saturday morning. well, afternoon technically, but i slept pretty late.

we did make it to zoolander last night, although my first comment is never ever go to a general cinemas theatre. 9 dollar tickets, and no student discount? that’s unacceptable. i’m certainly never going back there again. never ever.

as for the movie, well, it wasn’t really worth nine dollars. it would have been worth seeing for free a few weeks ago at the pre-screening, if that hadn’t been cancelled to remove world trade center shots from the film. as it stands, the fair price for that movie is probably somewhere between the two at maybe 5 or 6 dollars. it wasn’t a good movie. it was funny, and i laughed plenty here and there, so it was enjoyable. ben stiller is a funny guy. overall though there were a lot of things wrong with it, for example a plot line with his father that served no point and delivered almost no humor.

i guess you can’t win ’em all.

later i did some relaxin’ at the pad and strolled with a friend over to 7-11 and picked up a snickers ice cream bar. mmm, yummy. on the way in, there was a possibly-homeless, and if not at least very weird and crazy guy on the corner of the street we had to cross toward, and he was demonstrating some kung fu type punches for us apparently as we tried to take a wide path around him; i wanted a snack, but i wasn’t about to break out the fists of fury just to get 99 cents worth of empty calories. anyway, he mumbled something at us as we passed, and i turned and gave him what i called the “respectful-distance nod” to at least acknowledge the guy. i figure crazy people don’t want to think they’re being ignored, so just let them know you noticed them but don’t want to rumble. needless to say, on the way out, kung-fu master had crossed a different street and was at the gas station opposite. i remarked to my friend, no one messes with the respectful-distance nod.