Photos of the week and practice

[fbhjr]

I know I normally separate the week’s photos and practice, but this time of year there really isn’t enough for each, so I combine them.

At work we had 10 hours of OSHA safety training. The guy teaching it sounded like the guy in the Simpson’s cartoon who is the perpetual thief. And, he spoke with a gap between each syllable. It was a bit surreal.



Wednesday evening I went off to visit my former coworkers for dinner. On the way I passed a sign I wasn’t sure was about the impending 250th anniversary of the American Revolution starting, or current politics.


Dinner was nice enough.






I was interested to see they were playing the original Planet of the Apes movie in the background.

One of my, much younger, former coworkers asked why I kept looking up at it.
"I remember I wanted to see it when it came out, but my sister wouldn’t take me," I said. "I was quite mad about that."
"But, this came out 50 years ago…"
"57 actually."
"You’re not that old."
"I’m 61."
"You wanted to see this movie when you were 4?"
"I saw the movie posters when I went to see 2001 A Space Odyssey, and it looked cool. I liked Star Trek a lot and thought I’d like this."
Then it turned into a conversation about how they had never seen any incarnation of Star Trek.
Kids these days…

I’m not sure about the supermarket selling stuffed Jesus dolls during lent. Or, an other time of the year really.


I haven’t seen such clear lenticular clouds since Antarctica. Guess it was wind here in Massachusetts this week.


I spent a lot of time this week working on our vacation plan for July.


This morning my wife and I went to Ihop for breakfast. I was surprised some people bring Tupperware with them.


There weren’t many folks at practice today. But, we worked on the normal stuff.















On the way home we noticed there was a new "Orson the Polar Bear" on the roof of the Polar Soda building.


We stopped at the whole foods near us for dinner stuff. I had to use the bathroom, which means going up to the second floor.

Comments

[fbhjr]

I thought I posted this last night.
And did on LJ. Strange it did not show up here…

[palusbuteo]

I remember going to see the 2001 remake in the theater with my folks, and generally liked it.

At the time, I was irritated with Lisa Marie's character, but I think that was the point of the character, although I wasn't much of a fan of
the actress, either. She was host of a SciFi Channel Shorts show and I found her annoying there too. I vaguely remember she tried to make the claim she spent a lot of time trying to work with the mouth prosthetics so that she didn't sound like her mouth was full of marbles. I didn't think she was particular successful but then again it's been, well, 20 years probably since I've seen the remake.

I've seen several sections of the original movie, but don't think I've watched it end to end.
I'm sure I've seen parts of the myriad of sequels but none that are notable.
The modern sequels/prequels I think I've seen maybe one of them, but the overabundance of MoCap, despite Andy Sirkis, just didn't do it for me.

The "Dr. Zaius" bit on The Simpsons is perhaps my favorite homage to it.


I think some of the old-school movie posters had a lot going for them. Star Wars and Indiana Jones I think were among the pinnacle of traditional hand-made poster art. (some of them made for VHS release though....yikes)

[taz_39]

Tupperware is a good idea. Better than styrofoam containers, and if you know you're not gonna eat 1,000 calories in one sitting you can make your own doggie bag. Honestly I need to remember to bring a tupperware when I eat out on tour.

[threemeninaboat]

In the '80s one of my lesbian clown aunts (they are actual clowns) had these huge 80's poofy sleeves. One sleeve had tissues and the other had ziplock baggies. She's baggie the leftovers and stick them back up her sleeves.
This is exactly what I am talking about.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1830074571/vintage-80s-multi-colored-pleated-cowl?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=80s+puff+sleeve&ref=sr_gallery-2-25&sts=1&loc=1&local_signal_search=1&content_source=19daa8b4d603b6ec6f5aa42259b7e1d189a379ca%253A1830074571&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=19daa8b4d603b6ec6f5aa42259b7e1d189a379ca%3A1830074571

[taz_39]

Hah!! Perfect :D

[fbhjr]

My aunt had the bags, but would drop them into her open purse on the floor to go.
No table bread was safe.

[ravena_kade]

I saw Planet of The Apes with my folks at the Drive in. We loved them, but were too young to get some of civil rights implications in the later movies.