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Cock-a-Doodle-Wtf?!
Feb. 8th, 2006 10:22 am
This morning, after a trip to the doctor for more b.p. pills, we stopped in the post office... and heard a rooster crow inside the building. Some woman mailing a package from the automated machine kept giving me & Rob ye olde hairy eyeball, but we kept looking inside the main office, wondering aloud, "Is that someone's ring tone?" Every time the rooster crowed, a baby inside the office laughed, so I was thinking maybe it was a toy. So we had to get in line to pick up a package & kept hearing the rooster - this time we could tell it was coming from inside the back of the post office itself. So we finally got up to the counter & were able to ask the burning question of the day, "So, you got chickens back there?" And, well, yes they did. Someone was shipping live chickens, complete w/a rooster & they were just waiting for the shippee to come & pick them up. I wasn't sure if our clerk was more amused or annoyed by the crowing.
It's just not something you get to hear everyday, especially not in the city of Las Vegas. Blue Diamond or Boulder City - sure, but chickens in Vegas?
Then again, last year me & Rob did see a big rooster crossing Vegas Drive... some Santerian's sacrifice or dinner managed to escape & was nonchalantly strutting up the street. Rob briefly entertained the notion of chasing it down & catching it, but me personally, I don't fuck with roosters. They've got spurs and bad attitudes.
Last night we finally watched 'The Corpse Bride'. It was okay, and that's all I've really got to say about it. I'm kind of irritated that we ran out & bought it instead of just renting it. It seemed to be more of one of Tim Burton's shorts instead of a full movie. Heavy on beautiful stop-motion artistry and technical perfection, light on plot & character depth. And it seemed like they spent so much time on every small inflection of expression on the Bride herself that the other characters paled in comparison - it also made her stand out in a glaring way that almost didn't fit in with the tone of the movie. I didn't really have any time to get to know anyone long enough to feel sympathetic towards anyone, the Bride included... but I also didn't get to feel any great animosity towards anyone, either. Then we watched 'Shaun of the Dead' again, and that was overall far more satisfying.
It's just not something you get to hear everyday, especially not in the city of Las Vegas. Blue Diamond or Boulder City - sure, but chickens in Vegas?
Then again, last year me & Rob did see a big rooster crossing Vegas Drive... some Santerian's sacrifice or dinner managed to escape & was nonchalantly strutting up the street. Rob briefly entertained the notion of chasing it down & catching it, but me personally, I don't fuck with roosters. They've got spurs and bad attitudes.
Last night we finally watched 'The Corpse Bride'. It was okay, and that's all I've really got to say about it. I'm kind of irritated that we ran out & bought it instead of just renting it. It seemed to be more of one of Tim Burton's shorts instead of a full movie. Heavy on beautiful stop-motion artistry and technical perfection, light on plot & character depth. And it seemed like they spent so much time on every small inflection of expression on the Bride herself that the other characters paled in comparison - it also made her stand out in a glaring way that almost didn't fit in with the tone of the movie. I didn't really have any time to get to know anyone long enough to feel sympathetic towards anyone, the Bride included... but I also didn't get to feel any great animosity towards anyone, either. Then we watched 'Shaun of the Dead' again, and that was overall far more satisfying.
