Sunday, November 07, 2004

Ian's trip in the big city

So this is abit of a long story, but it starts (accually it starts when i slept in then got up showered and stayed in my housecoat for a while then got dressed and ate something) when i do one of the stupidest/annoyingists sounding things to do: I took public transit to West Edmonton Mall (that has christmas decorations up so i guess it officially christmas season) to go to Old Navy on Saturday afternoon to shop for jeans. Now tell me, does that found like fun? Well it all started out by me missing the first bus by 2 blocks (gotta love public transit). So the i decided, to go to the wee book inn to kill 15 mins. anyway while i was there i picked up on of the pretty new Clive Cussler book White Death, and a old John Grisham that i have never read or really even remember seeing anywhere, The Chamber. After the wee book inn i walked a block or so to the bus stop and wait several minutes then hoped on the 4. When i got to WEM i first went to Coles and found a cheap book Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option (which i came back and bought). So i wondered around the mall for a while looked at some stuff, then i was walin by HMV and saw something interesting. There was a 96X thing going one, it was Chip and Kim, the winners of The Amazing Race 5. ya so i saw them in person. then i stoped at Orange Julius and tried something new (i usually only get the strawberry banana smoothy), a triple berry smoothy. It was good. After that i believe i bought a bunch of pairs of jeans the i had time to kill to i wondered into International Stereo to look at their massive TVs. You would think that since they have movies playing on those big tvs, it would be free to watch. well it is but it isnt. during the maybe 15 mins i was in there, on guy tryed to sell me 8000 dollars worth of tv and speakers for like 4000, or only 100 a month (prob for like 67 years). i declined. then some other guy was trying to sell me stuff. Also declined. so i finally left and went to a place that i heard was excelent and it was very much so. OPA! that is one good fastish food place. Eating there pita bread is like eating a cloud. My only slight beef, in the process of loading up the plate, they really mix up the food, and im sorry but rice and ceasar salad shouldnt mix. but all the food was great. i had a #2 with pork (slovlaki platter with ceasar salad). mmmmm. so after OPA! i went to the and bought a ticket for Collatoral. then i went to the concession stand and picked up some sour skittles. $3.64. my movie only cost $3.50. I spent more on skittles than a movie, or a ride to WEM and back home. that makes sence, only not. So i get in the theater and there is about 20 people in there total by the time the movie starts (which was 5 mins after posted time). then there are i think 3 or 4 commercials, and NO PREVIEWS! i like previews and find commercials really annoying. I enjoy watching previews of movies ive seen and not liked. Then the movie started and it was pretty good
---SPOILER AHEAD, BE WARNER---
2 confusing parts in the movie, 1) from what i remember the first time Tom Cruise's name of Vincent from waht i observed first was spoken when max introduced Vince to his mom. but later in the movie the cops are like Vincent is the bad killer i dont remember vincent accually saying his name is vincent. 2) at the end when vincent is dead, they walk away and you ge the feeling that they are gonna live happily ever after, but arnt the cops after max for murdering 3 or 4 people and attacking the cop after he crashed? so wouldnt he be arrested and stuff? anyway this is just filler so that people wanting to avoid the spoiler can do so much easier. think this is enough filler yet?
END OF SPOILER MATERIAL
Every time i see Tom Cruise in a movie, there is just something about him that makes me think a bunch of gun weilding people are gonna jump out and attack him. another interesting thing about the movie is that it must have been hard to make sure that TC had the same amount of stubble throughout the movie. Ya after the movie i caught the bus home and now im watchin Back to the Future and then the SNL after the US election, this could be good, im not even sure who is on. But back to the bus, there was this one guy that i thouhgt was maybe on the bus i took to WEM, but im really not sure, if it was it was kinda creepy. but anyway ive wasted enough of your time, but new Simpsons on Sunday at 9, and Halo 2 on tuesday. enjoy,
Ian

3 Comments:

At 5:54 PM , Blogger Jeanine said...

If I'm nice to you, can I borrow your Clive Cussler over Xmas? also... I completely agree about Tom Cruise. He always has that look on his face that makes you think something bad is about to happen. It adds to the suspense. Maybe it's because if there's a movie he doesn't act that isn't suspense, I haven't seen it. Anyways, I should stop my ongoing procrastination and get back to studying. Also, check out extremely boring DC post on Artichokes. Soon I will make a good one worthy of a comment, I promise. And I acually did enjoy your long drawn out story. Take care

 
At 9:41 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Homer, Much better colors, I don't feel like I'm being blinded!!!:P Dude

 
At 11:25 PM , Blogger DougvanDutch said...

Gotta love it when you Skittles price could feed a family in Cambodia for a month...Good Deal
-Doug

 

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