To begin, my goal for today was to not be at home from 2:30 to 9:30pm and spend only a small amount of money. Considering how unimaginative I can be and how much of a shut-in I am, this is actually a tall task for me. I centered my plan around obtaining a Gamecube adapter for the Wii U. This morning, I did a quick search on its availability at the nearest GameStop and found one at the Sugarloaf Mills location...in Lawrenceville, GA... about an hour's drive from me... I figured the gas expenditure would hurt, but that automatically accounts for two out of the seven hours I needed to fill. Thus, I confirmed a reservation for the item, played a couple of League of Legends ranked games to make it back to Gold IV rank, printed out a $10 GameStop coupon, and left for a bit of my own Adventure Time!
Before heading in the direction of the adapter, I figured it'd be more efficient to take a trip to the dollar movie theater in Fayetteville. Catching a movie would certainly help fill in the hours, but the showtimes are so specific and far in between, that scheduling them after a two hour ride would be problematic. On top of that, there was a Big Hero 6 showing at 2:40, approximately 10 minutes after I left (with the location being 10 minutes from home).Granted the movie is already out in stores, but hey, I haven't seen it yet and it's only a dollar. Why the hell not? Before I get into that, let me get this out of the way real quick:
I cannot watch Disney's animated short, Feast, more than the one time I saw it today. I'm not tough enough. Can't deal.
I enjoyed Big Hero 6, though. Reminds me of the fantasies I had when I was a kid, when I could pretend all my closest friends were superheroes. The hero tropes, overall, weren't the most inventive, but as a teamed force they made for some interesting action, especially from Honey Lemon and Go Go Tomago. I could also draw somewhat of a parallel between this and an anime I like called Heroman. The most base premise is the same - little kid obtains a powerful, white robot and eventually fights alongside him against the bad guys. Definitely a lot more to this movie than that, but whenever I see Baymax, I always end up thinking of Heroman.
At this point. it's only about 4pm. Past lunch time. I'm not really that hungry, but I decided to stop in at Stevi-B's for an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. This will give me time to sit and plan my next move, but if it turns out I AM that hungry, then I only spend $6 and I can go back for seconds. And thirds. And they have white cheese pizza. Aside from the impending sick feeling from a ton of grease, I see no downside here. While chowing down, I log in to Facebook to see two important posts. The first of which:
was drawn by Feywilde. I've recently become a fan of Steven Universe and this is, quite honestly, one of my favorite pieces by this artist and probably my favorite fan art of Garnet from the show. Cheers.
The next post was one from my friend, Peru. He suggested that everyone check their local GameStop for adapters that may have just shipped in. There's a store in the area, so before setting sights on that hour-long drive, I pop in and low and behold, there's one new and available for purchase. I scoop it up before anyone else has the chance to walk in. Great! I just saved a bunch of gas! But it's only 5:30... what do I even do now? I contemplated seeing another movie, but the next showing for anything of interest wasn't for another two hours. I decided to pull my last resort and go to the library.
Still in the Fayetteville area, the local library here is one I've never be-
Actually, I haven't been to any library in quite some time... huh. In any case, I'd plan to just chill and play Tales of Hearts R on my PS Vita for a couple of hours. Instead, I went back to an old habit and picked up a Walter Mosley book. My parents inadvertently put me onto Walter Mosley as a kid. There's a VHS movie adaptation of Devil in a Blue Dress that I watched all the time back then. When I found out it was originally a book, when I did read, I usually chose one of Mosley's mystery series starring private eye, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins. The book I picked out today that mentioned a return of Easy was titled Debbie Doesn't Do it Anymore, though rather than the classic detective, it focuses on an adult video actress who goes by the stage name of Debbie Dare. This one caught me off guard, as I've never really thought about what a porn actress might think or say or how the act off-camera. Through Mosley's writing, I got a glimpse of a possibility- Debbie Dare admits herself that when it comes to certain things, she just doesn't give a fuck, but she shows legitimate intelligence and compassion for those she cares about. Her job puts her in front of (and underneath) the genitals of many men, but she understands it as, describes, and treats it as a profession. Given the nature of the work, I'd bet the average person doesn't see it as any more professional than prostitution, but actually putting a fictional story about the industry into intricate words, I'm convinced otherwise. I didn't really get too far in the book, but pairing that with my earphones and the Kimi no Todoke soundtrack kept me occupied until 7pm, where I traveled back to the movies.
To tie up the evening, I shelled out another dollar to see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1. I honestly didn't plan to be impressed here. It was simply a means to fill in two hours. Can't really say much about it. I didn't dislike the movie, but it wasn't exactly a hype point in the day. Nothing really stuck to me that even makes me want to talk about it.
So, yeah. Was about half an hour off the mark, but that's an acceptable time to just walk around Wal-mart for a bit, then head home. I just feel somewhat accomplished today, as I found ways to entertain myself contrary to my norm (and within budget!). It also felt nice to be out by myself. Thus closes a successful Adventure Time, until next go-round.
