the workers were slower than sloths

today we went to a at&t wireless store to buy tickets to the LA county fair--they have discounted tickets. i was getting frustrated pissy at the store because LA is so fucking ridiculous that you have to sign in to get service at a phone store. this isn't a fucking deli! i started bitching out loud and twiddle thumbs told me to calm down. hahahahaa

then we went to fry's so i could buy an ethernet cable. i've given up trying to get the laptop connected to my mom's wireless setup. it used to not have a password and i had no problem. then my brother put a password on so the neighbors couldn't freeload. now i can't get it to work. the network is pc based and it's like you have to have a super long ass password. we couldn't cut it down. the problem it seems like is that i can't type that long of a password in the mac. it's ok though. it's not my wireless network. i can survive off the ethernet. could probably use the cable later on for something anyway.

then we went to catch a matinee showing of "exorcist: the beginning". i was never that into the first one to begin with. it wasn't scary to me. in fact, when i re-watched it as an adult, i was like, "that's it?" it was pretty boring the first hour and then the rest should only make catholics scared. what was different about this exorcist was that i felt religion was taken out of it. it was trying to scare you without religious reasons. meaning, they know what worked in the 70s isn't going to work now. there was a religious background of course, but this film wasn't about causing a ruckus through blasphemy. that's the main difference. let's face it, catholicism on film isn't scary. real life is scary--who's actually in office is a much better horror film.

the first one was shocking to people because a young girl was acting in such a specific way that was shocking for the times. this one wasn't like that at all. it was using scare tactics more in the modern horror film sense, such as anticipation, visual shock, and sound effects. they also made sure to explain everything to the audience, except the hyenas. most people think of them as chiefly scavengers and they didn't explain that hyenas hunt quite a bit as well. i think they just wanted the hyenas to scare the audience. overall, it was a much better film than i thought it'd be, but it still wasn't great. if i watched the original exorcist right now, i'd probably enjoy it a lot more after seeing this prequel crap. hmm, i don't think i ever saw the sequels. i should netflix them.

after the movie was over, we walked across the street and had dinner at one world vegetarian cuisine. i had the vermicelli with shredded veggie pork and golden rolls. i ate it japanese style, like zaru soba, where i was dipping the noodles into the sauce. i don't think the waiter liked that. he told me i was eating it wrong and that i should pour the sauce over my noodles. i told him i like it light. then he left. earlier he was saying people don't like those noodles because they get soggy in the end. well if you would just dip it fuckers!