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Went and saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this afternoon. I had to leave work in a mad dash because the showing I was invited to tag along to was at 5:15. Unfortunately they had me hauling around $50k worth of computer equipment and I didn't get done until around 4:45, and I had a half-hour drive ahead of me. Luckily my roommate bought my ticket and left it at the service counter, so at least I didn't have to worry about that. Not that I had to worry about ticket availability; there was maybe two dozen people in the theater, which was nice.

Anyway, IJatKotCS (a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Longest Acronym and Movie Title for an Indiana Jones Movie Since Temple of Doom) gets a 3 out of 5 from me. It was good but not great - which for an Indiana Jones movie ranks it just above the aforementioned Temple of Doom in the Tal Lexicon of Cinema - and lost points for good but out-of-place CG and unoriginal sci-fi elements in a pulp action movie. I don't have a problem with Shia LeBeouf as an actor - since I haven't seen him in much because he hasn't been in a whole lot yet people seem to have a LeBeef with him.

Afterward we went to dinner at Sonny's. For the uninitiated, Sonny's "Real Pit B-B-Q" offers a variety of barbeque items, from sliced pork to pulled pork to pork on a stick. Most of their meat selections have an all you can eat offering for some amount of money more than the regular dinner. They were advertising a special, "All You Can Eat Pork & Chicken $7.99". I don't know about anyone else, but I interpreted this as being what, if I wished, I could get either pork or chicken all you can eat for like $3 off.

I was wrong. The deal was AYCE pork and chicken. As in both at the same time. Cue the following:

Me: "So if I'd gotten chicken that I wasn't going to eat anyway, [my bill] would be cheaper."
Waitress: "That's right."
Me: "So can't you give me half a bird and knock like three bucks off?"
Waitress: "...I'll see what I can do."

At least she was cool about it. It just killed me that, for getting food I didn't intend to eat, it was cheaper than paying for the food that I actually wanted.

I hope this blog doesn't turn into my escapades with food. That wouldn't shoot my self-esteem all to hell or nothin'.