I went to Chucky Cheese for the first time this past Sat. I also partially shut my hand in a car door the same day. Coincidence? I think not.
"The Cheese" pretty much represents all that is wrong with this world. And the kids love it! Of course. Crappy food and moderately interesting games full of bright colors and flashing bits can be found here. Not to mention "prizes" that make the winnings at the county fairs of my youth seem like treasures of untold wealth. Seriously, I kept looking for a mirror with a Def Leppard logo all over it.
None the less, the kids were occupied for a couple of hours while the adults talked over the din of the surrounding birthday parties and emotionally disturbing show performed by those creepy robot things. More frightening was the video that played featuring some birdlike creature in a mini skirt and go-go boots performing "I Want You To Want Me" with her human band. Shhhhudderrrrrrrr.
The past week has been pretty quiet. One of my peeps was on vacation so it was just two of us in receiving land. That's partially why I haven't blogged in awhile. I was freakin' tired when I got home each night...dammitt. And it's hard enough to try and spout out witty banter when I'm alert. When I'm sleepy it's almost a lost cause.
Couple of quick things:
Saw two cool ass trailers. I got to see my second trailer for The Simpsons movie and it was damn funny. The show has been a bit hit and miss, but I'm thinking the movie will be right on. Also, saw a seriously cool trailer for Day Watch on comingsoon.net. It's the second in a trilogy of Russian films based on a series of novels. Night Watch is one of my favorite movies so I've been waiting for a year or so now to get some sort of peek at it's sequel. I'm sure it won't come around here, but atleast once it's out I can begin the countdown until it's on DVD.
This morning in our pre-opening meeting one of our managers was talking about the new book that Bono from U2 has out. The manager pronounced his name Bo-no like Sonny Bono instead of Bon-o. Rock. Along those same lines, our truck drive pronounced the word algorithm as alpha-rhythm.
Also, heard that our fearless leader once told another manager (who has kids) that having a child is an act of selfishness. Apparently he said the parents choose to have a child, but the child doesn't choose to be born. Such a statement revels in the same sort of logic that guides the comedy stylings of a 5 year old. I told one of our co-workers I'd pay her if she'd just walk up to him and say "Adoption!" then walk away without explaining anything. I can't decide if he's just a goober who has some baggage involving his folks or if he struggles to grasp certain concepts and was confusing "selfish" with "irresponsible." Who can tell? Wonder what his girlfriend who has two kids of her own would say if he uttered this philosophy to her?
My NCAA men's basketball brackets have held up pretty well. I've only been seriously screwed over by one team. I was 28-5 for the play-in/first round and 9-7 for the second round. I've got Kansas and North Carolina playing in the final with NC winning it all. It was hard for me to go that route being a Duke fan, but I have to admit NC has a crap load of talent and I think they can beat KS. Guess we'll see. Watch it'll end up being Butler that wins everything (note to Jackie--see, I told you Butler was a good team to root for this year!)
Sorry I was behind in adding to the blog. I'll be on vacation next week so I'll try and do a better job keeping up.
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