friday night lights movie

 i watched a DVD movie this evening, 'friday night lights'. i said i wanted to read the book first, and i did. i recognized right away what was kept from the book, and what wasn't. the coin toss deciding who went to the playoffs was still there, but i also noticed how plenty of attention is given to a player that had quit the team. i recognized billy bob thornton in it, who played the coach, as well as tim mcgraw, who played an overbearing parent. it held my attention throughout, much of the story was about the action on the football field and this works for me. 

   i was pleased with all i got done today, and it started early with going to the dealer for an oil change on my car. then to get some copies, as well as to hy-vee for a can of schell's beer and some groceries. after this it was to the post office box, first visit in three weeks. i was surprised to see anything to pick up since i hadn't placed any e-bay orders. there was a catalog about taking community college courses, and the other item was a check from canadian days. i was a winner in the button drawing, so next weekend i will want to dump the check into my account at the credit union. then i dropped off recycling near the capitol, and went to a greek festival at a church. there was a line for food, but it was midday by then so i was ready to eat and the line moved fairly quickly. i got a gyro sandwich and some fries, at another table was greek beer, mythos. i liked how the bottlecap was easier to take off, didn't need an opener. i did a church tour but i was feeling tired after 30 minutes of it so i went home. i knew there was some boxing on fox as well. the paper said it was a manny pacquiao fight, but i should have known there was only going to be undercards in the afternoon and that manny's fight would be on pay-per-view. i fell asleep fairly early, but i know some of those undercards ended early with TKOs. then i went to get groceries again, this time at aldi, and watched the DVD movie after i had some pizza. during my walks i found 45 cents.