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Ice Age 3 Poster

I saw the movie Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs today. Compared to the list of bad movies I saw this year, this one was the most enjoyable after Megan Fox 2. This was a good movie, an entertaining movie. Not the greatest movie and not expected to be. I finally got to see a decent movie. After paying for so many dumb movies this year, I got to see a movie that was good and it was FREE. That is right, a simple complaint to the manager made the movie free. And yes the complaint was valid and legit.

After the movie I dropped in a Brookstone store to get my massage. That’s right I go into Brookstone and Sharper Image when they were still in business and get a massage. One day I will buy one of those massage chairs but until then since I haven’t decided which one I like and they keep making them better, I can’t buy it yet. It’s not the price that is holding me back! Don’t you hate when someone is sitting on the massage chair and won’t leave?

Volleyball Diger

Luckily this time there were 2 chairs with just one in use by a young cute girl. I soon find out she had the better massage chair, but that is fine, can’t always have it all. I had a nice conversation with her while we both sat our asses down and refused to leave. Even her mother came by and asked if we were ever going to leave the chairs. Poor girl had some metal bracket or brace around her leg from the knee down that had a cover on it. The cover it seems was not just to hide the metal structure but also her scars. I was able to see one scar above this brace. I thought she was in some car accident. NOPE it was from volleyball. YES VOLLEYBALL. I never knew you can get so hurt in volleyball. She explained to me she joined a volleyball team and was playing a “digger” and explained what that is. She dove for a hit and I have no idea how twisted up her leg.

So as you can see, conversations with strangers can not only pass time but also be informative. So I got a free movie, a little massage and a nice chat with this cute girl. I thanked her for the chat and wished her well at which she was all blushing and smiling.

Today I spoke with a cashier at the food stand at the muvico movie theater. It was mostly ordering, but I asked her name because her tag was flipped. And I tried to convince her to give me her name tag with the movie theater name on it and all. We went back and forth, she said she was sorry she really can’t. I told her you work there, you can get another. She tells me well I have two! And I tell her there you go and she continues she really can’t. I tell her she can’t say no to me, she says I know cause you are a customer, and I tell her no cause I am good looking. She laughs.

I don’t know what it was about her, but she was an interesting girl. After the movie, she smiled, still refused to give me the tag, and asked me how the movie was. I simply said it was good. I don’t know why it wasn’t taken further than that. Clearly there was flirting from both of us, but I didn’t take the next step. I don’t know, she could of made a good friend at least. And maybe got free movie tickets! I need to push things. Create an opportunity out of every situation. I can’t wait for things to happen, I must make things happen.

This reminds me of the time I tried convincing a hijabi girl that worked at finish line to give me a finish line shirt. I had gotten chinese food at the Boynton Beach mall and sat down to eat. Moments later a girl walks by my table, squeezes herself between my table and the next almost as if she was trying to get my attention. I think it worked. I soon noticed it was the hijabi girl from finish line I had seen before. She had a plate of the same food as me.

I finished up my food and decided to talk to her. She was just one table behind two girls sitting next to me. I said hey to her and asked how I can get the shirt she has on as she looked up at me. It was a nice navy blue shirt with the finish line logo on it. Pretty simple really but I liked it. She responds you have to work there. So I tell her she has to get me one. She says she can’t. So I just throw out a “Are you stalking me?” at her. She looks confused and/or maybe embarrassed. I tell her you got the same food as me and I went back to the shirt. I say just get me a large one. She laughs and says I should ask them at the store. I tell her I am asking YOU. She at some point tells me she can’t understand why I even want the shirt. I tell her I like it and she responds that she works there (at finish line) and doesn’t like wearing it. Go figure.

Monday’s suck. We need to make weekends three days long. Two day weekends are too short. I want to sleep, I am tired and today is gym day.

So Monday, electric power flashed 3 times this morning. Short, quick off/on after I left my computer for the bathroom. I have a battery backup so things normally go just fine. This time however the internet was not working. There was some dns issue. I don’t need to get in all the technical details of it all. I called Comcast and spoke with one of the techs. She was nice and we went through the usual comcast crap. Reset modem. Restart Computer. Connect direct to PC rather than thru router. Nothing, we didn’t get anywhere. She concluded there was a hardware issue on my end. She was actually smart and knew what she was talking about unlike most of the techs I get with comcast. So she said this is when they would refer you to the manufacturer, that is the problem is on my end with my computer and I would contact the manufacturer of the pc. I built my PC, there is no dell to call!

This was all fine, I can investigate the issue further on my end, knowing now that she was able to remotely reset my modem, I knew there was no issue with the communication lines. I just did not want her to go yet.

Me: So you just going to just leave me now?

Rep: (laughing) Well this is when we just refer to the manufacturer…

Me: (I cut her off) Oh stick around, you got a nice voice.

Rep: (laughing again) Thanks. Alright I can stay.

Me: Aleast stay until my PC reboots and we see if it fixes. I got vista on this machine so it will take some time to startup again!

My vista machine really does take a long time to startup and she did stick around. She was nice, and we had our conversation while my machine rebooted. So yes I flirted a little with a comcast rep, she kept me entertained while my slow computer restarted. And she really did have a nice voice. Restarting didn’t fix it, and I ended up spending the next hour or so on it but I fixed it eventually. The power flashing must of messed something up. Resetting my router completely to manufacturer settings seemed to have done the trick. Was almost ready to buy a new router when I pin pointed the source of the problem to be the router, but a little more patience saved me some money.

Turned out she was right about the problem being on my end, shame she lives in Tennessee.