{"id":460,"date":"2008-04-16T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/gas-smoke-mist\/"},"modified":"2008-04-16T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T11:17:00","slug":"gas-smoke-mist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/16\/gas-smoke-mist\/","title":{"rendered":"gas, smoke, mist"},"content":{"rendered":"

My gas tank was close to “E” last evening when I came home from work, but the challenge of entering and exiting the nearest gas station at that time of the day was too much to consider after the day I had. I went on home and stopped this morning to get some gas. Not “fill up” at $3.45 a gallon, but get some and be on my way. As I pulled to a stop at the pump, the Check Gauges light came on – which is pretty good timing on my part.<\/p>\n

The car on the other side of the pump caught my eye since the driver had gotten back in the car – which you’re really not supposed to do. Even worse, on first glance it appeared she was smoking. I went back to pumping my gas and tried to puzzle that out. Was she really smoking? Should I say something? If I made an issue, would she throw the cigarette out the window of her car, making things worse?<\/p>\n

While I was debating this internally, she finished getting her gas and drove off – still smoking. I’ve never seen anyone do that before and was unprepared – next time, I’m going to say something to them.<\/p>\n

Last night, I watched The Mist on DVD. The cover of the box proclaimed it to have “one of the most shocking endings in a movie ever!” Which had me a little puzzled since the book’s ending wasn’t really all that shocking. But, it’s a Stephen King book, so the movie is bound to screw it up somehow. <\/p>\n

Surprisingly, it didn’t – at least at the beginning. The movie was right on track with the book – scene for scene and shot for shot. Even the dialog was really close. It was well done and encouraging – I was really hoping they wouldn’t tack on some cheesy Hollywood ending.<\/p>\n

Well, the ending was different from the book. Far, far darker and very disturbing. Uncomfortably so. I was almost wishing for a cheesy happy Hollywood ending. I figured I’d have nightmares about it, but my sleep was untroubled.<\/p>\n

that’s it for now… later.<\/p>\n

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