The Incredibles

I don't know WTF I'm doing up at this hour putting in a journal entry, when really I should be sleeping since I have a full day of work in the morning. But I had a bunch of stuff on my mind that I really wanted to jot down.

I'm gonna split this entry into two parts... a public part (which you're reading now) and a friends part (that I'm leaving for my friends to read). Yeah, that's gonna take even more time, I know...

Saw Pixar's "The Incredibles" late Friday night, and all I can say is, the movie lives up to its name... "incredible." Very well done, good storyline, and actually something not particularly cliche-ish... especially after a run of Marvel comics-based movies, which were based on good stories but just became formulaic after a while (especially "Daredevil" -- bleah).

In true Pixar fashion, the movie was preceded by a Pixar animation short that sort of reminded me of a Dr. Seuss book.

A minor spoiler... there's nothing special at the end of this movie, but I wouldn't be surpised if they changed it to show a blooper/outtake reel later on, or in the DVD.

My verdict: two thumbs-up (or claws-up, for felines/furries). Go see it.

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Ever have one of those days where you've been barely surviving, for the most part, and then one crappy thing just makes your day shot all to hell?

Well, I had that happen to me. Tonight. At a local Wal-Mart.

I figured I'd go through the self-checkout line because it wasn't as likely to take as long as the others. But all of the lines in the store were pretty crowded, though apparently there were some less crowded ones at a different end of the store. However, I think I was pretty much in the mood where I wanted to just do everything myself, so I stayed in the self-checkout line.

Big mistake.

A couple (a guy and his wife/girlfriend) behind me started muttering about other issues, and I think were getting irritated at the group in front of me who seemed to be taking forever to scan and buy their merchandise.

I scanned and paid for my stuff, but had put everything initially in a shopping cart... so when I left, the couple behind me pushed my cart forward slightly and I heard the woman mutter, "Didn't I just say, 'Excuse me'?!".

While I don't know if that comment was directed specifically at me, it still didn't help my mood any.

And this is definitely a bad time for me to be in this kind of mood.

*sigh*

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I don't get it.

With everything that has been happening in my LJ, for some reason I have no emotions right now. Maybe it's because I'm getting tired... but I don't feel depressed, frustrated or anything at the moment. I just feel plain numb.

I wonder if this is something positive. Actually, I kinda hope it is. I could probably benefit from feeling emotionally numb more of the time...