the shining movie

 in the afternoon i went to see the movie 'the shining' in Eagan as part of the 'flashback cinema' series. i used a loyalty reward to lower the price on a small tub of popcorn, which looked big to me. i had seen this movie before, but it was years ago and i didn't recall much besides the scene where Nicholson uses an ax and says 'here's johnny!' i know it was parodied on 'the Simpsons' and it was the movie being shown at a drive-in when a tornado shows up in the movie 'twister'. there were some things i noticed about it that not everybody would have. the young son's room early in the movie has Snoopy and Woodstock on the door. the other thing was the baseball bat that Shelley Duvall had, it was a Carl Yastrzemski signature model. pretty good hitter, reached the 3000-hit club and i have the postcard of his white house visit with president carter after reaching that plateau. in the morning i did laundry and had some coffee at a nearby caribou. before the movie i had a dairy queen blizzard, pumpkin pie. after the movie it was the evening meal at Taco John's. while there i liked hearing a song, it was 'beaches' by Beabadoobee. lyrics like 'I'm sure now' and 'giving me a peace of mind' were good. first heard it on 89.3 the current, a local nonprofit radio station. 

toy story 5 movie

 in the evening i went to see the movie 'toy story 5' at the discount theater in Maplewood. this was the first visit since it re-opened in the past month after being closed for six-plus years due to the pandemic. as i recall, i hadn't seen any of the previous four films in the franchise but this one was pretty good. i saw it as a 'message movie' as i struggled to make friends when i was young, much like the main character did. at the same time, it pointed out how most end up figuring out who the 'right' and 'wrong' friends are. this theater is two screens, and four movies each weekend. another movie being screened at this venue was 'young Washington' but i had already seen it in July. i stopped at the Hy-Vee in the same town after the movie and used some of my points to lower the per-gallon price on gas. i also went inside and got an ice cream treat and some juice. i made another early visit to Aldi, shortly after opening in the morning. then i went to the credit union in Roseville and dumped some change into my savings account, just over nine dollars. i had lunch at Hardee's and made it to the post office just before closing and picked up three orders. before the movie i got some pizza at a speedway gas station. in the afternoon i watched some college football as Iowa was playing oho state in Iowa City on CBS. Iowa lost, after trailing 17-6 at halftime. 

something fabulous

 vacation replacement was onsite and informed me the reject fax was handled so i didn't have to go that floor to pick it up. i said it was fine with me. the boss was in the shop, and it was noisy at times due to construction nearby. it was funny to me when i looked at my email account and it said there was nothing in drafts, 'start writing something fabulous'. there was the typical visit to Walgreen in the morning, but to a location closer to home. and i made it back to Hy-Vee in Eagan after i had skipped a week. i bought many of the typical grocery items there but also a TV guide puzzle magazine with a 'Simpsons' theme. 

micr line questions

 i am still fielding questions about an issue with the MICR line on PDF checks and had to say that it was reported and corrected a week prior. vacation replacement asked me to scan and send a page which had a list of business lines on it as he's updating the binder that i rarely look at. i also sent a scan of a Marshall envelope as there was a question about what it says. there isn't much on it, gives a street address, city state and zip code. it does not give a business name, a plain white envelope with black lettering. for lunch i got a slice of pizza, i make it to that place every so often since moving to this building nearly two years ago. 

pdf dial-in

 it was back to work after one day off. i didn't get the supply order in for the month but i can get it done the next day. team lead let me know that a check file was imported. not a big deal as i already knew due to seeing it on dashboard. there was a dial-in meeting about check files moving to PDF. i think it was postponed from an earlier date as the boss tried to schedule it on my day off. i let a colleague know that their check copy request would be reviewed when i was done with the dial-in. vacation replacement said the inserter machine was jamming a lot on my day off. i said i usually don't call a tech about it unless it is dead in the water. 

9 to 5 movie

 i watched my DVD copy of '9 to 5' in the afternoon. i had a day off from work for an appointment in Burnsville in the morning. i do look at this movie differently compared to when i first saw it, as i was a kid then. i have spent plenty of time in corporate America and i found out i was saying what others said when Jane Fonda is using the copier that went haywire- just turn it off. it is a nice time capsule since the office workers are using typewriters and rolodexes. but it looks a little dated when the airline shown in it is TWA, now defunct. matter of fact, i was watching 'jeopardy' this airline was one of the clues in the category called 'receding airlines'. then i went to a member/friend event at the loft literary center and was one of the readers in their open mic. after the appointment i went to cub foods in Eagan and bought a few items, including cereal, cake mix, and a frozen TV dinner. for lunch i went to Arby's as i like their curly fries. after the event at the loft i stopped at a speedway gas station and got a sandwich and some popcorn as there wasn't much to eat at the event. but i like the sliced cheese there. 

shared box access

 at work the team lead said there were issues with shared box access. the tax specialist picked up two envelopes, wanting some checks to go out same day. i printed the fraud files in the morning as it was carryover and found the check i was asked to pull out, it was the wrong amount. surprised me how a payroll check was picked up in the morning as that manager can be slow with arrival or delegating it. there were no overnight labels for the first Marshall file of the day, and the second file was late. vacation replacement said it was fine to delete an email in the shared box related to an 'escheat' request as i had forwarded it to customer service. i watched some of the pro football game but fell asleep. bears played the eagles; bears led at halftime and i laid down early in the second half and found out the bears went on to win it.