Another lonely day.

Today started off good, finally managed to sleep in till almost eight this morning! A true accomplishment for me in regards to sleeping in. Usually I'm up by six or seven at the latest, usually on the dot as well. Generally waking up, staring at the ceiling and wishing I could go back to sleep are the norms for me. Regardless, I slept in, made breakfast and relaxed for a few hours playing games on my PC and Xbox until I went to the movies, again.

Second day using my MoviePass and I saw The Greatest Showman.

My mom said she enjoyed it after seeing it the other day with a friend and I was curious, not to mention the fact I'd honestly been considering seeing it myself and behold, I went!

Turned out to be a great decision!

Really, really enjoyed the movie. There were plenty of great musical numbers, two of my personal favorite songs from the movie are:

 

Overall, I really enjoyed the movie despite it's many adjustments to the truth behind P.T Barnum and would recommend that everyone go and see it in the theater or rent it upon DVD release.

Then I had to go through the fun task of calling about my student loans, trying to refinance them to drop the payments to something more affordable or possibly consolidating them again because my Dept. of Education loan, which I'd been pushing back for three years, could no longer be pushed back and between the two, it was costing nearly as much as a month's rent for my apartment.

Anyway, there's supposed to be another bout of snow coming in tonight so let's hope they're wrong and that tomorrow will see more snow melting and a return of the warm weather I'm missing!

First MoviePass trial was....

Hello everyone!

Today was officially the first test of my new MoviePass card and it was a...

The process is simple apparently. If your theater requires the card, like mine does, you check into the time before the movie, go to the theater and purchase your tickets within thirty minutes of the check in on your phone. Anyway, I got to the theater, told them the time, picked my card and then gave them my MoviePass card to swipe. They swiped it, I got my ticket and it was game on!

The movie today? 12 Strong with Chris Hemsworth playing the star role of Capt. Mitch Nelson, based on the real person, who leads a team of US soldiers into Afghanistan after the attack on the twin towers. The movie started off just after the planes crashed into the two towers and quickly dives into the action. The action sequences were awesome, I felt connected to the characters and enjoyed the bond between Nelson and the general of the Northern Alliance forces he was working with.

Overall, a great movie and one I'd recommend to anyone interested in going to see one this weekend.

Hope everyone is staying warm and isn't getting too much snow!

MoviePass card has arrived!

So, thankfully we didn't get any new accumulation of snow today; but, the roads were still shit for a lot of the traveling public trying to go into work. I, personally, didn't have any issues; but, I could see where others easily could. The bad news? We're supposed to get another 2-4 inches tonight. While that might excite some people, it doesn't actually do anything other than tell me I'm going to have to take it slow driving into work tomorrow.

Great news everyone! I finally got my MoviePass card and I'm fully planning on taking it on its maiden voyage tomorrow to the theater and testing it out, seeing how confusing the whole process is. There shouldn't be a huge crowd hopefully, considering it'll be the middle of the week; but, if there's anything I've discovered up here, it's that nothing with Michiganders make sense.

Other news: got my letter about lease renewal.Which means I'm running out of time to decide what I plan to do. I've got three options: a.) stay in my current apartment and set up online payments (they're going to start charging $10 fees for checks apparently), b.) move to a new apartment,  or c.) get lucky and move for a transfer for my job. I have till the end of April to make my decision right now, unless I get an offer for a transfer between now and then.

Finally got around to watching some of the commercials from the Super Bowl and I was actually really curious about the new Mission: Impossible, it looks like a good ending to the series or at least, I hope it is an ending to it. Only time will tell, I guess!

Curse you Jack Frost!

Guess what I found out was happening today! More snow.

Guess who was super excited? ...........Not this guy.

Apparently they're forecasting up to three to five inches for tomorrow, yay. *sarcasm*

Among other things, I finished the first episode of Altered Carbon. Not sure how I feel about it. It reminds me a lot of Blade Runner; but, it's supposed to have taken place after it on the timeline, even though the two aren't correlated at all. Anyway, it was interesting. I enjoyed the main character, he's had some interesting roles lately, still remember when I stumbled upon him in The Killing and then he was in the remake of Robocop and now he's in this. I'll try to watch an episode a day or so and let you guys know my own take on it.

Also, I'm really hoping that my MoviePass card comes in the mail soon. There's a few movies coming out this month that I'm hoping to drag myself to the theater to see. Maybe even start trying to go on Friday and Saturday nights again, even if I'm working, just to take advantage of the card. Just think of all the reviews I could write and all the new upcoming movies I could fill you curious lot in on!

Again, another not so interesting day. Not a whole lot happened; but, I guess that's par for the course when I work ten hours of the day and then come home to workout and just want to relax and stay warm.