MIGRATION

I went to see this movie yesterday, Tuesday, December 26th, 2023, at the Century 14 Vallejo, in Vallejo, CA. The price of admission was $9.25! I brought a Jenny Craig Peanut Butter Bar & some unsalted Peanuts to have for lunch as I watched this show. I also had a bottle of Dasani Water. 

After being egged-on by his family, an overly protective papa Mallard 🦆 throws caution to the wind and takes everyone on a spontaneous adventure to the South, way down south! 

PG, 1h & 31m

Auditorium 13, B6

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This is a good movie to take your little brats to go see. There's a Minion featurette before this movie starts that the brats will also enjoy seeing!

My favorite scenes are the ones with the old Heron couple. 👍

And my favorite line is Chump's, "It's you with à L'Orange on top!"  😄

Since it's a kid's movie, I will go easy on the criticism, save for two. When the Sord went down the duck farm's bulkhead basement entrance, near the entrance are vines with green leaves on them. I don't know how they could be green if they're not getting any sunlight!  Also, what happened to the chef?  😕

TIDBITS:

I got up early to be at an automotive shop by 8:00 a.m. Because the "Service Engine Soon" light on my Saturn's dashboard came on since it had just passed the 60,000 miles ( 96,561 km ) distance travelled. But the shop took the Holidays off and won't reopen 'til January 3rd, 2024! I just went home to take a nap 😴 to make-up for not getting a good night's rest. 

Then, I took a walk 🚶‍♂️ around Lake Chabot. Interestingly enough, there are Actually 3 ( yes, THREE ) lakes here in Northern California with that name! And they're all within a distance of just 40 miles ( 64 km ) from each other❗😮 The other 2 are south of this one where I took a walk.

There are water birds here at the lake. Some of them migrated south for the Winter. But a bunch of them have called this lake "home." Damn Canadian invaders! Where are the US border Eagles 🦅 when we need them?

There are Canadian Geese here that are regular and there are those that are migratory. The migratory Canadian Geese come here by the dozens between late Summer and early Autumn. You can tell them apart from the "Green Card" holding Geese because the migratory Canadian Geese poop EVERYWHERE, especially on the foot paths ❗💩❗💩❗I have to be careful where I walk around here during this particular time of year so as not to step on Canadian Goose poop! 😠 And I have to stop reciting my 40-minute long prayer whenever I navigate this Poop Zone! Because it's sacrilegious to pray & look at poop at the same time---Despite what they say, there's no such thing as "Holy Shit" or "Ach Du Schiesse!" 😁

This is one of 10(?) resident Canadian Geese

with "Green Cards" who live here. It's about

to show me its green card. What makes

this goose distinctive is that its right

wing can't press flat against its

body; so, it has a good excuse

not to migrate further down

south. But I think that it has

violated its temporary

residency status!

It must love all of the socialist

"free stuff" that this sanctuary

city is giving it, courtesy of

US Citizen Taxpayers! 

There are Canadian Mallards & White Ducks here, too.

There are a few more in the surrounding

area. Most are migratory ones.

This Mallard was waddling up the boat ramp

and was just minding its own business. I

greeted it with a loud, Quack, quack.

But how was I supposed to know that it's a call

used only by FEMALE Mallards during the

Mating Season?!?!?! 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

The Mallard 🦆 glared at me and yelled, "Get

away from me, you Human Pervert! Go

'Choke a Chicken!"' 😜

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Here's where I was at on my Map App, dotted in blue:

The yellow stuff that you see on the lake's

surface is some kind of lake scum. I saw

the park employees scoop out this scum

just once in all of the years that I have

walked around here! It took two or

three dumpster trucks to remove

all of it. I don't know why all of

the scum only happens on

just half of the lake. But

it's the area where most

of the water birds hang

around in. The birds'

poop may be the

reason why.

And people are no longer allowed to swim

in the lake because of toxic algal bloom

build-up because the city cares more

for ILLEGALS than it does for the lake

that needs to be aerated and dredged

so as to prevent such a build-up from

taking place! As far back as in the '70s,

historical photos show people swimming in

the lake. But by the mid-80s swimming was

starting to get banned! 🚫 In the early 2000s,

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, across the lake,

stopped doing their water shows because of

Lake Chabot's water toxicity! We have the

city's wrong prioritization to thank for it! 🤬

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There are also Crows, Robins, Pigeons, Seagulls and Herons here ( and Hummingbirds, if you look hard enough ), too. Fortunately, I've never seen a Heron gulping down a duckling. And, a first time for me, I saw a Grey Heron! I think that it's the Heron from, The Boy And The Heron. It didn't like what I had to say about Miyazaki's anime movie and was planning to transport me to the World of The Dead to confuse me even further! 🙃

I saw a yt video once about a pair of Mallards waddling around in the Canadian snow. And a Lynx was stalking them. As it got within striking distance, it pounced on the pair. Strangely, the male Mallard flew towards the Lynx, sacrificing itself in the process❗ Chivalry is Dead; and it died along with that Mallard! 😕

While we're on the subject of ducks .... 

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When I checked back on the Baseball ⚾ & Soccer ⚽ Sports Field, I noticed that they had fixed the broken fence:

It was probably done earlier in the day.

And they put a new padlock on it.

We'll see how long it will last.

I went to CSAA to pay my annual membership fee. And some asshole employee pissed me off because he assumed that I was about to make a mess as I sorted out my stuff before exiting the building! He acted in a very condescending manner, assuming that I was going to leave trash behind!! I had to hold my tongue in check to keep from calling him out as the Prejudiced Racist that he is!!! I'm filing a complaint. 

When I finally got to the theatre's box office, I found out that they were not having a "Bargain Tuesday All Day" because a lot of patrons turned out to see movies❗ I had to pay regular price❗❗What a rip-off ❗❗❗

I should have gone to Fairfield, instead, since it's cheaper over there. But because of my car's service light coming on and because I wanted to show an employee here about the AQUAfinaMAN parody movie plot summary that I made for him, I decided to just spend the extra bucks here. 💸

And in my haste to get here, I forgot to bring my specially improvised pair of eyeglasses and my mini notebook to scribble notes in. I had to resort to using my car's travel log notebook--again!--to take notes with. 🙄

And as I've said it before, I wanted to 🥤🙂🍿 "popcorn" the Godzilla movie. I watched it after this Migration movie was over:

Auditorium 9, A6

I bought my ticket about 3 hours before this show

began. By the time that the movie started, it

was sold out! I like to think that my blog

on it helped it to sell more tickets! 😎

I bought a Medium Popcorn for $8.00!

A big Tub of Popcorn is cheaper at

the Regal Edwards Fairfield &

I-Max❗And just look at the

calorie content with and

without Butter. And

let's not forget the added Salt!

FYI: The difference between a Medium and

a Large Popcorn is about one cup of

popped corn---That's it❗The large

tub is designed to fool people into

thinking that they're getting a lot

more popcorn for their money.

But you only get your own

money's worth by getting

the Free refill, if you

don't OD on Salt,

First!  😵

I also used Snickers Shakers Chocolate

Seasoning blend on my popcorn. But

I used 2⅓ Tablespoons. A serving

is only 1 teaspoon ❗😧❗

And I ate some Dried Fruits along with the popcorn to counter the Sodium content of the popcorn. And I washed it all down with my Wyler's Light Island Punch Purple Berry Wave flavored Dasani bottled water. 

"Popcorning" the Godzilla movie made me catch the few nuances that I missed the 1st time around since I was too busy objectively scribbling notes down in the dark! 

I walked around the parking lot before I went home. 

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