the silencing movie

 this morning i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'the silencing'. it was a thriller that has a setting in minnesota, judging by the license plates on the cars. boundary waters was mentioned once, but the movie was filmed in ontario, canada. the main characters in it were a lady sheriff, and a reformed hunter that now runs a wildlife sanctuary. although it took a while before getting to what made it a thriller. this was when a hunter showed up throwing spears, in what kind of looked like a gorilla costume. the reformed hunter had lost a teenage daughter five years earlier when he went inside a convenience store to buy whiskey. the sheriff was often bailing out her brother whenever he was up to no good. when the spear hunter is caught, we get the 'why i did it' speech. 

this was also an errand running day. i picked up four orders at the post office, including 2 DVDs from amazon. and i sent the recycle to a bin as it had been two weeks. then it was on to the gas station to return the movie and get lunch. i got a rib sandwich. the lot was actually full when i arrived, which is rare. but i guess it was due to the nice weather. when i got home i not only had lunch but also turned on a college hockey game, st. cloud state against minnesota-duluth. st. cloud was leading when i tuned in, 3-0 at the end of the first period. it was 3-2 at the end of the second, and 3-3 at the end of regulation. but st. cloud won in overtime, 4-3, less than a minute after the extra session began. i was tired so i laid down for a while, and when i woke up it was evening so it was time to go to aldi for my weekly grocery order. later on i went on a walk and found 52 cents. when i was on facebook i saw an event invite for the sistine chapel exhibit at the mall of america, so i pressed 'interested'. it reminded me of how i got a picture from the rotunda advertising it when i was at the mall in january, meaning to look it up, but i hadn't. so tonight i went online and found out it is running through the end of april, so i think i will want to get a ticket soon. i also placed some more orders on e-bay, for postcards. i found two about the pony express that i really like, and there was a st. louis-themed 2-postcard lot as well. purely coincidental, i am sure, i got a card from a friend in st. louis today. i sent a text saying thank you.