hunchback of notre dame, 1923

 in the afternoon i went to see a movie in Minneapolis. it was a special presentation of a silent film backed up by an orchestra, the 1923 version of 'hunchback of Notre Dame'. i understood the story well, as the bell ringer at the cathedral was ugly and despised by most. but Esmeralda being kind to him made a world of difference. a festival was a part of the story as well, and the king didn't like all of the noise from it. this wasn't the first presentation that i had attended from this organization. some others were two Charlie Chaplin films in one, along with 'Nosferatu' as well as 'phantom of the opera'. i am told that the actor playing the hunchback was also in 'phantom'. the venue was just down the block from a comedy venue i had been to many times before so i parked in a familiar area. when the main show was over i left like many others did. i was fine with seeing the movie, but i figured it would be boring to hear the conductor of the orchestra talk about the movie after it was done. it meant leaving through a side door, and i went around to the front as i needed to use the bathroom. then i went on to Eagan where i had the evening meal at cane's chicken and then some ice cream at a nearby Baskin Robbins. before leaving for the movie i watched a college football game on fox, Iowa at home against Wisconsin. Iowa won, 30-0. in the evening after i had eaten i went to a meetup event, my first in a little over two months. it was at a micro-brewery and i did wear the only costume that i own, the slasher from the 'scream' movies. as usual, i was fine with staying a little over an hour. it was long enough to finish my beer and chat with plenty of people. one of the TVs at the venue was on the American movie classics channel and was showing the first 'Halloween' move, and then the second. i didn't do much for the rest of the night after getting home from there. 

1 quincy, 2 houston

 i think that one colleague who sent me checks from the Cincinnati file didn't know what he was doing. i got various emails and instant messages about it, and i said nothing was shipped yet and when the pick-up time is. at one point i was sent three overnight labels but noticed two of them were duplicated. when i had the time after sending the regular mail tubs to the mailroom, i matched up the labels by the code that one sees on the checks. i understood that one check would be going to Quincy and two would be going to the same place in Houston. i said i have a policy of one label, one envelope after all were sent to the box to be picked up. when i entered the tracking number for the two going to Houston i noticed the label had been canceled about twenty minutes after being created, and wasn't notified of that by the sender, i trust that it won't hold anything up. two others were a case of 'putting out fires'. one was going to suburban st. louis and the sender was disappointed that it didn't go out the same day it was created. the other had a payee listed as a martial arts place, same issue with the sender. the boss ran interference for me on the former. with the latter once i found out which one it was i had to ask, 'do you want it sent out or not?' since one response was 'hold please'. but all was fine when i said it would likely be picked up shortly. i noticed someone tried to call me on a conference call about it but i was running the afternoon files through the inserter machine and didn't hear it. there was a dial-in meeting in the morning with the facility manager. it was another case of not going the full 3-minute allotment but i didn't mind. in the evening i went to the Hy-Vee in Eagan for groceries and bought ten items. one of them was a box of cereal inspired by the movie 'toy story 5'. i chose the one with buzz lightyear on it. when i arrived i had to listen until the end of a song i was hearing on my car radio. after searching online i found out later on it was 'tender' by blur. the line that stuck with me was 'tender is the night', which made it harder to find as this is the name of a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and those hits were listed first. 

dial m for murder movie

 in the evening i went to a movie in south Minneapolis at the Riverview, 'dial m for murder'. i had been to this venue before, but it was years ago. this was the final night of a week of Hitchcock films. i guessed where i saw Hitchcock's cameo in it, this time it was in a framed photo. as the title suggests, when it is about a murder mystery, this would be considered a detective story. and a key was a big part of it. notable about this visit was finding out it was a cash-only venue. i was directed to an ATM and it was out-of-network so there was a small fee for using it. after getting my ticket i also bought a small cup of popcorn. i found some street parking a block north of the venue, and there was a street performer just outside of this theater. nothing unusual there, except it was an accordion, an instrument that one doesn't see that often. at work the boss was waiting for me at the turnstiles when i arrived, something about being locked out of the shop. this has happened before, forgetting the badge when leaving the shop. not too long after this happened i was invited to a donut shop in the same building and chose a donut with orange sprinkles on it. the tax specialist asked about the tax checks from my day off, then we found out those were sent inter-office. there is still a backlog on the Fargo check file, but it has gone down. i sent out four tubs the previous day and three for the day. there is just over a thousand not yet printed, but i see no point in printing them if not going out the same day. not a big deal to print them out the next morning. 

apple cider, then chili

 in the morning at work i went to the main floor for apple cider and a cookie. based on a past experience i knew it was a good idea to go kind of early in the 90-minute time allotment as one can run the risk of them running out close to the end of the allotment. i liked how i didn't need to sign up on an app for the event. around midday i went to another floor for some chili, two kinds. there was an email from an admin assistant that spoke of events for the week. this was the only event of the week that appealed to me, as it was actual food instead of candy or trivia. it was the first time on this floor, hadn't been that high in the building before. i had to transfer from one set of elevators to another to get to the floor i needed. when doing the transfer i saw an auditorium on that floor. i said i liked being able to see how the other half lives when i made it to that breakroom, and a lady at that table laughed. the boss requested that i search for a check and print it if found. all i had to go on was a torn check with not all of the information present. i found out it was the account closure file from Kansas City, and i was told to send out a reprint to the payee. i stayed late to see that the overnights were caught up. when i got on a light rail to get home i noticed a few items on a seat near me and claimed all of it. some of it was junk and thrown out when i got out at my customary stop. it included an empty bag that had held a Halloween costume, picture showed a monarch butterfly. the other junked item was a soda pop can. what i kept included some Band-Aids, a small tube of toothpaste, and a toothbrush still in unwrapped plastic. when i made it home i watched game five of the world series. the brewers beat the rays, 4-1, to take the series, 4-1. 

dvd order found

 i had the day off for an appointment, it was in the morning. one stop i made after it was to the post office. the previous day i gave a tracking number when i called and i was told it was lost, and call amazon about it. i said there was one more thing i could try, and that was going there in person. i gave my box number and the tracking number at the window and the DVD order from amazon was found. now i have all of the orders i have recently placed. i had lunch at Arby's in Eagan and then went to target in St. Paul and bought two items there. one was a container holding six Halloween-themed sugar cookies. the other was some Charlie Brown stickers for this holiday as well, from American greetings instead of hallmark. then i went to the post office. when i got home i watched 'jeopardy', the final clue was about jack ruby being on trial. in the evening i watched game four of the world series on fox. it went into extra innings, but i managed to see all of it despite being tired. rays beat the brewers in 12, so now the brewers lead the series 3-1. i was in bed and asleep shortly after the game ended. 

the craft movie

 in the evening i went to see the movie 'the craft' at the Trylon in south Minneapolis. i did not go home after work as i stayed late to get caught up and wanted to be on time for the movie. i stopped at a holiday gas station to get a sandwich and then it was on to the venue. a good crowd there for this screening. i saw it because i like Neve Campbell, although the main character to me was the new student who becomes the fourth member of a group of witches. i noticed one song in it, 'how soon is now', was also the theme song for the TV show 'charmed', which was also about young witches. there was a message from the storyline, about being careful how one uses their powers. after the movie ended, i went to my car and turned on the radio. it was game three of the world series, although the brewers were way ahead by then, 10-0, and went on to win the game. at work, team lead spoke of working remotely for the day. a payroll employee had her boss pick up two checks from me. a check for the manager that likes karaoke was sent to another floor and to her team lead. a ticket was created for one of the check printers, the one near the main door, as it needs a maintenance kit. 

john wayne as quirt evans

 i stayed in and watched two DVDs. one of them was the annual viewing of a Charlie Brown special, 'great pumpkin'. the other was the 1947 version of 'angel and the badman', the one with John Wayne. i liked this version more than the recent remake, it helps that John Wayne has charisma. i could tell that the remake does follow the original story closely but there were some variations. for one thing i know there wasn't a bar fight in the remake. in the evening i watched the Halloween episode of 'the Simpsons', known as 'treehouse of horror'. it included a shed where spouses enter and leave, along with driver education videos that homer was in. this led to having Patty and Selma as the DMV was a part of the vignette. then there was the Sunday night football game. chiefs lost to the seahawks.