Mud Movie- Reese Witherspoon

    I went to see the movie 'Mud' with my date at the Eagan theater this afternoon. Really enjoyed it. While Matthew McConaughey was the lead in it, Reese Witherspoon was in it as well. She played somebody with a checkered past, same as Mac did. Their characters had been an item, off and on. I know she had played a bad girl before, in a movie called 'Freeway'. It was early in her career, and I think it is still not well-known. It was a knockoff of the 'Little Red Riding Hood' story- She was 'Red' and Kiefer Sutherland played the 'Big Bad Wolf', aptly named Bob Wolverton. I had grown up in small-town Iowa and much of the scenery was familiar in it, but of course it took place in and was filmed in Arkansas. What left me a lasting impression was how Matt's character liked eating 'Beanie Weenie' right out of the can. Well it has to be filling, with all of the protein. Much of the story, with him playing a fugitive, reminded me of movies like 'Sling Blade', 'Winter's Bone', and 'A Perfect World'- since he befriends a kid despite being wanted by the law.
   This morning I decided to do more researching on World's Fair souvenirs, especially postcards. I had wondered if other sports arenas were depicted besides Chicago's Soldier Field. Found out New York's Shea Stadium is depicted as well, when it was a new stadium for the 1964 fair. It happened to be close to where the fair took place. Still finding plenty of other postcards, mostly American corporations like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. I got my laundry done this morning as well, after doing the research. It snowed on the way to doing laundry but didn't last long.