the cool table?

 went to a fish fry after work. i needed to go to my phone to find the directions to get me there the rest of the way after making a wrong turn. i ended up in my old neighborhood, at the gas station where i would board the bus to get to work many years ago. but after that stop i had no problem getting there, guess it can be tricky on seeing some of the turns if i haven't been there in a while. i paid for the meal and then was told to find somebody in a green apron who would get me my meal after i was given a ticket. after i had been helped there was a dude that was getting in my face even though i said i had already been helped. later on he joined me at my table, although we didn't talk much while i was eating. he did say something about sitting at a table where the cool people are. before i got my meal i stopped at the girl scout cookie table and got a box of brownie-flavored cookies. i wanted some peanut butter flavored but there wasn't many left, of any flavor, period. it was my second box of the season. after the fish fry at the church i went to a speedway gas station on the way home and got some banana strawberry flavored milk. cashier said it was good, it was my first time having it. shortly after work and before i started my drive to the church i got a shamrock shake at the nearby mcdonald's. when it is the last day of the month that is likely the last one i am having for the season. just before i went to lunch my boss asked for check copies showing remittance advices as well as some that had letters included with the check. i sent eight that was fairly representative of what our checks look like. i was reading through the thread and it was hard to follow the need for it. at some point i would expect my boss to brief me as to if my duties will be changing at all. it was starting to snow when i was driving home so i decided to move it back a day on going to hy-vee. i did walk over to the liquor store near me and got a bottle of a ukraine beer, lvivske, so now four beers are waiting. during my walks i found 52 cents.

stool and dinner tray returns

 i was part of the lineup at a show after work. it was one i had done before, but this was for the first time in three years. i was the live blogger at a comedy hour that included not only comics but also musicians and a game show segment where the prize was a t-shirt. this show was fronted by the wisconsin couple. so i decided that the stool and dinner tray i was given for the previous show should make a return. opera singer was part of the house band, an allman brothers tribute band. and there was a poet. i liked being able to talk with performers before the show in the green room, where i was eating pizza from domino's and drinking a and w root beer. there was cookies as well. in some ways it helped me with what to write about in the postings during the show. the poet spoke of being an instructor in classes at the loft literary center in minneapolis, a place where i am a member and have taken classes. i said the proof how it had been a while since i had done this show was some of the changes in my life. a new phone, new job, and new car. i didn't have much in terms of actual stage time but i didn't mind as i take my writing seriously and we all have roles to fill. show runner said it is like a photo memory book, i liked hearing this. early on the show runner asked for a review about her set and i said i had written about the joke she did about her mom in therapy. before the show i liked matching wits with the big dog. at the end of the night i signed the wall, and left with more than what i showed up with. i got the remaining pizza, it was consolidated into one box. and i said i wanted the two comedy CDs that were at the merch table, one of them had been produced since the most recent show of three years ago. i am told i will get the discs at cost and it will be taken out of the pay i will get through paypal. works for me. plenty of music will be a reminder of the show. during it one song playing was the 'monk' tv show theme, 'it's a jungle out there'. when driving home while it was raining i heard 'for whom the bell tolls' by metallica, and 'if it makes you happy' by sheryl crow. after i got home i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 83 cents. at work the most notable thing was the team huddle in the morning.

different copy store

 when driving home after work i stopped at a different copy store. i wanted to get the forms printed from a show i am in soon. not a big deal, as i was in and out in a few minutes. and the store was near the main road i use as well, i like knowing that pizza will be furnished so i don't have to find the evening meal before i get there. a release form was also included, because it is being filmed. i plan on bringing out two items given to me from when i did the show before, a TV tray and a stool. i had found a use for the latter in my home, i put the christmas tree on it. at work it looks like the team huddle was moved back to the next day, in the morning, it had been slated for this afternoon. this morning the tech arrived for the check printer, and it is running again as the spare maintenance or fuser kit was installed. later on i saw an I.M. about apparently the replacement kit being ordered, confirming where to send it to. so thankfully the printer wasn't down for long, just under one day. this was a tech i hadn't seen before, who said he had worked at a hospital at fort sill, oklahoma. in the evening i watched two episodes of 'the conners' instead of the news. both were reruns. one was about jackie and dan preserving memories, and mention of a mechanical bull. the other was about taking care of the mean grandma. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 53 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when raj and howard tried to pick up goth chicks, and one of them said 'not that anyone cares'. it was followed by the one where the ladies go to las vegas, and penny works while the other two get drunk. the dudes try to work but get sidetracked and just watch movies. i drank the can of michelob with the evening meal so now three beers are waiting,

pharmacy discount card

 i was looking for my health spending account card and found it. while doing this search i found two pharmacy discount cards that i haven't used. one was only for walmart and the other was available for use at various places. so i put them in the same envelope. also notable about the day, after work, was seeing the forms related to a show i am doing this week. i will try to find a place to print them soon. at work the newer check printer stopped near the end of the fargo file, message board said it needed the maintenance kit replaced. i don't recall any warning at all on it being low. so i called in a ticket an was proactive about notifying someone locally how the ticket was out there. i did get an online call late in the day about a technician arriving the next day. there is a spare kit onsite so hopefully swapping it out will be good enough. one of the overnights was sending a disc from the IRS to the east metro to our tax department. i am told that there will be more discs arriving within the week. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 50 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when lewis black was a guest star as a cricket expert. it was followed by the one where penny meets red-haired emily and the two ladies don't like each other.

hot potato check

 in the morning i am asked about the UPS drop-box. i said i don't know how often the drivers pick up from it, i usually just send overnight packages to it at the end of the day. there was an i-pay check that the customer service manager called a 'hot potato' and i knew the first i-pay wasn't ready until midday. the first overnight label i did for the day was this one, and i dumped it in the box before i went to lunch. but it remains to be seen as to if it will arrive any earlier just because i got it in there earlier. i checked the tracking number at the end of the workday and it looks like it hadn't been picked up yet. this was a 'return to business line' check, going to topeka. otherwise it was a fairly uneventful day. another overnight was set aside because i am unable to overnight to a PO box. i performed at the open-mic in the evening, and started off with a call back to the guitar player before me doing an ice cream song. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 25 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when the friends got back from the north pole, then sheldon decided to run away back to his mom in texas. it was followed by the one where howard was invited to throw out the first ball at an angels baseball game.

a good person movie

 i went to see the movie 'a good person' in the mid-afternoon at the lagoon in uptown minneapolis. i recognized morgan freeman and molly shannon in it. this movie is about a girl who has an opioid addiction after a car wreck. she is a piano player, so the music in it is good. some scenes are hard to watch, but this can be expected when oxycontin is awful. a football teammate died from an oxy overdose. plenty of the story was about complicated relationships with parents, which i found to be relatable. after the movie i went to the nearby mcdonald's to get a shamrock shake. while there, and i wasn't there for long, a man asked, repeatedly, to get a ride to another town, and i turned him down. i don't give rides to total strangers. at the outset i was only planning on seeing the movie, but it became a little busier for me than that. i log on to facebook and see an invite for a birthday party. it was from big dog for one of his kids, which i hadn't met yet. there was a green screen, and i let the kids have their turn at it, but once the stage was empty i went up there. i had a can of modelo, and there was pizza from pizza luce as well. i was there for a little over an hour, then i went to the movie. while walking back to my car, one block over, i saw the d.c. native, who said he was in town to do a show. i traded some texts with my niece, will try to figure out what to get her kid for next month's birthday party. during my walks i found 26 cents.

ritual killer movie

 this morning i watched a DVD movie, a redbox rental, 'ritual killer'. i recognized morgan freeman in it. and i liked seeing cole hauser in it, who was also in 'good will hunting'. the movie starts in italy, and it was hard to follow the connection with the story taking place in america as well, in mississippi. it is about an african tribesman who engages in human sacrifice. morgan freeman is a college instructor, and helps the cop played by hauser. there is some back story about hauser's character, apparently losing his daughter to drowning and his wife due to suicide from the sorrow of his daughter's passing. i do like thrillers, but one that involves human sacrifice is harder to enjoy. i did like one scene where freeman's character is in a class and challenges a student to find a tribe with customs that he would be appalled by. it was in response to the student saying he could google just about anything. 

  after the movie was done it was time to get started on errand running. i made it to the post office just before closing to pick up two e-bay orders, then i dumped the movie at the gas station, and sent recycle to the capitol. i picked up lunch near the post office as well. then it was on to print event tickets at the copy store. i liked how i could do three stops in the same strip mall, as i got a haircut at great clips and after that i got coffee at the caribou. the stylist referred to people who checked in online but hadn't arrived yet as 'knuckleheads', it was why the wait for me was minimal upon arrival, and why i went to caribou after and not before. not much else to do after the strip mall. later on i went to aldi for my weekly grocery order. during my walks i found 1 dollar, mostly in quarters. and i looked at my refrigerator magnet collection and took down nine of them as i am stressing quality. i might decide to put up some i had stored away in a box since some space has been freed up.