I went to see this today, Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, here in Vallejo, CA, at the CENTURY 14 VALLEJO for the 3:50 p.m. 3-D show in auditorium 14, 5th row ( counting from the front ), 7th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $11.25. And I bought a medium size 30.0 oz Powerade Mountain Berry Blast for $4.50 at the concessions counter.
Quickie Review: A working-class man is drawn into the lavish lifestyle of his mysterious, rich next-door neighbor. But it is not at all by chance. As the mysterious neighbor needs something that only he can provide, a precious something. Soon, someone's obsession takes a tragic toll.
There were just a few people in the auditorium with me. So, I couldn't gauge their reaction to this movie.
I really was hoping for a different ending. And I don't want to say anything more about it because I just might spoil it for those of you who haven't yet read the novel and who really want to see this movie. Go see this if you like Love Story movies.
I liked the cottage.
I liked the yellow and the blue convertible cars.
And I liked the Invitation For Tea scene.
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I called my workplace to find out if there was a paycheque waiting for me. You see, I only got a partial vacation cheque. I had to seriously budget and prioritize my expenses these last two weeks just to get by. But I had to eventually dip into my checking account to get some money for my daily expenses. Finally, the paycheque arrived today--thank God for that!
I went to Goin' Postal in the Food Maxx Shopping Center on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood Streets here in Vallejo to buy some stamps ( $1.84 ) and to pick-up my mail.
Then, I went to Selecta Pilipino Buffet on Springs Road to have lunch and to buy some lottery tickets. I spent $17.58 for everything.
While I waited to pay for my lunch and to purchase lottery tickets, I got into a conversation with the man ahead in line of me. He said that there was a shooting last night just a few blocks away from where I live, on the corner of Tuolumne Street and Sereno Drive. Someone in a car got shot in the neck.
Vallejo man shot, in serious condition
Posted: 05/13/2013 09:43:14 PM PDT
Vallejo police examine the scene of a shooting Monday evening at the intersection of Sereno Drive and Tuolumne Street. (Mike Jory/Times-Herald)
The victim was inside a green Pontiac sedan when he was shot at the intersection, police said.
The shooter, or shooters, were in another car, but no descriptions were available as of press time.
The victim was taken to a hospital for his injuries.
Police blocked off Sereno Drive at the intersection where the car rested while they continued their investigation.
I actually happened by the crime scene last night at around 10:25 p.m. on my way home from the Empire Chinese Buffet on the corner of Redwood Street and Sonoma Boulevard. The Sereno/Tuolumne intersection was still cordoned-off because the CSI team was still conducting an investigation at that time of night. I had to make a detour to get home.
As I drove away from Selecta Pilipino Buffet to get some gas at the Chevron Gas Station across the street, I saw three police cars parked in front of the nearby Island Pacific Supermarket. A cop was putting a handcuffed suspect in the back of one of the patrol cars.
When I paid $5.00 for gas, the Chevron clerk asked incredulously, "Only $5.00 ...?" He was charging $4.16 per gallon for a Regular Unleaded--what amount did he expect me to shell-out? Heck, I'm still on a very tight budget!!!
( But I'm not really doing a good job of budgeting my money since I still frequent all-you-can-eat buffets even though my doctor told me to stop going to buffets last week. Wahhh [ sob, sniff ] ... what am I gonna eat? I've been going to buffets 3-5 times a week every week for the last 16 years! Does my doctor really think that I can just quit my buffet-addiction "cold-turkey", just like that? Well, he has got another "think" coming! )
And as I was pumping $5.00 worth of gas into my Hyundai Accent's gas tank, I witnessed an ambulance and three more patrol cars driving by, their sirens blaring. 'Busy 24-hour period for the Vallejo police.
On my way to the theatre, I swung by the CSAA to pay a monthly on my car insurance. Then, I went to use their restroom. I entered it and said to myself, Hey, this restroom looks different. Did they remodel it? What happened to the urinals. Then, I look in the area of the wall where I expected the paper towel dispenser to be at and I noticed a different kind of dispenser: A Tampon Dispenser! Opps!!! I went into the Ladies' Room by mistake. Lucky for me, nobody was in there or someone might have called the cops on a "peeping Tom" problem in the Ladies' Room! Ha, ha, ha.
I never read the book that this movie is based on. In my high school College Level English Preparatory ( CLEP ) class during my senior year, we read Scarlet Letter, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, 1984, Macbeth and Animal Farm.
( When the class took turns reading from the Animal Farm novel, they would laugh whenever the name of one of the pigs was mentioned, for it was my namesake. Ha, ha, ha. Very funny, indeed .... )
I was squirming in my seat after the first hour because my bladder was urgently trying to get me to empty it. But I stayed 'til after the Ending Credits. And it took me slightly over four ( 4 ) minutes to empty my bladder. Whew! Still, it's not my record. My long-standing record is 5 minutes and 20 seconds, if I remember correctly. ( Let's see any of you guys try to beat that! )
After the movie, I went to the MacDonald's Restaurant on 902 Admiral Callaghan Lane in the Target Shopping Center to have a large Lemonade and a couple packs of Apple Slices, all for $2.17. I also decided to write this blog here, using my Acer C7 Chromebook.
My Google Account has one app that I decided to try-out during my vacation. It's the Google Drive. For years, I've wanted to get back to writing manuscripts and screenplays. But, I didn't know anything about Microsoft Word. Luckily, when I checked-out Google Drive, I learned that it has page-formatting and automatic page-numbering---Sweet!
So ... guess what else I've been doing these last two weeks, huh? Yep, I am writing a children's novel--forget your preconceived notion about classic fairy tales. And I've already done five ( 5 ) chapters so far. I hope that it gets published because it is new, edgy and very funny. We'll see .... ( I'm crossing my fingers. )
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