romy and michele movie

 in the evening i put in a DVD movie, 'romy and michele'. i had bought it a while back, and had seen it at theaters just before attending a class reunion. i liked janeane garofalo in it. this is a fun farce of a movie, about two friends trying to lie about being successful in order to impress people at their class reunion. i hadn't seen it in a while but it holds up well. plenty of good music in it, including but not limited to 'time after time' by cyndi lauper. as a fan of the pretenders, i liked hearing 'don't get me wrong' in it. the special features on it were nice, besides the trailer there was a featurette and some recommendations. there were six movies recommended, and i had seen some of them, including 'she's all that'. it seemed like a good time to watch it again this weekend as i  was invited to my class reunion in iowa, but did not attend due to a scheduling conflict. 

the event i attended was an alumni outing through the university of iowa, meeting at a bar near the twins stadium and then attending the game. it was nice connecting with some people, including the 'event coordinator', for the first time since the pandemic hit. plenty of appetizers there, and i drank a can of pabst blue ribbon. great game as well, twins fell behind early 3-0, but went ahead 4-3 on a grand slam and never trailed again after that, a 6-5 win over tampa. 

 for those who know me well, it was 'no contest' as to which event i would choose. not only do i love baseball, proximity helped as i could take the light rail there. and with the class reunion, it would have meant driving over four hours one-way and getting a hotel room. i had a weird dream just days prior, that i attended the reunion and forgot about the game. the first reunion i did not attend. i wasn't enjoying them enough, various factors contributed. the low attendance, for one thing. the facebook factor might be involved, as it is easier to spy on people now. and i was getting hassled by some people. and as i told a classmate when i was in town last august, too many bad memories. i just forgot about them for a while, or lied to myself as the truth was too awful to bear. 'awful' was a term i used in a 2017 posting, inspired by a writer friend who spoke about attending her reunion. so there was a good chance that even without the scheduling conflict, i would have skipped this one. if i wanted to see a friend bad enough, i didn't wait for a reunion, which is held only every 5 years. later in the evening i went on a walk and found 28 cents. i still did some errand running in the morning, one item to pick up at the post office. and i went to the copy store and printed 3 pages, before getting on the light rail to the twins game. a 'work spouse' said i made the right choice after signing up and paying for the baseball game. not the first time, and probably not the last, where i choose baseball over another event.