One Man's Trash / There Will Be Blood

Today is an extra special bonus day, as I have two very important subjects to discuss. The first is junk I see on the road when cycling. Specifically, junk I saw on the roadside when riding the Granjeno Loop on Thursday. Regardless of the term "double loop" in the map title, I looped 4 times. Or maybe it was 20...can't remember (really -- 4 times).

Here's the list of junk I saw Thursday:

1. DEAD SKUNK. Road kill is common, but skunks just ruin your ride. The smell seems to coat my sinus passages and linger longer. So after I passed it on the 1st loop, the next time around I held my breath. Good thing I didn't pass out, or I would be blogging about road rash.
2. PAIR OF RED-HANDLED SCISSORS. This one was interesting because it made me wonder how they got there. I like to think that some naughty kid rolled down the window, and threw the scissors out to see if they would stick in the ground. That's something that me and my brothers would have tried, even in high school. Also, I was drafting on a buddy that always wears a red jersey, and I thought that it would be cool if he stopped to get them because he likes red stuff. But he didn't.
3. HOME PREGNANCY TEST. I regret that I didn't stop to see if there was a line or not. It could have been thrown out due to a "YEAH I'M FINALLY PREGNANT HOORAY" impulse, or in a sad, troubling "DRAT I'M PREGNANT" hurl out the window.

The second topic is the movie There Will Be Blood. I'm a little late to the party, but it's a great movie. My favorite line, which has already been blogged to death, was "I drink your milkshake". It's a bit like saying "owned" or "booyah" or "take that". But it also brought to mind two of my favorite movie comeback lines: "do you like apples" and "I think you heard me just fine, Punchy". Here are all three scenes (SPOILER ALERT -- FIRST VIDEO IS CLIMACTIC SCENE FROM THERE WILL BE BLOOD).