Do NOT order from fromyouflowers.com.

So, my oldest sister was unexpectedly in the hospital Friday, so I thought I'd send her some flowers. I found a place online that does same-day delivery, and placed an order. There was no contingency explained or other notices regarding if the flowers could not be delivered. I thought all was fine.

So, I have a load of messages and emails on my work phone and computer this morning from this place saying that they were unable to deliver the flowers and to call them back. And when I call them, they say that they were unable to find the exact flowers I ordered, so just didn't deliver anything. What the hell!?

Long story short, my sister never got any flowers. At least I was able to get a refund. Though I'm withholding judgement until after I see my CC statement.

So, again, do NOT order from fromyouflowers.com.

Just watched I Am Legend the other night. Really entertaining. For some reason, though, this movie just freaked me out. I was jumping at every little thing. It was getting so bad that when he and the dog went into the dark warehouse, I was actually turning away. And I never do that. Then I read about how the director kept a lot of the scenes silent, and I think this may have made many of the scenes much more intense for me.

In the queue for this weekend are Romulus, My Father and Shopgirl. I'll definitely be watching Romulus, but may not get to Shopgirl until later.

Well, specifically, those with Netflix (or some other similar type rental arrangement). How many movies do you rent at a time? Do you just watch them casually then return them at your leisure, or do you plow through them like you're on a mission? How many movies are currently in your queue? How do you decide which ones to watch (queue management)?

I've got the two-at-a-time deal from Netflix, and have had it for about 6-7 years. I watch two movies pretty much every weekend, then send 'em back on Monday morning. Sometimes, if I get the new movies by Wednesday, I'll watch one that night, then return it on Thursday morning, which may lead to me receiving another new selection in time to view Saturday night. However, this doesn't always work. I think my preference would be to have at least three at a time, so that I could watch one each night on the weekends (Fri-Sun), but I'm too cheap to spend the extra couple bucks on the new subscription price.

As for queue, I've got 142 in mine, with another 20 in my saved DVDs list. And there's really no rhyme nor reason for my method of adding them. If I see an actor or director or song or whatever that appeals to me, I'll add the movie. I did add all the Academy-nominated movies this year (best picture, actor/actress, supporting, foreign, director, screenplays) so there's some method to my madness there. I usually won't read the reviews before I add movies, so sometimes it pays off, sometimes it tragically doesn't. However, overall I'm glad that I've seen movies that I'd never have seen otherwise. The one thing that has me stumped, though, is what movies to move to the top of the queue each week. If I just leave the queue the way it is, there's going to be movies that I really want to see now, but may not see for a year. But if I keep moving some movies to the top of the queue, others will continue to be pushed down and I'll forget about them and likely never see. It's almost like I need to have a marathon catch-up-type weekend, but that'll never happen. 

Looks like it was a great game up in Calgary tonight. I wish Calgary could have held the lead there and made it 3-1 in the series.

 

Finally, finally, the Sharks are starting to play the way they're capable. Both Marleau and Cheechoo are showing up and it's paying off. Let's hope they can close out the series on Sunday. Maybe see the Preds in the second round?

The Flames/Sharks series is just a revisit of the matchup between these two a few years back...and it's pissing me off. The Flames are unable to match the Sharks with skill, so they make up for it in brute strength. They're literally just shoving themselves to a win. It's old-style hockey and the reason why the Sharks haven't ever been able to go very far in the playoffs. If only they'd just get a little angry or something and start hitting more. It's just so frustrating. All the credit in the world to the Flames, though. To hit (and bloody) the Sharks' captain is akin to smacking a snarling dog on the nose. It sort of takes any fight out.

Come on, Sharks. Start hitting!

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - Indians
AL West - Angels
Wildcard - Tigers

NL East - Mets
NL Central - Brewers
NL West - Arizona
Wildcard - Dodgers

ALCS - Red Sox over Angels
NLCS - Arizona over Mets

WS - Red Sox over Arizona

The Red Sox are just too loaded to not be my pick.

Go Giants!

Thanks, guys. I knew there was something wrong with it.

As for my favorite pizza, it's gotta be a simple cheese, tomatoes and basil made by a local chain by the name of Pizza My Heart. Oddly enough, they advertise that their pizza is "New York style." I guess that's the true NY style.

Yeah, I'm having some serious pizza cravings, too. May have to indulge later...but not at Rosie's crap-style pizza.