filipinana movie

 in the afternoon i went to see the movie 'filipinana', at St. Anthony main in Minneapolis. i had seen a trailer for this film on YouTube and searched for screenings nearby. at first, there weren't any, the closest one listed on the film's website was in Chicago. i had to wait a little and then found out just one twin city theater would be showing it, information gleaned from fandango. midway through watching it, i had to ask myself, 'why am i thinking of Caddyshack?' even though both movies have a setting at a country club, otherwise they have very little in common. this one, as the title suggests, takes place in the Philippines. all of the movie was subtitled, even the dialogue that was in English. i did understand how this was a study of the haves and have nots. the main character takes us on a tour of most of the country club, in search of the club's boss. also, a part of the story was a young lady, golfing with her uncle. she had been studying in New York City, and her uncle wanted her to move back. i liked the movie, a good story. it is also a reminder of why i stay for the closing credits. some of the credits started to roll even before the story faded to black. some people leave this early, but i know sometimes there is more of a story to tell. in this case, it was the main character calling for help and no one responded. there were plenty of previews, and as usual most don't appeal to me. but one of them did, it was 'digger', starring tom cruise. i had seen the posters for a while and said 'meh' as all i knew was tom in a cowboy hat. i found out john goodman is in it, too, an actor i like more than tom. i think this movie just made my list. i know this is a black comedy, sounds like it is due out next month. after the movie i stopped at Rosedale mall in Roseville and had some ice cream at dairy queen. it was just before i made it to the mall where i heard Lewis Capaldi's 'before you go', which is tough to listen to. probably good that i don't hear it that often. the performer said it was inspired by the suicide of his aunt. before the movie i got a sandwich at a gas station near the Vikings stadium, hours before the game began. it was weird how i followed the Packers-Vikings game three different ways. on the radio, then at home, finally at a bar where i was performing. the Vikings won with a big fourth quarter. the open mic started once the game ended, as it would have been hard to compete with the cheering about the game. 

pickup truck opera

i was double booked for the day. first event to attend was a 'pickup truck opera'. i was able to google it based on a few key words given by my meetup friend. it was at swede hollow in St. Paul, a park i hadn't been to before. my friend was there filming it with two different cameras and i was able to sit in his lawn chair nearby. i recognized most of the modern music in it as the genre was 1990s grunge. this included violin versions in the opening segment, one was 'hey jealousy' by the gin blossoms, and 'only happy when it rains' by garbage. i had seen both bands in concert. some songs of the day i had heard more than once. nirvana's 'heart shaped box' i not only heard when having a sandwich for lunch at Jersey Mike's, but also at the opera. dolly parton's '9 to 5' was heard at the opera, and at the event i did after the opera was done- a baseball game. the opera ran longer than expected and i went to the St. Paul Saints game right after it was done. the saints lost to Syracuse, 9-7. it was game number 11 for me this season, actually 12 as one night in July was a double-header. this was food truck night, and i had an egg roll from a Vietnamese place. the converted ambulance was absent. then there were fireworks after the food trucks. and the dolly parton song was one of those played during the fireworks show. next visit to this stadium will likely be for the holiday lights, which are normally between thanksgiving and New Year's Day.  i bought one final souvenir for the season, it was a blue ball with both the Twins and Saints logos on it. 

9/11 anniversary shows

 in the evening there were some 25-year anniversary shows about the 9/11 attacks. one network had college football on, but the other three had some kind of retrospective. i liked the one about sports marking the time, including the world series. i lived through that time, being in suburban Chicago then, so i still recall it well. no need to relive all of it, especially when some things are hard to watch. at work, i heard from someone in I.T. how i could expect to print some test checks from the Fargo file soon. thankful it wasn't the same day, but i was asked to send check copies from another file, called voyager. since i wasn't sure which one was needed, i sent both kinds. one file we see once a week, the other is few and far between. found out it was the latter file that was needed. well i didn't want to guess and be wrong. there were 15 more checks for our tax specialist, which will be in the same envelope as the others that are waiting. i made the typical visits, to Walgreen in the morning while on break, and then Hy-Vee in Eagan in the evening. this time i was paying attention and saw that i bought the last of the three monster cereals. i wanted 'boo-berry' and the previous week i bought a second box of 'franken-berry' instead. i also shared a story about why i was getting the star-shaped tater tots. i had a dream that someone had eaten all of mine and i was sad about it. 

serial number given

 i called in a ticket on the little printer used for UPS labels and it was annoying having to give it to the agent twice. once it was created, someone viewed the ticket and asked for it again. we need another toner cartridge; it is getting so faded that it is hard to read. for this reason, i have been printing those labels on one of the check printers. the boss left early due to having gout. plenty of returned checks have arrived from the recently completed special project. there is so many that we are putting them into copy paper boxes. the boss has called it 'ridiculous' and i agree. these boxes are in the office that the boss uses when in the shop. i let a former coworker know about plans to see a movie this weekend, but the message i sent went unanswered. not the first time this has happened. in the evening i went to see a St. Paul Saints baseball game. the Saints were playing Syracuse, the Mets team. the Saints lost 6-2. i went because it was Charlie Brown night. i already had two Charlie Brown jerseys from previous years and not a big deal that i didn't get one. it had a great pumpkin theme. there will be another game that i am seeing this weekend. i liked hearing one song near the end of the game, it was offspring's 'all i want'. loud, fast, impactful. sometimes that is just what i needed to hear. the line i like the most is 'sick of not living to stay alive'. 

door ding

 there was a delivery in the shop, it was the boxes or cartons of check stock. while there i noticed there was a door ding caused by the cart the delivery man was using. this led to the door not closing due to the metal part near the bottom that was sticking out. when i pointed this out we banged on it a little to get it moved back far enough for it to close. there was a check from the Cincinnati file where i was told not to send it out. i said it had already been approved so i knew i could print it and send it to the shredder. near the end of the day when i actually put it in the shred bin, i decided to make it official by saying it was completed. i call this the cleanup part of the day. there was also a request for check images for a credit card. i said i do print some checks that are refunds from credit cards, but it sounded like it wasn't this kind when i wasn't given a check number i was able to recognize or search for in the system i use. 

two lane blacktop movie

 in the evening i went to see the movie 'two lane blacktop' at the Trylon cinema. this was a road movie and a car racing movie. two musicians were in it, James Taylor as well as Dennis Wilson of the beach boys. despite this, neither one contributed music to the movie. go figure. most notable song to me in this movie was 'me and Bobby McGee', performed by the writer of the song, Kris Kristofferson. i saw the cub foods dude in the front row, a familiar face. this is who i sat next to during the screening. i spoke of plans to see another movie in this series in a week. at work, there was a visitor near the end of the day that wanted to do a door test. seemed odd to me but it didn't take long. and there was an escheat request in our shared box. when i spoke of it to vacation replacement, i was advised to send it to the business line in st. louis. when i did so i found out there was a shared box for that team. 

rebel queens show

 this was the final day of the Minnesota state fair. it is not too often that i do the last day, but this time i knew i was likely to see my meetup friend, the retired postal worker. near the end of the day, we were in the bazaar area and saw a band called rebel queens, doing a cover of poison's 'talk dirty to me'. i had seen poison in concert with my brother many years ago, Damn Yankees was part of the same show. earlier we were at a different stage and during a break in the action i heard Belinda Carlisle's 'heaven is a place on earth'. i know this one mainly from being in the movie 'Romy and Michele'. i called it a 'carefree day', the part after finding my meetup friend. it was mainly spent drinking beer and watching people sing. even said so in two text messages i sent to friends. i still wanted to get some chores and errand running done before getting on the bus to this event, and made it there fairly early, mid-morning. shortly after arrival i did two things that i also liked doing on day one. this was going to the 'all you can drink' milk booth and going on the giant slide. i also found a puppet show and found out meetup friend knew the performer. this shouldn't surprise me much, being a patron of many shows in the local arts scene. we also got a closer look at the crop art, aided by waiting until just minutes before closing time when the line is much shorter. i saw three Snoopy depictions and one Homer Simpson. and we saw the fireworks show as well, i know i usually don't stay late enough to see that. the bus ride home, it left a lot to be desired. there was a long wait for a bus, and when i got on it was crowded and i ended up standing. there was some arguing as well.