jungleland movie

 watched a DVD movie this afternoon, a redbox rental, 'jungleland'. i was able to see it in full on the second attempt. the disc i rented the night before had a ding on it and it didn't play for long, about three scenes and then it just froze. so i went back to redbox and rented another disc of the same movie, but made sure the rental was done before the return so i wouldn't get the same disc. i did not recognize any of the actors in it but not a big deal to me as i just wanted to see a good story. i saw it as a boxing movie, but it is more about bare-knuckle brawling, and a road movie. and as we all know, i like a good road movie. it starts in massachusetts and ends in california. despite some issues along the way, such as the SUV they were in being towed as it was apparently stolen, the two brothers still make it to the big fight in the chinatown section of san francisco. it wouldn't be a good story if they failed to get there. another compelling part of the story was having to transport a young lady to reno, and stopping along the way in indiana to meet her parents. the movie's title is taken from the name of the fighting event. i liked the song choice when the fight is happening in san francisco, 'dream baby dream' by bruce springsteen. the closing credits said a song by dvorak is in it as well. i have seen the dvorak museum in spillville, iowa, in the same building as the hand-carved clocks. what was odd was having a whippet dog as part of the travels, as having a pet can make it harder to travel. even more odd was how often it was inside with the three, that the owners of the establishments they were in would allow it. 

this was an errand running day. when i went to get the second disc i also got some socks and some charlie brown candies at a nearby walgreen, and went to a copy store to print some things. two of them were coupons or gift cards. both e-bay orders were at the post office, and i got lunch as usual at the holiday gas station. i returned the movie just as the snow was starting to fall, and later on i went to aldi for my weekly grocery order. when i got back from the grocery store i turned on the TV and found another hockey game, same channel and matchup as the day before. st. cloud state was leading, 5-2, against miami of ohio at the end of the 2nd, and went on to win 8-2. i also went on a walk and found 25 cents. i had some weird dreams. this morning it was about being on a bus that arrived in new york, and later on it was asking somebody to turn off the TV during an interview. when i got back from the walk, i saw a neighbor on their phone looking at ultimate fighting.