Tales from Speedway: Line cutting and Starship
In line at the Speedway. There's only one cashier, helping someone who wants the entire Speedy rewards system explained to her. A line forms behind me, so they open another register. Cashier says, "I can help whoever is next."
The dude behind me jumps out of line and races over there, leaving me stuck behind the dummy who needs a simple points system explained in painstaking detail. When finished, the line-cutter smugly traipses outside.
Larceny and Gratitude
In which a thief gives me the gift of five minutes without my usual misanthropy.
The Movie Fix: Pacific Rim
Piggybacking on my previous post, "The Jai Courtney Thing," I wanted to talk more about Pacific Rim. I loved the movie in spite of itself--and in spite of Charlie Hunnam. It's a very pretty movie, while being fun and dumb and loud. Yet in the quieter moments...
The Jai Courtney Thing
I finished watching Suicide Squad again. And by "watching," I mean I mostly just fast-forwarded to all ten minutes of the Joker's screen time because I'm one of those weirdos who didn't hate Leto's performance. But I did stop to watch that amazing battle scene where Deadshot gets up on a car and just starts blasting fools in the fucking face...