mighty oak movie

 this morning i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'mighty oak'. it was about a music group that broke up after the death of their frontman in a car wreck. then the band gets back together 10 years later after a kid is given the frontman's guitar, and he proves to be really good, a prodigy. the sister, also the band's manager, believes he is the reincarnation of her late brother. levi dylan, bob's grandson, plays the first frontman. raven-symone is in it, i think she was the magazine writer that wrote about the band. the movie was filmed in san diego. i knew the story was reaching its logical ending when there was a scene at the same venue as at the beginning, where the prodigy is in the dressing room before the show begins. another thing i noticed was a food outlet with an ancient vending machine for snacks. at the start of the movie the prices were 50 cents, then 10 years later it was 90 cents. i say 'ancient' because i hadn't seen one like it aside from at the motown records museum in detroit, so it must have been something from the 1960s. where the product is ejected upwards from separate compartments for lack of a better term, instead of what is seen now where one sees all items through the glass and they are placed in coils. 

this of course was an errand running day. first thing was going to the gas station to get fuel and return the movie. then there was the post office, where two orders were picked up. third was the capitol complex, where i dropped off recycle. i was wondering what streets would be closed since the news said some streets around the capitol were closed. it was just the inner ring of streets. i parked in the same place i normally do and then walk a little to get there. this time it meant walking past a humvee, where i noticed the uniformed man had an 'mp' patch on, as well as a state trooper car. i was in an out in a short time, and finished that errand without saying a word to anyone. then it was back to the gas station to pick up lunch. it was a corn dog and some cheese, along with two candy items from the discount bin. there were two pro football playoff games today, green bay and buffalo won. i watched a little of the first game, rams-packers, but not a lot. in the evening i went to aldi for my weekly grocery store order. after the late news i went on a walk and found 83 cents. so i have reached my goal of five dollars of beer money for the super bowl, 3 weeks early.