Bunch o randoms

So the other night, I drive away from the gym. I realize my gas tank is heinously low and I'm probably barely running by on fumes. I roll into my favorite gas station, and out of sheer desperation and laziness (I'd just been to the gym after all!), I shelled out $2.45 for premium gasoline because ALL the regular gasoline pumps said "out of order" because they were getting a new shipment of regular at the time. I ended up paying $.12/gallon more than I should have, half out of my laziness, half out of the dumb luck I had managing to go to my fave gas station at this specific refueling moment. GAH!!

Harry Potter, boy wizard. Wizardy = popular in England, possibly in a more magical less technologically advanced time (i.e. you don't see Ron, Hermione, and Harry dancing about Hogwarts with their i-pods). However, in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I did notice that Harry is sporting different trendy track jackets in like five different scenes. This bothered me greatly. What up, media influence!? I'm sure J.K. Rowling will include Harry's wardrobe arsenal of track jackets in her next installment. Certainly that's what was in my mental picture when I read about the tri-wizard tournament...

Tonight, Hope and I went to Jazzbones for comedy night. No big thang. I ordered a Mirror Pond, and the waitress demanded I give her my ID or a credit card before she'd bring me my drink. I asked her how much it would cost, and she wouldn't tell me. I tried to give her cash and she wouldn't take it. Kept insisting that she needed my ID or a credit card. If I'm going to pay in cash, there's no way in hell I'm going to give a club my credit card. If I'm only going to order one drink and I know it, plus, I'm likely to leave my ID, why can't you just take my cash? The fact I even had to argue this with the waitress kinda made me question the integrity of the place. Weird.....

Two tidbits before I sign off for the night: 1. Jarhead was a good movie. I like Sam Mendes' work with American Beauty, so this film of his was good in many of the same respects: thoughtfully placed music, simple details, lots of in-your-face moments, and choice camera angles and backgrounds. The anti-war message was strong, poignant -- yet also clear on the sacrifice of soldiers who are dealin' with the shit in the world our government thinks is important, even if the rest of us aren't as willing. Good stuff. 2. Never know who you might run into. Saw a zoo co-worker at comedy night tonight. Random.