We picked up another bird feeder from Walmart today. I wanted something different from the gazebo seed feeder we already own. It is amazing how quickly these birds are going through the food. The past two days I’ve had to fill the older feeder twice. They go through the entire 2.25 lbs. in one day! Hungry little buggers. I love watching them, though. When we get a house I plan on having several feeders in the backyard, as well as a birdbath. We’ll also have a garden designed to attract butterflies. It will be a regular wildlife reserve. I love nature.
Month: May 2003
Finding Nemo
We went to see the first showing of Finding Nemo at 10:45 am. Damn, I wish they had early showings like that for the adult films! Surprisingly, considering the theater was full of children, it was relatively quiet. And the kids that did get cranky and started crying were taken out of the theater by their parents. Isn’t that ironic, that they’d remove them from a children’s movie, but not an adult film?
Anyway, the movie was good. I enjoyed it a lot, and will definitely be getting it on dvd when it becomes available. Despite Evan’s assumption that there would be outtakes, there weren’t. I was surprised, considering Monsters Inc. and Toy Story had them. Didn’t A Bugs Life too? I can’t recall. We stayed through the credits just in case, and caught a few cute things they threw in there, but no outtakes. Despite them being planned and not true outtakes, I find them entertaining nonetheless and was disappointed that there weren’t any. Oh, and the short film prior to the movie was cute as well. Go see it right now!
I wish you’d just sit down
It’s really not good for one’s mood to start the day infuriated, which is what I am right now. This marks the second day this week where I’ve been forced to get up a half hour earlier than I’d like to thanks to the upstairs neighbors.
When I mentioned in passing to a woman in our management office that the floorboards above us, particularly in the bedroom, seemed to creak abnormally loud, she said she’d put in a maintenance request. As it was explained to me, over time the floorboards got loose, and they could tighten them to prevent so much noise. That was two weeks ago, and I didn’t notice any difference. So the other day I submitted a maintenance request of my own.
The maintenance man left me a message saying he’d look into it for me. He explained that they usually don’t tighten the floorboards until a resident moves out. Lot of good that does me, considering the fact that in a prior conversation, he said that our upstairs neighbors had lived there for several years. In his message he said he’d see how receptive they were to moving their furniture out of the way so they could do the work. Somehow I doubt they will be. Personally, I don’t think they should have a choice in the matter. I pay just as much rent (probably more) than they do, and I have the right to get a decent night’s rest.
Plus they walk around excessively. I’m not joking. One night Joe and I laid in bed and listened as they walked back and forth for no less than two hours straight. WTF? How does someone walk from their kitchen/living room to their bedroom again and again and again in a 800 square apartment for two hours? I just don’t get it. And you’d think the woman weighed 500 lbs. from the type of noise she makes, when in fact she could weigh no more than 110 lbs. (I’ve seen her). I think she walks heel first or something.
I’m going to ask my manager today if I can move my shift to start (and subsequently leave) a half hour earlier. If I’m going to be getting up at 6 am anyway, I might as well benefit from it in some way. I really can’t wait to get a house.
911 Emergency
I forgot to mention that about an hour away from St. Louis on our way home Sunday morning, an ambulance got on the highway. The lights were flashing, but there were no sirens on. We took advantage of that opportunity and followed it (not too closely, of course) for about an hour until it got off in St. Louis. We made such good time because everyone (with the exception of a handleful of people) cleared the way as soon as they saw the ambulance approaching. It was rather funny, as we both needed to pee pretty bad, but didn’t want to give up such a perfect opportunity. As soon as the ambulance got off the highway, we got off at the next exit to get some “relief”. Heehee.
I can’t help but wonder what the emergency was, though. If it was life threatening, I’d imagine they would have used a helicopter. But it had to be somewhat pressing as they were going approximately 85 mph the entire one hour drive into St. Louis and would turn on the sirens whenever someone wouldn’t move over fast enough.
Things that make you go hmmmm.
Bruce Almighty
We went to see Bruce Almighty today. Someone wrote that if you liked Liar Liar (which ironically enough, we watched on cable this weekend), you would like this movie, and the more I think about it, I believe that was a fair assessment. Although I must say I liked this movie the most out of Jim Carrey’s portfolio. It was entertaining from start to finish with many laugh out loud scenes. Jennifer Aniston was fantastic as always, as was Morgan Freeman. God (*wink*), I really love him as an actor! I could see myself owning this flick when it comes out on dvd.