coyote ugly movie

 this morning I watched a DVD movie, 'coyote ugly'. there were many actors i recognized in it, of course one of those was john goodman, who played the main character's dad. maria bello, tyra banks, and bridget moynahan were others. enjoyed the story as a whole, about a girl from a new jersey town who goes to new york city to try to make it as a songwriter. the only thing that didn't ring true was her stage fright, it got old how she kept saying 'can't do it'. plenty of music in it, since it is about a loud a crowded bar. hard to keep up with all of the songs in it. charlie daniels band, and stray cats, were two i recalled well. and leann rimes appears as herself, and she  has something like four songs listed in the closing credits. they do get around to the origin of the name of the bar, much like most other movies do, since it is the movie's title. i liked a connection that i saw to a later movie, 'up in the air', as there is a scene where violet's friend gets married. her friend is played by melanie lynskey, and her character gets married in 'air' as well. 

i watched some of the pro football games today, the leadoff was vikings-packers, vikings won a close one. the later game was saints-bears, bears lost in overtime. i paid some bills today as well, such as my annual membership in the american historical association. and i went to walgreen to see how much halloween candy was available. i was not alone on wanting to take advantage of it now being half-price. i got some string cheese, as well as 12 pieces of candy. most of it was russell stover, but two of them were reese's. i wanted a variety, so i got one of each flavor that i saw on display. it was also a day for picture taking, as i went over to the state's museum and got a picture of the sign advertising the exhibit about first avenue, the music venue. in the evening i watched the halloween episode of 'the simpsons', of course they call it 'treehouse of horror'. there were some things in it about the upcoming election. after it i called by college roommate, who said he plans on getting a townhouse soon so hopefully i can see him again in person soon. after it i went on a walk and found 23 cents.