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Busy-ish day. Or at least a full one.
Sep. 7th, 2021 10:35 pmHad breakfast with dad and step-mom, which was nice. I think it's been about... four years? since I saw her.
This was a quick trip for them - just a long weekend. My dad had a day of rehearsal with his friends/band, played a gig on Sunday, and then had a recording session yesterday. Today they were driving back down to AZ, since my step-mom has a new set of classes she starts teaching tomorrow.
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Spent a good chunk of the day doing like... "restoration" work (in a decidedly non-professional capacity) on some old beat up model horses. A few of my childhood favorites were in rough shape, as I *gasp* played with my collectable models! But a couple of those got nicely cleaned up with some dish soap and some baking soda paste. Not quite "like new", but they don't look like they got beat to hell. Also found someone who may buy some of my old ones that I'm less emotionally attached to, which wouldn't be a bad thing. They've just been in sad, sad storage.
Also found a couple other childhood things in my mom's basement - including my favorite stuffed animal from childhood (Pink Bear. She's a bear. She was pink, though now a bit grey. I was a creative child; I also named my first pet betta Mr. Fish.) She's in rough (dirty) shape, so I spot-cleaned her a bit, and I think I'll try sending her through a gentle wash cycle.
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The garbage disposal broke. :| Or is jammed, rather. We did what we could to try and flush out whatever's down there, and pulled up any reachable bits, but to no avail. I'm afraid we'll have to call in a maintenance request, which I super don't want to do when they haven't reinspected the apartment.
Even though we've literally never, in the three years we've been here, had to request maintenance for anything.
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Alex bought some Space Bags, which I genuinely only remember from late-night infomercials. But they definitely condensed our extensive collection of blankets down! More stuff fits up on the overhead closet shelf now, which is nice.
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We went and saw Candyman (the new one.) I really liked it! I am definitely glad we just watched the original, because there are references to it that I would have missed. While the new film does try to give the basic summary of the key events, I could see some of it being easy to miss or be confused by if you hadn't seen the original, or didn't remember it well.
I've seen that opinions on the movie seem divisive. I'm not completely sure why (though I did see at least a couple dipshitty whinges about it being "too political". Eyeroll.)
Though for me, revenge narratives are among my favorites. Say what you want about that being an unhealthy thing or whatever, (revenge is ~problematic~), but revenge is absolutely my cathartic narrative arc, so maybe it isn't surprising that this is one of the classic slasher-y horror movie villains that appeals to me most.
I felt a bit conflicted about one of the characters. He serves as a provider of exposition, and moving the protagonist along throughout... and then has a character twist that I wasn't sure I was completely sold on. But it didn't bother me enough to detract from my experience.
I thought the ending animation was fantastic.
I loved that several of the original actors got to reprise their roles - most notably Tony Todd, but also Vanessa Williams, and Virginia Madsen in a voice role.
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I hadn't seen the trailer for Last Night in Soho yet, but I did before Candyman, now I'm hyped to see it. I try not to get hyped about stuff, but... I am.
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Have to get up extra early to go take care of Raven tomorrow. Alex has a doctor's appointment after he drops me off at work, so he won't be able to swing by to do it after.
This was a quick trip for them - just a long weekend. My dad had a day of rehearsal with his friends/band, played a gig on Sunday, and then had a recording session yesterday. Today they were driving back down to AZ, since my step-mom has a new set of classes she starts teaching tomorrow.
-
Spent a good chunk of the day doing like... "restoration" work (in a decidedly non-professional capacity) on some old beat up model horses. A few of my childhood favorites were in rough shape, as I *gasp* played with my collectable models! But a couple of those got nicely cleaned up with some dish soap and some baking soda paste. Not quite "like new", but they don't look like they got beat to hell. Also found someone who may buy some of my old ones that I'm less emotionally attached to, which wouldn't be a bad thing. They've just been in sad, sad storage.
Also found a couple other childhood things in my mom's basement - including my favorite stuffed animal from childhood (Pink Bear. She's a bear. She was pink, though now a bit grey. I was a creative child; I also named my first pet betta Mr. Fish.) She's in rough (dirty) shape, so I spot-cleaned her a bit, and I think I'll try sending her through a gentle wash cycle.
-
The garbage disposal broke. :| Or is jammed, rather. We did what we could to try and flush out whatever's down there, and pulled up any reachable bits, but to no avail. I'm afraid we'll have to call in a maintenance request, which I super don't want to do when they haven't reinspected the apartment.
Even though we've literally never, in the three years we've been here, had to request maintenance for anything.
-
Alex bought some Space Bags, which I genuinely only remember from late-night infomercials. But they definitely condensed our extensive collection of blankets down! More stuff fits up on the overhead closet shelf now, which is nice.
-
We went and saw Candyman (the new one.) I really liked it! I am definitely glad we just watched the original, because there are references to it that I would have missed. While the new film does try to give the basic summary of the key events, I could see some of it being easy to miss or be confused by if you hadn't seen the original, or didn't remember it well.
I've seen that opinions on the movie seem divisive. I'm not completely sure why (though I did see at least a couple dipshitty whinges about it being "too political". Eyeroll.)
Though for me, revenge narratives are among my favorites. Say what you want about that being an unhealthy thing or whatever, (revenge is ~problematic~), but revenge is absolutely my cathartic narrative arc, so maybe it isn't surprising that this is one of the classic slasher-y horror movie villains that appeals to me most.
I felt a bit conflicted about one of the characters. He serves as a provider of exposition, and moving the protagonist along throughout... and then has a character twist that I wasn't sure I was completely sold on. But it didn't bother me enough to detract from my experience.
I thought the ending animation was fantastic.
I loved that several of the original actors got to reprise their roles - most notably Tony Todd, but also Vanessa Williams, and Virginia Madsen in a voice role.
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I hadn't seen the trailer for Last Night in Soho yet, but I did before Candyman, now I'm hyped to see it. I try not to get hyped about stuff, but... I am.
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Have to get up extra early to go take care of Raven tomorrow. Alex has a doctor's appointment after he drops me off at work, so he won't be able to swing by to do it after.
