was it bad breath?

 in the morning i got a breakfast sandwich from McDonald's, an Egg McMuffin, then i got on the bus. normally i have cereal but i was out of milk. i realized after the fact that when i changed seats how my timing was a little off. it was just after someone had boarded, who was a row behind me. i was asked if it was due to bad breath, and i said no. i liked the view better on where i had moved to. the dude wasn't on for long, got off before i did. at work there was two visitors. early on it was the janitor, and during this time i also went to another floor to get the reject fax. the other was an unexpected shipment of envelopes. i guess it was due to a backorder, but the full order was sent instead of just the backorder. we will just order less of that kind next month. i cut open one of the boxes to confirm what kind it was and then said to the courier that the code was covered up by the tape. during my visit to Walgreen in the morning i got more than just the customary cookies and a drink, also a travel magazine that mentioned the centennial of route 66 on the cover. in the evening i went to a meetup event at a micro-brewery near the Saints baseball stadium. i did chat with the cowboy hat guy that i knew from previous events, but later on i listened to a dude that works for the airlines. some of what was said made sense, though. it was in reference to a 'buddy pass'. if one wants to ensure that they are getting on a flight, then buy a ticket. then i went to Hy-Vee in Eagan for groceries. 

voices in my head, anyma

 in the evening i went to a fringe show at the Barker center at the U of M, it was a dance show called 'noise'. plenty of music was used for this show, some was piano tunes but also some that would be found in nightclubs. notable for me was hearing 'voices in my head', found it on YouTube after i got home, it was by Anyma. another one in this show was by Abba, 'thank you for the music', near the end. there were seven dancers, sometimes all were onstage, sometimes only one, sometimes a number in between. i had seen some dance shows at fringe in years past and was pleased with what i saw and this is why i attended this one. my only complaint was how it ran short. as i was leaving i checked the time on my phone and said they could have done ten minutes more and i would have been fine with that. it was the 10pm slot so i didn't do much after the show. i went back to my car, parked in a nearby ramp, and went home. at work, there was a request in the shared box that i didn't know if i could handle it, for an escheatment. when i let the boss know, i noticed it was forwarded to customer service. when i sent the mail tubs to the mailroom near the end of the day i picked up empty tubs and there was an interoffice envelope as well, a refund check was in it. the Marshall file wanted a check overnighted to Ford credit, and i did but i noticed two labels were sent. i used the first one as it had a form to go along with the check. 

tax credit auction

 late in the day i asked the tax specialist if he had done a tax credit auction, the answer was no. it was in reference to a check i overnighted to the bank's office in st. louis, for over $3 million. i know i do send tax checks to others from time to time. this same tax specialist asked to be notified right away when his tax checks were ready in the afternoon, as those needed to go out right away. this meant these weren't held for courier pick-up the next day, which is the customary thing done. someone from the Cincinnati business line asked if a check would be going out. i let them know that it arrived late Tuesday, after i had left for the day. i said it would be going out as i had the UPS label that i needed. 

red blanket on windshield

 i saw a weird thing when i went to my car in the evening. there was a red fleece blanket on the windshield. i took it off and everything else looked fine to me. i got in and went to vote, as it was the day of the primary election. i went there after having the evening meal and watching 'big bang theory' reruns, making it just under an hour before the polls closed. after i submitted my ballot i got a bag of microwave popcorn from a vending machine on one end of the actual voting area. i did not keep the blanket, got plenty of those already. at work i dropped off returned checks on another floor, given to the team lead, as vacation replacement was absent, due to illness. 

rafferty and the gold dust twins movie

 in the evening i went to the Trylon cinema and saw the movie 'Rafferty and the gold dust twins', from 1975. this is the first one i am seeing from their summer 'road movie' series. i wasn't too familiar with Alan Arkin, but i had seen some shows that Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips had been in. i do like road movies, although this one fell short on the ending. at the outset, the ladies said they wanted a ride to New Orleans, except we don't see much of that city. we see plenty of Las Vegas, as well as Tucson. since i had recently seen 'American Graffiti' i noticed two actors in that one was in this one- besides Mackenzie, also Charles Martin Smith. i liked seeing some familiar things in it, such as one scene early in their road trip where they stop at a dairy queen. we see Dennis the menace in the background and i knew this cartoon character had been a part of their ad campaign for a while. i plan on seeing two more movies in this series, but that is all for this month. the other two will be in September. after the movie i stopped at a Walgreen on the way home and picked up some drain opener for the bathroom sink, which was draining slowly. at work, i sent some refund checks to another floor even though vacation replacement was not in. a colleague locked them up for me. the boss asked me to do a MICR ruler test on a check, and it looked fine to me. 

just a dream, nelly

 i went to the St. Paul Saints baseball game and after it i was walking past a restaurant and heard a song that sounded good. i decided to do the 'talk into mic' on my phone and found out it was 'just a dream' by nelly. must have been a popular song as i found out it is in the 'one billion club' on YouTube. probably haven't heard it that often before. the Saints lost to Louisville, 11-3. there was plenty of the long ball in this game. i showed up early as it was their art day, and that meant there was a giveaway- the team card set. i like getting this set. after the game i walked around downtown quite a bit and got a sandwich from the gas station near the stadium. another stop was Candyland for some popcorn. then i ended up performing at the open mic. i plan on being back at the stadium in a week to see the 'nitro circus' show. not a big deal to take a day off from the fringe festival, but i still need to figure out my schedule for the rest of this 11-day event. there are three more shows that i would like to see. it likely means seeing one of them on a weeknight. 

i played the fool, song

 i made a nice discovery on 89.3, the current, a local nonprofit radio station. when i was driving home after fringe shows i heard a song introduced as a TV theme song, it was 'i played the fool', performed by REM's frontman, Michael Stipe, with Andrew Watt. sounded good to me, made plenty of references to stand-up comedy. haven't seen the HBO-TV show, 'rooster', though, it's apparently the theme song for that show. it was an active day. there was some errand running i wanted to do early, including getting a check deposited at the credit union. it was a rebate check from the insurance company. then it was on to fringe, where i picked up a little godfather's pizza from Bobby and Steve's for lunch before my ushering shift at U of M, Rarig. it was on the lower floor. after this was done, i went to a show at the barker center, 'hell on wheels', a 1930s labor union story. then i went home and did some more errand running. i got groceries at Aldi, and in the evening i went to see two more fringe shows in uptown Minneapolis. the first was at Bryant Lake Bowl, called 'road trip'. it was an 'improv' show, two dudes from Alabama, where the crowd helped with ideas on each stop. then i had a beer in the bar area and walked over to the phoenix for the next show. this was 'when i was afraid'. it was a storytelling show, although not realistic in terms of what one might see at a 'moth' storytelling show. i spotted a performer in the crowd that i was familiar with and was given two show cards for the shows she is doing. i said one of them i am more likely to attend based on my upcoming schedule, as there has been just one performance so far. then i got some snacks at the nearby Walgreen and drove home.