muppet christmas carol

 this morning i watched a DVD copy of a movie, 'muppet christmas carol', a recent online purchase. seeing it as a theme for an upcoming 'drag brunch' prompted me to see it, finally. although i am picky on the drag brunches i attend, usually it is just once a year, so i probably won't be seeing this one. not sure why i had passed on this movie for so long, when i have enjoyed other muppet movies over the years, including 'treasure island', where i got a poster. a role was found for just about every familiar muppet character, and some of those i still really like are in it. this includes animal, who was in the band of course, as well as sam eagle, the dour one. i had seen other 'scrooge' movies before, and my favorite still might be the one called 'scrooged', the one with bill murray. it worked well having gonzo as the storyteller. seeing plenty of candles in this movie, based on a book written before electricity, reminded me of the candles i recently acquired from the gift exchange in a meetup event, so i paused the movie and lit one. then the candle was put out shortly after the movie ended. the other notable event of the day was going to a micro-brewery for a speed dating event. it was in hopkins, i had been to this brewery once before through meetup. first time i had done speed dating through this company, waited until the preferred age group was available on a day off, making it easier to get to the event. i did speed dating with another company many years ago, but that didn't pan out, nobody was interested. this one had a longer time with each date, five to seven minutes instead of three. i know i put my best foot forward this time, all too often before i didn't. i knew somebody who said that some potential mates would be impressed with how i work at the bank, so it was mentioned, at least. i liked the setup on the beer, self-serve once you get a card. i didn't do much after getting home, watched some of the football game, chiefs beat the chargers on a last-second field goal. during my walks i found 50 cents.