october 8 movie

 in the afternoon i went to see a documentary movie, 'October 8', at the Southdale mall theater in Edina. it was about the Hamas attack on Israel and the college campus protests since then. one reason i chose this one is some actors with name recognition in it, there was Debra Messing and Mike Rapaport. the former i knew from 'will and grace', the latter i knew from a small role in 'Copland' as well as guest starring on 'big bang theory'. i had heard about these protests in the news, but the interpretation in the documentary format meant more to me. at times what was depicted made me angry, due to the spread of misinformation. and this is more likely when there is so much social media available. after the movie ended, a theater employee advised us to share on social media that we saw it. sometimes i do this. i also recall another patron being disappointed on the crowd size. well i knew that this was just one of two theaters in the metro area showing it, the other being in Roseville. i said to this patron that documentaries don't get big crowds, no matter what the subject is. i used a birthday offer- one of two i used for the day- at this theater, it was free popcorn. i said it is probably good that it is just an annual thing as it was a lot of popcorn, it was a large-sized tub. i knew i would end up taking it home, and it was windy when i left so i had to hold a hand above the tub to minimize how much popcorn flew out. the other one i used was the free sandwich at jersey mike's, my lunch before the movie. this leaves two offers, from Ikea as well as another movie theater chain. used the one from AMC, there is also one from Emagine but i go to Emagine theaters less often. before lunch i went to the post office, two orders were picked up. i got a haircut at great clips, there was a wait, but it was shorter than predicted. some people check in online but i get moved up if those people haven't shown up yet. and the list got shorter when the duplication of a 3-person reservation was taken off the board. a man brought his three kids in, a son and two daughters. the youngest was shy, but i saw what the employee did to get her comfortable, saying she had the same name and telling her she was setting aside a sucker for her. i ended up with this same stylist eventually. then i got some groceries at a Cub Foods, including a family-sized box of Lucky Charms cereal. figured it was a good way of marking St. Patrick's day, which is soon. after the movie i stopped in Richfield and got the latest lady gaga CD, 'mayhem', at target. and i went to the nearby liquor store and bought a six-pack of Sapporo beer. this was in honor of my college roommate visiting Japan. i drank one can of Sapporo with the evening meal. then it was on to Aldi for groceries. i didn't do much in the evening. during my walks i found 2 dollars 7 cents.