Now they are making a May Payne movie. Mark Whalberg plays Max and a poorly cast Mila Kunis plays the femme fatale Mona Sax. I love Mila but Mona is supposed to be elegant, mysterious and deadpan; not petite, young and squeaky. While one of the screenwriters was a writer for the game, I get the feeling they focused on the ballistics and less on the heartache.

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I recently purchased a 1986 Ford Escort, which looks a lot like the Rally B series Escort RS Cosworth... except it's not. I'm on a run to Fox Studios when my car simultaneously overheats and runs out of gas. Fast forward 3 hours and I've hitched a ride to Autozone, picked up a thermostat, taken the bus back to my car, walked 2 miles to it and spent 30 minutes to figure out that I don't have the right tools. The car is cool now so I start looking for gas. I walk door to door in this upper class neighborhood asking for a gas can to borrow.

No one has a yard to speak of, therefore no one has a lawnmower and therefore no one has a gas can. Around house 20 I start to lose hope. The next house looks inviting and cars are in the driveway so I make my way to the front door and ring the door bell.

A man and wife in their early 50's answer the door.

Me: Hi, sorry to bother you. My car ran out of gas, you wouldn't happen to have a gas can i could borrow?
Man: With gas in it?
Me: Well that would be awesome, but it doesn't have to.
Man: Well are you sure you ran out of gas?
Me: I'm pretty sure thats the problem.
Man: Well what does your gas gauge say?
Me: My gas gauge is broken, I thought I was keeping good count but I guess not.
Man: Ok lemme check

Man closes door. 10 seconds pass and the wife answers, arms crossed.

Wife: Who are you?
Me: I'm Nick
Wife: No, are you from this neighborhood? Are you friends with our neighbors?
Me: No, I was driving through and had a problem and...
Wife: Well I don't feel comfortable giving out our possesions to people off the street, you could just take it you know.
Me: I was just looking for a good samar....
Wife: Why don't you take the bus, or call someone?
Me: If it's a problem I'll just move along.
Wife: Yes I think you need to go your way.

Eventually I found some very nice super rich Asian folks. They gave me a gas can full of gas and sent me away with good tidings.

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Music of the week is Third Eye Blind. Movie of the week is The Yakuza.