became hot chicken

when i saw vacation replacement in the shop, i spoke of how some dairy queen locations have closed in the area. i had to look up one of them, haven't been there since it was 'repurposed' as it became a hot chicken place. i said i am more of the kind that gets chicken at Kentucky fried, popeye's, chick-fil-a, and cane's, pretty much in that order of appeal to me. this stems from Kentucky being the only option when i was growing up in small-town Iowa. i heard from the i.t. person and did test check printing in the morning. it was postponed from the previous day as i had more time for it in the morning. i am trying to get overnighted checks out the door late in the day. the boss was out of the office, but the boss was still copied when i sent the ten scanned copies that i had. i heard from the Marshall office, their UPS app was down and asked if i could do a label for a CarMax check. i said i had plenty of other labels to create, and hopefully i get that label the next day. looks like the light rail line that i take to work will be unavailable again later this month. last year it was for two weeks, but this time it will be longer. i will find a way to manage to get to work during that 'interim period'. i learned what works best for me when it happened last year.  

carolina caroline movie

 in the evening i went to see a movie, 'Carolina Caroline', in Inver grove heights. first time in a while at that venue. this was an independent film in limited release so i didn't want to wait too long to see it. this movie can be filed under various genres- a thriller, crime drama, romance, and road movie. i didn't recognize many of the actors in it, but i just care about if it's a good story. Kyra Sedgwick was in it, but in a small role as the mom. plenty of scenes were in bars, and in the south, so this explains why there was plenty of country music. this included a song by Loretta Lynn. i recognized a rock song in it as well, it was 'shooting star' by bad company. it was about a couple that went on a bank robbing spree. i was sold a discounted ticket, likely since it was on a weeknight. when i was already pretty much booked for the weekend, i figured it was best to 'move it up'. it wasn't the only event i did after work, though. i did one at the loft literary center, it was a member/friend event. i had hoped to be one of the readers like many times before but i guess they ran out of time. i can save what i wrote for the next one. i had enough to eat there that i didn't need anything at the movie theater. at work, an i.t. person called about the 'red line' on the dashboard left over from the Fargo file on Monday. i said all checks had been printed and positive paid. there was a PDF check for the manager that likes karaoke. i was told to expect one and when i checked the file i said 'we got one!' much like the secretary in 'ghostbusters'. sounds like i was offered a bobblehead but not sure when that might be arriving. i entered a vacation day for next month and notified vacation replacement about it. in the morning there was a team huddle. i had to say that we got just five sample envelopes from the supplier. i ran them through the machine, using copy paper to test it, but that was not enough for an accurate test. i also saw the tax specialist, twice. first time was shortly after the team huddle. then again in the afternoon as i was told those checks needed to go out same day. 

overnighting costs

 there was a question about overnighting costs from an instant message. i said it usually isn't that much unless it is going to a foreign land. sounds like doing a wire transfer is even more, but i haven't done any of those. and it sounds like we don't charge back to a business line when we overnight checks. i ended up overnighting three checks from a fraud file to a bank on Staten Island. a payroll check was picked up by the manager, usually it is picked up by their aide. but i don't care who picks it up. there was an e-invoice request from a different payroll manager, it was found by vacation replacement. it was more like an ACH statement and not a check when it was forwarded on. 

where's my phone, mitski

 when i was driving to a performance venue in the evening, i had the radio on as usual. i liked one song in particular, it was 'where's my phone' by Mitski. first song i heard by this artist was 'bug like an angel', on the same radio station, 89.3 the current. this one has a more frantic pace to it, but it still works for me. watched the video on YouTube and both have a choir in it. there was a change in the show runner and i am not pleased with who it is, but i performed tonight anyway. but i do have plans ready to use where i end up performing at alternate shows and venues. i did stories about a movie at the Trylon, an art exhibit, a play, and the bank. at work, vacation replacement said there was a server issue and i was able to print the PDF checks right away but not the ones in the older system. there was a delay on the two Fargo files, i was able to import them before leaving for the day but printing them will be done the next day. 

a chorus line

 in the afternoon i went to see a play, it was 'a chorus line'. first time at this venue in a while, park square in downtown St. Paul. thankful i saw this play, which is marking 50 years, and the venue is as well. based on what i knew about the play before seeing it, i understood why it became a hit. sometimes we want plays that make us happy, but sometimes we want what is real. and the latter is true here, as it is about trying to get hired for a play. some of the stories told during the auditions, the lion's share of the play, were priceless. there was no intermission, but i managed just fine. it helped that i had no drink order before the play. there was a post-show discussion with this performance but i didn't stay for it. i got some popcorn from the nearby Candyland and ate it while walking around downtown. in the morning i watched a movie, a recent DVD purchase from amazon, 'rock and roll high school'. the movie was mentioned in an interview with green day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, whose band is having a movie release later this year. the movie was ridiculous at times, but the music in it was pretty good. this included the Ramones song i know best, 'blitzkrieg bop'; as it was in the first 'vacation' movie. Clint Howard's role, the wheeler dealer, stood out to me. i watched part of the UFL football playoff game when i got home, Louisville went on to beat st. louis. in the evening i went to a meetup event, at dual citizen brewing in St. Paul. saw a familiar face there, the dude from Austin, Texas. still hopeful to see the credit union employee at another event, but it sounds like it might be a while. sent a text while there and this is what i was told. 

german exhibit, art institute

 in the afternoon i went to the German exhibit at the Minneapolis art institute. i knew it had been there since March and it closes next month, so it was time to go see it. as usual, some things worked better than others for me. three paintings in particular i really liked. one had plenty of color in it, and depicted cars, it was about city life. one near it was about passengers getting on a train. a third was mocking pillars of society. with the third one it was a reminder of how it was a good idea to read the descriptions next to the paintings. i ended up looking at them more closely due to what i read there. i am also thankful i reviewed pictures before leaving. it led to me re-taking some. and it led to me finding a room near the entrance that i had skipped the first time around, didn't know it was there. i bought some postcards in the souvenir shop, and a sticker that showed Woodstock from the Charlie Brown cartoons saying ''do not disturb'. for lunch i went to have a sandwich at Jersey Mike's. while there i heard 'she drives me crazy' by fine young cannibals. it made me feel old as i recall when it was a hit, the same year when my family got cable TV so i saw MTV more often. after the exhibit, driving home i heard 'sign of the times' by prince. still my favorite prince song due to the social commentary in it. this was the big prince weekend, a block party in downtown Minneapolis, no surprise to hear some of his songs on a local radio station. in the evening i went to another movie in Columbia Heights, it was 'everyone is lying to you for money'. it was a documentary about cryptocurrency. in the morning i picked up one order from the post office, a DVD i would like to watch soon. 

test check file split

 there were some big files of test checks at work. at first i printed all of them and was ready to send them to the boss and to someone in i.t. but after sending the first scan, 53 checks in all, i was told to wait until i heard more. i split the file into thirds. later on, there was another file to print but i was told to send just ten in all, five each from the two Fargo files. fine with me. i saw a senior leader in the morning when i was on another floor to pick up the reject fax. this time it was just six pages, and none were duplicated. i spoke of a dial-in meeting about the checks from the Marshall office, it was in the afternoon. a file from a week ago was finally approved so i sent it out. no surprise how it was approved only when the business line had another one to send. this was related to aviation. a check file from st. louis was late. in the evening i went to the Hy-Vee in Eagan for groceries. i picked up another america-250 item, a second coloring book but this one some founding fathers were in it and national parks. the earlier one, from Crayola, was about the states.