but i found one at Walmart, and it was cheaper. it has snoopy on his doghouse. now that the sweater is acquired, i have the appropriate outfit for a holiday party that i already have a ticket for. when i got home i laid down for a while, and when i got up i had the evening meal and went to get groceries at Aldi. then it was time for the world series, game seven. the bluejays led for much of it but the dodgers tied it, and it went into extra innings. the dodgers won 5-4 in 11 innings to take the series, 4-3.