crisis movie

just before midday i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'crisis'. it was about the opioid epidemic, a fictionalized drug. the movie takes place in montreal and detroit. i recognized greg kinnear in it, who played a university official. gary oldman was in it as a university professor overseeing the testing of the drug. some other characters were part of a sub-plot to the movie, a DEA agent posing as a drug dealer. and a mom whose son dies due to drugs in detroit and goes to montreal to get revenge. it in many ways reminded me of a movie called 'traffic' with michael douglas many years ago. oh, another part of the plot was the DEA agent whose sister is an addict and he rescues her. it was long, just under 2 hours, but it held my attention so i didn't mind. these are the kind of stories that need to be told. 

this afternoon i also did laundry, although it became more of an adventure than it normally is. i went to the closest laundromat to me and had it all ready to go, two machines loaded up and the soap in, then i go to the change machine and it is out of change so a no-go. so it went to the next-closest one, also within walking distance, and that place had enough change so i did it there. later in the evening i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 55 cents. 'the simpsons' was a rerun, about cletus becoming a musician. after it was done i called my college roommate for advice on a recurring thing, said i needed to write it down. it proved to be really helpful. he spoke of getting nasty voicemails from an ex-mother-in-law. also mention of eventually inviting me over sometime for grilling, i would like that.