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©2005 Jason Cross
All Rights Reserved
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 Sunday, June 16, 2002 |
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Ahh...chinese food... You gotta love it. So much variety, whether it's sweet and sour chicken, sweet and sour pork, sesame chicken - ok, so that doesn't seem like that much variety, but trust me, there's more. Of course there are those who CLAIM to not like Chinese, but I tend to think they just haven't tried the right thing. It's too broad a food selection to just hate it all.
And the best thing about chinese food? That little bit of a wisdom you get at the end of the meal called...The Fortune Cookie.
I've gotten some pretty odd ones over the years, so I have decided to log my fortune cookie fortunes right here. After all this is my site, so I can do what I want! ;)
We will not know the worth of water
'til the well is dry.
Hy-Vee Chinese Express, Indianola 5/10/02 |
Umm...yeah.
You have a natural grace
and great consideration for others.
Yee Ho Garden, Des Moines 5/19/02 |
Well sure, but is it REALLY a fortune per se?
Honesty and integrity are just some
of your best attributes.
5/16/02 |
Note the "just some" bit...
Bad habits are hard to break.
Especially if you like them.
Hy-Vee Chinese Express, Indianola
4/22/02 |
True...true... |
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I confess to my five readers: I saw Scooby Doo this weekend.
What did I think? Hmm...
Not great, not even good at times, but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. And it's one of those movies that as I think back at it, I actually like better than I did at the time watching it.
There were basically two routes they could have taken in its creation: make the movie for all of the people who grew up watching Scooby Doo or make the movie for the kids right now growing up watching Scooby Doo. They chose the latter.
The best parts of the movie were the beginning, when they were solving the equivalent of a classic caper, guest celebrity and all. Also great was (much to my great great surprise) Matthew Lillard as Shaggy. Oh my god, did I just praise Matthew Lillard. Here come the Four Horseman now... But seriously, and I'm sure you've heard it in every other Scooby review out there, Lillard played the perfect Shaggy.
Not so great: some mediocre acting by the rest of the cast, a plot that just didn't quite jive with that classic Scooby sensibility, and playing too much to the kids. Oh yeah, and this way too long gas and burp sequence in the middle of the film between Shaggy and Scooby that was really unnecessary.
One last bit to leave you with: that awful "Your name means Scooby poop!" line delivered by Velma in the preview that makes you really not want to see the movie - it isn't even in the movie. On the cutting room floor it lies, to find its fitting end forgotten in the sands of time... |
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This has been a weekend of pseudosports for yours truly. On Friday Ian and I went to play a round of mini-golf at the White Water U Miniature Golf Course. Des Moines isn't known for having the most exciting mini-golf courses, but this is probably the best in town that I've seen. Nothing fancy like in the movies, where there are crazy spinning windmills, Egyptian sphinxes, LA earthquake recreations, etc, but for a course with basically lots of little hills and obstacles, not all that bad either.
They also had go-karts, which I've had a hankerin' to drive lately, but it was not to be. Oh well, I drive my car kind of like a go-kart anyway...
Last night I went bowling, which for the purposes of continuity in this entry I am also referring to as a pseudosport, though the avid bowlers out there might disagree. Is bowling in the Olympics? Hmm, I can see it now, the worlds best bowlers, coming together to compete, beer bellies and all...
And today I went for a bit of a bike ride, though because Ian's bke wouldn't stay in gear, it ended prematurely. One of these days, though, we will take the trail all the way to Carlisle! Dad gave me his old bike today, which is quite a bit better than mine, as Dad has a penchant for buying really good things when he sets out to buy something. He rode the bike 110 miles one day on RAGBRAI, so I'm guessing it should be no problem for using on the trail, plus it has a seat that can be high enough to suit my long legs without falling off the base, unlike my current bike.
Whatta guy, it's Father's Day, and he gave me a bike! :) |
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