Watched Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) 🎥

I think that fans of the first would like this. Fun watching the cast have fun.

Finished reading: Monstress, Volume 7: Devourer by Marjorie Liu 📚

Just, wow. Wow wow wow.

Finished rereading: Monstress, Volume 6 by Marjorie Liu 📚

Forgot where the story left off and had to revisit before starting volume 7.

Words of hope, comfort
Comes at a price too large for
One to grasp, or see.

Finished reading: Sit Up Straight by Vinh Pham 📚

Good reminders, light moves, and exercises to do throughout the day.

Monday morning call
and another way to tire
the soul, lost again.

OMG, this is great. I laughed so much.

Watched Vengeance (2022). 🎥

An overall interesting watch. There was a lot of societal commentary within the dialog, which was definitely BJ Novak’s voice, not unexpected nor “bad”. I’m glad I watched it, 100 percent.

Watched The Black Phone (2022). 🎥

Loved it, especially Ethan Hawke’s very creepy performance.

Love LOVE this project from Justine Haupt (Youtube link). I respect the work and effort she has put into this. Been following the project for a while now and I think I might just go ahead and buy a kit.

We need the answer.
As much as we need to ask,
It doesn't ever end.

Hot bowl of ramen
While it’s drizzling and gray.
Now time for a nap.

Open to lonely nights
Knowing that company nears.
Hoping they’re not lost.

I was recently joking with a friend about how ridiculous “EDC internet” is and, as usual, Randall illustrates it perfectly.

Thunder, wind and rain.
The roof holds, the walls stand strong.
Our cat hides, she waits.

As the caricature becomes more familiar than the person, both to the audience and to the influencer, it comes to be regarded by both as the only honest expression of the influencer, so that any deviation from it soon looks and feels inauthentic.

~via “The Perils of Audience Capture” by Gurwinder.

Finished reading: The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman 📚

Good series start, seeking out the next. Poetic writing at times. My mistake watching the Dark Winds series before reading this as now I just see the tv cast as their book characters.

Finished reading: Incredible Doom: Volume 2 by Matthew Bogart 📚

So so good.

The rain's aroma
lingers and dances, freshly.
Hot tea and a book.

Watched Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018). 🎥

I’ve been putting off watching this documentary, simply because I knew it would be a tough thing to watch. He was so well loved, and I think they did a fantastic job conveying that. Tragic, tragic story.

Watched Sheng Wang’s comedy special Sweet & Juicy (2022). 📺

Great special all around. Love his laid back delivery and really needed the laughs this week.

Watched One Child Nation (2019) 🎥

So many lives profoundly affected across generations. And this cut deep for me, very personally.

Watched Happy Cleaners (2019) 🎥

There was a lot of care put into the stories that the filmmakers wanted to tell, and realizing that made me happy to watch it.

Just waiting for the Loab movie…

Watched Top Gun: Maverick (2022). 🎥

A fun ride on the nostalgia train! I like it a lot more than I thought I would.