this turned into a post about movies, books and TV LOL
77 emails in my inbox from you lot. SEVENTY SEVEN. LJ/DW is dead, clearly. Only took me 90 minutes to speed read through them. I apologize for incoherent or missing comments.
This month has flown by, but not for the most fun reasons. I was pretty distracted with some health issues at the start and that should all be wrapping up tomorrow with a final blood test. Short version is that my body punked me and I got two periods for the price of one. Finally felt back to normal this past weekend.
I saw It: Chapter Two the weekend it came out. My friend Mathew and I saw the first one in the theater and I have a soft spot for this Stephen King story so I wanted to see part II on the big screen. Without spoiling anything, if you've read the book, the movie suffers from a lot of the same problems as the book. Except in the book, the adult and kids stories are intertwined, distracting you from the weaknesses but with this movie, they tried to focus on the adult stories more (though the kids are still heavily featured) but the adult story is just kind of boring. It wasn't bad, it just was kind of...it was a thing that happened. And I really was in the mood for something scary and this just wasn't. Kind of bummed, waste of a great cast. They were acting their asses off but, in the end, the script failed them.
Speaking of King, I've got his newest book The Institute from the library which is another reason I haven't been online much this week as I have been going to bed early to spend quality time with this book. I only have 3 weeks to read it because I'm sure it has a wait list because Stephen King. Usually I have a lunch book and a bedtime book, but I'm lugging this one all around with me, trying to sneak in a few pages every day. I'm really enjoying it so far but one thing I find distracting (that no one else will) is that it remind me of an X-Files story that I wrote in middle school. Perhaps these are tropes I wasn't even aware of...anyway, I don't want to spoil anything.
I also started listening to Tan France's book Naturally Tan which is read by Tan so it is like I am driving to work and Tan is sitting next to me, rambling about his life and I AM HERE FOR IT. I love it. He is cracking me up. I also find it amusing how much less taboo the word "fuck" seems to be in the UK and also the fact that Tan says "fuck" all the time but also says "gosh". He's adorable.
BASTILLE CONCERT THIS SATURDAY! I'm really excited about this. I'm taking my Mom because she is also a fan. It's at a new venue in DC that I have never been to, so we're going to make a day out of it. It is also Mom's birthday weekend, so I'm going to treat her to dinner along with the concert. It's this whole new part of DC that is all fancy and I guess on the water? It all opened up a few years ago so this will be an adventure for both of us.
We've got one more episode of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Atlanta and Killjoys left. I'm sad about the Killjoys finale because it is the series finale and I'm going to miss that show. It just had a great sense of humor and fun and action and I wish I had found it sooner.
Season 2 of Atlanta has just been all over the place, but in a good way. Every episode is a roller coaster of emotions. Donald Glover is a national treasure. I really look forward to his work as time goes on. This show is so good, but I feel like he is working up to something mind-blowing one day. Like, a whole other level.
Dark Crystal has been interesting. Oddly enough, I was surprised at how DARK it was LOL. I mean, I should have known, it is a prequel to the movie and I know how the movie STARTS so I know where this story will eventually END. But still. Damn. I am enjoying all the voices. Totally identified Mark Hamill right away, if only because he sounded like The Joker from his Batman days LOL. Deet is my favorite, but I think part of that is her character and part of that is her big dilated pupils give her that cute anime look.
The final season of Schitt's Creek will appear on Netflix October 5th. Talk about emotions. I'm ready though, it will be good to have that show back in my life.
And now it is 11pm so I need to get into bed and READ!
TTFN
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This month has flown by, but not for the most fun reasons. I was pretty distracted with some health issues at the start and that should all be wrapping up tomorrow with a final blood test. Short version is that my body punked me and I got two periods for the price of one. Finally felt back to normal this past weekend.
I saw It: Chapter Two the weekend it came out. My friend Mathew and I saw the first one in the theater and I have a soft spot for this Stephen King story so I wanted to see part II on the big screen. Without spoiling anything, if you've read the book, the movie suffers from a lot of the same problems as the book. Except in the book, the adult and kids stories are intertwined, distracting you from the weaknesses but with this movie, they tried to focus on the adult stories more (though the kids are still heavily featured) but the adult story is just kind of boring. It wasn't bad, it just was kind of...it was a thing that happened. And I really was in the mood for something scary and this just wasn't. Kind of bummed, waste of a great cast. They were acting their asses off but, in the end, the script failed them.
Speaking of King, I've got his newest book The Institute from the library which is another reason I haven't been online much this week as I have been going to bed early to spend quality time with this book. I only have 3 weeks to read it because I'm sure it has a wait list because Stephen King. Usually I have a lunch book and a bedtime book, but I'm lugging this one all around with me, trying to sneak in a few pages every day. I'm really enjoying it so far but one thing I find distracting (that no one else will) is that it remind me of an X-Files story that I wrote in middle school. Perhaps these are tropes I wasn't even aware of...anyway, I don't want to spoil anything.
I also started listening to Tan France's book Naturally Tan which is read by Tan so it is like I am driving to work and Tan is sitting next to me, rambling about his life and I AM HERE FOR IT. I love it. He is cracking me up. I also find it amusing how much less taboo the word "fuck" seems to be in the UK and also the fact that Tan says "fuck" all the time but also says "gosh". He's adorable.
BASTILLE CONCERT THIS SATURDAY! I'm really excited about this. I'm taking my Mom because she is also a fan. It's at a new venue in DC that I have never been to, so we're going to make a day out of it. It is also Mom's birthday weekend, so I'm going to treat her to dinner along with the concert. It's this whole new part of DC that is all fancy and I guess on the water? It all opened up a few years ago so this will be an adventure for both of us.
We've got one more episode of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Atlanta and Killjoys left. I'm sad about the Killjoys finale because it is the series finale and I'm going to miss that show. It just had a great sense of humor and fun and action and I wish I had found it sooner.
Season 2 of Atlanta has just been all over the place, but in a good way. Every episode is a roller coaster of emotions. Donald Glover is a national treasure. I really look forward to his work as time goes on. This show is so good, but I feel like he is working up to something mind-blowing one day. Like, a whole other level.
Dark Crystal has been interesting. Oddly enough, I was surprised at how DARK it was LOL. I mean, I should have known, it is a prequel to the movie and I know how the movie STARTS so I know where this story will eventually END. But still. Damn. I am enjoying all the voices. Totally identified Mark Hamill right away, if only because he sounded like The Joker from his Batman days LOL. Deet is my favorite, but I think part of that is her character and part of that is her big dilated pupils give her that cute anime look.
The final season of Schitt's Creek will appear on Netflix October 5th. Talk about emotions. I'm ready though, it will be good to have that show back in my life.
And now it is 11pm so I need to get into bed and READ!
TTFN
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