Playing "Hookey"

My wife and I went to see an afternoon movie yesterday.  In some mild fashion, I was "playing hookey" to a degree.  My normal work pattern on Tuesday afternoons is to do a whole helluva lot of computer work for my classes, and to also try to fit in some time with my creatures as well.  But, as I was reasonably caught up on most things and I could shift my needed work to later in the day.... that is what I did.  

Our region has lately become a veritable desert regarding interesting films.  Damn near all the films that are playing at the nearby cineplexes are mostly horror films, comic book films, or anime.  It is rather discouraging.  So, when an actual film that was about people, and was also devoid of CGI nonsense..... it captured our interest.  The film was NOT an Oscar contender with deep philosophical insights.... but beggars cannot be choosers.... and it met the criteria of NOT being a horror film, NOT being a comic book film, NOT being a chaotic CGI-riddled fantasy film, and it WAS about semi-realistic people.  We went to see a film called "Roofman" which was what could be called a "docu-drama".  It was about a true life story (fictionalized with actors) of a fellow who at a psychological level had some form of an impulse control disorder.... but it was never specified as such.... only that he did some actions out of desperation that typically folks would not do.  But, conversely he was also very smart, and hyper aware of his environment, and could easily problem-solve various situations quite readily.  

Basically the story was about how he lost his wife and family due to his impulse control challenges (he could not keep a traditional job, yet he would constantly want to be overspending) and his way to "fix" the situation was to begin to "kindly" and "carefully" without hurting people..... rob fast food restaurants by stealthily cutting holes in their roof, and hiding out inside until an early crew arrived in the morning on the day the profits of the restaurant were to be taken out of the mechanized safe to be shipped to the bank.  He eventually was caught (not from his method, but from his act of kindness to one of the early crew members on one robbery).  He was sentenced to a very long prison term, but with his powers of observation, devised a way to escape, and started a similar situation as with the fast food resturaunts.... but this time he lived in a "Toys-R-Us" for what turned out to be several months, to avoid detection before he could devise a way to escape to an unidentified country that would not extradite him back to the U.S.  

The above is as much of a synopsis as I can briefly give, and I do not give away the ending of the story either, in case you decide to see this film.  

The film was quite interesting from a psychological perspective, and was also interesting as an emotional drama.  I am glad my wife and I were able to do this.  We had not caught an afternoon movie like this in a few years now.  It always feels rather fun to be able to "steal away" with each other for an unexpected,  kind of "bonus date" with her.  

After the film, I went back to the U and worked on the things I would have otherwise done in the early afternoon.... before heading home for the evening.  

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I have ran my 10 miles each day OUTSIDE this week so far, and it has been nice.  Temperatures in the early morning were a relatively "balmy" 45-48 degrees F (~7-9 degrees C) each morning so I could run in shorts and a sweatshirt and gloves with relative comfort.  Outside, weather permitting, is always more enjoyable than hamster loops.  

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Even though I am not overly fond of my "gizmo" phone.... I have unfortunately/fortunately (a somewhat double-edged sword) found it fun and enjoyable to have bookmarked in my phone's web browser a few different well stocked pipe stores where they have absolutely beautiful images of the various pipes they are selling.  When I have a few moments waiting in line, or having to wait for someone, I find myself scrolling through the beautiful images.  I have resisted becoming overly enamored with my damn phone, but now I sadly/happily (double edged sword again) reach for it often just to look at the beautiful images.  I am mildly frustrated at myself for falling into this rabbit hole of sorts... and I may have to eventually take some sort of action to try to curtail it.  But, right now I am enjoying the scrolling through pipe images.

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 This evening is TACO WEDNESDAY!!!!  I am already eagerly awaiting making the beyond large sized taco salad that is bigger than my head, my two overstuffed burritos, and my two piled high tostadas!  A veritable feast!

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