ARTHUR, THE KING

I went to see this today, March 19th, 2024, a $5.50 All Day Tuesday, at the Regal Edwards Fairfield & I-Max in Fairfield, CA. The price of admission was $5.50. I brought my own 20 oz ( 591 ml ) bottle of iced Aquafina Water. A stick of Zero Sugar Pure Kick Citrus Hydrate to flavor my water with. And I also brought a Weight Watchers' Fiber One Peanut Butter Cocoa Crumble protein bar and a bag of Sol-Ti Sprouted Coconut Cashew SuperMix to serve as my lunch. 

Auditorium 15, C-10

Scene Commentaries:

Yes, your Past doesn't define you! You can wallow in self-pity or open up to a myriad of possibilities that the Future has in store for you.  😊

Don't they have a Topographic Map to help with their navigation? 🧭

It would have been a wise thing to keep their cellphones each sealed in a waterproof bag with a sling or lanyard attachment. 😕 But this is just me using some common sense.

When they got to the Zipline platform, why did they not dismount as they each waited for their turn? 🤷‍♂️

The Zipline scene is quite suspenseful!  😦

They've been jogging for hours and could still talk normally? Back in '82-'83, I jogged for 12 miles ( 19.3 km ) per day, 6 times a week and was more concentrated on my breathing cadence: 1 long exhale and 2 quick inhales. It was the only way that I could cover such a distance in the hot 🥵 and humid ☁️ weather. And I was already acclimated to the weather! I just couldn't possibly see myself engaging in small talk or even singing to myself. And the Dominican Republic has the same kind of tropical humid weather as that in the Philippines.

How was the dog able to follow them for over 200 miles ( 321.9 km )? Inquiring minds need to know. 🧐

As a matter of Honor, I would have told the whole world who actually won the race. That's how I feel about it! Because winning is not everything; Doing The Right Thing IS The Only Thing!! And I wouldn't have been able to accept the 1st place win with my Conscience nagging at me!!!

This is a good movie to take your brats to go see. 🥤👦👧🍿

Tidbits:

Yesterday, Monday, March 18th, 2024, I used the callus file ( that I bought on Saturday ) for the first time.

The only thing wrong with the Callus File is that

it's too wide! I'll have to get the Dr. Scholl's

Hard Skin Remover ( $7.97 ), also. 

It's very good to use. 👍 It has a debris-catcher for convenience. When I went to dispose the shavings, I couldn't help but noticed how they look like Grated Parmesan Cheese! 🤢 I hope that none of you guys are eating Spaghetti with Meatballs & Cheese 🍝 while reading this❗🤮❗

I went to the local CSAA office at around 5:30 p.m. to pay on my car insurance. Then, I went to the FedEx Kinko's at the Admiral Callaghan Lane Safeway Shopping Center to make some copies to submit to the State Government. I dropped off the letter at the Admiral Callaghan Lane Post Office.

As I walked up the steps to deposit my letter in the Post Office's lobby, I noticed across the street what looked to be an AC Cobra Race Car on a trailer bed of a truck parked next to the Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. I needed to go to the grocery store, anyway. So, it was a serendipitous occasion! 🤗

I knocked on the pick-up truck's rolled-up passenger's side window. The driver cracked the window slightly open. I asked him what kind of race car it was that he was hauling. He didn't know. I asked for his permission to take pictures of the car. Here it is:

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A side logo says something about a

British Race Car Club. It's not a

Cobra but they're both

British in origin.

🇬🇧🏎️🇬🇧 

Now that we're on the subject of race cars, I think 🤔 that Team Singapore used this particular car to UTTERLY Dominate in the 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race, as it emphasizes Function over Form: 

This should've been what the highway patrol 🚓 used as their pursuit vehicles! Instead of the

Dodge Charger Hellcat!! This thing

could run circles around the

Hellcat All Day

Long!!!

👮🏻‍♂️

In its original form, it was powered by a

Chrysler 4 cylinder turbo engine! Just

imagine what it would be able to

accomplish with a bigger and

or better engine under

the hood❗😲❗

Team Hong Kong might have started using this race car, too! 😉 I don't mind at all. I impose no bans or restrictions--Other Than Safety--on whatever kind of hypersport race cars the competing countries put on the track! Also, electric cars are the exception: They're not designed for races that involve Durability, Distance & Quick Fuel-Ups; and are too heavy, which makes them deadly in a crash. 👎

Here's a 26 minute background on the Mosler Consulier GTP:

👉 https://youtu.be/1sCnvBuDRJ0?si=99TECas-Z9Ci4cfw

It was intentionally shaped for structural integrity, serving as a load-bearing surface in the absence of a traditional body chassis. 

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I decided that today would be the day that I test out my Saturn SC-1's new antenna's signal reception deep in the valley between Vallejo and Fairfield on the I-80 Freeway.  🙂 It works! It pulls in radio signals. That's the good news. 😐

The bad news owes to its short 13.5 inch ( 34.3 cm ) length and the spiral wound along its entire flexible length to increase its surface area. At 60 mph ( 96.6 kph ) and with a strong enough wind, it emits a low pitch staccato whistle sound caused by it being whipped about in the turbulence of the wind. And I Had Already Super Glued It Into Place So That I Couldn't Return It For An Exchange ❗🤦‍♂️❗At least the whipping noise gets drowned out by cranking up the volume of my car radio!  😕

Word of Advice: Don't buy a fender-mounted flexible short antenna with a spiral wound along its length! Buy a long skinny antenna, instead. Otherwise, wind turbulence pushing against it and deflecting against it from the windshield surface will only cause sound interference. I don't know if Lexus cars have such a problem with wind turbulence. 🤷‍♂️

When I got off the freeway, I didn't know that the right Left Turn Lane was closed off at the next light. I only found out about it when I got on the lane. I had to wait for someone to yield to me because everyone thought that I was cutting in line! But even if there was a road sign posted at the exit ramp, there was no way that I could have ever merged into the left Left Turn Lane because the line was a whole block in length! I don't know why any repair work or updates wasn't done late at night, instead ❗😠❗A pick-up 🛻 truck yielded to me; I waved him a "Thank you."

I was having the urge to empty my bladder by the time that I arrived at the theatre. And there was a long line of elderlies ( older than myself ) ahead of me at the Cash Only register! I asked the other cashier who didn't have a line if he could give me an exception and sell me a ticket even though his line was only for card purchases. He said that he couldn't accommodate me. After waiting for a few more minutes, I was able to get a ticket!  🎫 I headed for the men's room to empty my bladder and noticed that there were no longer any movie patrons at the box office counter❗🙄❗

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As youtube's World Famous Auto Mechanic Scotty Kilmer would say, "Rev up your engines❗❗❗" 

Here are today's 24-Hour Le Cine-Man's Race winners. Drumroll 🥁 please ....

Congratulations to Hong Kong for

winning in 1st place!

🎉🎆🏆🎊🎇

🇭🇰🥇🇭🇰

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Congratulations to Israel for

winning in 2nd place!

🇮🇱🥈🇮🇱

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And congratulations to the USA

for winning in 3rd place!

🇺🇲🥉🇺🇸

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Thanks to the countries that participated in today's 24-Hour Race to The Finish!  🏁  🛣️   🏎️

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GO BACK TO CHINA

Is it too soon to segue to this?  😏

I watched this movie very late tonight, Sunday, December 3rd, 2023, on my living room futon couch 🛋️ via my TUBI Streaming App, after I did my evening 🚶‍♂️ walk and had a light meal.

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Bad timing! They should have shown this

on the Big Screen after the lockdown

was over with. And people would

have been very, very happy

to go see this movie!

Yeah, I would've

gone to see

it then!

🥤🍿

🙂

I wasn't expecting her dad to have a Pinay ( Pilipina  ) maid! 😂 This is the 2nd Chinese movie that I've seen with a Pinay maid in it. It must be a common thing in rich Chinese homes. 

The half-siblings named Christian and Dior cracked me up, too. The names, I mean. Is there such a westernization trend going on in mainland China? But I do know about the western style houses and the preference for western cars ( I'd settle for a Japanese car, myself---Quality over prestige! ).

But I can totally understand why she hated going back to China, and not because she hates Chinese food and she misses avocados. Her dad is a womanizing prick like my dad was! And he seems domineering!

When Sasha complains that "... a monkey could do this job," and her dad responded with, "Then you can fit in!" it shows how strict he is with quality control. But he also reminds her that she cannot apply her Americanized standards in China. Yeah, I would have to agree with that.

It's interesting what Lulu says about her brother's illegality because of the "One Child" policy in place. I only heard about female infants being abandoned or infanticided by their poor parents who would never have been able to provide for their future marriage dowries. I've met a few American couples who have adopted Chinese girls. They're the lucky ones! I feel sad for those infants who were killed or left to die or eaten by wild forest animals because they were simply born female! It never crossed the parents' minds to give up their infant daughters for adoption?!?!?! 😡

The conversation between Sasha and Lulu at the hair salon reminded me of a YouTube video that I watched a few years ago wherein a beautiful Chinese girl, whose brother was sick and their poor family needed money to pay for his hospital bills, was in a train and in tears as she begged strangers for financial help. The English subtitle said that she was selling her virginity to pay for her brother's treatment. It was such a sad video for me to have to watch. I felt sorry for her. No matter the outcome, I hope that her brother is well and that she is married to someone who cares for her. 🙏

Her dad's responsible business mindset gives me a new perspective on him. Just as Sasha, herself, realizes it, too. But, being the movie that it is, there has to be some kind of conflict coming up. I'm just disappointed that it is about something so trivial as a fabric choice when no immediate explanation is given to Sasha about the reason for its discontinuance.

I liked the scene between Sasha and her sister, Carol, before she left China. And I liked the father-daughter conversation with Carol after that. It's a good Dramedy movie to go see! 

If you know YouTube's famous mechanic, Scotty Kilmer, who has "... been a mechanic for over 50 years"  ( it's his famous Spiel 😏 ), then you know what he has to say about "prestige" cars: They're designed not to last long❗After all, you can't look prestigious in an old car❗❗You have to get a new prestigious car every 2 or 3 years❗❗❗Scotty mostly likes Hondas and Toyotas 👌❗👍

TIDBITS:

I went to the Grocery Outlet Bargain Market on York & Marin Streets to buy a bottle of Hyaluronic Acid as I just ran out of it. I take it for my cells to hydrate them. They're out of stock on it; I guess because of the skin-drying Winter Season. I'll have to swing by the Neighborhood Wal-Mart on Monday evening or Wednesday evening and see if they have it. 

I went to Selecta Pilipino Buffet Restaurant for some lottery tickets and to eat lunch. I brought a jar of Black Garlic 🧄 with me, which I bought at the Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, to have with my meal. Have you tried it?

It's black inside after you peel

it. You can eat it raw. It is

sweet. You can't even

taste the garlic at

all. But there is

definitely a bit

of spice in

it.

I also bought a can of Teasdale Simply Especial Chickpeas flavored with Lemon & Beer. It's something new for me to try. I hope that its beer flavor is not Bud Light ❗😬

I'll have this for lunch & supper

tomorrow with eggs and

vegetables. 

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After my lunch, I walked on over to the nearby Dollar Tree Store to buy two 4-inch Paring Knives. I dropped one somewhere and couldn't find it. So, I need a replacement. It's my self-defense weapon of choice against pitbulls❗ For a Chinese made knife, this paring knife is thick and sturdy❗❗ And you don't want a knife breaking in half when you need it to defend your life with❗❗❗

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Unlike the 5-inch Utility knife that I used to defend myself against those 2 pitbulls! Both knives are made by the same manufacturer. But, for some reason, the 5-inch one is only about half as thick as the 4-inch Paring Knife model ❗And the 5-inch one got bent near the tip and its very tip broke off and got lodged in the dog's neckbone.

This is the knife that I used to kill one

pitbull. That's 3 inches of blood

stain that you see on the

blade. You can even

see that the tip

is bent.

The red circle is the hole in the

gate that the pitbulls crawled

out of to come and attack

me. Lucky for me, my

guardian angel was

there to protect

me from the

pitbulls!

Read my blog on the TROLLS

movie to know more about

the unprovoked attack. 

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As I prepared a pre-viewing draft and wrote down some notes for this blog, I checked my blogsite's tracker and noted the result for this Sunday afternoon:

Guten Tag!

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