Sea Monkeys, Milk Money, and James McAvoy, oh my!

Yesterday, Julie proposed that we go to Lewiston to see Wanted at the Orchard (for a dollar, no less!). Obviously, I said yes, because I am currently pursuing a TOE (theory of everything) specifically geared to James McAvoy, which basically states that everything he's in is amazing. Seriously. There was The Last King of Scotland, Becoming Jane, Penelope, and Atonement. They were all good. So when I saw the trailers for Wanted, I was both excited and anxious. Because let's be honest, it didn't look that good. But I refused to believe that James would let me down. Anyway, I can happily report that Wanted was exceptionally enjoyable. Guilty pleasure...maybe. But, rar! Something for everyone. Hopefully something for our 104 students as well, because we're showing it for class. Before anyone gets all nervous, we found no fewer than eight philosophical problems in the film. So it's totally legit!

We also went to the casino. I will admit that in previous years, slots held little to no fascination for me. Mostly because my only experience with them was one failed effort in the Vegas airport. But the baby casino in Lewiston is pretty rad. I probably only feel so positive about this because I made fourteen dollars. The "Milk Money" machine was particularly awesome, mostly for the bonus rounds. If you get a bonus, you pick a cow (Hefina or Bovina) and they go into a little barrel, wherein they swivel their hips around (which is, I guess, how you milk a cow in slot-machine land). Then, depending on what kind of milk comes out (triple points for chocolate, double for strawberry, and extra prizes for egg nog) you get money! Equally charming is the fact that both cows speak with a Jamaican accent (I didn't even know they had cows in Jamaica!) I could give or take the actual slot machine part, but the bonuses are amazing. Julie got a bonus round on the sea monkey machine, and she made 18 bucks! ON A PENNY SLOT!

I am pretty sure, when I have to go into Gambler's Anonymous, this blog post will be integral in one of the steps.

Sidenote: "Betti the Yetti" sucks, even though it's a funny name for a slot machine. I didn't win ONCE. I lost five bucks in approximately 2.5 minutes. Were it not for a second pass at "Milk Money" this whole post would have been a lot more negative.