instead of doing inventory I am blogging cause I am a self proclaimed chronic procrastinator!! Actually I finished most of the inventory... and now 2 days later I POST!!
Yesterday I went to see Moonlight! It was a good movie but I had to do a whole lot of digesting because it was good for so many reasons, but I still have a few questions and I really do need someone to talk to about it. And I won't spoil it; there are enough trailers out there that you should have at least seen that, but I still was not prepared for the movie. What I will say is that less dialogue seems to be what Hollywood likes. At the end, when it flashed the name of the movie we all EVERYONE sat in their seat like 'huh... well OK'. Folks started to get up an leave but there were like 7 of us who still sat there after the credits were over. I was by myself but the 2 older white ladies to my right started to talk about what they thought it meant. Then there were the 4 people, 2 white guys, and Asian guy and white woman, who just sat there like UH... So go see it before it leaves the theaters, make of it what you will, and if you have something to say about it, call me!
The theater I went to was The Charles Theater in the city and it is in the middle of the block in the middle of a neighborhood and has some really interesting characters. I am standing behind what I thought was a homeless guy, and maybe he was, but he wanted a ticket to a show that didn't have a matinee showing and he was a lil pissed. The ticket chick explains that there was a misprint and apologizes and he eventually walks away. Then when he does, what he left was either spit or snot that started rolling down the window. I stood there like OH HELL NO... You need to open the other window because if any part of whatever touches me we gon have a problem!! The ticket chick sees it and it like OHHH... hold on a sec. She goes to get wipes or cleaner or something and I am standing there paralyzed. The popcorn chick then says (which is a different line) you can get your ticket here, which is what I do. I get into the theater and there is a smell... I try real hard to ignore it because I have paid my lil money and I want to see this movie. The crowd is a good mix of races, couples and singles. And then once we are good into the movie I drop my Pepsi bottle at a very silent part cause that's what I do LOL
And then I left and went to the Shoppers (grocery store) that is very much in the hood. The main sign that you in da hood is when there is a sign that says NO HACKS (that's a jitney for my Pittsburgh folks... and Uber for my everyone else LOL). I usually never shop without a cart but this way if I don't have one I can stick to what I came for, butter, chips, and fruit cups (cause I had a coupon) and get in and out. I end up getting a hand cart. I also got steak, eggs, and a sprite. I get in line behind a woman in one of those motorized chairs. She has a WHOLE basket full of food and I know this is the month of food and that she is using an Independence Card (that would be the good food stamps which I will need soon so no judgement on my part... although I always wondered WHY people who got food stamps shop like the store is not going to be there the next week? It's always SO MUCH FOOD (I digress)). I stay in this line because there is no self serve (I done already told you I'm in the hood) and even though William (the cashier) was a lil slow, this is the shortest line, so I deal. A lady with a reusable bag and a dollar gets in line behind me. I had a thought for 2 seconds to let her get in front of me, but William was not to swift and she was getting aggravated like it was MY fault he was moving slow. So then she goes around and tries to give the woman's nephew the dollar to pay for the bag but the woman was like NO GO OVER THERE (pointing to the customer service line) OR SOMETHING!! I chuckle like then she says My nephew knows I don't like stuff like that SHE GOTTA WAIT!! Then I chime in with Yeah cause we got a good flow here and she's messing it up!! William finally gets to me and I hand him one reusable bag. Why was he acting like he never saw a cloth bag? Dude this is your job. You do this ERR DAY!! Take my bag please! The stuff I have you only need one! He bags my food and then I'm fiddling with my bank card and he is insisting I take the receipt JUST THROW IT IN THE BAG!! I was watching you like a hawk so I know that everything is good.
It is December so I'm not sue why I'm shocked it's so cold, but it IS COLD! And... you know what I'll take cold to snow and ice any day!!
