I Suck At Grocery Shopping

As far as Friday nights go, I must say I did not do anything thrilling, which is a sure sign that I am getting old. Seemingly gone are the days where I would hang out with my friends at a restaurant or bar... or if I were inebriated enough... a club. Instead, my Friday night consisted of ordering takeout from Not Your Average Joe's and going grocery shopping. Who needs the booze and the loud music from a bar when I can just break on down aisle five of the supermarket to the music overhead?

Sadly, that was how my Friday night was spent. Being a parent of a three month old baby daughter (Briana) is cramping my style. Just kidding. Truth be told, I'm not sure when the last time I went out on a Friday night was. Prior to the birth of my daughter, I was in the doldrums over the passing of my son (Braden). Like I have mentioned to Karen a few times, the year 2009 was a complete blur to me, which is bad considering I have a terrible memory as it is. So it has been quite a while I think that I have partied it up on a Friday night.

Anyway, dinner at Not Your Average Joe's was delicious as usual. I should invest in that company because Karen and I go there a lot. Maybe the bread there is laced with crack cocaine. That's how they keep you coming back for more. Just kidding.

Following dinner, I figured I'd let Karen unwind a little for the night. This was Karen's first week back to work since being on maternity leave. I think she's been struggling a little with the transition. After all, it definitely can be hard to leave your child for hours upon hours during the day. I'm lucky enough that I get to work from home most days of the week.

So figuring that Karen would want some quality bonding time with Briana, I decided to go grocery shopping. It was also a way to kill two birds with one stone because Karen has also been stressed about preparing for the upcoming Father's Day weekend. She has this list of to-do's in her head... one of which was going grocery shopping. Thus, I figured that my going to grocery store on Friday night would at least cross off one of those items from her list and help alleviate her stress.

Needless to say, I suck at grocery shopping. I must have looked like I was new to grocery shopping because I could not find a couple of things. I had to ask one of the employees where to find the items... twice (different items). Rice cake snacks and Softsoap... not where I would expect to find them. All in all, it was a fun time... even though it took me quite a while (we had an atypically large grocery list this week).

Anyway, following my shopping excursion, Karen and Briana went to bed. So, I did what any normal person would do on a Friday night with nothing to do... watch a couple of movies. I wasn't particularly tired. Hence... the double feature of movies.

I ended up having a little action packed double feature. The first movie I watched was Bangkok Dangerous.

(The video below is a trailer for Bangkok Dangerous.)


I'll admit. I had very low expectations for the movie. Aside from the lame title of the movie, seeing Nicholas Cage with long jet black hair acting as a badass was laughable. For anyone curious, Bangkok Dangerous is a remake of the 1999 film of the same name... by the same directors. Apparently, the same people decided to remake the movie with the star power of Nicholas Cage (because Nicholas Cage's production company bought the rights to the movie).

Needless to say, the movie was not all that bad. It was surprisingly entertaining even if the story was the same old story about a hitman who uncharacteristically gets emotionally attached to someone. (In my opinion, The Professional still did it the best.) But it was not all that bad.

Following Bangkok Dangerous, I decided to follow it up with another action movie. That movie: Jurassic Park III.

(The video below is a trailer for Jurassic Park III.)


The film completes the Jurassic Park trilogy (although I do believe a IV is in the works). Always one for completing things, I had to watch part III. I had already watched the first two (the second of which was absolutely terrible), so I figured that I had to watch the third movie. (It is this peculiarity of mine that will also have me watching the rest of the Twilight movies...)

Anyway, Jurassic Park III was okay. It was definitely better than the second sequel, which was not too hard to do. As a whole, the movie felt rushed. The plot consists of two parents (played by Tea Leoni and William H. Macy) who essentially enlist the aid of Dr. Grant (played by Sam Neill from the first movie) to help find their missing son on the second island of dinosaurs. Like I said, the movie felt very rushed. I'd be curious to see what the fourth installment will be like.