DADDY'S HOME, PG-13. ( 1 hr & 36 min )

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I went to see this today, Saturday,  December 26th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO,  in auditorium 13, 2nd row ( counting from the front ), 4th column ( counting from the right ). The price of admission was $11.25 ( because the box office clerk didn't know me; otherwise, I would just have been charged for $8.00 [ senior citizen discount ] ). And I bought a $4.70 1-litre bottle of Dasani Water to wash down the Muncha Bunch that I smuggled-in.

Quickie Review: A step-dad must compete against the father of his step-children for their love and attention.

The audience really liked this movie.  But, oddly enough,  nobody gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.

I liked this movie. It is probably the funniest Will Ferrell movie that I have seen so far! Go see this movie on the Big Screen.

My favorite scene is the Father and Daughter Dance scene.

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The auditorium was packed!

I met a couple of acquaintances while I stood in line to buy a ticket. They stood in line to buy tickets for Will Smith's CONCUSSION. I will probably see this movie on Monday.

And a husband-and-wife couple who I know watched this movie, too. But they sat further back in the auditorium.  We had a short chat after the movie was over.

Then, I went to the Admiral Callaghan Lane McDonald's Restaurant in the Target Shopping Center to have a medium cup of hot chocolate and a 3-piece battered & fried mozzarella cheese sticks with ranch dip ( $4.43 ) for dinner as I worked on my Star Wars blog.



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STAR WARS: EPISODE VII--THE FORCE AWAKENS, PG-13 ( 2 hr & 16 min )

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where: EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX, Fairfield, CA
when: Thursday, December 17th, 2015
show: 11:00 p.m. 2-D advanced screening
costs: $11.75 Ticket + $1.00 upgrade on a Free Small Popcorn ( free on my Elite Movie Watcher Reward Card ) + $4.99 small Pink Lemonade = $17.74
auditorium: 2
seat: 3rd row ( counting from the front ), 8ht column ( counting from the left )

2nd time:

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where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, Vallejo, CA
when: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
show: 8:10 p.m. 3-D
costs: $9.75 Ticket + $6.05 small Buttered Popcorn + $4.20 small Powerade Mountain Berry Blast = $20.00
auditorium: 14
seat: 4th row ( counting from the front ), 3rd column ( counting from the left )

3rd time:

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where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, December 25th, 2015
show: 10:40 p.m.  2-D
costs: $8.00 Ticket + $4.70 1-litre Dasani Water + $2.90 bulk Chocolate-covered Peanuts and M&Ms = $15.60
auditorium: 8
seat: 6th row ( counting from the front ), 9th column ( counting from the left )

4th time:

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where: FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX, Fairfield, CA
when: Sunday, December 27th, 2015
show: 11:20 p.m. I-Max 3-D
costs: $16.00 Ticket + $7.59 medium Popcorn + $4.99 small Pink Lemonade = $28.58
auditorium: 12, with the I-Max Screen
seat: 4th row ( counting from the front ), 6th seat ( counting from the left )

synopsis/overview:

"The Force Is Weak In This One!"

A new menace, the First Order, has risen from the ashes of Darth Vader's empire, with a new villain, Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver ), who will stop at nothing to hunt down and kill the last Jedi Knight, Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill ).


audience reaction: The audience gave this a "Hands Clapper" ending.

2nd audience reaction: The audience gave this a "Hands Clapper" ending.

3rd audience reaction: The audience--there were just about 2 dozen, all in all--did not give this a "Hands Clapper" ending.

4th audience reaction: The audience--there were just about 6 or 8 people in the audience with me--didn't give this a "Hands Clapper" ending.

recommendation: I wasn't impressed by it. This movie is strictly for die-hard Star Wars fans. Otherwise, wait for it to come out as a DVD rental.

noteworthy scenes: 1.) The invasion of Jakku; 2.) "I'm talking to myself"; 3.) Crash; 4.) "Him"; 5.) "This garbage will do"; 6.) Thumbs up; 7.) "Chewy, we're home"; 8.) Rathtars; 9.) Skywalker's Light Saber; 10.) Doomed planets; 11.) "Incoming"; 12.) "He was here"; 13.) "Keep it"; 14.) "You'll never be as strong as Darth Vader"; 15.) Jedi mind control; 16.) Temper tantrum; 17.) Starkiller Base; 18.) Greater than Light Speed; 19.) "Sanitation"; 20.) "Why are you doing this"; 21.) Father and son; 22.) Betrayed; 23.) Light Saber fight; 24.) "... (T)o complete his training"; 25.) Aunt and niece; 26.) Map; and 27.) Father and daughter.

spoiler alert! The "introductory crawl" failed to enclose Luke's name in commas, making it unclear whether or not Princess Leia has a half-brother. Some fans are speculating/entertaining such a possibility.  Will George Lucas then "milk" this franchise to the very last drop? The back-and-forth dialogue between Kylo Ren and Lor San Tekka ( Max von Sydow ) was laughable. After almost 40 years, scavengers are still looking to salvage parts from crashed Empire vehicles? The "vulture" looked really fake! Okay, if you're out in the deep vacuum of space, you don't leave your spaceship's loading door open! You would think that the ex-Storm Trooper ( John Boyega ) would be smart enough not to go walking around a desert with his mouth wide open! And I suppose that alien beings can just hop from one planet to another without first getting some kind of inoculation! When a pursuit ship shoots at a fleeing ship and misses but hits another object, that pursuit ship will receive some damage from the ensuing blast debris! The Rathtar beast spat out an empty laced boot? Okay, simple observation time: The Starkiller Base consumes every bit of a sun's energy before it can destroy planets. But the movie never showed the Starkiller Base in the vicinity of a Binary Star! Therefore, once it consumed the energy of a nearby star, it would have to move to another location far, far away to find another star to consume before it can resume its destruction of helpless planets---Duh! Every time a space ship leaves its base and flies off to a distant planet faster than the speed of light, it will return to its base where everyone will have considerably aged by then; do this a few times and everyone back at base will be dead by the time you return! You cannot hear a spaceship zoom along in the vacuum of space. The bad guy looks like a skateboarding, shoplifting punk-ass nerd. How long had it been since these characters took a shower and changed clothes or, at the very least, brushed their teeth and used armpit deodorant? What's the point in wearing a Storm Trooper suit if it's not armor plated? Kylo Ren could sense the presence of Han Solo ( Harrison Ford ) from a great distance but was oblivious to his presence just a few feet away! If your comrade was run through with a sword, and you had a loaded rifle in your hands, wouldn't you shoot the bad guy right away? But Chewbacca ( Peter Mayhew ) took approximately 30 seconds to fire his weapon---Yeah, he's 38 years older now and would be expected to have slower reflexes at his present age, but 30 seconds .... Come on! The light saber fight was stupid because the bad guy didn't use his telekinetic power to his advantage and because neither one of them used a headbutt,  a bite to the face or a kick/knee to the groin when their hands were unavailable for offense. And when Rey ( Daisy Ridley ) had her eyes closed, why didn't Kylo Ren simply push her off the cliff? And we are to believe that an ex-Storm Trooper and a scavenger are both skilled in the use of a light saber ...? C-3PO ( Anthony Daniels ) inexplicably had a golden arm which once was red. The planet's inhabitants' victory celebration would be short-lived because the six destroyed planets would rain asteroids on their planet soon enough! Add to that the fact that their own sun was extinguished so that their planet would be plunged into total, cold darkness.

This movie is yet another multi-million dollar sci-fi movie which could have benefited well from Cine-Man's scientific/technical advice! And I am still waiting for Hollywood to hire my services to help them improve on their movies. When is Hollywood ever gonna learn ...?

fyi: The segment in the STAR WARS theme music which goes, "Ta, ta, ta, ta ... ta. Ta, ta, ta, ta ... ta. Ta, ta, ta, ta," is plagiarized from Woody Woodpecker's trademark laugh: "Ha, ha, ha, ha ... ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha ... ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha."

I found this on the Internet. 

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I bet that Woody Woodpecker's creators/owners will be pissed-off when they finally find out about this! Hmm, I wonder if they'll cut me a "finder's fee" cheque after they win their infringement lawsuit.

I saw the movie, STAR WARS, THE PHANTOM MENACE: EPISODE ONE ( 1999 ), for the first time, at EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX. And I wanted to see this movie at the same theatre, and in the same auditorium but in I-Max 3-D.

I found this on the Internet. 

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But the 10:20 p.m. I-max 3-D advanced screening in auditorium 12 was sold-out by the time that I got there! I had to settle for the 11:00 p.m. 2-D show, instead. I still want to see this movie in I-Max 3-D, though.

By the way, I saw this 1999 Star Wars movie for the second time in Vallejo, CA, at the downtown AMC Theatre which isn't there anymore because of the much bigger CENTURY 14 VALLEJO which was built across town.

There was a time when I fantasized--more than once, ahem--about Carrie Fisher as Princess Orgasma!

This lead actress, Daisy Ridley, reminds me of Keira Knightly. Keira was in STAR WARS, THE PHANTOM MENACE: EPISODE ONE--as if you guys didn't know that, already!

word of advice: Learn the difference between Restrictive and Non-restrictive Appositives.

'Something to seriously consider. I found this on the Internet. 

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My command of written English isn't perfect but, still ....

tidbits: After I left work, I drove on over to the Burger King Restaurant on Holiday Lane in Fairfield, CA, to eat and wait for the movie to begin.

This is the men's room at the Burger King Restaurant on Holiday Lane in Fairfield, CA. I took a picture of it because it is extra long at 16 ft. 4 inches x 6 ft. How do I know the size dimension of the floor? Simple, each floor tile is a square foot. Yup, that's a flushless urinal that you see to the left of the picture ( and I don't know how it self-cleans itself ).

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Some movie patrons griped about not being able to bring their Star Wars weapon props and masks to the advanced screening because such things were banned due to terrorist alerts. But some fan did show up in Storm Trooper pajamas--now, that's one way of getting around the ban! Ha, ha, ha.

Before the movie began, a joker behind me stood up and said, "Folks, I already saw this movie earlier! Here's how it ends---Just kidding." Was he just trying to impress his date because of his raging sex hormones? Hmm ....

At the advanced screening, the idiot seated directly in front of me actually tried to capture some of the scenes on his smartphone--yeah, an idiot with a smartphone! Imagine that. Luckily, a security guard came and gave him a good "talking-to". But I would have much preferred that the security guard booted him out along with the two bitches that he was with and whom he was probably trying to impress. SMH

When I saw the advanced screening of this movie, I actually fell asleep in the middle of it! I remembered some characters walked into the bar/tavern in which different beings mingled while crazy music was played. And the next scene I saw was the light saber fight in the forest. Because I got up early for work and waited for hours before the show began. And, by then, I was already sleepy.

On Christmas Eve, at work, a co-worker asked me why the Philippines always wins in international beauty pageants. I told him the truth: A brother-in-law of mine trains beauty contestants for such events! China whines about it because for as long as my brother-in-law trains the Philippine beauties, the Chinese don't stand a chance at always winning big in pageants. I guess the Chinese keep stealing our islands as a consolation.

But the South Koreans will have a hard time in winning international beauty pageants because they all look the same--'remember the scandal from a few years back?

Also, at work, another co-worker had a set of fake Christmas reindeer antlers stashed in his locker. I told him to put it on his head and stand behind me so that I could introduce him as, Rudolph, the brown-nosed reindeer!

Christmas reindeer antlers. This one looks way better than the one that my co-worker had. I found this on the Internet.

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I just found out from my sister at the family Christmas Eve gathering that we have another half-sibling in the Philippines on our father's side, and who discovered us on Facebook! And whose 1st name is also the same as my late father's, my brother's and my name. Oh, boy ....

And why did he contact us on Christmas Eve?

So, how was your Christmas?

By the way,

I found this on the Internet. Ha, ha, ha.  'Funny ....

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tidbits: The 3rd time that I watched this movie, I brought along a notepad and a pen. The damn pen would skip writing every now-and-then so that I was forced to "prime" it each and every time before I could write anything down on paper! And I had to check my scribbles in the dark just to make sure that my pen worked! You know what, I think I'd be better off using a mechanical pencil for note-taking from now on.

tidbits: Before I went to see this for the 4th time in I-Max 3-D, I went to the McDonald's Restaurant on East 2nd Street in Benicia, CA, to while the time away as I clocked out at work at 6:00 p.m. and had enough time to write a Facebook post in defense of Donald Trump who's accused of being a hypocrite. I used articles from international investments websites to show that Trump's hands are tied, as a businessman, because the US granted some nations ( China, in particular ) an "Unconditional Most Favored Nation" status as a trading partner of the US and because of NAFTA's stipulation to help boost Mexico's economy. Well, anyway, to make a long story short, I was so engrossed with the post that I was writing that I lost track of time; and when I had to reconnect to McDonald's Wi-Fi, my two hours' worth of written argument got deleted---Arrgh! Well, I learned my lesson the hard way. I started it once again, but using Google Drive this time around.

At 10 o'clock p.m., I swung by my workplace to while the time away until it was time for me to head on over to the theatre in Fairfield, CA. I perused a tabloid with a Jimmy Hoffa front page headline on it which claimed that his body was finally found! 

I used one of two movie passes that my brother gave me as a Christmas present. But, since it was an I-Max 3-D show, I had to add $6.50 to the total since the pass was only worth $9.50.

Then, the box office clerk handed me a Star Wars collector's item, the card shown below which is numbered 423 of 500. I don't know what to do with it. Perhaps, I will use it as a bookmark.

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TAMASHA, NR ( 2 hr & 35 min ) / THE LETTERS, PG ( 1 hr & 54 min )

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I went to see this yesterday, Monday, December 7th, 2015, in Richmond, CA, at the CENTURY HILLTOP 16, for the 7:00 p.m. show in auditorium 4, 5th row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $10.75.  I bought a junior Buttered Popcorn for $5.05 and a small Powerade Strawberry Zero at the concessions counter to supplement the $0.50 bag of 1 5/8 oz Sabritas Lime Flavored Roasted Peanuts that I bought earlier at the Chevron Gas Station in Benicia, CA, after I got off from work. And I paid $5.00 at the Carquinez Bridge Toll Plaza on my way back to Vallejo.

Quickie Review: A stranded gal ( Deepika Padukone ) and a backpacking guy ( Ranbir Kapoor ) meet, by sheer chance, in Corsica. They spend a week-long, fun-filled platonic relationship, knowing that they may never see each other again. Four years later, they meet once more and try to start a meaningful relationship. But the reality is that Mr. Fun Guy turns out to be a Mr. Dull Guy. She loses interest in him. He realizes that life without her is meaningless. He must become a Mr. Fun Guy once more to win her heart.

The audience, there were two young Chinese (?) couples in the auditorium with me, seemed to enjoy this movie.

I, on the other hand, couldn't quite "wrap my head" around the premise/plot line of this movie.  I think that you may want to wait 'til this comes out as a DVD rental.

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When I arrived at the theatre, I decided to go and empty my bladder first. I went into the restroom only to find three black teenage girls doing a "selfie" in front of the lavatory counter and who were unaware of my presence. I discreetly walked out so as not to embarrass them. Why would they want to do a "selfie" in the men's room, I asked myself as I exited. Then, I looked up at the sign above the entrance and realized that I walked into the women's restroom!  Ha, ha, ha.

In my defense though, the men's and women's restrooms at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO are on opposite sides of the main lobby. I'm a creature of habit, what can I say.

The concessions employee who served me put too much butter in the popcorn. There was LITERALLY an inch of hardened buttered at the bottom of the bag when I checked it after the movie ended!

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I went to see this today, Tuesday, December 8th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 4:45 p.m. show in auditorium 3, 3rd row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought $6.80 Lite Bites at the concessions counter to eat along with the $0.50 bag of 1 5/0 oz Sabritas Picante Flavored Roasted Peanuts which I smuggled-in for this show.

Quickie Review:  The life of Mother Teresa ( Juliet Stevenson ), based on her personal letters.

There were just two other people in the auditorium with me. I had no way of gauging their reaction to this movie.

I liked this movie solely for its spiritual overtone. You may want to see this if you're into Inspirational/Religious Movies.

This movie shows the reason behind Mother Teresa's nun's habit.

And I thought that it was fitting that Mother Teresa's hospice for the poor once was a temple dedicated to the goddess Kali.

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I wanted to post pictures to accompany the following incidents but I couldn't seem to upload pictures to this post because of something that happened while I was at a local McDonald's Restaurant.

Update: Tonight, Saturday, December 12th, 2015, @ approximately 7:52 p.m., I was once again able to upload pictures from my digital camera to my computer. What follows now are the pictures to accompany each incident ....

I started my day off with a light trail hike/jog at a local park, Dan Foley Park, right next to where I live. I stepped out of my condominium to the sight of a discarded sofa on the sidewalk directly opposite of my building--this was a first!

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My bad left knee has made hiking/jogging an activity that I can not indulge in on a regular basis anymore until after I have surgery done on it, hopefully sometime of next year. But my knee felt good enough for me to do a light jog today. I jogged on a slight incline for 400 yards and staircase-jogged upstairs for approximately 85 feet at the park and at the adjoining Sutter-Solano Hospital compound.

The "new" staircase. View from the top.

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View from the bottom.

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After I showered, I drove on over to the Taj Grill, on Admiral Callaghan Lane, for an Indian buffet lunch. I asked for a cup of Indian Chai Tea with sugar. The waiter returned with my tea and a small bowl of sugar. I put two teaspoons of sugar in my tea and took a sip. Bah! this doesn't taste like tea---It's too salty, I said to myself. Then,  I realized that I was given a bowl of salt! I told the waiter about it. He went to fetch me another cup of tea and a different bowl. The waiter explained that someone mistakenly had put salt in the bowl. The next time that I dine here, I'll be sure to taste the sugar first.

Most of the dishes, like Chicken Tikka Masala and Dal, were watery. And the Pakora was kind of overcooked. But, at least, the Tandoori Chicken was moist this time around.

After I finished my lunch, I had the sudden urge to have a bowel movement. I went to their restroom and saw that the toilet paper roll was almost empty--and there was no spare roll to be found! I asked myself, Where can I go? Should I go to the McDonald's Restaurant ( two blocks away ) and take a chance that their one toilet stall would be unoccupied when I get there? Or should I just go home?

I decided to go home to relive myself. But the local Food-Maxx Supermarket on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood Streets was closer for what I had in mind to do.

I went inside the supermarket and made a beeline for their restroom facility. Unbeknownst to me, a tall, somewhat overweight light-skinned young black male followed me into the restroom. Before I could even reach the toilet stall, he asked me, "Sir, could you spare me $2.00?"

That was a first! Never in my whole life, until today, had someone followed me into a restroom to beg for money. Soliciting is not allowed inside of businesses. So, either this guy was unaware of such a policy or he was just one of those aggressive panhandlers. I told him that I had to take a shit.

"I'll wait for you to come out," was his response. Imagine that! And I felt like I was having a case of diarrhea.

At some point, his impatience got the better hold on him as he tapped on the stall wall and asked, "Sir, are you there?"

Of course, I was still there! I mean, where was I gonna go? I stayed in there 'til my bowels were "clear."

I guess that he was tired of waiting because he wasn't there when I stepped out. I promptly asked a clerk for the whereabouts of the store manager. I complained to the manager. He knew who I was complaining about. The manager told me that this panhandler's usual hang-out spot was at the nearby A & W/Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant. The manager walked all over the store to see if the panhandler was still in there; he wasn't.

I bought a couple of mangoes while I was there. And I was on my way to the Admiral Callaghan Lane McDonald's Restaurant in the Target Shopping Center to work on this blog while I waited for this movie to begin.

I took this photo on my way back to my car.

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I bought a medium cup of Hot Chocolate ( I also asked for three creamers ) to sip in a leisurely manner as I worked on this post. I connected my digital camera to my computer as I started on this blog. I had some pictures at the ready for me to post. All of a sudden, I had a nosebleed--yet another first. I never had a nosebleed at a McDonald's before. I plugged-up my left nostril with a small wad of napkin.

I took this photo just mere minutes before I had a gusher of a nosebleed!

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I removed the wad a few minutes later because I thought that the bleeding had stopped. It hadn't. Blood poured out. It didn't help me in the least bit that it was warm inside of the restaurant. I gathered all of my stuff and pulled my camera from the USB port as I made a dash for the restroom.

Thank God that there was nobody in the restroom. I bent over the lavatory sink to let my nostril drain out as I repeatedly applied running water to it. And it, too, didn't help me in the least bit that the water was warm! Finally, after a few minutes, the bleeding had stopped.

I went back to the dining area to work on my blog. But, somehow, when I yanked my camera off the USB port earlier, the data somehow got lost so that I could not attach pictures to this post. The pictures are saved in the micro SD card; I just can't seem to upload them to my computer any longer. I may have to buy another digital camera to use for future uploads.

After I bought my movie ticket at the box office, and just before I stepped inside the theatre, I found out that the ticket seller gave me the wrong ticket. She gave me a ticket for the 4:40 p.m. showing of THE GOOD DINOSAUR!

I saw THE GOOD DINOSAUR movie on Tuesday of November 24th, by the way. And, yeah, I liked it. But I somehow could not "wrap my head" around the idea that dinosaurs ruled the Earth while humans were more like dogs.

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TCM PRESENTS: ROMAN HOLIDAY ( 1953 ), PG ( 2 hr & 0 min )

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I went to see this on Sunday, November 29th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 7:00 p.m. show in auditorium 1, 4th row ( counting from the front ), 4th seat ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $10.75. And I bought a $1.00 medium Buttered Popcorn upgrade on a free small popcorn ( free reward offer on my movie watcher e-mail reward coupon ) and a medium Powerade Mountain Berry Blast for $4.85 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: A sheltered princess ( Audrey Hepburn ) slips out into the night to experience Rome for, and by, herself. By happenstance, she meets with an American news reporter ( Gregory Peck ) in whom she develops a special feeling for.

The people in the 3rd row, all 3 of them, liked this movie and gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending. By the way, counting my self, there were 7 or 8 of us in the auditorium.

I liked this Chick Flick. Go see it if you're into classic Romance  Movies.

I went to see this movie simply because I never saw an Audrey Hepburn movie in its entirety. As a kid--and teen--I had a major crush on Audrey Hepburn. She was so beautiful! A modern-day Hollywood actress who comes close to approximating her beauty is none other than Natalie Portman.

And I always thought that the Barbie Doll was modeled after Audrey Hepburn. But I was wrong. The Barbie Doll was copied from a German "adult" doll, Bild Lilli.

Bild Lilli. I found this on the Internet.

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'Funny thing happened at work before I went to see this movie: A co-worker confided in me that when he worked the drive-thru window at the local MacDonald's Restaurant in Benicia, CA, some girls would nonchalantly drive up to the window with their breasts exposed! My question is, Why did he quit that job with its obvious "perks" ( pun intended )? Ha, ha, ha.

And why didn't I apply for work there ( groan ) ....   Sigh ....

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BLACK FRIDAY DOUBLE FEATURE: VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 49 min )/CREED, PG-13 ( 2 hr & 13 min )

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I went to see this on Friday,  November 27th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 7:50 p.m. show in auditorium 5, 3rd row ( counting from the front ), 9th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $11.25. And I bought a small buttered Popcorn for $0.00 ( free on my movie watcher e-mail reward coupon ), along with a small Powerade Mountain Berry Blast for $4.80 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: A cerebral hunchback ( Daniel Radcliffe ) is rescued from circus slavery and collaborates with a mad scientist ( James McAvoy ) to create life from scavenged body parts.

The audience liked this retelling of a horror classic.

I liked this movie well enough. Go see this re-imagined version of the classic.

Here are what are wrong with this movie: The "science" and surgical procedure used in this movie simply are wrong on so many levels. Some of which I already mentioned in my blog on I, FRANKENSTEIN ( 2014 ).

But I liked the clever reference to the monster's flat head at the end of the movie. An inside joke, apparently.

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I went to see this movie on the same day and at the same theatre, at 10:35 p.m. in auditorium 7, 7th row ( counting from the front ), 7th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $11.25. And I bought a 1-litre bottle of Dasani Water for $4.70 at the concessions counter to "wash down" the 2.29 oz bar of chocolate/mint-flavored PowerBar protein + bar which I smuggled into the theatre.

Quickie Review: A late-great boxing champion's bastard son, Adonis Johnson ( Michael B. Jordan ), struggles to make a name for himself in the boxing world. So, he enlists the help of another great fighter, the retired Rocky Balboa ( Sylvester Stallone ).

The audience liked this "feel-good" movie and gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.

I liked this movie, too. Go see this if you're a Rocky fan.

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While many folks observed the Black Friday annual tradition of splurging their hard-earned money in department stores just hours after gobbling on their Thanksgiving turkeys, some of us had to be early at work the following day. I arrived at work minutes before my scheduled shift at 2:00 a.m. Some of my coworkers were in the parking lot chatting with each other. As I walked towards the door, the shift supervisor said that the door is locked,  that no one had a key. And I was told that the new 1st assistant manager had all of the locks changed because she's a "control freak." The graveyard shift workers got there 3 hours earlier but couldn't get in because none of them had a key, too! I guess the graveyard shift crew just left--'probably went on a Black Friday shopping spree! But, whose fault was it that they all left? I hope that the manager will have a long talk with the 1st assistant.

I found this on the Internet. 

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Anyway, one of my file maintenance crew members called the 2nd assistant to come and let us in the building.  We all went back to our cars to sit and wait for the 2nd assistant to show up. I didn't mind the wait because it gave me time to recite more Zhunti Mantras. It worked out to my own benefit, you could say.

We finally were let in about half an hour later. After I clocked in, I opened the refrigerator door to see if there were any leftovers from the Thanksgiving potluck.  The fridge was "packed to the gills" with yummies. And a note was attached to the cake tray, a thank-you note to the graveyard shift crew for their hard work---Hah! What hard work? They all walked-off instead of called and waited for someone to come and let them in.  Ha, ha, ha. And they all got paid for 8 hours' work for simply doing nothing ( suddenly, just like that, my amusement faded away ), those lucky jerks.

Here's the picture of the breakroom fridge. The time-stamp is wrong because I haven't yet adjusted the time back one hour to account for Daylight Savings Time. Ditto for the next photo.

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The management asked me if I could stay an hour overtime because the district manager was expected to come for a visit. I declined because I had an 11:00 a.m. appointment with my chiropractor.  My chiropractic appointment is usually every other Monday, but the 1st assistant manager screwed-up my schedule, too. 'Like what a co-worker said, the 1st assistant is a "control freak."  Oh, well ... not my fault.

On my way to my chiropractic appointment, as I got on the Southampton on-ramp heading west on 780, I spotted a dead black cat on the road shoulder.  And, just before I got to the Redwood Avenue West off-ramp, I also spotted a dead white-with-brown-spots pitbull laying twisted on the I-80 Freeway shoulder. I said a little prayer for each of them, for God to bless them with better lives in their next earthly incarnation because they each served God in their own respective way.

The traffic lights at the Redwood Avenue/Tuolumne Street intersection were out of order. I resolved not to cross this intersection later after my chiropractic spinal adjustment.

The chiropractic clinic is owned and operated by a husband and wife. The lady doctor did my spinal adjustment. And she has smaller hands than the previous doctor so that her palms felt "pointier" as they pressed down on my spinal column.  I think that there ought to be a height requirement for Chiropractors. Tall Chiropractors with big hands should specialize on average-to-tall patients.  Whereas short Chiropractors, with correspondingly smaller hands, should specialize on short and child patients.

I went to the Chase Bank on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Tennessee Street to make a deposit.

I decided that I would have my lunch at the Taj Grill. Which meant that I would need another Lecithin capsule with my lunch. I already consumed the one capsule that I brought to work with me when I ate some of the leftover ham and turkey on my break period. And that meant that I would have to swing by the Grocery Outlet Store to buy a $2.79 bottle of Lecithin. As I mentioned before, I take a Lecithin capsule with a heavy meal as an insurance against a heart attack or a stroke because it keeps the arteries very smooth.

And at the Taj Grill Indian Lunch Buffet, I ate plenty of onions because it is a blood thinner.  I also ate spicy foods because of their dilating effect on blood vessels. Of course, I also drank a sufficient amount of water to help with the digestive process. It's better to play it safe than be sorry later.

They finally served Gulab Jamun at the buffet! I liked it.

My lunch's cost came to $12.47 plus $1.00 tip.

It was not only a bottle of Lecithin which I bought at the Grocery Outlet Store. I also bought a big container of protein powder for $14.99.

I took this photo of my protein powder container after I had my buffet lunch at Taj Grill.

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I plan to start the second phase of my weight loss plan on December 1st. I made the mistake of not consuming enough Protein in the first phase with I started on May 12th, 2014; I lost muscle mass and ended-up with loose skin, as a consequence.  I will still limit my Carbohydrate intake as I increase my Protein intake. And I expect to see better results in this second phase.

Should I see the matinee shows or should I go home and rest first since I have been awake for over 12 hours, I asked myself.  I went home and took a much-deserved nap.

When I went to buy my ticket for the Frankenstein movie, I was given a KUNG FU PANDA 3 fortune cookie.

This Frankenstein movie was originally slated for theatre distribution last year. But, because of Aaron Eckhart's I, FRANKENSTEIN already being shown in theatres, it was bumped into this year.

After the movie ended, a theatre worker said to me, "Have a nice evening." I said that I was coming back in in a few minutes to see the Rocky movie. He laughed, along with the clean-up crew that he supervised.

I went to the concessions counter to buy the 4th and last in the series of collectible STAR WARS 3-D glasses. Woo-hoo!  Now, I have them all. I will just wait 25 years and sell them on eBay. But I have somehow misplaced the 1st in the series and cannot seem find it.  Oh, well. I guess that I will just have to buy another one--more to sell later!

I went to my car to stash the 3-d glasses in it and to move my car closer to the theatre since I parked too far away.  And I didn't want to have to walk that far to get back into my car well past midnight. Someone was already shot in the parking lot a few years ago--I'm sure that it wasn't because the victim had a cheap-ass car like mine.  Ha, ha, ha. But, still ....

When I went back to the box office, they had already ran out of the fortune cookies. Gosh, darn it!

When I got home,  I opened the cookie's fortune. It was for a chance to see KUNG FU PANDA 3's Hollywood premier,  all expenses paid.  I went to the printed website. It asked for personal information ( that could be hacked ). I didn't comply.

Then, I looked up the recipe for Gulab Jamun. And I learned why it has a milky taste to it. I will have to make this dessert someday. Now, if only I can figure out where to buy its exotic ingredients.



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THE NIGHT BEFORE, R ( 1 hr & 41 min ) / THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 51 min )

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I went to see this movie on Friday, November 20th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 5:05 p.m. show in auditorium 13, 5th row ( counting from the front ), 7th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $8.50 p.m. And I bought a small Buttered Popcorn for $6.05 and a 1-litre bottle of Dasani Water for $2.70 ( $2.00 Off movie watcher e-mail reward coupon ) at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: Three friends embark on an all-out 10th Year Christmas celebration, probably the last such annual event for the three.

The audience liked this movie. But there was no "Hands Clapper" ending.

I liked this movie, too. Go see it. But be forewarned: It has some brief nudity in it, both female and male.

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I went to see this movie on Friday, November 20th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 7:20 p.m. show in auditorium 11, 3rd row ( counting from the front ), 9th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $11.25. And I bought a Lite Bites ( small Powerade Mountain Berry Blast, junior size Buttered Popcorn Beef Jerky ) for $6.80 and the third in the series Star Wars Collector's 3-D glasses for $5.00 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: A team of Los Angeles crime investigators is torn apart by the rape and murder of one of their own daughters during an islamic terror threat stakeout.

The audience liked this movie.

I liked this movie, too. Go see this if you like Crime Thrillers.

This movie keeps you glued to your seat with its twists and turns, as you try to guess what will happen next. What I don't like about this movie is the use of a cheap "transitional device": The cellphone! You know how it's like when you're trying to have a pleasant conversation with someone, only to have such a conversation rudely interrupted by the other person's cellphone; and the other person says, "I'm sorry. But I really need to take this call." Well, you will get that kind of feeling when you watch this movie because many times when a scene needs to change, a character's cellphone goes off! And I Found That Very Irritating, INDEED!

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SPECIAL FEATURE/DOUBLE FEATURE

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I went to see this yesterday, Tuesday, November 17th, 2015, in Richmond, CA, at the CENTURY HILLTOP 16, for the 8:15 p.m. show in auditorium 6, 4th row ( counting from the front ), 7th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $10.25. And I bought Nachos for $5.40, a $0.65 upgrade on a free small Zero Powerade Fruit Punch and a $5.05 junior Buttered Popcorn at the concessions counter. I paid $5.00 at the Carquinez Toll Booth on my return trip to Vallejo.

Quickie Review: Dilwala ( Salman Khan ) is a character stage actor in Ram-Leelas who embodies the good virtues of the characters that he plays on-stage. His unrequited love for a princess leads him to a royal family torn by rivalry, envy and betrayal. In this "prince and pauper" story, Life is but a stage; and Dilwala takes the pivotal center stage.

The audience liked this movie.

I liked this movie, too. Go see this movie if you like Love Stories.

There was one scene of a hanged man that did not sit particularly well with me; it was unnecessary for this kind of movie. Although this movie pulls on one's "heart strings," it's not like some movies out there that assault one with a "lacrimal deluge"! The set pieces are visually stunning, especially the Sheesh Mahal ( glass palace ). And ... the lead actress, Sonam Kapoor, is visually stunning, too! As for the ending, it's kind of high on my "creepiness factor".

All the time that I'd been using the word,  Sheesh, as an expression, I didn't know that I was actually saying a word in Hindi ( Punjabi? ).

The beginning credits showed the names of Salman Khan's lawyer and accountant (?). I wonder how much they paid for the publicity.

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At the Century Hilltop 16, I walked up to the box office to buy my ticket, expecting to shell-out just $6.25 because it was "Bargain Tuesday All-Day." But, according to the clerk, the studio classified it as a "special feature" to gouge people an extra $4.00 for the show! I think it's a rip-off, if you ask me. For the price that I'm paying, it had better be a good movie, I said to the clerk. The box office clerk said that she didn't see it so she wouldn't know.

A fitting song for this movie would be England Dan and John Ford Coley's song, "It's Hard To Belong To Someone Else When The Right One Comes Along."  If I do get married someday, I hope that this particular song will be the farthest from my mind on my wedding day!  'Just sayin' ....

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I had to rent a car today, Tuesday, for an appointment in Los Gatos, CA. I waited 45 minutes for the rental car driver to come and pick me up. I called at one point to find out why it was taking the driver so long. Well, I was told that he was on his lunch break! WTF?!?!?! It would have taken me 35 minutes to walk to the local Hertz Rent-a-Car! I shall be sure to complain about this inconsiderate incompetence.

The following photos taken with my digital camera all show the wrong time because I still haven't adjusted the clock back one hour for Daylight Savings Time.

The car in the middle, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage, is the one that I rented.

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Before I left the car rental place at 1:00 p.m., I programmed my Samsung Galaxy Mega's GPS. But, wouldn't you know it, it wouldn't work. It just showed me a text direction on how to get there; then, it turned itself off!

Oh, to heck with it, I'll just drive to Los Gatos the old fashioned way: via map and scribbled notes, I said to myself.

My impression of the Mitsubishi Mirage:

It was noisy, depending on the road condition. It lacked power. It was slow to accelerate--which provided for some scary thrills whenever I had to change lanes on an incline grade! A car this tiny with a 74 horsepower, 3-cylinder engine should never be equipped with an automatic transmission. And it was shaky whenever I came to a stop. And its dam "Eco" mode would give me cause for alarm every time that it would come on because it would remind me of my cheap-ass Hyundai Accent's "check engine" light! But its steering wheel didn't make the car veer off to the right, like some people claimed it would; its steering wheel simply has a tight tolerance and should be steered accordingly.

My 55 horsepower, 3-cylinder manual transmission '94 Geo Metro was actually more refined than this Mitsu.

Anyway, according to my Samsung Galaxy Mega's text direction, when I get to Lark Avenue in Los Gatos ( The Cats ), I should turn left, drive across the overpass and turn left on Los Gatos Boulevard where my destination will be on the right side. Well, it wasn't .... It was actually on the left side! Damn dyslexic GPS!

This was my destination in Los Gatos, yesterday.

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I had to go to Los Gatos for a 3:30 p.m. consultation with a surgical specialist. He is considered one of the best--if not The Best--in the country in his field of specialty. I wanted to know what my viable options were. The doctor broke it down for me, options and out-of-pocket costs ( my own insurance will not pay for it ). My best option, unfortunately, is priced similarly as a new Mitsubishi Mirage---Ouch! Depending on how fast I can scrimp and save enough money for the surgery, I will either have it next Spring or next Fall. Either season, it has to be performed next year; I can't stress this enough.

And I still have to have Knee Surgery, on top of it!

My word of advice to all of you is this: Don't Get Old--it ain't fun.

The funny thing about Los Gatos, Spanish for "The Cats," I didn't even spot one cat anywhere in that city. Go figure ....

I got back in the rental car and tried my GPS once again. Well, guess what? It worked this time around. Geez, Luis!

I started on my trip back home at around 4:45 p.m. Just in time for the afternoon rush hour traffic. There was an accident further down the freeway to add to the delay. Well, at least, it didn't come to a stop; traffic moved at a slow pace, though. And my GPS kept nagging me to take alternate routes--what a bitch! I got off the freeway in Richmond, CA, at 6:30 p.m. because of the traffic, and because I needed to chill-out to de-stress at a theatre while traffic winded down for the evening.

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I went to see this double feature today, Wednesday, November 18th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 4:30 p.m. show in auditorium 11, 3rd row ( counting from the front ), 9th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $20.00. And I bought a $4.70 1-litre bottle of Dasani water at the concessions counter. During the intermission, I went back to the concessions counter to buy a $5.05 bag of junior size Kettle Corn.

Quickie Review: The Rebels have finally had it and turn their weapons to the Capital.

The audience liked this movie and gave both features a "Hands Clapper" ending.

I didn't like the 1st one because it was too melodramatic for me. The 2nd one was better but somewhat predictable. Go see this if you're a HUNGER GAMES fan.

What are wrong with these movies? A bad guy is likened to a snake because he uses poison on his enemies; I think the proper term is, Venom, or the apt animal description is anything that's poisonous, not venomous. Poison and venom don't affect the body the same way. The attacker, programmed to kill someone, didn't know how to choke his victim correctly. She recovered her voice rather quickly. The flame-shooting trap fired in the wrong sequence. The bad guys didn't have expeditionary forces to pinpoint the rebels and destroy their weapons stockpile. You never turn your back and drop your guard when there's a perceived threat. That cat was out of character because it didn't act scaredy at all. ISIS and other terrorist groups might get upset because the rebels in these movies "borrowed" from their playbook on embedding, terrorizing and sacrificing to gain the upper hand against the enemy. Before and after the execution, one main character wore the same dress, even though the Mocking Jay ( Jennifer Lawrence ) had changed her clothes.

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I got up today with the need to get my money's worth on the rental car before I returned it. It was high time that I paid a visit to the dental lab where I used to work at over 19 years ago because I dreamed about it last week.

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Take a look at the Mitsubishi Mirage's speedometer, shown above. Is it very optimistic, or what? I think that they took this speedometer from their Eclipse model. Anyway, it's good for a few laughs.

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This Food-Max is on Monument Boulevard in Concord, CA. I had to come here to buy cookies because the Safeway Supermarket, just a block away, closed and moved across the freeway to Pleasant Hill, CA. The cookies are for the dental lab techs.

The former store manager at the Pleasant Hill Safeway Supermarket was a son of my co-worker. He passed away a few years ago.

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This is the dental lab, shown above, where I used to work at 19 years and 2 months ago. It's in Concord, CA. Only four of my former co-workers are still there.  Although I only saw two of them: the co-owners. There were some new faces.  I learned that most of my former co-workers quit or retired, one started his own lab, a few got fired and three passed away already ( two died of cancer ).

I will have to visit again to hopefully see the other two former co-workers. I'll bring bagels, next time.  This lab had me hooked on bagels. Every time someone had a birthday, the owner, the late Mr. Jochim ( who kinda looked like Homer Simpson's boss,  according to one of the former lab techs ), would treat everyone to all kinds of bagels!

I swung by the 99-Cent Store Only, on Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo, to buy some more protein/health bars. Then, I returned the rental car with an additional 217 miles on its odometer.

When I got home, I decided to go have a buffet lunch before going to see this double feature. I craved some Indian food so I went to the Taj Grill in the Safeway Supermarket Shopping Center on Admiral Callaghan Lane here in Vallejo.  By the way, the waiter at this restaurant looks better than Salman Khan--he could be a model or an actor.

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At the end of this corridor is the Taj Grill where I had an Indian buffet lunch a few hours before the start of the double feature. I stood in front of Fed-Ex Kinko's while I took this picture.

This last photo was taken with my Samsung Galaxy Mega. I took it after the double feature ended. It was around 9:20 p.m. or so. You can see on the bench my water bottle, my movie wristband, my collector's key strap holder with a Mocking Jay card attached to it, and my tally counter ( modern-day substitute for prayer beads ) that I use whenever I do my Zhunti Mantra.

I took this photo across the hallway from auditorium 11.

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TO FRANCE:

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I am saddened to learn of your tragic losses. Rest assured that we, American citizens, are one with you. We share in your grief.  Together, we shall overcome this evil madness!  We send you our love and prayers.  God be with you always.

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http://www.hindutav.com/muslim-population-aggression/


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GHOST IN THE SHELL [ 2015 ], NR ( 1 hr & 40 min )

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I went to see this movie yesterday, Wednesday, November 11th, 2015, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO, for the 7:30 p.m. show in auditorium 4, 4th row ( counting from the front ), 8ht column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $10.75. And I bought Nachos for  $5.40 which came with a free small drink, Powerade Mountain Berry Blast, ( free movie watcher e-mail reward coupon ), at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: When Japan's Prime Minister is assassinated, Maj. Kusanagi becomes the prime suspect. It is up to her and her team to find the mysterious killer and learn the disturbing motive behind the assassination.

The audience of about 3 dozen liked this movie. But none gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending. Speaking of ending, there are Bonus Scenes during the Ending Credits.

I was kinda lost in its story arc. I suspected correctly that there are back stories to this movie. If you're a fan of the series, you'll want to watch this.

I liked the animation work on the original 1995 movie a lot better. This 2015 movie spent more time on emphasizing its CG animation than it did on its regular animation because there were at least two things wrong with the regular animation which I noticed.

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I started work at 2:00 a.m. It was somewhat cold inside of the building during the wee hours of the day. The next time that I get scheduled to work so early, I'll dress accordingly.

After I got off work, I walked to the next building to make a deposit at Bank of America, only to find out that they were closed today in observation of Veterans' Day.

By the way ...

Happy Veterans' Day!

Then, I drove on over to my Chiropractor's clinic on Sonoma Boulevard for my spinal adjustment. I usually go every other Monday, but I forgot to reschedule on time as I was very distracted with chitchat at work on my break periods two days ago.

My Chiropractor has a new associate working for him, a Dr. Nema. He's young and has "pointy" palms. When he was realigning my spine and stretching it, I could feel the "pointiness" of the palms of his hands pressing down on my spine. He kept telling me to relax my back muscles, but how could I when his "pointy" palms were pressing down on them repeatedly. "New Guy" doctor, I swear ....

Before I left the clinic, I looked at the pillows that they sell. It is claimed that their pillow will prevent numbness and tingling in the extremities. I may have to buy their pillow as I've been experiencing numbness, tingling and pain in my fingers of late.

I finally had the chance to check-out the new Indian buffet restaurant on Admiral Callaghan Lane, in the Safeway Supermarket Shopping Center. It's the Taj Grill. They have been in business for 1 1/2 years.

The time stamp is wrong. I forgot to adjust the time back one hour to account for Daylight Savings Time. 

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The inside of the restaurant looked nice. And the food was good. But the meatballs dish was heavy on the hot & spicy side. I pointed it out to the waiter. He said that that is how it's prepared. And I asked him what kind of meat it was because there was no way that it could have been beef. He said that it was lamb. Wow, I couldn't even detect a "lamb" taste to it. The next time that I eat this lamb meatball, I'll go easy on the sauce; maybe, then, I will be able to detect its "lambness". This restaurant, by the way, is not associated with the former Stara Indian Buffet Restaurant which went out of business two years ago, and which was just a few doors down from this restaurant which, itself, used to be a Chinese restaurant.

I paid $11.32 for my buffet lunch. It's $8.99 + tax. And I added Indian Chai Tea to it. I left a dollar tip.

Because today is Veterans' Day, that meant that the car insurance company, CSAA, was closed, too. I had in mind to swing by the place to obtain a map of Los Gatos, CA, because I plan on going there next week.

I just went, instead, to the theatre at 1:20 p.m. to buy a ticket for this movie. Then, I went home to rest.

In the auditorium, as I sat there reading the Ending Credits, someone seated a few rows behind me let out a loud fart. Boy! this "Vallejo crowd", I swear. Clearly, this is no substitute for a "Hands Clapper" ending. But, "whatever rocks your boat", I guess.  SMH.

After the movie, I went to the box office to buy a collector's 3-D glasses for the upcoming Star Wars movie. I was told to go back in to purchase it at the concessions counter. I paid $5.00 for it. I asked the supervisor, who went and fetched it for me, if the 3-D glasses will also work on an I-Max 3-D screen. He said that it would. I said that I was afraid to open it and find out because it's a collectible and I intend on adding it to my collection for that reason. The supervisor told me that they issue a new one every Friday. There are 4 collector's 3-D glasses, all in all. And the one that I bought is the 1st in the series.

On my way home, I decided to go to the CVS Drugstore on Sonoma Boulevard to get a $0.35 gallon refill on water at their outside vending machine. Then, I walked next door to the 99-Cent Only Store to buy a 20.0 oz. purified alkaline water, an 8.0 oz. bag of sea-salted peanuts and two 2.82 oz. Marathon Protein Bars to take to work on Friday.

I found this on the Internet.

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I was the last customer at the 99-Cent Only Store. They close each night at 10:00 p.m.

As I sat in my car, and before I even started it, I deliberated on whether or not to go to Richmond, CA, to see a movie playing at 10:55 p.m. at the CENTURY HILLTOP 16. The movie playing in a limited run is the movie, HENERAL LUNA, about a Philippine general/war hero who fought against the Americans in the Philippine/American War. But, it was too late in the evening and I just wanted to go home. I should have gone to see it, though. Maybe, I'll catch this on DVD.

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TRIPLE FEATURE THURSDAY - November 5th, 2015

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I went to see this movie on Thursday, November 5th, 2015, in Vacaville, CA, at the BRENDEN VACAVILLE 16, for the 3:30 p.m. show in auditorium 16, 5th row ( counting from the front ), 6th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $8.50. I bought nothing at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: Three long-time friends, on their last night camping together as scouts, try to save their town from a zombie infestation.

The half-dozen people in the audience with me enjoyed this movie. I liked this movie, too. Go see this movie if you like Horror/Comedy movies, you won't be disappointed.

There were some scenes that were really imaginative. Here's an example: A female zombie cop and it's intended victim. Here's another one: A hungry zombie with no teeth. Lastly, the Trampoline scene was hilarious at the end.

I don't know why this movie is in a limited run. It has a broad appeal and would do quite well shown in more movie theatres.

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I went to see this on Thursday, November 5th, 2015, in Vacaville, CA, at the BRENDEN VACAVILLE 16, for the 5:25 p.m. show in auditorium 9, 4th row ( counting from the front ), 8ht column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $8.50. I bought nothing at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: A couple with a young daughter moves into a house and finds a camcorder which reveals an evil secret lurking within it.

There were just about a dozen or so people in the audience with me. I think that they liked this movie.

I wasn't that well-impressed by this movie's horror scenes. Hollywood has milked this franchise for far too long. What's next in the Horror genre, people running around scared while filming themselves with the use of "selfie sticks"? Go see this movie only if you're a fan of this horror franchise; otherwise, wait for this to come out as a DVD rental.

I know why this movie is in a limited run: People are getting fed-up with its franchise's tenuous premise!

When I first saw a poster for this movie, I really thought that it was a re-release of the POLTERGEIST remake. And I don't think that I'm the only one who made the wrong assumption.

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I went to see this on Thursday, November 5th, 2015, in Fairfield, CA, at the EDWARDS FAIRFIELD STADIUM 16 & I-MAX, for the advance screening at 9:00 p.m. in auditorium 16, 4th row ( counting from the front ), 5th seat ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $11.50. And I bought a 16.9 oz ( 500 ml ) bottle of Dasani Water for $4.79 at the concessions counter.

Quickie Review: While the secret service is being phased-out in favor of an international organization of secret spies, Bond ( Daniel Craig ) goes on his own mission to uncover a sinister organization that has ties to many agencies and companies.

The audience liked this movie. I, on the other hand, dozed on and off for lack of sleep the night before--'sorry .... Go see this if you like James Bond movies. I may have to watch this movie again to find out what I missed out on.

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I didn't buy anything at the concessions counter at the BRENDEN VACAVILLE 16 because I sneaked-in a pack of almonds to snack on. And because I was saving my appetite for dinner.

I decided to see these three movies right after I got off work. On my drive to Vacaville to catch the first show, I felt sleepy behind the wheel. During the Paranormal movie, I started to feel sleepy again. And while watching the James Bond movie, I finally dozed on and off for lack of sleep the night before and because I had a big dinner at a buffet restaurant beforehand.

Before watching the advance screening of the James Bond movie, I had enough time to have dinner first. I went to HomeTown Buffet Restaurant in Fairfield, right across the street from the shopping mall where the theatre is at, to have my dinner. I spent $13.24 for my meal, plus a $2.00 tip.

As I was backing out of the parking space in front of the restaurant, some fat-ass bitch and her mother who were also leaving the restaurant just kept walking toward my car. I was already backing-out even before the stepped onto the street. But, the lazy fat-asses just kept walking towards my car instead of moving out of the way. When I stepped on my brakes, the two stupid bitches just stood there staring at my car---Idiots! The idiocy of some people is just too much for me to comprehend, at times. I swear, those two were potential "Darwin Awards" candidates!!!

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