Ticket to Ride

friday night, out of utter boredom my family decided to head out to the movies nd see whatever was playing. we decided on Shark's Tale. when we arrived 20 minutes before the movie started, we were the only ones in the theater lobby who wasnt employed by the theater. after several minutes f browsing the outrageously overpriced candy, 3 kids came in and hung out. we eventually decided to head to the actual theater where the movie was being shown. we were the first ones in there. it was kinda weird having the whole place to ourselves. finally, 6 minutes before the scheduled start of the movie, 2 girls came in, followed by a family of 4 a couple minutes later. a few more small groups came in, but there was no more than 2 dozen people in that theater during the course of that movie. if im not mistaken, Sharks Tale opened on friday.... WHERE THE HELL WAS EVERYONE?!? it was kind of scary, like perhaps the town of Novato knew something we didnt, and we were in for some sort of catastophic event that those who were forewarned had already taken precautions to avoid. like say, a movie. lol, i made a funny. the movie wasnt too bad. in fact, it wasnt bad at all. admitidly it had a few similarities, other than the setting, to the little known Pixar production Finding Nemo. like, say, a shark who refuses to eat fish, voiced by Jack Black. i wasnt a big fan of the whole "urban spin" on it, but thats just me. anyways, it was an ok movie. nothing id rush out to buy on DVD.

after the movie we drove to a large parking lot which is used for "park and ride" commuters during the week, and doubles as a make-shift used car lot on weekends. there we saw a few viable cars to replace our ailing van. a 96 VW Jetta VR6 and a 95 Acura Integra 4 door, priced 5500 and 5900 respectively. i was leaning towards the Honda built Acura given its lower mileage, sportier looks, efficiency, and reliability. today we pursued the Acura by calling the contact number. we talked to the guy who sells it (and countless other cars... he sells repos pretty much for a living) as it turns out, it was a repo, but clearly, the owner took very good care of it. it was extremely clean inside and out. so.. we decided to follow through with it. but it had to be first smogged. so we drove down to a smog shop he does business with, tested it and it passed with flying colors. we drove it home. all said and done, it was 6400 including tax, and all that other shit. oh, did i mention it is a 5 speed stick. fun fun.

[update] sounds like we are go, so far, for Incredibles on November 6. if anyone has issue with that date, now is the time to let me know. Rene says she will request the day off when it is finalyzed so.. the sooner the better. arash says he is free, and from the looks of it, Ken and Crystal are in. Ken, you are welcomed to bring Jerm if you so wish, and likewise, Crystal, you can bring Nathan if you want :P. am i missing anything? i dont think so... in that case, that is the plan as of now. [/update]