gateway movie

 this morning i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'the gateway'. i recognized bruce dern in it. odd that the first scene bruce is in we see him but he has no lines. but he does have lines in all of the scenes he is in after it. the story was about a social worker trying to help a woman that works at a casino, she has a young daughter. the setting was apparently st. louis, based on some of the things in the background, but it was filmed in norfolk, virginia, according to the closing credits. a dead giveaway would be when there were scenes outside of an elementary school and the school's name is 'tidewater'. this was a crime thriller, due to the woman's estranged husband getting out of prison and resuming his criminal activity. there was a body count, as there was drugs involved. i cheered when the main character punched an obnoxious colleague at the office, but of course it meant that he got fired. i liked seeing his car in it, a classic chevy monte carlo. the movie held my attention throughout. 

just after midday i went to a restaurant in roseville and saw a friend who was in town, it was brawler. it was nice to see chalm-skinn there as well. two others showed up, but i didn't know them, sounds like they were co-workers from this restaurant. the food was good, cooked right in front of us. i had the house tea. then i went to the nearby barnes and noble book shop at har mar mall and looked around at not only the books but also the CDs and calendars. i got pictures of the things that interested me, and it led to finding out if i could find any of them for less on amazon. i ordered one of them on amazon tonight, an eminem CD. i still might go back to this location eventually and get some of the other items on my list in person. in the evening i watched the conclusion of a 2-part episode of 'the simpsons' which involved a shooting at a donut shop. it was a weird episode, to say the least. a review found online said it was a parody of shows found on netflix, and a big inspiration was 'fargo'. later on i went on a walk and found 48 cents. i woke up kind of early this morning and listened to the maroon 5 CD that i had just picked up this weekend, before putting in the movie.