last night, i came home soon after posting for a great cottage pie dinner (delicious, although very different from what my other mother makes. MOM!) before chilling for a while so as to have enough energy to see captain america. my concerns were unnecessary, though, because that movie totally knocked my socks off and all potential yawns dissipated into merely gaping at the beautifully transformed comic.

and here i always thought that captain america was a bit of a toss. he's just been made AWESOME! it's not a good idea to skip this one if you're planning on watching the avengers next year.

the only things that weren't cool were

1. the kids working the popcorn counter unabashedly tossing half our popcorn to the floor, then going to fetch us another one

2. the kids (i assume they work there) making a tremendous amount of noise in the back of the theatre during the previews, worrying us that they wouldn't stop

3. the odd issues the projectionist seemed to be having with the previews

4. the movie glasses at cinema city aren't suitable for wearing over regular glasses, unlike the rav chen theatres

5. the fact that the 3D movie we paid a lot more for was, in fact, a 2D movie. at least the manager offered us a refund on that basis - although we'd have to come back in the morning to pick it up

6. the workers who were fooling around in the bathrooms could have waited until the theatre-goers had gone...



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today's a day for complaints:

1. i couldn't sleep last night because my feet were killing me again. i've made an appointment to see a podiatrist already, but that's only for sunday and i'm terrified that i'm going to suffer until then.

2. inter-city public transport SUCKS. out of the four and a half hours that it took me to get from home to my office, three and a half of them were spent waiting at stops, riding on the bus, or walking the rest of the way because the stops are so isolated. and i'm not even going to begin discussing the issues we have with the trains.

3. the previous issue mentioned contributed to my getting sunburned.

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aside from the early morning (three hours after we went to bed) mission to find a parking spot for the car, the first task of the day was to retrieve the promised tickets. it took longer than it should have because the day manager had to call the night manager to discover that he'd forgotten to send through the information before going home. the day manager was very nice about everything, he even joked a bit and then apologized profusely in case i didn't have a sense of humour :P

the second mission was taking the gifts for her family; we sat and chatted for half an hour or so and it was nice to see them.

i went to work, which was fairly uninteresting, and was so exhausted that i figured i'd go straight home... only my boss dropped me off in the usual place and i figured i may as well go to the other office. i cleared mail with my co-worker, then rushed home to eat dinner and do nothing. i think doing nothing is about to involve a movie before bed.