city of lies movie

 around midday i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'city of lies'. i recognized johnny depp and forest whitaker in it. this is based on a true story, of a cop investigating the murder of christopher wallace, the rapper known as 'notorious BIG'. it led to an exposure of cover-up of apparently LA cops working security for a record label, and some of those cops as suspects in the murder. there is also mention of the murder of another rapper, tupac shakur, as at one point a theory existed that those murders were linked. both are still unsolved. wallace's mom, voletta, appears as herself in the movie. as a baseball fan i liked seeing how the sport was part of the movie. the investigator would attend some of his son's baseball games. 

of course this was a day of errand running. i got started early on getting to the post office, but there was nothing to pick up from my box. only thing in it was meant for another box, so i pushed it all the way through and it fell to the floor inside. then it was on to the copy store, where i printed a ticket for a st. paul saints baseball game later this month. along with a meetup event i am attending, the same weekend. on the way there i saw an ad on a video board for cane's chicken, which was of interest to me as they were using charlie brown characters in the ad. i found the place but it was too soon to have lunch there. after the movie was done i knew it would be 2pm or later before i got there again so i told myself to move it back a day on having lunch there. i went to aldi for groceries after getting back from dumping the movie, as there were two things i would be doing for the rest of the day. at the gas station where i got the movie i picked up an ice cream sandwich and 2 hard-boiled eggs. first event was watching a college football game, the iowa hawkeyes were playing iowa state in ames. i watched it until halftime, iowa was up 14-10. then i knew i needed to get to the st. paul saints baseball game. i was able to find the game on the radio while i was driving to the saints stadium, and the score didn't change during that time, there was 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter by then. after the saints game i found out iowa went on to win 27-17. the saints won a lopsided game against omaha, 21-4. gert the flirt, one of the usher-tainers, was in the section i was sitting in at one point, getting people to sing 'happy birthday' to fans. there were food trucks, and fireworks, after the game ended. but i ate before entering the stadium, a sandwich i bought at the nearby speedway gas station, so i was fine with passing on food at the stadium. notable was a song played during the fireworks show, 'celebrity skin' by hole. one of the lyrics was 'so glad you could make it', seemed like a good selection for fan appreciation night. it was meant to be the end of the season this weekend, but 10 more games were tacked on and i have a ticket for one of them. during my walks i found 57 cents, so i have reached my next save-up goals. a can of beer, likely from the liquor store near work, and a candy bar from the vending machine at work.