Ozark Review (spoiler for Season 2: Episode 3)

One of my guilty pleasures (along with many Netflix subscribers) is watching some of their new content.  One show that started off fantastic was Ozark. 

The premise of the show is a financial planner, played by Jason Bateman, that gets entangled with a drug cartel. He has a wife and two kids and they all need to move to the Ozarks to stay alive.

While there he needs to embezzle $8 million for the drug cartel.

Season 1 is fun and I would recommend it.

I can't proceed past season two.

SPOILER ALERT in case you want to continue.

Halfway through Season 2 Episode 3 Bateman's kids in the show, a 15 year old daughter and 13 year old son, are able to dupe a bank into a $5,000 loan. They were able to do this without any parents around. The boy walked into a bank, showed the paperwork to the loan officer and got the loan.  The story he told was his mom was running errands and could only be reached by phone. He called his mom (sister on the other line) and they allowed the loan.

WTF? How stupid is that bank teller? Apparently there are only a handful of intelligent people in this show and they all break the law in one form or another. The rest of the town must be stupid, that's the only way they could allow this to happen.

I know, it's a show and I should be able to see past that but I can't. The entire town in the show must be delayed to allow two teenagers get a loan.

I've given up on the show and I'm moving on to something else.

Been another long while

It's been a long while since I've done any blogging. Admittedly I've been distracted doing other things.

I know what I write here doesn't matter to most people (as the title of my blog implies). This is more for me than anyone. 

That being said I'll write my unsolicited opinions about things here. As with most bloggers, I write what I think. Difference is I'm no professional, not even close to it. 

Oh well. Maybe I'll start doing it more frequently again, we'll see.

Choking Hazard

After taking a patient off the bedside commode (apparently it's not as cut and dry how to properly put a bedpan under the patient, the tech put it under her backwards. At least it wasn't upside down) I started walking the stool specimen to the lab.

On my way to the lab some people shouted at me that someone was choking in the bathroom.

Damn.

I put the stool specimen in my pocket (fortunately I had double bagged it and had clean gloves on) and walk in the bathroom.

First thing I see in the bathroom was a tall thin man with glasses.  He reported "I did the Heimlich Maneuver and she's still choking!"

I push the door open the rest of the way and I see a tall lady standing next to the sink who then tells me she is still choking. I make eye contact with both of them and inform them both the Heimlich maneuver  only works if the airway is completely obstructed.

I then offer to help her check in to get treatment. She refused and then returned to the sink and induced vomiting.

Seriously, what's wrong with people?

Disillusioned at Disney

Went to Disney recently and although I had a great time, I think it'll be a while before I return to the parks (still planning a cruise in a few years, we'll see how that goes).  There are a few reasons to why I feel this way. I'll write another post on the awesomeness that was had.

1) Lines. I know it's Disney, and I know to expect waits for popular rides but damn.  It's October, how many parents took their kids out of school for this trip? Obviously I did, but more than I had anticipated.  Wait times for most of the thrill rides were over an hour. One ride, one of the Avatar rides in Animal Kingdom got up to a 300+ minute wait.

And it wasn't even the good ride (Navi River Journey)

We essentially only rode each ride once on the day we were in the park, seldom did we get to two (though a lot of that was also because our kids wanted to see as much of the park as possible and did a lot of walking because of it).

2) Their fast pass system SUCKS.  You're allowed 3 fast passes per day to start. After you use/cancel your fast passes you can then try to get another one. Problem is there are so many people even the shitty fast pass rides are gone quickly. 

3) All their meal prices have gone up. Even at their "quick service" meals (burgers, nuggets, etc) I was spending $13/adult (3 adults cause 10 year olds count as adults) and $8/kid. I spent $15 for 4 bottles of water one day (probably more,

4) So many parents that let their kids do whatever they want. No discipline. Though that is a problem with society in general.

5) Motorized scooters. Holy crap they're everywhere. I'm not just talking about one or two rolling around with a family. I'm talking groups of 10. I would literally walk the opposite direction each time I found a group with more than 1.

I swear anyone can rent them, I saw several young kids riding in them (granted they were obese and probably couldn't handle the walk in the park all day).  And, in case you don't know, anyone in a wheelchair or motorized scooter gets to cut in line. I don't know the entire process but every day, every ride, someone in a wheelchair/scooter would cut to the front of the line and their entire group would go with them. There seemed to be no wait time for them.

Please don't get me wrong, I used to work for people with disabilities. I was a program coordinator for the adult socialization program and the summer camps. I understand why it is done. But it seems like everyone is taking advantage of this. After waiting for 45 minutes to get on a ride 2 different groups came in and went straight to the front. It became tiresome after seeing this happen all week long.

So long story short, it'll be a while before I enter a Disney park again.  I do love the experience but I need some time away.

Horror Movie Reviews: Stephanie

I've seen a few horror movies recently and I figured what better way to spend a sleepless few hours reviewing them (without spoilers).  Once again I know there are other platforms to review movies, but I'd rather do it here.

Stephanie

Stephanie is living at home alone. There is something stalking her, an unseen and unknown entity.  

I really enjoyed this movie.  The first few minutes had me holding my breath at some parts.  There were several other parts that had me creeped out.  It takes a lot to get me to that point (I've seen more than a few horror movies). 

If you like a good supernatural horror movie (that's my category), you should watch this one.