The Hangover and A Brownie Batter Blizzard

Blog No. 177: Walking Day

Yep. I went walking today, 6/26.

Every so often, I get cooped up inside my house to the point where I just walk out the front door. Now that it's summer, I get to do these more often as I have nothing really to do to fill up my time, and by that I mean I ran out of things to do so much so that I'm procrastinating on the stuff I usually do when I procrastinate... If that makes sense... It took me like three tries to write that sentence... XP

Anyway, I went to Mel's, my usual lunch spot, where my usual waitresses already prepared my usual meal. I like simple monotomy. The usual stuff means everythings in order. But I find that I don't like it when I can't control that monotomy... 'Tis weird. XP

Then, after a coffee run, I went to the movies, where I saw The Hangover.

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Movie Review: The Hangover

*Doug is an engaged man on his way to Las Vegas with three of his friends, Phil, Stu, and Alan, to have a bachelor party... Little they know they are chosen amongst our species to save mankind!... Or not.

Basically, while on the roof of Caesar's Palace, they toasted the up and coming nuptials. Then the movie crossfades into the villa they were staying at in the morning, where towers of empty beer bottles, a tiger, a chicken, and a baby appear out of the blue. As they get their heads back together, they realize they lost the groom.

It's Dude, Where's My Car? meets [Insert wedding themed movie here].

I can't really make any sense of the storyline, much less explain its craziness. All I can say is that the brother-in-law is a boob. The movie really cycles around that. You'll have to watch the movie to see the wacky sidequests they go on. There's really no spoilers to give away, other than they found Doug, they had a lot of weird mini adventures, and they all live happily ever after in a somewhat normal way... Which is what you'd expect...

It's fairly comedic. It really has a lot of the similar comedy styles of Dude, Where's My Car or Harold and Kumar blah bleh bleu. If your into those sort of movies, you'll definitely like this movie.

... That's all there really is to reap from this movie...

So... 2 Out of 5 Thumbs Up--> Amusing, excluding all traces of vomit. (Felt like I had to hold my hand up to my face in fear of surprise vomiting, of which there were only 3 instances. DX)

I'm not paid enough to do this...

... I guess I can do the extra thing here...

*Singled Out: Justin Bartha as Doug Billings

I like this guy, partly because he was also Riley in the National Treasure movies, partly because he's the only sane person there. Compared to Phil, the party animal/school teacher(?), Stu, the relationship masochist, and Weird Al, (Not the actual "Weird Al", but just as crazy), Doug's a saint. However, you can still tell he belonged, especially when they go over recorded footage and you see Doug humping the tiger. Unfortunately, the whole movie based around finding him, which meant that he wasn't in the movie as much as the other three. It makes sense though, seeing as the rational human being was taken out of the equation. It's sad, but it makes for decent comedy.

They finally found him locked on the rooftop, beet red from 1 and a half days of sun... Which kinda makes you wonder how he went to the bathroom and such...

Respect the fall guy. Where would you be without him? Congrats Doug, you've been singled out. XP

Fin.

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After the movies, I went to the nearby Dairy Queen, where I finally got one of those "Brownie Batter Blizzards". Ever since the commercial aired, I've been dying to try one of those blizzards.

You see, I like my ice cream a certain way. It's simple really. One word: Blended. It's kinda why I like milkshakes, or Frosties, or soft serve ice cream. I never really like those scooped ice cream cones. Whenever I wind up at Baskin Robbins, I'd end up getting a milkshake. The ice cream has to be a certain consistency, I guess a phase between solid and liquid suffices for me. I don't want to have to struggle to scoop, but I also don't want to slurp it up as well. The flavor of ice cream has to be simple, too. I don't really like anything to exotic or fruity, but anything chocolate or vanilla is always good. As for toppings, I usually get something small. At Big Spoon, I'd get just the chocolate vanilla swirl with brownie bits, cherries, and maybe hot fudge on top. If the don't have brownie bits at other places, I'd get those crushed chocolate cookie crumbs on top.

If you follow that guide, you've earned a place in my heart. XP

And yeah...

So I had a small one of those as I walked home. The rest of the day was spent honing my SSBrawl skills, or lack thereof... XP