B's Encounter With The Homeless Guy At McDonalds
Hey all, I have a funny story(in a weird sort of B'ish way). The other day after being harassed by the old lady to pick her up some McNuggets after work to bring to her job I finally gave in and went their after work. While standing in line I was approached by a young man in a hood who told me he hadn't eaten in two days and asked if I could buy him something. I being my usual cheap self asked him what exactly he was looking for to eat, he responded by asking I purchase a Big Mac meal for him. I looked up at the menu and saw that this would cost me about $8 after tax and told the guy it was too much, but I would buy him a Mcdouble for $1 and a small fries for another $1, and that he could get a cup of water for free. With out much choice he said okay and I placed the order. After receiving the order I gave him his bag and he walked away without even a thank you. I did see him approach another customer and he seemed to be giving him the same story, the guy nodded so I assume he would buy him some food as well.
Later that same week I was driving down a major avenue and noticed a guy dressed up like the Statue of Liberty dancing around with a sign to come do our taxes with whoever he was advertising for. It had to be about twenty degrees out and this poor guy is dancing around like a fool with a sign no one is really reading at forty miles per hour. The point of these two stories is that no matter how much you may think your life or occupation may suck, look at these two guys and be very grateful.
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Ender's Game
On a much brighter note I decided to resign up with Audible.com, and used my credit of the month to get the audio book Ender's Game. I'm too lazy to actually read a good book, but in audio form I can listen to and from work every day as well as with my headphones at home. So far I'm about half way through this twelve hour audio book and I am really loving it.
The story takes place in a future, and focuses on a young boy named Andrew Wiggen, aka Ender Wiggen. He is the third child in the family, which is actually illegal in this time but due to his siblings talents and genetic superiority the parents were given permission to have a third. Ender is recruited into a school for gifted kids where they prepare them to be commanders and soldiers in a war against and alien race known as the buggers. As of the point in the story that I am up to there have been no encounters with this race. This book so far seems to focus on the training of young Ender who is only six years old at the beginning of the book, and the psychological stress he is put through by the leaders of a combat school in order to make him the best weapon possible.
I have been enjoying this book so much that I decided to look into what is next in the series, and was delighted to stumble upon the fact that they are making a movie based on the book, and it is scheduled to come out later this year. I am super excited and hope it is done well. I highly recommend this book to anyone in the sci-fi genre, and even if your lazy like me, get the audio version.
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Man With The Iron Fists
I came very close to buying this movie last week, but at a $15 price tag and mixed reviews on Amazon I decided to wait. The next day I went over my friends house and he asked if I wanted to watch a movie, I said okay what is it? He said "The Man With The Iron Fists", I laughed and said I came close to buying this the night before so sure pop it in.
Two hours later I was very glad I did not waste $15 on this very cheesy Kung Fu film. Don't get me wrong the action sequences were kind of cool, but everything else was just a joke. From a generic story line to badly cut editing this movie seemed kind of amateurish at best. Even some of the CG in the movie seemed like unfinished garbage, especially during the end credits where they show a bird flying and then it looks like a computer game as it crashes to the ground. Granted my friend got a copy that may not be exactly official, but I don't think it matters much.
If your looking for a good laugh and are really a die hard Kung Fu movie buff I say rent this one or wait for it to be on TV, everyone else don't bother.
