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UpperWestside

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  1. I made the drive from Dallas to Los Angeles several times. I did not mind the drive at all despite half of it being just getting to El Paso. Seeing people living in the west Texas desert though, well, I'll take a hard pass on actually living there.
  2. It’s a really good one. The twist was pretty cool. I like films this that will just do whatever they want and not follow a normal character arc. Some impressive filmmaking with this one.
  3. Saw it Saturday night. Hoo boy that was an interesting ride. Fun to watch and some outside the box thinking makes it worth seeing. I think some of you are either going to really enjoy it or not like it at all. I don't see much middle ground on a film like this.
  4. I remember those days of watching games and getting fairly wasted. For whatever reason that field goal fest between Saban and Miles many years ago sticks out to me of a game where the alcohol was flowing more freely than points.
  5. Chang's clock management is roughly as good as how fast I move on the beach when I'm fishing.
  6. Matsuzawa is actually fairly good at kicking onside kicks so we'll see. So close!!!!
  7. The clock management for Hawai'i is pretty humorous right now. I cannot for the life of me understand how a team that throws the ball as much as they do not be able to run their plays faster down 10 with the clock under 5 minutes.
  8. Probably gonna overturn that catch, but man what an effort to catch it.
  9. This bum of a QB for the Spartans is averaging 25 yards per completion tonight. I mean good Lord that's ridiculous.
  10. Best thing about these games is this is still not late out here. It'd be awesome if they could come back and win. Would make for a pretty festive atmosphere next week.
  11. This could get really fun now. Let's go Bows!!!!
  12. What a catch by White for Hawai'i. That was incredible concentration.
  13. If the Rainbow Warriors score now and get a stop again this one gets really interesting. The defense for Hawai'i has been a dumpster fire though for most of this game. Sucks because I was hoping to see them come into next week with a bunch of momentum.
  14. I was attempting to explain baseball to someone in Ethiopia during the game. My explanation led them to understand baseball being somewhat like cricket. Anyone that thinks baseball games are long should look at how long it takes to finish a cricket match.
  15. Big cultural difference for sure. I can speak to this with experience watching Japanese people clean up after themselves when they eat. They are just super nice human beings overall. Can't wait to talk to quite a few of them tomorrow. Can anyone imagine (Insert whatever American athlete you want) cleaning up like that because you were taught to since you were old enough to know to do so?
  16. That guy will never, ever have to buy dinner in Los Angeles or the entire country of Japan for the rest of his life. I am not certain that the majority of baseball fans understand just how big the sport is in Japan. Every single group of Japanese people I meet here are Dodger fans. I mentioned it a few days ago, but that franchise has an entire nation following it. I am happy for Yamamoto getting the Series MVP. His comments through his interpreter are pretty much what I would expect to hear a Japanese player say. They're just wired differently, but in a good way. Good on the Dodgers for pulling out a most improbable victory when they were dead to rights. I'd also wager that Rojas and Smith won't be paying for anything in LA either after tonight's clutch homers.
  17. Eden was a really good film that I had no expectations of. It was, like this one, a Monday night film at Regal where they don’t tell you what the movie will be. I feel like Sweeney really leaned into this character and was fantastic just like she was in Eden. I won’t judge an actress based on how they look. I judge Sweeney by her ability to play different roles in movies. This movie really brought out some great moments for her.
  18. Just ignore them. They are not worth responding to. That poster is not going to change. Not now and not after this bout with fascism ends. You leave people like that alone and ignore them. Respond to folks not here looking to rile people up with abjectly ignorant comments while desperately seeking any kind of attention that comes from them.
  19. One of my friends back in New York mentioned this movie to me and that I should go and see it. Plemons is a favorite of mine so I’m in to see this. I think I’ll have to see it in a standard format because Regal doesn’t have that version here.
  20. Well look we don’t all get to spend our free time gallivanting around the world like you do so we settle for what we can do.
  21. Looks like we have either a grocery store support group or fan club here. No that’s cool man. A nice grocery store is relaxing to go to. I have been to the opposite of that many times with some ridiculous stories of encounters I’ve had in them. I wish there was an HEB here. I’d probably ask them for a job I don’t want or need just so I could get paid to walk around the store for hours for a change.
  22. I have mentioned before that I love going to grocery stores (One of my fascinations in being autistic has always been numbers.) and I will just walk around looking at prices to see what they are marking up. They have significantly raised prices at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. I watch the way they raise prices and then three weeks later put up the rollback sign like they are saving customers money. I won’t explain all the prices changes I see because honestly it’s a boring discussion, but I see it happening. Costco has done a much better job with their price control, which is no small miracle to pull that off out here considering almost everything is shipped here from the mainland and then Japan, Korea, China and the Philippines among a few other countries.
  23. They are getting what they deserve. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go to Sam’s Club to make sure they don’t go out of business during this rough time for them.
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