worst. officiated. game. ever.

now i know how penn state fans feel.

at the movies

things i learned last night:

1. it is quite possible to sneak even large containers of food into a movie theatre if you have a heavy jacket.

2. movie theatres don't really check to see if you're in the right theatre. with this knowledge, one can watch a second movie upon the conclusion of the first movie. not that i would ever advocate such a thing, but i'm just saying...

i saw king kong last night and thought it was jaw dropping and over the top. the whole movie was a bit too long and even some of the fight scenes were a bit long-winded, but overall, it was a worthwhile experience. a must see, if only for the cool CG effects.

a miserable failure

oh, how quickly we must eat our words... i say "we/our" in an attempt to make myself feel better, but the more proper word would probably be "i/my".

this morning, i was at the cafeteria again, but this time i was buying breakfast. i had decided on today's special, which was biscuits with gravy and scrambled eggs. when i ordered the special, the cook said "we don't have any eggs... but i can give you the biscuits and gravy." i must have had a forlorn look on my face because he then asked me if i wanted some sausage instead. when i nodded he said "okay, let's hide these underneath your biscuits. that's how we'll trick them."

who was i to disagree? i'm all for tricking "them" if it involves me getting some free food. so there goes my supposed "moral fibre", but hey--i got some sausage patties out of it.

a proof of moral fibre.

today while in the cafeteria paying for my food, something interesting happened to me. as i walked up to the cash register, i grabbed a rice krispy treat from the impulse buy section next to the cash register. however, when the cashier was ringing up my total, i noticed that she had only charged me for my soup and not the marshmellowy treat i had grabbed while i was right in front of her. much to my chagrin, i sort of gestured towards the rice krispy treat to indicate her neglection. she picked up on this and quickly rang me up for an additional dollar plus tax.

while i would like to hold this example up as proof of my high moral and ethical standards, i still don't know why i fessed up. so yea. yao == trustworthy guy. though i can give no guarantees when it comes to rice krispy treats.

symphony hall

what's not to love about a night at symphony hall? especially when you're in one of the best seats in the house. even more so when you've snagged $54 seats for $10. how did i get such a deal? cheap tickets can be had by students. or persons in possession of a student ID. either, or. lucky for me, i qualified with the latter requirement.

phoenix's symphony hall is quite enjoyable. the four dollar rice krispy treats were a bit on the hard side, but the presentation was excellent. the performance itself, was of course quite good. the audience on the other hand... not so much. one could forgive the five year old little girl sitting next to me for humming along to the tunes she was familiar with. but the forty year old man behind me? and the couple next to me conversing during the performance was a bit of a downer--especially since they both seemed to be hard of hearing. all of that, plus poorly time applause (mistaking a pause for the end) made for much annoyance at the audience.

though i guess if they are paying five times as much as me, they can make their own rules.